350Hp MK1 Cosworth Escort

[cave weta]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.asp?id=322346943


A bit hard to justify in these hard times - but it's pretty flash for an old Ford Escort!

[MisterD]

$40k and then you'd have to swap the wheels for some minilites and re-spray it orange and black "Mexico" styles.

[Ronin]

Bang some old crossplys on it. Now that would be fun.

[Banditbandit]

That's a lot of money for something with too many wheeels ..

[marty]

That is seriously cool car - from a distance externally would give Marc Willers' Nizola a run, but the interior in the escort is pretty average - this is how an old school performance ride should look >> http://www.performancecar.co.nz/tag/marc-willers

[98tls]

:woohoo:Love it,not to fussed on all the "show" stuff but other than that:woohoo:Anyone remember the Escort with the P76 motor in it that raced with much success way back.

[meteor]

Or even the P76 dropped into that vauxhall chevette as a rally/hillclimb car? What was the name of that hill climb that went up a hill to a hairpin then back down? I think it was somewhere down south.. Chch?

[imdying]

- this is how an old school performance ride should look >> http://www.performancecar.co.nz/tag/marc-willers
But it looks so damn stupid with that intercooler and the, errr lovely, white interior :puke:

[Kickaha]

Or even the P76 dropped into that vauxhall chevette as a rally/hillclimb car? What was the name of that hill climb that went up a hill to a hairpin then back down? I think it was somewhere down south.. Chch?


Ashley forest, don't remember a P76 one but there was a 308/powerglide Chevette there

[onearmedbandit]

But it looks so damn stupid with that intercooler and the, errr lovely, white interior :puke:

+1. Not to my taste.

[Sensei]

My welding Boss had the only genuine MK1 BDA 1600 in the Southern Hemisphere which he sold not so long ago for I believe over 80-90K , he said he drives it more now for the new owner than he did while owning it , He has now just brought a new 80k Ford Focus RS MountTune with 350HP one of only 100 made , mate has driven it & says it is out of this world & would just wipe a FPV Ford or HSV Commodore off the Planet . It is quicker than an 2010 Subaru & is as quick as an 2010 Evo round a track ! not bad for a front wheel drive . My drive is this weekend so I will take it to my test road & have being told to drive it like I stole it !!!

[98tls]

My welding Boss had the only genuine MK1 BDA 1600 in the Southern Hemisphere which he sold not so long ago for I believe over 80-90K , he said he drives it more now for the new owner than he did while owning it , He has now just brought a new 80k Ford Focus RS MountTune with 350HP one of only 100 made , mate has driven it & says it is out of this world & would just wipe a FPV Ford or HSV Commodore off the Planet . It is quicker than an 2010 Subaru & is as quick as an 2010 Evo round a track ! not bad for a front wheel drive . My drive is this weekend so I will take it to my test road & have being told to drive it like I stole it !!!

Remember reading an article re a Focus and a GT40 being driven over some insane road in Europe with the Focus all over the 40 like a rash,no surprise really but hey give me a dinosaur anyday.

[AllanB]

But it looks so damn stupid with that intercooler and the, errr lovely, white interior :puke:

Have to agree.

[scumdog]

:woohoo:Love it,not to fussed on all the "show" stuff but other than that:woohoo:

Yeah, those wheels do nowt for me...

[meteor]

Ashley forest, don't remember a P76 one but there was a 308/powerglide Chevette there

Yes, Ashley Forrest, think you're right. The P76 may have been in a Starlet?? can't remember...

[Kickaha]

Yes, Ashley Forrest, think you're right. The P76 may have been in a Starlet?? can't remember...

You're thinking of the Oldsmobile/Starlet built by Trevor Crowe
http://www.v8.co.nz/articles/toyota-starlet-giant-killer-61#more-23001

[nadroj]

Kim Austin comes to mind.

http://www.sportsground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=6374&PageTypeID=9&PageID=40666&Tab=3

[cave weta]

Kim Austin comes to mind.

http://www.sportsground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=6374&PageTypeID=9&PageID=40666&Tab=3

Thats him!
Kim was a hauraki Plains dairry farmer- he died in a Robinson R22 crash- He took me in that Chevette for two runs in the Ashley forest sprint -demented!- and then his wife on the third run ...and flipped it right in front of me on the downhill!

[cave weta]

:woohoo:Love it,not to fussed on all the "show" stuff but other than that:woohoo:Anyone remember the Escort with the P76 motor in it that raced with much success way back.

That would have been Mad- Max Irwin from waiuku! he would vertually destroy it each time he drove it!- I have insane photos of him on two wheels on gravel and drifting on Wrights road hillclimb with smoke pouring off the rear tyres - back in the early 80s
I owned an Escort Twin Cam back then with a Brian Hart 170hp big valve motor in it and a Rocket Close Ratio Box. Group 4 Bilstiens and an atlas LSD- it was the shizzle!

[avgas]

I dream of RS200's.

If someone says I meant to say "2000" I will rip out your throat. The RS200 was the best ford rally car.

[slowpoke]

I dream of RS200's.

If someone says I meant to say "2000" I will rip out your throat. The RS200 was the best ford rally car.

The guys at Hoffman Ford in Pahiatiua (of all places!) had one on display for a while. Pretty cool fella's, I stopped on my way back from Manfeild after a test day, they were just closing up but completely understood me wanting to check the thing out. Awesome wee thing, got a real hand built quality to it, kinda like a very nice kit car, which I guess it is. It certainly didn't have the robotic "perfection" of your average car, but it's a long way from average so that's alright by me..

I won't mention the Group A RS500 race car they also had on display....

[Hopeful Bastard]

The only ford that gets my happy goo goo going in the most sensual and soothing way, is this one..

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Ford/Shelby/auction-332680976.htm

[Berries]

160k ??????

Give me a Lotus Cortina any day.

[Grubber]

The only ford that gets my happy goo goo going in the most sensual and soothing way, is this one..

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Ford/Shelby/auction-332680976.htm


160k ??????

Give me a Lotus Cortina any day.

I'd take either of these 2 actually.
I had an RS2000 way back when. An amazing little car. Also had a John Goss Special 1981 Falcon. 351ci toploader box and LSD 9" diff all factory.
That one was my favourite.:niceone:

[meteor]

Grew up in Dunedin and there were street drags (proper ones) on the waterfront, t'was a couple of 2nd hand car dealers (Bird brothers I think) that showed up in flash muscle car V8's that weren't muffled and the noise was fantastic. My 302 XR8 at full noise is a sweet sound too but not like those big blocks!

[MisterD]

If someone says I meant to say "2000" I will rip out your throat. The RS200 was the best ford rally car.

Heh, I grew up watching The Professionals and dreamt of RS2000's...back when Dad was getting Cortina Mk4's as company cars (tan vinyl roof FTW...not).

I also grew up watching the Rallycross on Grandstand and was kind of disappointed when Martin Schanche went from his x-trac Escort to an RS200...

[Kickaha]

I dream of RS200's.

Quite a cool car but I'd rather have a MG Metro 6R4

A few years back they showed UK Rallycross on sky which had quite a few of these types of vehicle competing