Description
registration No: GLB 8N
Chassis No: BFATPP00223
MOT: Exempt
* Recent subject of a comprehensive bodywork restoration and repaint
* Understood to retain its original two-litre Pinto engine with an aluminium sump
* Finished in the original coloue scheme of Olympic Blue with Dark Blue stripes and correct style retrimmed interior in Black
* Entered from a private collection
History of vehicle:
The bodywork needed attention more than the mechanicals, and the work was performed by a professional classic car body shop. The work not only included a full bare-metal respray in Olympic Blue with Dark Blue accents, but also involved the replacement of all the window rubbers, all four quarter bumpers. The interior has been similarly refurbished to original specification, with replacement door cards and the seats recovered in a period-correct cloth. The mechanical specification at this point is almost as if it just left the factory; the two-litre Pinto is the original item, while the four-speed manual gearbox is the correct type. However, the engine has been upgraded with an aluminium sump.
Once the polished alloy RS wheels were shod with new tyres, the restoration was deemed complete, and shortly afterwards the Escort was offered for sale in February, 2022, and was purchased by us. In August that year, we submitted it for the first MOT test, which it passed with no advisories. Being perfectionists, however, we found some aspects of the car fell short of our expectations, so in September, 2022, we presented it to Riverside Engineering in Whaley Bridge, which replaced the rear springs and bushes, fitted new front brake discs and performed a general engine service, the work costing a total of c.£4, 000. Since then, the Escort has been used sparingly. In 2025 a new radiator was fitted with a Kenlowe fan and switch, as well a new Weber carburettor. The car appears now in very nice order, inside and out. The interior resembles that of a new car, and the engine bay is uncommonly clean.
With barely more than 5, 000 produced, genuine RS2000s do not come onto the market very often, and condition-wise this is surely one to consider. It is supplied with paperwork including the V5C and numerous invoices and photographs from the restoration. Having spent the last four years in a private collection, the Escort has not been widely seen since its restoration, so it may well be worth considering taking it to some of the major Blue Oval events.
