'72 Escort "Superspeed 2000GT" Invoice + Papertrail
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After seeing that Capri invoice the other day I thought this might interest some folks. This was one of my Grandfather's work cars - interesting because it seems to be fitted with a Cortina engine and supplied by tuner 'Superspeed' - all of which is new to me. Hopefully someone can fill in the gaps.
A quick search of the reg/C.N suggests it has long since perished. No photos of the car have been found... yet!
Apparently it was not unknown for my Grandfather to dismantle new company cars for fun. There are many similar letters regarding other cars that he'd found faults with.
Nonetheless, it seems engine faults did not prevent him from making good use of the car:
(it was 50 in a 30)
A quick search of the reg/C.N suggests it has long since perished. No photos of the car have been found... yet!
Apparently it was not unknown for my Grandfather to dismantle new company cars for fun. There are many similar letters regarding other cars that he'd found faults with.
Nonetheless, it seems engine faults did not prevent him from making good use of the car:
(it was 50 in a 30)
The car lasted almost 8 years according to the DVLA:
The vehicle details for KGU 339K are:
Date of Liability 01 12 1979
Date of First Registration 13 01 1972
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2000cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
The vehicle details for KGU 339K are:
Date of Liability 01 12 1979
Date of First Registration 13 01 1972
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2000cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
Early Pinto engines weren't too clever. Getting parts, especially cams and followers was always difficult until mid - late 70's when pattern ones appeared. Then you needed the splined tool for head bolts and cam tensioner bolts - all very high tech in those days!
Lovely piece of history - keep searching for any more!
Lovely piece of history - keep searching for any more!
Great bit of history to a rare ole car
There were a few firms that beat ford to the RS2000 (oct73), superspeed, race proved and Basil Green, although all were more famous for thier V6 conversions.
It doesn't surprise me in the least to hear of oil delivery problems on the early pinto, it's exactly those early problems that earned them the tag of a cam eater (well that and the fact the early cams were soft and ford used a differant casting technice to cure it), it still haunted them well into the sierra production even though by then it was totaly untrue.
Any pics of the car ?
There were a few firms that beat ford to the RS2000 (oct73), superspeed, race proved and Basil Green, although all were more famous for thier V6 conversions.
It doesn't surprise me in the least to hear of oil delivery problems on the early pinto, it's exactly those early problems that earned them the tag of a cam eater (well that and the fact the early cams were soft and ford used a differant casting technice to cure it), it still haunted them well into the sierra production even though by then it was totaly untrue.
Any pics of the car ?
S0 What said:
Great bit of history to a rare ole car
There were a few firms that beat ford to the RS2000 (oct73), superspeed, race proved and Basil Green, although all were more famous for thier V6 conversions.
It doesn't surprise me in the least to hear of oil delivery problems on the early pinto, it's exactly those early problems that earned them the tag of a cam eater (well that and the fact the early cams were soft and ford used a differant casting technice to cure it), it still haunted them well into the sierra production even though by then it was totaly untrue.
Any pics of the car ?
No pics of the car - yet - still plenty of drawers and boxes to go through mind you! however there's enough ford-stamped bits of metal in the basement to recreate at least one escort There were a few firms that beat ford to the RS2000 (oct73), superspeed, race proved and Basil Green, although all were more famous for thier V6 conversions.
It doesn't surprise me in the least to hear of oil delivery problems on the early pinto, it's exactly those early problems that earned them the tag of a cam eater (well that and the fact the early cams were soft and ford used a differant casting technice to cure it), it still haunted them well into the sierra production even though by then it was totaly untrue.
Any pics of the car ?
I'm going to keep browsing through the papers because I'm pretty sure he moved to an rs2000 in 73 or 74. Basil Green rings a bell! thanks for the info.
Aah, the wrongly fitted oil pump gasket......
20 odd years ago I rebuilt a 2 litre Pinto to go in our Mark 3 Transit van 1600. Gasflowed head, Piper 270 cam and a 32/36 Weber. Went very well indeed, but it always took 3 or 4 seconds for the oil light to go out. Suspecting a faulty pump, I whipped off the sump and pump and found my mistake.
