1980 FORD ESCORT

# Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000 – The Famous Bangers & Cash Car

** Professionally re-engineered, fully recommissioned and turn-key ready for its next adventure.**

A very special Mk2 Escort: the Ford Escort RS2000 featured in the opening sequence of the hit TV programme Bangers & Cash, still wearing its instantly recognisable Mathewsons livery.

Since acquiring the car, we have undertaken a comprehensive programme of professional recommissioning and re-engineering without compromise, with one objective:

** To create an exceptionally capable Mk2 Escort that you can get into and drive anywhere.**

And that is exactly what it is.

# Turn the key. Choose a destination.

This car is turn-key ready today. It doesn't need finishing, developing or sorting and doesn't need a trailer or support vehicle.

Collect it and drive it home – or point it towards Scotland, the Alps, Monte Carlo, the Pyrenees or Italy and start an adventure.

There are many modified and home-built Mk2 Escorts available and inevitably their engineering varies considerably. ** This car is different.** It has been professionally developed by specialists, with substantial investment throughout.

The intention was not to build an uncompromising competition Escort that spends its life on a trailer, but something much harder to achieve: a genuinely fast and capable Escort that is also remarkably easy to use.

# High-performance 2. 0 Ford Duratec

At its heart is a newly rebuilt high-performance 2. 0-litre Ford Duratec, responsive and exciting when driven hard, yet tractable in traffic and effortless over distance.

It is complemented by carefully engineered induction, fuel and cooling systems for all climates and a stainless-steel exhaust.

# Six-speed transmission

The six-speed gearbox transforms the versatility of the car.

A low first gear gets it away from the line extremely effectively, with closely usable intermediate ratios. Then comes sixth, allowing relaxed, effortless motorway cruising and making serious long-distance touring entirely realistic.

Instead of trailering your Escort across Europe to an event – ** drive it there.**

The professionally developed drivetrain includes:

* Six-speed gearbox

* New uprated clutch

* New propshaft

* Atlas rear axle

* Quaife ATB limited-slip differential

* New crown wheel and pinion

* New differential and axle bearings

* Professionally rebuilt and set-up rear axle

# Brakes, suspension & chassis

The same approach has been taken throughout the chassis:

* New front and rear brake callipers and brake lines

* Adjustable front TCAs

* New polyurethane suspension bushes

* Suspension rebuilt and professionally set up

* Four-wheel laser alignment and geometry

* Rear axle and suspension recommissioned

The result is a car that inspires confidence and is fantastic fun to drive.

# Rally equipped

For serious touring and regularity events it also has Brantz rally instrumentation, including International 3 DD Pro digital tripmeter, driver display, Timer V2, dual sensor system and wheel sensors.

# One Escort. Almost unlimited possibilities.

This is a car for adventures:

European Driving Tour; Alps, Dolomites, Pyrenees or beyond.

Historic & Regularity Rallies; ideally suited to multi-day events, subject to individual event regulations.

Scenic & Bespoke Tours; enjoy Europe's great roads in an iconic Escort.

Clubman's Motorsport; sprints, hillclimbs, autotests and other appropriate events.

Classic Ford & RS Events; few Escorts attract attention quite like the Bangers & Cash car.

Or simply Sunday morning; jump in, drive to breakfast, enjoy some great roads and drive home.

# The Bangers & Cash RS2000

There are plenty of Mk2 Escorts. There are considerably fewer properly engineered RS2000s.

And there is only one RS2000 from the opening sequence of Bangers & Cash

Its television provenance gives the car a wonderful history. Its extensive professional development gives it a future.

I am genuinely very sorry to be selling it. My personal circumstances have changed, rather than my enthusiasm for this amazing car, and that is the only reason it is being offered for sale.

It is difficult to convey in photographs just how sorted and usable this Escort feels. I am confident that the first serious prospective buyer who comes to see – and importantly drive – the car will understand exactly what has been created, and Buy It!

It is not a project. It doesn't need another winter in the garage.

It is ready. Turn the key. Pick an event. Pick a country. And go.