Ultra rare mk 1 Escort at upcoming auction
Discussion
Mark A S said:
I can,t see why, so long as the main components are sevicable it should cost more than 5k for a twink rebuild, so long as you know a good engine builder that doesn't take your trousers down !
Yes, if all the bits are OK..........but finding a TC with all the bits OK I suspect isn't easy today, given it wasn't easy 35 years ago!With luck now though, a lot of engines today will have already been rebuilt with one of the new head castings etc. so may just need a freshen up again, depending on bore state etc., as 35 years ago it was getting hard to find a used block that wasn't already on its max overbore size, and the brand new blocks are great but not cheap.
Edited by aeropilot on Thursday 15th October 19:53
1602Mark said:
Nice car but that guy is trying waaay too hard.Ha, yes, i came across that a couple of days ago, he is rather "enthusiastic" still, its warming that younger chaps like him enjoy what us older chaps grew up with.
On another note, received my copy of Graham Robson's "Works Escorts in Detail" again, another excellent read, certainly opened my eyes a little more
I would of preferred a bit more info on what is well known about some of the more famous cars history after they were sold by Boreham and Sutton's, i suspect Graham would be itching to tell, But, i suppose one has to be careful what with the amount of money there potentially worth.
I see my old car, or at least the Reg no, DKP 191T has been fully "restored", now owned by Dave Richards and resides in his Prodive base. Lovely job by Vikings, looks very period correct of a Sutton build from 1980, i even remember the seats !
I took my Mk 1 RS out yesterday,,,,,,,,,,,Wonderful fun
On another note, received my copy of Graham Robson's "Works Escorts in Detail" again, another excellent read, certainly opened my eyes a little more
I would of preferred a bit more info on what is well known about some of the more famous cars history after they were sold by Boreham and Sutton's, i suspect Graham would be itching to tell, But, i suppose one has to be careful what with the amount of money there potentially worth.
I see my old car, or at least the Reg no, DKP 191T has been fully "restored", now owned by Dave Richards and resides in his Prodive base. Lovely job by Vikings, looks very period correct of a Sutton build from 1980, i even remember the seats !
I took my Mk 1 RS out yesterday,,,,,,,,,,,Wonderful fun
1602Mark said:
Quick aside, were RS2000 MK2 available as flat front from the factory, or did they all have the nosecone fitted?
There was an equivalent of the RS2000 assembled and sold by Ford-Australia in the mid-1970s, and I believe the fact that some thousands were made was enough for Ford at Boreham to (very credibly) get Group 1 homologation.AAGR said:
1602Mark said:
Quick aside, were RS2000 MK2 available as flat front from the factory, or did they all have the nosecone fitted?
There was an equivalent of the RS2000 assembled and sold by Ford-Australia in the mid-1970s, and I believe the fact that some thousands were made was enough for Ford at Boreham to (very credibly) get Group 1 homologation.The Aussie cars also didn't have the cast RS exhaust manifold etc and had just bog standard 90-something hp Cortina engines, and they had bog standard Escort suspension as well. I think an automatic gearbox was even available if you wanted it...!
Legacywr said:
One of my favourite colour schemes, along with green on green, and, blue on silver!
Green on green and blue on silver were the only two decal scheme's that I really liked (oche on yellow wasn't too bad) but my preference back in the day (and still is) for a RS2000 was always for a pinstriped car rather than a car with decals.aeropilot said:
Legacywr said:
One of my favourite colour schemes, along with green on green, and, blue on silver!
Green on green and blue on silver were the only two decal scheme's that I really liked (oche on yellow wasn't too bad) but my preference back in the day (and still is) for a RS2000 was always for a pinstriped car rather than a car with decals.For me, the decal’d cars were a thing of automotive beauty. 40 years ago, I can’t think of a car I’d be more excited to see...
Legacywr said:
aeropilot said:
Legacywr said:
One of my favourite colour schemes, along with green on green, and, blue on silver!
Green on green and blue on silver were the only two decal scheme's that I really liked (oche on yellow wasn't too bad) but my preference back in the day (and still is) for a RS2000 was always for a pinstriped car rather than a car with decals.For example, there were very few pinstriped Diamond White cars, a significant percentage of white cars had the blue stripes. Same with Olympic Blue, but not quite as higher a percentage of decal cars than the white.
For Modena Green probably about 50:50, but for Sebring, Daytona and Stardust, I'd say there was a higher percentage of pinstripe cars than decal ones....it was quite unusual to see a Red/orange, Yellow/Oche and Startdust/blue car back in the day, or into the 80's.
That's based on my remembering of the data of the RS2000 Register details when I was Registrar in the late 80's, and that's probably quite representative of new, given this was only 10 odd years afterwards.
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