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1969 Ford Escort Twin Cam Works Rally Car Driven by Roger Clark to 6th overall on the 1969 RAC Rally

United Kingdom • 19 Jun 2024

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a historic 1968 Ford Escort Twin Cam, registration ‘ETW 885G’, with significant rally provenance, including being driven by Roger Clark. The car, while not currently in top condition, presents a unique opportunity for restoration after being in the same family ownership since 1981.

Condition

3

The car requires restoration after being stalled as a project since 1981. While it has a rich history and generated interest at a restoration show, it is not in pristine or near-perfect condition.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

BB49JG05383

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

ETW 885G

RHD/LHD:

RHD

The Ford Escort is a true rallying icon.

Not just because of its attention-grabbing sideways attitude, but because its reputation was forged on solid results, from Roger Clark's first International Rally Win aboard one, in a Twin Cam on the 1968 Tulip Rally (after Ove Andersson's debut third place in San Remo), through thousands of subsequent successes including eight RAC victories.

Legend has it that the Twin Cam came about by the usual inventiveness and chicanery at Ford's Boreham-based Competitions Department, before Advanced Vehicle Operations had even been thought of.

Near the end of 1966, Ford's Competitions Manager Henry Taylor and his Chief Mechanic Bill Meade spotted early Escorts being track tested, whereupon Meade apparently mused: "One of those things would go like hell with a Twin Cam in it!" - Taylor thought so too and the work was on to cram the engine, previously used in the Lotus Cortinas, into the smaller, lighter Escort bodyshell that shared the same mechanical la...