How many have ford produced? 600?

 

Ford produced 200 of the 'monte carlo' cars.

as for the 'motorsport' cars......there were sold as trimmed shells for rally people to buid them up etc.....

 

Ok.

Is every (escort cos) without sunroof an motorsport edition?

cause i am importing a escort cosworth, without sunroof.

 

Im pretty sure that a sunroof was an option in some countries. I may be wrong though, but generally speaking, uk cars with no sunroof are motorsport models.

 

This car are from italy.

thanks for the help

 

mine has no sunroof and aint a motorsport mate

 

That'll be standard spec then.

Not motorsport or Lux

 

It's a homolgation special like mine.

I have no sunroof but I have electrics pack etc that was not inc in motorsport edition.

 

in italy they have some differant spec names, i have been in a
Biasion escort cosworth and have seen a version called Executive
not seen any over in ITALY called a Motorsport

 

they did do cars without sunroofs and that were not motorsport models.

most u.k motorsport models were white in colour.

 

yep the Biasion example i went in, was full leather inc the
doorcards (nice) but had no sunroof

 

The car from italy have full leather inc, and no sunroof

Found an address www.rscosworth.co.uk

(300 cars were initially built but only 200 were badged as Monte Carlo's - the rest went to France they were known as the Escort Cosworth 'motorsport'. After the initial production build the italians also wanted 100 such cars and these were not badged Monte's but were the same spec, (Wheels, Tyres, Trim) in the colour Diamond White or Petrol blue.
Of the 200 Monte Badged cars, 127 were LHD and 73 were built in the RHD for the UK market and about 20 were small turbo models.

The "Monte" was available in only 3 colours:
• Ash Black
• Mallard Green
• Jewel Violet

Only 10 right-hand-drive models were built in "Jewel Violet" thus making it the rarest combination!)

 

jewel violet aint the rarest is it, seen less ash black ones

 

Rite first time mate, its a standard spec not the homolgation. Mine has elec windows but manual mirrors, non pop out rear windows, motorsport seats (non recaro) and no rear head rests

 

I would have thought ash black was the rarest. Ive only ever seen yours in ash black.

 

interesting, not read or heard much about French spec Escort Cosworths

 

hang on a mo, just read on that site that "the first 2500 were white"
well mine is one of them and it isnt white

 

Does all Escos have the hole in the trunk to access the fuel pump & tank? Or is it just Motorsport thing?

 

Never checked to be honest mate. Il have a look for ya

 

Motorsport only

 

Then my car is a weird one it's -92, (registered in -94) black, all electrics "windows & mirrors" no sunroof, the hole in the trunk, and leather interior ???


It's originally from Italy now in Finland.

By the way is there any weight differences in the motorsport shell compared to normal?

 

How much does yours weigh? What does it say on the plate on the slam panel? Not the VIN plate, but the other?

 

Maby it`s one of the 100 car`s from italy who are an monte carlo edition?



As the www.rscosworth.co.uk say`s 100 went to italy.

After the initial production build the italians also wanted 100 such cars and these were not badged Monte's but were the same spec, (Wheels, Tyres, Trim)

 

in this country when a car is registerd from abroad,and previously used
overseas,it has the date it was brought over as the the registration date.
my car is a 92 but was registerd in the uk much later than that.
gets very confusing sometimes

 

Who really knows? No one!!

 

Thats probably the most sensible answer... As all of them were hand built I'm sure there is plenty of different cars with different spec around...

 

EXACTLY!

 

jewel violet is the rearrest ( 10 cars ) closely followed by gloss black ( 100 cars ) don't know how many ash black was made but i have seen a few mostly late ones ( RHD that is )

 

26 j/violets r/h/d look at the monte thread

 

talking about ash black Montes tho mate, sure I read only 14 were RHD Monte carlos

 

The never ending Monte discussions...

 

imo the special order cars are the rarest,if you have a car ford and
karmman only did 1 of in a special order colour.
that would be the rarest,well thats my opinion