The trick with these was to drill out the oil holes in the cam spray bar. The oil pump in the pinto was so powerful that it still gave factory oil pressure, and cam wear was eliminated.
With the 1600 diff, you could race reps in 1600 Cavaliers and hang onto them up to 90.
20 odd years ago I rebuilt a 2 litre Pinto to go in our Mark 3 Transit van 1600. Gasflowed head, Piper 270 cam and a 32/36 Weber. Went very well indeed, but it always took 3 or 4 seconds for the oil light to go out. Suspecting a faulty pump, I whipped off the sump and pump and found my mistake.
The trick with these was to drill out the oil holes in the cam spray bar. The oil pump in the pinto was so powerful that it still gave factory oil pressure, and cam wear was eliminated.
With the 1600 diff, you could race reps in 1600 Cavaliers and hang onto them up to 90.
iSore said:
Aah, the wrongly fitted oil pump gasket......
20 odd years ago I rebuilt a 2 litre Pinto to go in our Mark 3 Transit van 1600. Gasflowed head, Piper 270 cam and a 32/36 Weber. Went very well indeed, but it always took 3 or 4 seconds for the oil light to go out. Suspecting a faulty pump, I whipped off the sump and pump and found my mistake.
The trick with these was to drill out the oil holes in the cam spray bar. The oil pump in the pinto was so powerful that it still gave factory oil pressure, and cam wear was eliminated.
With the 1600 diff, you could race reps in 1600 Cavaliers and hang onto them up to 90.
Worthwhile mod back in the day, later (85 on, 205 block engines) had larger holes in the spray bar from the factory 20 odd years ago I rebuilt a 2 litre Pinto to go in our Mark 3 Transit van 1600. Gasflowed head, Piper 270 cam and a 32/36 Weber. Went very well indeed, but it always took 3 or 4 seconds for the oil light to go out. Suspecting a faulty pump, I whipped off the sump and pump and found my mistake.
The trick with these was to drill out the oil holes in the cam spray bar. The oil pump in the pinto was so powerful that it still gave factory oil pressure, and cam wear was eliminated.
With the 1600 diff, you could race reps in 1600 Cavaliers and hang onto them up to 90.
The early cam wear problems where down to soft metal the cams were made of, they started to use chilled casting techniques to cure that particular problem but didn't figure out the oil bar mod for years whilst us plebs (or customers as ford called us) figured it all out by ourselves
I knew Stan Young the Ford main Dealer very well in the mid 80's i dated his grand daughter for many years, Stan and his brother Reg
also had a branch in Shacklewell Lane Dalston and i think one other can't quite remember were it was now. Their son in Law Malcom was their head so sales during the early 70's
also had a branch in Shacklewell Lane Dalston and i think one other can't quite remember were it was now. Their son in Law Malcom was their head so sales during the early 70's
4rephill said:
The car lasted almost 8 years according to the DVLA:
The vehicle details for KGU 339K are:
Date of Liability 01 12 1979
Date of First Registration 13 01 1972
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2000cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
I can hear the V5 application forms winging their way to DVLA as we speak!The vehicle details for KGU 339K are:
Date of Liability 01 12 1979
Date of First Registration 13 01 1972
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2000cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
S0 What said:
Worthwhile mod back in the day, later (85 on, 205 block engines) had larger holes in the spray bar from the factory
The early cam wear problems where down to soft metal the cams were made of, they started to use chilled casting techniques to cure that particular problem but didn't figure out the oil bar mod for years whilst us plebs (or customers as ford called us) figured it all out by ourselves
Indeed. My old Man had a Capri 2000S back in the day ('77-80) and whilst it didn't need a cam, it did need a head gasket or two to try and cure that oil leak from the front on the head. The wonder of spline drive sockets and head bolts!The early cam wear problems where down to soft metal the cams were made of, they started to use chilled casting techniques to cure that particular problem but didn't figure out the oil bar mod for years whilst us plebs (or customers as ford called us) figured it all out by ourselves
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