Ultra rare mk 1 Escort at upcoming auction
Discussion
Maxdecel said:
Don't recall seeing one without tbh. Great colour.
Back in the 80's, I actually knew two people that owned RS2's in same spec as the one in the advert, both cars were Daytona Yellow, with pinstripes and factory vinyl roof, one had alloys, the other had RS steels. Knew another guy with a plain yellow with pinstripes as well.This one in fact.
Back in the 80's it was rare to see a yellow car with decals.
Just as an interesting post script to Daytona Yellow, I've just dug out my old AVO OC RS2000 Registrar reports I wrote for HAVOC back in the mid 80's, and there was in fact at least one RS2000 that left the Aveley factory fitted with a vinyl roof and the Ochre decals, despite officially it being the case that if a vinyl roof was specced, the triple pinstripe would replace the decals.
This was by mistake though, as the then owner of the car in 1986, had been in touch with the original owner to get the background story, although at the time in 1986, the car was still all original with original paint and panels etc. (it was only 8 years old then)
The original owner ordered the car with the following options:
Daytona Yellow with triple pinstripes, head rests, Magnesium Minilites and a tow bar!
When he went to the dealer to collect the car, it was as specced but had a vinyl roof fitted and with the Ochre decals in place of the pinstripes!
He told the dealer that he hadn't ordered a vinyl roof and decals, but they said he had, and offered to remove the vinyl roof and stripe kit and replace with pinstripes and they wouldn't charge him, but after looking at it for a while decided he actually liked it as is and to leave it as it was, and he didn't get charged the cost of the vinyl roof either.
Clearly the dealer made a mistake on the order form (ticking vinyl roof and decals rather than pinstripes) and the bespoke nature of AVO at the time, they just followed what the dealer requested without query
This was by mistake though, as the then owner of the car in 1986, had been in touch with the original owner to get the background story, although at the time in 1986, the car was still all original with original paint and panels etc. (it was only 8 years old then)
The original owner ordered the car with the following options:
Daytona Yellow with triple pinstripes, head rests, Magnesium Minilites and a tow bar!
When he went to the dealer to collect the car, it was as specced but had a vinyl roof fitted and with the Ochre decals in place of the pinstripes!
He told the dealer that he hadn't ordered a vinyl roof and decals, but they said he had, and offered to remove the vinyl roof and stripe kit and replace with pinstripes and they wouldn't charge him, but after looking at it for a while decided he actually liked it as is and to leave it as it was, and he didn't get charged the cost of the vinyl roof either.
Clearly the dealer made a mistake on the order form (ticking vinyl roof and decals rather than pinstripes) and the bespoke nature of AVO at the time, they just followed what the dealer requested without query
I had no idea all these different options were available, especially such bespoke choices. Thinking of purchasing a new car in those days were beyond any dream I could have.
Did Ford up spec the last of the Mk I Mexicos to shift them? I eventually got one that's the spitting image of the above RS, usual steel not alloy wheels though.
Did Ford up spec the last of the Mk I Mexicos to shift them? I eventually got one that's the spitting image of the above RS, usual steel not alloy wheels though.
Maxdecel said:
DohIt was the missing decals wot threw me, now I remember !
Another mate had one in green with again black pin stripes, IMO Green, Blue and White definitely suit decals better than the other colours.
3 of us used to meet up at the taxi rank near the Gosport ferry at silly o'clock, inevitably we would go out and um,,,, "drive close to each other" happy days. The local plod had 2.0 Cortina S's my mate actually had a "close to each other" experience with them, all in the best possible taste
Mark A S said:
I actually think the yellow looks better with just pin stripes. I recall a black one locally in the late 70's [when i had my green one and my mate had a blue one, both with relevant decals] had just a red pin stripe, don't think decals were available in black ?
Correct no decal stripe kits for black. Factory black cars actually left the factory with a gold triple pinstripe, but black being the only colour the gold stripes were fitted to meant the gold pinstripe for the front wings went NLA pretty quick, so if car was re-painted, or even more usually for the time, just had a pair of rusty front wings replaced, the pinstripes were usually replaced by the red set which was still available from Ford, as they were fitted to the more common Diamond White cars.
https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-662--...
https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-714--...
Lovely these
https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-714--...
Lovely these
Edited by reddiesel on Friday 31st May 17:24
reddiesel said:
https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-662--...
https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-714--...
Lovely these
Already been posted and discussed a few pages back.https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-714--...
Lovely these
Edited by reddiesel on Friday 31st May 17:24
RS1600 racing car popped up on Race Cars Direct.
https://racecarsdirect.com/advert/details/142990/f...
https://racecarsdirect.com/advert/details/142990/f...
generationx said:
RS1600 racing car popped up on Race Cars Direct.
https://racecarsdirect.com/advert/details/142990/f...
That's a really early car with that chassis number, April 1970. Likely one of the first 100 or so cars built at Halewood, as car didn't go on sale until April 70, and its estimated that Ford had only made around 100 by the time they officially went on sale to public, so was likely an early export car for customer motorsport use, likely via Ford-SA.https://racecarsdirect.com/advert/details/142990/f...
generationx said:
RS1600 racing car popped up on Race Cars Direct.
https://racecarsdirect.com/advert/details/142990/f...
Thinks that's been up for sale a while now. I wonder why its only 1800cc, some weird class structure when raced in SA perhaps?https://racecarsdirect.com/advert/details/142990/f...
Mark A S said:
generationx said:
RS1600 racing car popped up on Race Cars Direct.
https://racecarsdirect.com/advert/details/142990/f...
Thinks that's been up for sale a while now. I wonder why its only 1800cc, some weird class structure when raced in SA perhaps?https://racecarsdirect.com/advert/details/142990/f...
Perhaps being a 1970, and therefore pre-alloy block introduction, it could only race in SA with an iron block, and not with a later alloy block 2-litre....even though, generally homolgation would have allowed that?
Or it was simply a cost/availability issue regarding alloy blocks in SA?
Edited by aeropilot on Wednesday 5th June 14:40
Not an Escort but it's in the DNA and quite rare.
https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-102---1970...
Chris Browne has his Mk1 & 2 rally Escorts in the same auction, both £40-50K
https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-102---1970...
Chris Browne has his Mk1 & 2 rally Escorts in the same auction, both £40-50K
Maxdecel said:
Not an Escort but it's in the DNA and quite rare.
https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-102---1970...
Chris Browne has his Mk1 & 2 rally Escorts in the same auction, both £40-50K
It would be interesting to know how many of the 30 survive now. https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-102---1970...
Chris Browne has his Mk1 & 2 rally Escorts in the same auction, both £40-50K
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