Mk2 escort 4 door 1600 sport ?

[preacherman]

Real or fake

Seen one for sale in Hereford.

Bright yellow

Neil

[Rally Pack 2000]

I dont think there were 4 door Sports, not even South African ones (not that I have ever seen at least). It was more Australia that dabbled in 4 Door performance Escorts and the Sport was never part of the Escort line there.

[khanlad]

Ford did 4dr 1600 sports, and 1300 sports were avaliable overseas but not in the uk

[Rally Pack 2000]

5 minutes ago, khanlad said:

Ford did 4dr 1600 sports, and 1300 sports were avaliable overseas but not in the uk

Thats excellent! I cant find any images of them all I have only ever found were 2 doors, do you have any you could post?

[khanlad]

I havent mate, ive seen a 4dr 13 sport before but never a 16, im just relaying what i read in a book

[Rally Pack 2000]

2 minutes ago, khanlad said:

I havent mate, ive seen a 4dr 13 sport before but never a 16, im just relaying what i read in a book

I'll have to go through all my old books again and research it a bit more. I know I was curious about this before but couldn't find any images so like Preacherman I suspected that any sightings were just 4 door cars with the stripes added.

[Rally Pack 2000]

This page from "The Sporting Escorts" explains why there aren't many images of genuine 4 door Sports. (It doesn't show one either!) It says while 2 door production went for 5 years, 4 door production was only for 18 months because they weren't selling very well. Combining poor sales and really short production period means a rare car I would imagine. If you noted the number plate you could see if it fits within that 18 month window. Outside that it would probably be a fake. I still don't recall 4 door South African ones though. However the same book maintains South Africa made 855 Flat nosed RS2000s and I have never seen evidence of this not even a single image sometimes these things are like bigfoot and never captured on film. Although in that case I suspect an error by the Author instead.

[Wilko131]

Would be nice to see a genuine 4 door sport. But apart from few bits of trim isn’t that what the 1600 Ghia is. Same engine and box same chassis same brakes. Please correct me if I’m wrong but I always thought the Ghia was a sport with extra doors


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[Tony F]

This photo was taken in 1986, that me and my sister. This car said 4 door 1600 sport on the documents, all the interior was 1600 sport including the front seats that did not fold. However I still can not be 100% sure it was genuine, only 99.9%.  I think back in the 1980's you could change your "Specification" on the old green V5 documents. The car was sold in Carlisle in 1989 and I am desperate to trace it, buy it or even find its Reg. I've often wondered if i did a  Subject Access Request to the Police - if they would give me the reg. I got stopped many times, for loud exhaust, dangerous driving and pulling wheel spins. Any advice would be appreciated

[notenoughtime]

We definitely had 1600 4 door sports here my friend had a dark blue one, I. Sure I remember 1300 4 doors also 

[kiwi_bugman]

I used to live near Bournemouth in the South of UK. When I was in my teens our next door neighbour worked for Ford UK & was fairly high up in the food chain. As a Ford employee he got a 4-door Orange 1600 Sport specially built for him. I remember it in the driveway when it would have been a couple of years old. Back in the day, some employees could access the factory build computer, (such as it was), & change codes around to build 'specials'. I believe this how such non production versions may have came about? Paul

[ShaunS]

Wow, I guess you learn some every day, 

Definitely no 4door sports in South Africa though,