Finished in Signal Yellow, ‘FGY 508V’ is a fully restored Ford Escort RS2000 Custom that would be equally at home on the show circuit or sideways in a Welsh forest as an historic rally car.

The previous owner bought it in 2014 and wasted no time in pulling it to pieces.

Clearly a talented man, he did the entire restoration himself, only farming out the paintwork.

Not that it needed a huge amount of bodywork doing to it because the only new panel he fitted was the offside door skin; a previous owner had previously replaced the nearside door skin and the offside front wing.

With the new door skin fitted and the rest of the shell prepared for paint, he dispatched it to the professionals and while they were weaving their magic, he turned his attentions to the huge pile of parts he’d removed.

The mechanical side of things saw the two-litre Pinto engine being fully rebuilt before being joined to a four-speed Type E gearbox and the standard rear axle (3.54:1).

Of course, the braking sys...