What are your top 5 Ford vehicles?
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In the same vein as the Ferrari thread, plenty of greats to choose from (even for the non-Ford enthusiast), so what are your top 5 Ford vehicles of all time?
For me, number 5: mk1 Escort RS2000
Was this the first RS Ford? I love seeing these in action in historic rallying and believe that they were hugely successful in their day. The mk1 with its Coke-bottle lines looks marginally more cool than the mk2 in my eyes and it was my favourite car in FF6!
Number 4: mk3 Capri 280 Brooklands
I don't know why but I had a massive thing for the Capri when I was a kid to the distress of my mum, who was not a fan of "Capri man". I kind of wish that I had bought one when they were cheap now but I was still living at home and my mum wouldn't have wanted one parked on the drive!
Number 3: Escort RS Cosworth
In Imperial blue of course. Just a 90s rallying and road car legend!
Number 2: SIerra RS500 Cosworth
I preferred this to the Escort Cosworth because being RWD it was a bit more lairy and I have fond memories of this scrapping it out with the E30 M3s in the BTCC and on tarmac rallies.
Number 1:1965 Shelby Mustang GT350 Fastback
One of the coolest cars ever made and I prefer the more delicate looks of the '65 model compared to the more overwrought '67- GT500 model.
So what are your all-time favourite Ford vehicles?
For me, number 5: mk1 Escort RS2000
Was this the first RS Ford? I love seeing these in action in historic rallying and believe that they were hugely successful in their day. The mk1 with its Coke-bottle lines looks marginally more cool than the mk2 in my eyes and it was my favourite car in FF6!
Number 4: mk3 Capri 280 Brooklands
I don't know why but I had a massive thing for the Capri when I was a kid to the distress of my mum, who was not a fan of "Capri man". I kind of wish that I had bought one when they were cheap now but I was still living at home and my mum wouldn't have wanted one parked on the drive!
Number 3: Escort RS Cosworth
In Imperial blue of course. Just a 90s rallying and road car legend!
Number 2: SIerra RS500 Cosworth
I preferred this to the Escort Cosworth because being RWD it was a bit more lairy and I have fond memories of this scrapping it out with the E30 M3s in the BTCC and on tarmac rallies.
Number 1:1965 Shelby Mustang GT350 Fastback
One of the coolest cars ever made and I prefer the more delicate looks of the '65 model compared to the more overwrought '67- GT500 model.
So what are your all-time favourite Ford vehicles?
The GT40 would have to be top of the pile for me. Others, in no particular order, Escort Mexico & RS2000 Mk 1. Lotus Cortina Mk1. Cortina 1600E (don't ask why...it was just so cool at the time), Mustang GT350 Shelby. And being an Aussie...this Falcon XA GT351 Coupe.
Edited by RBH58 on Tuesday 6th June 06:47
Top 1 is the original ST200 estate:
Never driven another car that combines supreme comfort and every-day usability with so much driver involvement. Nothing felt dampened, or electronic, or assisted... You feel everything through every control. And that engine sounded amazing when the secondary valves opened
Never driven another car that combines supreme comfort and every-day usability with so much driver involvement. Nothing felt dampened, or electronic, or assisted... You feel everything through every control. And that engine sounded amazing when the secondary valves opened
white_goodman said:
What's the last vehicle 300?
It's a Lincoln Mark VIII. A 'personal luxury vehicle', so basically a big comfy grand touring style coupe with lots of gadgets. Has a quadcam aluminium 4.6 V8 and air suspension, so it can lower itself and make it more stable at speed, but still ride comfortably.white_goodman said:
Is the Ace/Cobra technically a Ford?
I think there are claims it's Shelby and/or AC, but without Ford they wouldn't have had the engines and they raced under the Ford flag and banner across the USA and at LeMans. So there was certainly a degree of Ford backing/money involved in them.However, I'll happily substitute it for this instead.
300bhp/ton said:
I think there are claims it's Shelby and/or AC, but without Ford they wouldn't have had the engines and they raced under the Ford flag and banner across the USA and at LeMans. So there was certainly a degree of Ford backing/money involved in them.
