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1976' Ford Escort

€188,000

Published 8 June 2021ID: p6apml

Expired
3 years, 6 months ago

Information from the owner

Body: Sedan

Age: 45 years

Mileage: 9610 km

Displacement: 1601 cc

Fuel:

Transmission: Manual

Exterior color: White

Seller's comments about 1976' Ford Escort

This is my Escort RS1600 mk1 , it is a car that was "born" in March 1973 to race! Vehicle intended for Roger Clark who broke his foot that year and did not line up, however it was purchased in the Ford competition department in England, more specifically in Avley by the Portuguese pilot Larama. It is one of the 200 client version of the competition and is strictly as it was at the time, it has undergone a thorough restoration and all the pieces are from the period and legitimate of this model. It is a Full gr.2 specs that it had and still has today. As you know, this model won the rally world championship in the early 70's with Renault, Lancia, Saab, Porsche etc. winning many times we can say that this car in rallies is as good as a goldfish in the water. Concretely, when this car "arrived" in Portugal, it soon made the Tap 73 rally still with an English license plate (OGF 916L) in the hands of the famous Angolan driver Larama (Manuel Amaral) ! At his request, the Escord was converted at the factory to LHD, where it won the class in the 1973 TAP class 1600.The car then went to Angola and registered with registration AAG-22-83 with a Safari look, where it participated in several rallies, namely in the Cota Cota rally in the neographical rally in the Bca among others where he won numerous rallies in general. However with the independence in Angola (11/11/1975) the car comes to Portugal specifically in 1976 to the island of the Azores and is legalized again now picking up the registration number IU-76-71 where it won 2 laps of the Azores in the hands of Larama/ Horácio Franco thus giving Ford Lusitana two victories in 1977 and 1978 and wins all the championship rallies. In mid-1978 he still ran in the Rally TECNIAÇORES, team Horácio Franco / João Luís Oliveira and were 2nd General. Later the Escort passed into the hands of another Azorean pilot Mario Riley/ Luis Gomes from the Apolo20 team, we are talking about 1981 where he participated in several rallies on the island. From that year it was kept until 1998 where it was acquired by an investor and restored from A to Z with all the legitimate material and Works of the time, the car at this moment is according to specifications of new ones from 1973 according to Manufacture, this car is always very adored by all Azoreans. Over the years and with the appearance of the Escort Mk2 the car was becoming forgotten and obsoleted by other new and evolved cars. Here begins the "disappearance" of the RS 1600. I discovered the car in 1997 through a friend without mechanics and very degraded. With luck and effort I managed to buy the car and my story began here with the RS. I bought an original mechanics in England and from here I started doing it all over again: block, crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, valves, a.cams, exhaust , dry crankcase , inlet everything but everything was new . It is in 1840c.c and develops 232 hp. Target for a thorough restoration at all levels, from sheet metal to painting, mechanics and interiors. A lot of time dedicated and bytes around the car to give it back all the originality. The gearbox is a 4 straight gear Rocket as it ran at the time and the differential is a Salisbury with LSD, Quaife axle shafts and Gr.2 turnbuckles! Bilstein suspensions with front and rear coilovers! The interiors are totally original with factory backets with headrest, Britax belts and Springalex steering wheel. The quadrant marks in miles as standard and the rev counter is a Smiths ! Wheels are original Minilite 8 inches at the back and 7 inches at the front. BDA Engine 1842CC New AX block Crankshaft in fardon steel EN40B Flywheel Engine 3.1kg ultra ligth aluminum Bi-disk clutch AP Racing ARP head bolts and block H-long connecting rods 5.26 Acraligt pistons 86.5 forged Cometic multichime gasket BDA head Big valve all components of new head X16 Inlet camshaft, BLF 14(9000rpm) L1 exhaust (8000rpm) Variable pulleys adjustment Dry sump pump Oil 5 doors Carburetors Webers 45 Ashley exhaust line complete Electronic ignition Bosch Cx Rocket speeds with quick shift and Quaif Autoblo right gear kit