RE: Ford RS200 to return as 'remastered' icon

[GTRene]

cerb4.5lee said:

Discombobulate said:

generationx said:

He was Graham Robson (prolific motoring author). I was helping out at the Escort event with Pentti, I expect our paths have crossed before!

Small world.

I thought exactly the same! Madness really.

No wonder, looks at this >He wrote nearly 170 books<

wow, respect for such, almost 170 books, more here, also a bit about the RS200

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/obituaries/rip...


hah, edit: thats one I know for sure, I have also this TVR book one of many.

Edited by GTRene on Wednesday 26th June 23:21

[cerb4.5lee]

GTRene said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Discombobulate said:

generationx said:

He was Graham Robson (prolific motoring author). I was helping out at the Escort event with Pentti, I expect our paths have crossed before!

Small world.

I thought exactly the same! Madness really.

No wonder, looks at this >He wrote nearly 170 books<

wow, respect for such, almost 170 books, more here, also a bit about the RS200

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/obituaries/rip...

Incredibly sad, and I didn't realise that he had passed.

[GTRene]

cerb4.5lee said:

GTRene said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Discombobulate said:

generationx said:

He was Graham Robson (prolific motoring author). I was helping out at the Escort event with Pentti, I expect our paths have crossed before!

Small world.

I thought exactly the same! Madness really.

No wonder, looks at this >He wrote nearly 170 books<

wow, respect for such, almost 170 books, more here, also a bit about the RS200

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/obituaries/rip...

Incredibly sad, and I didn't realise that he had passed.

Indeed, he left a big legacy, he will not be forgotten , and ow, I see he wrote more then 200 books... see here that list and I have at least 3 or so, thats why I guess that name sounded so familiar.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/277254.Graha...

[molineux1980]

My dad, a huge blue oval fan, passed away in January. He would be so excited to see this, I so want to be calling him and telling him the news.

He took me to Sutton Park when I was a 6 year old, and along with the Quattro, the RS200 really resonated with my fertile mind.

I so want these to be amazing.

[Mark A S]

Might have told this story before.

I was fortunate to have driven one back in 88 at a Ford event around the Boreham perimeter track. Sadly, the powers that be put some sort of a limiter on the engine so it would not pull past 4500 ish, but from memory it handled and rode Very well, visibility good if not a little noisy, but then again, the majority of cars were back then let alone a homologation special.

John Taylor took us to one of the “sheds” where there was at least 20 of them collecting dust. He did focus on one of the Evolution versions though, with the 2.1 BDT larger exhaust and apparently good for 600 bhp! Pity, the one I drove felt like it had no more than 150, but I guess Ford’s did not want a load of unknowns [ albeit I was not unknown to JT ] hooning around and possibly wrecking them, even so one lad managed to spin off in fairly spectacular fashion

[cerb4.5lee]

GTRene said:

cerb4.5lee said:

GTRene said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Discombobulate said:

generationx said:

He was Graham Robson (prolific motoring author). I was helping out at the Escort event with Pentti, I expect our paths have crossed before!

Small world.

I thought exactly the same! Madness really.

No wonder, looks at this >He wrote nearly 170 books<

wow, respect for such, almost 170 books, more here, also a bit about the RS200

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/obituaries/rip...

Incredibly sad, and I didn't realise that he had passed.

Indeed, he left a big legacy, he will not be forgotten , and ow, I see he wrote more then 200 books... see here that list and I have at least 3 or so, thats why I guess that name sounded so familiar.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/277254.Graha...

I've got loads of his books off that list, because I've always been a big Ford fan, and then more recently a big BMW fan too. They are all still in my garage.

[Discombobulate]

Mark A S said:

Might have told this story before.

I was fortunate to have driven one back in 88 at a Ford event around the Boreham perimeter track. Sadly, the powers that be put some sort of a limiter on the engine so it would not pull past 4500 ish, but from memory it handled and rode Very well, visibility good if not a little noisy, but then again, the majority of cars were back then let alone a homologation special.

John Taylor took us to one of the “sheds” where there was at least 20 of them collecting dust. He did focus on one of the Evolution versions though, with the 2.1 BDT larger exhaust and apparently good for 600 bhp! Pity, the one I drove felt like it had no more than 150, but I guess Ford’s did not want a load of unknowns [ albeit I was not unknown to JT ] hooning around and possibly wrecking them, even so one lad managed to spin off in fairly spectacular fashion

JT. What a character.

[nismo48]

Tickle said:

generationx said:

Dad (the late AAGR formerly of this parish) was deeply involved in the RS200 project from the very beginning and ran several road cars throughout the late 80s including the “ultimate” being the only (at the time) red example with leather interior and a car phone. They were troublesome, unreliable and utterly glorious - absolutely nothing could stay with it on a twisty road. It was the first truly fast car I ever drove and I’ll never forget it.

I’m intrigued, and not a little cynical, about this project but have signed up for updates as they come. We’ll see where this goes.

Dad’s last one, parked outside our garage at home:

Thanks for posting, love stuff like this

Agreed, great story

[dom9]

Straight into the fantasy / lottery garage - looking forward to updates!

[s m]

Discombobulate said:

Stig crashed one at Boreham.

Mr Green went up to the Isle of Skye to crash one

[Discombobulate]

s m said:

Mr Green went up to the Isle of Skye to crash one

Ouch!
But the one I rode in ended up crashed too..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jvQ-foimU4

[generationx]

Discombobulate said:

s m said:

Mr Green went up to the Isle of Skye to crash one

Ouch!
But the one I rode in ended up crashed too..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jvQ-foimU4

I remember that issue of Car, I may still have it.

As for the video, as the car righted itself on the Scottish Roger Freeman (the co-driver) got on the radio. The conversation, as reported by Dad who was in the service van at the time, went thus:
RF: Get the body panels off the lorry
Service: Which ones?
RF: All of them!

Freeman was a funny old bloke with a very dry sense of humour. I always remember after Ari V rolled his Escort into a ball on the ‘82 Manx.

Reporter: when did you realise you were going to have the accident?
RF: Scrutineering…

[s m]

generationx said:

I remember that issue of Car, I may still have it.

I still have it too - I wonder if the guy from Auto Windscreens was persuaded by his Stig demo run to buy a roadgoing one!

[Paw]

cerb4.5lee said:

I've got loads of his books off that list, because I've always been a big Ford fan, and then more recently a big BMW fan too. They are all still in my garage.

I'm sure that every true car nut on here has many of Graham's books. He is passion and knowledge shone through in all of them. We all just need to say thanks for the hours of enjoyment he has given us, and still does. Only the other day I dug out some of his Range Rover Classic books as I was after some info.

Paw