Steve Saxty Posted March 29, 2019 Report Posted March 29, 2019 This is Special Vehicle Engineering - the team that designed the fastest Fords. Can you guess what was the secret car they are hiding there on the right? Rod Mansfield wrote a fascinating insight in my book where he tells us what it was like to do Capri, Cosworth and XRs, you can read it here. Read what Rod says today.
OSF Contributor Mexican Gerbil Posted March 29, 2019 OSF Contributor Report Posted March 29, 2019 Is it a boot (saloon car) or a whale tail ?
notenoughtime Posted March 29, 2019 Report Posted March 29, 2019 Mk5 Rs2000 my mum had a pre production mk5 RS2000 4X4 Which shared some Escort cosworth parts whenever we rang fords for parts they said there wasn’t such a car it was bought from a Ford main dealer lol and was used as a test car apparently sadly it was stolen off the drive
notenoughtime Posted March 29, 2019 Report Posted March 29, 2019 Maybe that’s my mums car under the sheet?
colr6 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Posted March 29, 2019 It’s an Austin montego ! Ford needs a benchmark on how NOT to build a car, so ideal candidate 😜 1
OSF Contributor Mexican Gerbil Posted March 30, 2019 OSF Contributor Report Posted March 30, 2019 After some investigative work I believe it’s an escort but what flavour .....??
Xp197777 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Posted March 30, 2019 Yep I don’t recognise that , I reckon prototype as well ?
Steve Saxty Posted March 30, 2019 Author Report Posted March 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Mexican Gerbil said: After some investigative work I believe it’s an escort but what flavour .....?? That's a pretty good list. I had lunch with Rod Mansfield a few months back. The project they were proudest of was the Venezuelan Escort with (I think) supercharger and AC needed to accommodate the high altitude and heat.
Steve Saxty Posted March 30, 2019 Author Report Posted March 30, 2019 Yup - it's an Escort but which one? Not an RS BTW... 1
PeteRS8084 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Posted March 30, 2019 Here's a punt......rs 1700t pre production?
Steve Saxty Posted March 31, 2019 Author Report Posted March 31, 2019 19 hours ago, Rich T said: A prototype that never made production? Nope, it was a big seller...
Steve Saxty Posted March 31, 2019 Author Report Posted March 31, 2019 10 hours ago, PeteRS8084 said: Here's a punt......rs 1700t pre production? 10 hours ago, PeteRS8084 said: Here's a punt......rs 1700t pre production? Nope, it was some time after that poor unfortunate thing.
Steve Saxty Posted March 31, 2019 Author Report Posted March 31, 2019 12 hours ago, Rich T said: XR 4x4 ? Nope, not that big...
Steve Saxty Posted March 31, 2019 Author Report Posted March 31, 2019 12 hours ago, Xp197777 said: Xr3 i Close but no cigar...
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