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£43,312

1977 Ford Escort MkII Rally Car

United Kingdom • 19 Jun 2024

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This 1977 Ford Escort MkII Rally Car, sold for £43,312, boasts a Sherwood BDA engine, 5-speed ZF gearbox, and AP Racing discs. It features motorsport credentials with MSA logbook and HRVIF, though safety equipment dates are likely expired, and a mechanical check is advised.

Condition

5

The car is a rally car with a roll cage, upgraded suspension, and a replacement engine. Dates for safety equipment are likely expired, and a mechanical check is advised due to not being used in anger for some time. Some reconditioning is needed.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

BBATSS14680

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

RMX 805R

RHD/LHD:

RHD

When the Escort was re-launched as the 'MkII' for 1975.

The RS1800 model made its winning debut as a works Group 2 car on the Granite Rally in April 1975, victory going to Roger Clark.

In that year's Lombard-RAC Rally, Timo Makinen brought his RS1800 home ahead of the field to score the car's first major international success.

It would be the first of five consecutive Lombard-RAC victories for the RS1800 and its Escort RS Group 4 derivative.

In 1979 the Escort brought Ford its first World Rally Championship for Makes while works driver Björn Waldegård became the first official World Rally Champion.

‘RMX 805R’ was first registered for the road on 27 th January 1977.

Chassis number BBATSS14680 began life as an Escort L, but today possesses motorpsort credentials, with an MSA Competition Car Log Book (issued 7 th December 2011) and an MSA (issued April 2012) and Motorsport UK Historic Rally Vehicle Identity Form (HRVIF issued August 2019).

Previously fitted with a Ford SOHC 8V 2001...