Description
« A Ford with a licence to misbehave. »
Not a well-mannered classic for Sunday drives, but a Ford Escort RS2000 Mk I fully prepared for competition. A car into which thousands of hours of work, expertise and investment have been poured. Built for one purpose alone: to attack corners as quickly as possible, get the tail out and power through with a big grin on your face.
Compact, lightweight and rear-wheel drive, the Escort already had all the ingredients necessary to become one of the most capable and recognisable rally cars of the 1970s.
This RS2000 was originally delivered to Sweden, before making its way to the Netherlands.
The Escort has been completely stripped down and rebuilt from the ground up. Anything non-essential has been sacrificed in the name of weight reduction.
A professional Safety Devices roll cage, rally-oriented suspension and a modified gearbox immediately signal what this Escort was built for. The bodywork is finished in white with blue rally decals and sits on 13-inch Minilite wheels shod with Vitour Formula tyres.
Inside, you'll find two black Sparco bucket seats with white stitching, paired with blue QSP harnesses. The Safety Devices roll cage is the centrepiece of the cabin.
A quartet of long-range headlights up front, a digital speedometer, a combined compass and clock, plus a Terra Trip computer complete the package.
Just 980 kg. You decide. The Escort will follow.
Beneath the bonnet sits the legendary Ford Pinto 2. 0-litre engine, equipped with dual Weber carburettors and a host of performance upgrades. The result: approximately 235 bhp in a car weighing just 980 kg.
Power is delivered to the rear wheels via a modified four-speed gearbox with revised ratios.
More importantly perhaps, the Escort comes with an FIA HTP (Historic Technical Passport) in the Historic Competition Touring Car category, along with the corresponding FIA CT24 documentation, homologation and registration papers.
This makes the car eligible for historic rallying, circuit racing and hillclimbs, amongst other disciplines.
The transformation is complete. The paperwork is in order. The investment has been made.
This Escort is ready to go.
