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Can anybody tell me about this rst says its a special edition and the 2nd one ever made and it also says on the back sunday rs100 turbo but to me looks like the guys just added a rattlesnake kit lol it also looks like there is a different badge on steering wheel
So do i pretend and say i was being sarcastic, ner I actually like the wide look at the rear end and with a wider wheel would give it stance, ive seen worse. Not so keen on the stripes but fresh paint job, coils and the right wheel i rekon that could look nice, front the back anyway. Im about to get abused now lmao!. But i bet for someone who knows and loves the rst like a family member its a diabolical.
There was a thread about this on the Mk3 Escort Facebook page, a couple of people knew all about it. I'll try and dig it out, but basically a special edition from a Ford dealer or something, only 30 made and a couple exist now.
Ford escort rs turbo series 2 for sale.
Excellent condition inside and out. Garaged for 7 years and only used in nice weather. Doesn't see rain. Moted. Drives perfect with no faults and is very reliable.
Ł5500 or near offer.
was a special edition verison from some garage - Was supposed tobe 100 made but only 15 made in the end (from memory)
Seem to remember the Sun or News of the World doing a special edition, or you could win one or something? (doubt there were many entries, they looked proper butters!!)
That might tie in with the 'sun day' decal?
I'm sure I remember reading in retro ford magazine that when ford brought out the mk4 escort, there were a few non offecial special edition fords. Maby it's one of them
Pretty sure this car was created on behalf of the sun newspaper and was a prize to a competion they were running hence the decals Sunday escort rs turbo
The rs1900 was a dealer special edition from Dagenham motors it was an xr3i with the 1900 American tall block and the rattlesnake kit there were 25 made they all had a numbered plaque on the passenger side of the dash
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Well I can tell you quite a bit about E888 SOJ.my friends father won that car in 1988 or could of been 87 I'm 37 I was only a kid they lived be side me in spark brook Birmingham kyrwick lane.he won it out the sun paper he was a Jamaican chap I forget his real r mname but his nick name pockwas Herman he owned the pub called the highgate arms on moesley road highgate .. it was a car he had for years up until I was about 10 or 12 we used to wash it on weekends for pocket money. Strange thing is it has not changed much the badges oni the back and the steering wheel and the yellow strips on the bonnet. What's crazy I saw this car advertised by a trader in bromssgrove and I was going to buy but I had several other projects . I think I had a obsession with the car as it brought me back to my youth. I still have contact with one of that family members Micky stokes he's a Irish lad and Herman was his stepdad as it was his mothers second husband he has a step brother or I think it was hermans son who lived with them when we were kids. If you know we're this car is I would buy it or would love to her stories please excuse my literacy as I'm pretty illiterate 😉
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my old man had one back in 89, it was number 003 of 100, it was faster than a normal RS Turbo. I think the ecu was remapped and a much better exhaust system than the normal RS. This car is missing a red reflective plate between the distance of the rear lights that showed the word Turbo in italics when viewed from a certain angle. Ours had a private plate beginning HIL I dont remember the rest. Good times
Well I can tell you quite a bit about E888 SOJ.my friends father won that car in 1988 or could of been 87 I'm 37 I was only a kid they lived be side me in spark brook Birmingham kyrwick lane.he won it out the sun paper he was a Jamaican chap I forget his real r mname but his nick name pockwas Herman he owned the pub called the highgate arms on moesley road highgate .. it was a car he had for years up until I was about 10 or 12 we used to wash it on weekends for pocket money. Strange thing is it has not changed much the badges oni the back and the steering wheel and the yellow strips on the bonnet. What's crazy I saw this car advertised by a trader in bromssgrove and I was going to buy but I had several other projects . I think I had a obsession with the car as it brought me back to my youth. I still have contact with one of that family members Micky stokes he's a Irish lad and Herman was his stepdad as it was his mothers second husband he has a step brother or I think it was hermans son who lived with them when we were kids. If you know we're this car is I would buy it or would love to her stories please excuse my literacy as I'm pretty illiterate 😉
i know the bloke who owns this and he wonders if you have access to any old photos of the car like in the newspaper or when your friends father won it? anything would be much appreciated.
Hi just saw this car.. The body kit was developed by a small company based in Sparkbrook Birmingham under the name of either Crown or Quicksilver. It was a collaboration with Bristol Street Motors and a total of 100 where to be produce and 1 was to be given away as a prize in a competition in a Sunday Newspaper. The owner of the company was Gil Keane. I know this as I was working there at the time.
Hopefully its not too far gone, I feel that underneath the bodykit it might unfortunately be hiding rust like most of them. Still doesn't look too far gone.
Hi just saw this car.. The body kit was developed by a small company based in Sparkbrook Birmingham under the name of either Crown or Quicksilver. It was a collaboration with Bristol Street Motors and a total of 100 where to be produce and 1 was to be given away as a prize in a competition in a Sunday Newspaper. The owner of the company was Gil Keane. I know this as I was working there at the time.
I can confirm this was made by my old man's company crown aka quicksilver automotive in Sparkbrook bham. This was the first one BSM1
they looked quite good back in the day,apart from the dealer specials like this one, i think it was fibresports who used to sell the kit too,it was the rattlesnake,always fancied one for mine back then,wouldnt fancy it now though
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06-01-2016, 10:02 PM
Anybody heard of this rs turbo before?
