hello guys girls and guru's lol

ive just been informed of a mk 3 escort 4wd rally car which was apparently built FOR ford there was a debate whether there was 4 of them made or 6,

thats not my question tho my question is dose any one have any info on these cars at all spec or pictures or even just value? and also is there any way of distinguishing its a genuine version? ive been told they look like a basic mk 3 xr3 or rst

the reason im asking as i may know where one is and aparently its been sat for a while so im hoping to purchase it but dont want to be buying somthing worth nothing!

thanks in advance Tony

 

I think youre on about the Gartrac (sp) car do a search matey

In good condition worth a mint.

 

no its not a g3 gartrac as they have wide archs.......

 

u sure its 4x4 and standard looking?! only one i know about which are rare as fuck are the ford 1700Ts which were based on a mk3 and were RWD but canned in the end as the quattro's came onto the scene and wasnt worth fords while hence them developing the rs200!! but they were far from standard looking...............



I quote

The Ford Escort RS 1700T was a prototype RWD car designed by Ford Motor Company in 1980 to compete in Group B rallying. Prototypes were based on the MKIII Escort and featured a Cosworth developed 1.8 litre turbocharged four cylinder engine that produced over 300BHP maximum power.

 

Do a search mate theres a long thread about these - cant remember the outcome.

I think it was basically a no...

 

sell me yer granny for a monkey and i'll tell you everything you need to know about 4x4 mark 3 escorts

 

you sure its not the mk4?

 

its deffinatly an A reg and deffinatly not a 1700t ive done plenty of hunting on these things as ive been after a 4 / rear wheel drive mk 3 or 4 for years now

ill have to wait and see if i can find the guy who has it laid up and find out what the deal is!!

 

To be honest mate I'd just buy a Gartrac or similar car.

If its a genuine Ford one - if they did such a thing - its likely to use something bespoke which you cant easily replace if you break it.

 

wasent worryed about that was gunna restore it and sell it on to a collector lol!

 

Interesting..

(oh and without its location )

 

Ford did devolp a 4WD kit for the RS Turbo,but it was shelved,due to unreliability issues and also other projects that were deemed more important IIRC...
Way back in the 80's i knew a guy that was going to buy this very kit for his big powered Series 1...a kit was found in Germany and it wasn't cheap,but it was incomplete and to get the missing parts remade would have cost alot,so the idea was forgotten about.

I'm sure if you dig around in one of the respected Ford writers book (Graham Robson etc) you will find some info on this project.

 

where was this pic taken? the yellow mk 1 reg looks like the one off my first car! would love to find out if its the same one

 

That escort looks absolutely turd lol!

 

OSNABRUCK ford did convert 3 that they used to rally with 4wd, but that was in 80-82, used to go past there all the time on my bike and called in often as me mate detlefs dad worked there.
All three were originally XR3, and were in yellow, citrine yellow ?
tabetha

 

hewland done a kit that converted to 4x4 i know a couple were made for bt i think

 

Bit of an old thread.

 

i was always under the impression that the 4x4 system used in the early mk3 system lead the way for mk5 rs2000 4x4.

im sure there are some pics of it on here some where!

cheers,
Phil

 

yeah the one i have is quite similar to the rs2000

 

yes thats right i startart the thread

hi mate i started a thread on this back in nov 2005 but it was only about the mark 4 s2 that many on
here didnt know about im not aware of the mark 3 but i do understand shells were made then cut up, is it a genuine mark 3 shell or one just cut up and made up read my thread link below to one guy making his own ????

https://passionford.com/forum/genera...this-post.html

 

also on the second page this was said about the mark 3 escort

was it a prototype ?????????

 

i know the first 2.0 cosworth turbo ford was a mk4 escort using a sierra floorpan on an s2 turbo base and was made by ford themselves just before they made the sierra cossy it was in passionford a bit back had slightly wider arches than a standard s2