However, I'll happily substitute it for this instead.
Fair enough. That Lincoln is pretty nice for (I'm assuming) a 90s car. However, I'll happily substitute it for this instead.
I should be able to find a top 5 out of the 30 or so I've owned.
1......RS200.......never allowed to show its potential but a car I'd buy if lottery win came my way.
2......RS2000 MK2.The go to choice for late 70s early 80s boy racers.
I had 4.
3.......RS1600i ......an underrated car due to it having lots of flaws,no faster than XR3i but a much nicer car and also nicer than the S1 turbo in many opinions.
I should include a Cosworth but the only one I owned spent far too long broken.
1......RS200.......never allowed to show its potential but a car I'd buy if lottery win came my way.
2......RS2000 MK2.The go to choice for late 70s early 80s boy racers.
I had 4.
3.......RS1600i ......an underrated car due to it having lots of flaws,no faster than XR3i but a much nicer car and also nicer than the S1 turbo in many opinions.
I should include a Cosworth but the only one I owned spent far too long broken.
lucido grigio said:
I should be able to find a top 5 out of the 30 or so I've owned.
1......RS200.......never allowed to show its potential but a car I'd buy if lottery win came my way.
2......RS2000 MK2.The go to choice for late 70s early 80s boy racers.
I had 4.
3.......RS1600i ......an underrated car due to it having lots of flaws,no faster than XR3i but a much nicer car and also nicer than the S1 turbo in many opinions.I had 3.
I should include a Cosworth but the only one I owned spent far too long broken.
1......RS200.......never allowed to show its potential but a car I'd buy if lottery win came my way.
2......RS2000 MK2.The go to choice for late 70s early 80s boy racers.
I had 4.
3.......RS1600i ......an underrated car due to it having lots of flaws,no faster than XR3i but a much nicer car and also nicer than the S1 turbo in many opinions.I had 3.
I should include a Cosworth but the only one I owned spent far too long broken.
lucido grigio said:
I should be able to find a top 5 out of the 30 or so I've owned.
1......RS200.......never allowed to show its potential but a car I'd buy if lottery win came my way.
2......RS2000 MK2.The go to choice for late 70s early 80s boy racers.
I had 4.
3.......RS1600i ......an underrated car due to it having lots of flaws,no faster than XR3i but a much nicer car and also nicer than the S1 turbo in many opinions.
I should include a Cosworth but the only one I owned spent far too long broken.
I don't know much about the RS1600i. What was the difference between it and the XR3i? In what way was it better (I know the RS1600i came out when the XR3 was still on sale) and the XR3i replaced both cars?1......RS200.......never allowed to show its potential but a car I'd buy if lottery win came my way.
2......RS2000 MK2.The go to choice for late 70s early 80s boy racers.
I had 4.
3.......RS1600i ......an underrated car due to it having lots of flaws,no faster than XR3i but a much nicer car and also nicer than the S1 turbo in many opinions.
I should include a Cosworth but the only one I owned spent far too long broken.
The XR3i didn't replace the 16i.
The RS was purely for race n rally homologation ,as every TS should be.
It had many suspension changes including a unique aluminium front crossmember to mount stuff on.
It had solid cam lifters,to avoid pump up at vaery high revs from hydraulic ones.
15" wheels with 195\50 tyres,which was an amazing low profile for a hot hatch at the time.
A unique ignition system with 2 coils,no distributor,parts now very difficult to find now.
Different rear spoilers to XR and a nice big front one too.
There's lots of other minor stuff too.
The RS was purely for race n rally homologation ,as every TS should be.
It had many suspension changes including a unique aluminium front crossmember to mount stuff on.
It had solid cam lifters,to avoid pump up at vaery high revs from hydraulic ones.
15" wheels with 195\50 tyres,which was an amazing low profile for a hot hatch at the time.
A unique ignition system with 2 coils,no distributor,parts now very difficult to find now.
Different rear spoilers to XR and a nice big front one too.
There's lots of other minor stuff too.
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