Billy_RS

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What cars do you consider icons of the ford world over the past 20 odd years?

I want pictures, stories and videos.

Think this thread could bring back some good memory's


I'll start with the Red RS Turbo which went by the name SOY.......

I'd never heard about the car, seen it or anything and at the time I was working for a local body shop (2002-2004). I was sent out to deliver a customers car and pick up the hire car. On the way back after collecting the car I stopped at a newsagents to get a drink. It was a quiet road in a village, but can't remember where it was for the life of me. Hertfordshire/Essex I think. All of a sudden as I'm crossing the road I see a really smart looking red RS turbo coming up the road. He's given it everything it had and the car spooled up spinning its wheels and let the dump valve whoosh just as it got in line with me, into the next gear and carried on spinning up the road. I caught the number plate as it disappeared into the countryside! From then on I wanted one and ended up buying my first RS turbo because of that moment.

liam-rst

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There's lots imo mate
Martoons escos
Will orms rs200
Harvey Gibbs escos
wennys royal nail/mk3 sleeper
The list is endless mate

Billy_RS

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Yeah I know there are loads, but kind of wanted stories and reasons why you liked them.

Not really after a quick obvious list.

I should have made it clearer in the op.

gjh

Rods saph for me, not much of a story behind it but remeber seeing a copy of performance ford in a shop with 200mph (dont remeber the exact speed but it was over the double ton) in big red lettering and just thinking to myself "jesus christ a cossie has done it!" Bought the mag staright away. Not much of a story but thats all I have to offer, could do a list of cars that I think are legends bt donrt really have anything decent to write about them.

Mark_

Lee and Rentons 3dr was all ways a fav of mine,

SOY and the original JamSport RS turbo


All ways loved the old Harris escorts ( Albert and Ron Harris ) as well.

Glenn_

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For me its got to be the Royal nail cause ive been in it a few times.I drove to ford fair and back in it.

Also wennys mk3 escort cause its came along way other the years.

I also loved the x concoures blue escort cossie LUX RS..

v man

There is only one name you need to know

Elle

The original daddy

STeve

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for me it has to be the turbosystems cars all zebra striped up

johnandhissaffy

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im not able to say 20 years but in the 10 years iv been into fords mine are
rods saph
harvey gibbs escort cossie
the twins carbon s2
ronnies 3-door race car

Glenn_

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Elle eyyye she is a tidy sort.She owns an impreza though lol.


What do you think is so special about that 3dr????

BRAMMER

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Desert storm
Severnvalley white rst
Ele
Martins reyland escort
Max power rs kicker

ajamesc

Has to be rods for me him and mark have pushed the power and torque of the old yb to new heights over the years.
And for me my only real interest in fords is the yb engine and how fast you can make it

neilscott83

Reyland escort
Rods saph
ELE
YUM
What happened to ELE? I loved that car.

pee vee

the original Reyland Esc cos.

creator

Just because of what it achieved sunnys and pauls fieata's
Also because of what its acheived and just the amount of development thts gone into it,it has to be luke and the trolly for me.

But theres also the ones mentione above
Reyland escort
Rods saph
ELE
YUM
harvey gibbs escort cossie

Rod-Tarry

Not a chance the orginal Daddy was Desert Storm. Held all the Sierra records from 1989-2001 iconic car & took years to be beaten.

My Sierra Icons
1. Deserty Storm ( The first Daddy 179,6mph)
2. Mike R Sapphire ( first road car past 180mph)
3. Bruces 3door first to exceed the speed of the Touring cars (191.6mph)

gus

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a mates s1,
not a famous car at all
but i remember as a lad listening to it spool up as it drove up the road

i must of been about 10 / 11

next would of been ele for me
just remember reading the write up over and over again, awesome car thats just got better

then on here it was reyland when he done the gumball. loved coming home from work and reading what they got up to

gingerturbo

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Martins looney escort
Harvey Gibbs escort
Steve Wayne's blue saff
Supervan 1
Donks blue 4x4 gartrac
Dolans rs200

Billy_RS

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Some great cars so far. Need more stories though please, not just lists.

gingerturbo

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Best one has to be following donks gartrac down to modified nationals 2004 and seeing the thing absolutely take off

bigchez

always liked Christian's S2 as it was well thought out and built by himself with great resluts from a reasonable budget

It's Czech Mate

C&B S2
Paul Ripleys Fiesta
Original Reyland Escort
Norris 3-Dr
Marco Polo's 3-Dr
ELE
Steve Scotts Focos
There was a cool twin charged silver mk1 fiesta supersport?
Euan's saph was nice
NutRus Rs1600i

the lists are endless

RSCossieGaz

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There really is a good few over the years but theres one that will always stand out for me as a complete package and my all time favourite is martins 2nd escos



Followed by this 3dr

gjh

That 3 door ^^^^ (didnt it get reshelled into an rs500?) was like a dream spec car for me. If I had the money, that is pretty much exaclty what I'd drive.

Billy_RS

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Am I the only one to not recognise the black 3 door?!

gjh

Bruce Reeds 3 door, was pretty much touring car spec iirc with nitrous on top. See Rods post.

james kiely

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mo,s rs turbo


you know the story billy lol

GAZ W

The Bailey MK2 Escort always loved seeing it at national day

gjh

Chris Todd who used to work at power engineering? Didnt he then go on to own torque of the devil? Is that the one?

mgtkr1

the datapostlongman rst. no story really just the purposefulness and success of it plus the power of it, a lot back in them days.

rods saph because it is such an achievement in tuning ability and breaks all the rules. essentially a family car with supercar speed.

I also love that bailey mk2 that made serious power and was adominant force in its class. theres so many but one thing in common, they've all been built properly and with purpose

RSCossieGaz

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Is the bailey mk2 escort still about as not seen that in donkey years!!?

stevecfrst1

Chris todds fiesta was a central day this year and now has a subaru engine in the back dosent it? Think it was in the 11's and doing 145mph. Does anybody rember a red rs turbo that was in max power and was quite well known, everyone called it big red, had big arches, image split rims and was making big power for the time in the 90's. It used to be owned by a tuning company in peterborough called ej motorsport and i went to school with the owners daughter. Remember seeing that tear around

Billy_RS

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Classic!

steveboyslim

Paul still has it, covered in dust and birds crap in one of his sheds.

Steve

It's Czech Mate

Galbally's xr4x4 fire machine was worth a shout

Davescos red escos was mint

Lee Reynolds

Original Reyland Escos
Bruce reads 3 door
Bailey mk2
CnB's Rs turbo
Desert storm
Rod saff

Cossie Sean

i had a pretty quick RS1600i turbotechnics, drove to AVA for a mag shoot with dingy, mike R etc

mike took me out in his saff, we were 4 up in the car, came on boost in 3rd and all 3 passengers said "FUCK" when he changed into 4th on full chat

loads more but brain isnt working yet lol

Adam.

ELE and YUM for me.....

v man

Elle has always been called the original daddy hence why I called it the original daddy rodders



Tony has set the standard from day 1 of cossies and the modding of no question about that

And raybum for seeing how high they jump off roundabouts

Glenn_

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So wht was Ele so special then people.