Flat front in iconic signal orange. This car has been the subject of a complete bare shell ground up nut and bolt restoration with no expense spared and rebuilt with a host of bespoke components.Under the bonnet sits a fully rebuilt race spec 2.1 litre pinto with twin 45 Webber’s, 4 branch manifold and sportex exhaust. She is completely concours under the bonnet, every nut and bolt has been polished, every pipe has been braided and it looks beautiful. Alloy radiator , electric fan, group 4 clutch, electric fuel pump, quick shift 5 speed type 9 gearbox, bias pedal box, group 4 high torque starter, 4.2 limited slip diff, quick rack steering. I have a dyno print out here showing 162bhp which feels awesome in this car, the sound from the 45’s and the engine is reminiscent of a proper rally car and it’s a real adrenalin rush. You feel like Colin McRae in his hay day every time you drive it!! Above all she is reliable and is properly set up to be driven without fault, turn the key and drive it across Europe, it wont skip a beat. Suspension and brakes. Group 4 shocks all around give this car a fantastic feel, its firm but comfortable and you quickly feel how solid it is. 2” lowering blocks in the rear give her a nice stance too. Group 4 front suspension and discs, The breaking power is excellent, AP racing callipers on the front and all braided brake pipes etc. Underneath looks brand new, all nuts and bolts are gleaming and all components are as new. Floor pan is fully detailed orange too which also looks concours. The interior is beautiful and immaculate, fish net recaros completely re upholstered in the genuine Ford fabric, brand new old stock carpet set, new head cloth, All this gives the car a brand new look, feel and smell inside.Most of these cars have interiors that are totally knackered and busted up. Everyone gets a shock when they open the door of this car and looks inside. This car was taken to a complete bare shell and stripped back to bare metal, she was always a rust free shell and has no welding or patching carried out underneath and the boot floor is in mint unwelded rust free condition, this car has definitely got one of the best rust free shells in the World, the majority of these cars disintegrated into a heap of rust, or where welded and patched up and poorly restored. Brown tinted glass is a lovely combination with the signal orange and all the window rubbers are brand new, and new headlights along with lots of other new trim pieces. Its all these little details that make the difference to the overall mint appearance of any car. All the panel gaps are perfect and the doors open and shut effortlessly. The paint is mint with no bubbles or rust at all. Overview. This RS is a stunning piece of kit that has been professionally hand built. This car is not an unfinished project or something that needs finishing done to it, she has been finished to the last nut and bolt and you wont have to do one single thing to it. Its difficult to find a good escort Mk 2 with a rust free shell, they suffered badly from corrosion. This is a car to take pride in, you could take it to a show and win an award or you could take it to a track day, at the same time its tame enough to go for a cruise to the beach on a summer day or even a dry crisp sunny winter morning. It’s a buzz when you see how it makes everyones eyes light up when they see it coming, a Mk 2 defined an era, anyone who grew up in the 80’s remember these with a lot of affection and nostalgia, they where the proper muscle car to have, you certainly where the man about town if you drove an RS2000 and whats amazing is that every generation loves these cars, even today, when I drive into town even the young kids go crazy when they see it and they all know exactly what it is, the racing heritage has immortalised these for eternity, thats what adds to the fun and experience of driving them, they capture all your senses when you’re driving, listening to the 45 Webber’s sucking and keeping the throttle correct, watching the oil pressure, keeping the wheels from spinning when pulling out onto a road, and the list goes on. After getting out of this car you are on a natural high and thats a feeling you wont get with any other car. Values of these cars are climbing and rightly so, they are estimated by experts to be the next car to go through the roof in value as so few rust free examples are.
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