Series 1 RS Turbo

[Andrew Cross]

After a 4 year nut & bolt resto. The car is finished

Few Pics.























And something to take home

[V400TC]

Nice
Needs a battery cover or water on the battery top= rust under battery tray.
C reg should have side repeaters though shouldn't it.
I put the RS1600i steering wheel in mine rather than the standard.

[Andrew Cross]

I like the rs4 spoke steering wheels but this is meant to look o/e

Side repeaters were only on 86 C plates.

Battery staying as it is. Battery tray is treated and lots of waxoyl underneath battery

[Craivold]

Stunning! Love to see these better than new after all these years. Does it get driven much? Would be a shame not too in the better months of the year

[Andrew Cross]

It's done 120 mile since its MOT in April. First MOT in 13 years.

Will be getting driven once its done a few shows

[r1ch]

Stunning, good work mate.

[mazdajason]

Not an RS Fanboy bu any stretch but can really appreciate the work gone into that. Well done.

[neiljohnson]

Beauty

[Disco You]

You nearly drove over a mirror. That would have been a few years bad luck. Close shave eh?

[iacabu]

Very nice! I've just come across your thread of the collection too (no pun intended)

[5potTurbo]

Lovely car!

Obviously a lot of work has gone into that.

[AndyBrew]

That's nice, very nice, very very nice!

I had a Series 2 RS Turbo and absolutely loved it, I always wanted a Series 1 but never got around to it :-(

[matc]

Absolutely perfect!

[Honestherbert]

Hats off to you mate, one of the coolest cars on here!!

[Big Fat Fatty]

[Greg_D]

It's nice to see cars come out the other side of chav-dom

it's back to being cool, nice work, it looks a treat!

[richard300]

Stunning!!!


I remember back when I was 18 (1993) and trying to find a nice one back then was hard (trying to get insurance was even harder)..... I had just about given up when I found an example just 3 miles from me.

1st Owner was the wife of the Sales Manager of Appleyard Ford (Brighton)and the second owner was her brother who was the Head technician at Appleyard Ford.
62.000 miles, Main dealer stamps in the history book every 6.000 miles and utterly standard - I couldn't believe my luck!! Back then, that car cost me £2750.00

I tried various things like clear/semi smoked lights/16" Escort Cosworth style rims (From a Mondeo si) etc, etc. But everytime I made a change I very quickly realised the car looked best completely standard and reverted back to Ambers and 15" Alloys - with a scorpion exhaust and a K&N filter element being the only mods that remained.

I have had about 40 different cars all in all, since then but none I covet so much as that 'old escort'

...... Sadly a few years ago I noticed my old Escort (B422 KYJ) on the front cover of Fast Ford or Performance Ford magazine. But it was now wearing a big aluminium rear spoiler and had half of the front cut out for a large intercooler etc, etc.

[cosworth330]

Very nice, great to see these old cars restored to OEM spec. Have had 3 RS turbo's & 4 Cossie's over the years but moved away from the RS scene a long time ago. Always prefered the styling of the S1 over the S2.

Great work mate.

[DouggyMc]

Oh my... That is lush! You could eat your dinner off the underside!

[dave stew]

Great work - it takes me back to the old RSOC events. I was the magazine editor for four years in the late 80s, early 90s (I'm at work and can't recall the exact dates).

I seem to remember that the S1 RST had a weak fifth gear and a few owners used to advocate 'resting' the car in fourth on the motorway.

The S1 always looked better than the S2, despite the latter's anti lock brakes etc.

I'll have to dig out some of my old pics...