Works Rally Escorts

[AceRockatansky]

Seen this pop up on race cars direct.

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/142431/f...

Definitely a works plate and did end up in that livery.

[AceRockatansky]

Dapster said:

Ranger 6 said:

...not even a front number plate - a stick on one etc, etc.

It had a real number plate when Ari Vatenen won the '79 Welsh in Eaton Yale livery



Then it was stuck on the bonnet when Patrick Snijers took it to the Ypres '79



Stuck on number plate on this example which Historic Motorsports recommissioned - they claim "ex works"



https://www.historicmotorsport.net/projects/

All these have "F-O-R-D" on the grill, rather than the blue oval which the Rothmans car has!

So if the car was exported, the plate could have been reissued, which would make the motorcraft car a bit of a fake, but then what was ever the true original. I suppose you'd be gutted if the vin was traced back to a popular plus. But then equally gutted having the right vin but unable to display the correct plate.

The book does say it was liveried up as rothmans in it's last incarnation.

[AceRockatansky]

Seen this bit of fakery popping up on Facebook, people thinking it's the original car. Looks the part though.

[AceRockatansky]

aeropilot said:

AceRockatansky said:

Seen this bit of fakery popping up on Facebook, people thinking it's the original car. Looks the part though.

Well the original car is really GVX 489T anyway, which still exists (sort of) and was campaigned by Billy Coleman for many years after being sold by Ford.

Yep. 3 monte cars built by Boreham but GVX ran one event with TWC. So guess someone made an extra car to wear the plate!