Hi Guys

What would a road spec be worth if one was found? Obviously alot would depend on condition, even if only a little.

 

It would depend which one was found

 

Very hard too price as there nothing too compare it too really

 

I thought there was only a handful of these produced? I have the number 4 in my head for some reason?

They have to be near priceless to a collector

 

i've found out that someone near me may still have one. From what i understand he bought it nearly new and has had it ever since.

 

None were ever officially sold by ford, officially there are 4 in existence, and all are accounted for, Malcom Wilson has one

 

I actually got something right for once lol. They were all prototypes I believe. Think ones in the ford museum?

 

Ye I'd imagine there is one in ford's museum, it is believed Malcom Wilson has the only surviving road car, if somehow your friends is genuine then its worth a fortune I reckon.

 

RS200 can bring excess of Ł100k. The 1700T are in another league. As been said you can't compare to another one. You could ask what you wanted for it. The same could be said about the Diana S1

 

10 posts before someone asks for pics

 

Pics or it didn't happen!

 

Guys this is what i've heard, i heard the same thing years ago and it's not someone i know. I am going to do my best to find out, would love to just have a look round it. The guy is getting on now, he has more money to not have to worry about it lol i'm just hoping if he does own one then he wont mind me wanting to have a poke round it.

 

Ye very hard too value, IMO I don't think they'd fetch as much as an RS200 though, not sure why, just don't think they'd be worth as much.

 

He won't! He'll be proud that someone has respect for the car

 

One sold a few years ago for around Ł30k or so I believe went to the chap that always has his RS200 on display at the shows. Quite tatty and rally rather than road spec

About 14 cars were built in all, most scrapped and a handful went to South Africa. One came back recently, which was the one that had a resto thread running on here

Here are some nice period pics

 

they used the engines they had built for the 1700t in the rs200 after ford pulled the rug from under boreham

 

great pic paul

 

Yeah I heard that too. But wasn't the BDT derived from the formula 1 1500 engines?

 

If you watch the Equinox program on youtube about this period they show a Turbo BD being dynoed and it keeps twisting the block at around 10,000 revs and seizing up so they gave up on the idea of using it in F1 and developed the v6 instead that went in the Beatrice and later the Benetton

 

Got ya! It's a shame that newer cars don't have the same pedigree that they used to. Everything is so generic and bland with no roots. That's why I love old fords so much

 

Was there not 18 built and 8 exist now?? And no two are the same?? Some 4x4, rwd, turboed and n/a'd??

 

Malcolms one:

 

Malcom got that from one of my old customers, couldn't belive what i saw when i opened the garage door. Used to live in a showroom in skegness at one time.

 

I do like these RS1700t.s. Its a shame ford didnt produce more

 

The one you mention will be on an RSOC display very soon

and no its not mine

 

You ever had a ride in it Paul?

 

I love threads like this i mind the one about the moonstone 500 that was tucked away for years one owner ! turned out to be a 200E saphire

 

Great to hear Paul. If its anything like his RS200 it will be a corker

 

Would this 200 be F200 FGT? The owner is a legend.

 

From your location, is it the one that used to be in a garage were the Co Op now sits just up from The Ship pub ?????

 

Anyone got a link to the restoration of the one that came back from South Africa last year? It had a jap engine fitted and last I heard was sent away to be blasted and dipped.

 

Thats theone Malcom Wilson now owns. Had it first hand from the Gent that sold it to him.

 

Thanks, my fault for not reading your other post properly

 

I believe he's restored that car now

 

That's possibly the one then. Cant imagine there would be two in the same area been as rare as they are. Think some of the locals think he's got it tucked up somewhere.

 

100% the same one that used to live in the showroom next to the petrol station, that's going back around 20 odd years ago it was in there now. When the garage was shut he took it home, one of my late neighbours also knew The old owner, he used to be something big with the Audi rally team apparently.

 

i remember the one i the showroom at skeg. there was a price of Ł99,000 in the window when i saw it

 

A part restored one with spares came back to the UK a few years ago

 

What happened to ot Rob.Did it get finished.

 

That pic is of it still in Siuth Africa, I have loads more