Description
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
19th June, 2024 13:00
1977 Ford Escort MkII Rally Car
Estimate £40, 000 - £50, 000
Registration No: RMX 805R
Chassis No: BBATSS14680
MOT: Exempt
Sherwood BDA engine mated to a 5-speed ZF gearbox and a ZF plated limited slip differential
AP Racing discs all round and fitted with Revolution 13” alloy wheels
Offered with MSA logbook and HRVIF plus current V5C Registration Document
When the Escort was re-launched as the 'MkII' for 1975. The RS1800 model made its winning debut as a works Group 2 car on the Granite Rally in April 1975, victory going to Roger Clark. In that year's Lombard-RAC Rally, Timo Makinen brought his RS1800 home ahead of the field to score the car's first major international success. It would be the first of five consecutive Lombard-RAC victories for the RS1800 and its Escort RS Group 4 derivative. In 1979 the Escort brought Ford its first World Rally Championship for Makes while works driver Björn Waldegård became the first official World Rally Champion.
‘RMX 805R’ was first registered for the road on 27th January 1977. Chassis number BBATSS14680 began life as an Escort L, but today possesses motorpsort credentials, with an MSA Competition Car Log Book (issued 7th December 2011) and an MSA (issued April 2012) and Motorsport UK Historic Rally Vehicle Identity Form (HRVIF issued August 2019). Previously fitted with a Ford SOHC 8V 2001cc engine it was deemed eligible for Category 3 Class D4. In August 2020 ‘RMX 805R’ received another engine, a Ford BDG DOHC 16V 1975cc twin cam, believed to be fitted with electronic ignition from Lumenition and twin electric fuel pumps. The gearbox is a 5-speed ZF with a ZF-plated limited slip differential. AP Racing discs all round provides the braking of the Revolution 13” alloys. The roll over protection system, from Safety Devices, is bolted and welded with 14 anchorage points; suspension up at the front is via McPherson strut coil sprung telescopic dampers from Bilstein; and there’s a coil and leaf set-up with telescopic Bilsteins and adjustable spring platforms at the rear. The original bodywork as been upgraded with wheel arch extensions, the whole package weighing in at some 1020kg. Dates for safety equipment, such as belts and seats, are all likely to have expired. There’s some accompanying MOT paperwork, the aforementioned MSA and Motorsport UK documents and a V5C Registration Document. Having not been used in anger for some time a mechanical check over is advised.
