Rs2000

[steve_26uk]

Heres afew of my Mk2 R2, pre custom, was flat front but now to be returned to former glorym, as per last pic from the late 70s


http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_1930.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_1926.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_2681.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_2680.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_2947.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_2951.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_2905.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_3032.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_3072.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_3074.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_1848.jpg 1979

[pinto48s]

Nice job, was the roof skin off another car or new?

[gixer1000]

VAG ,was it originally registered in Hull,Regards Gixer1000.

[mike77cos]

hello

[steve_26uk]

Its a Roof skin from a four door,, it had a leaky 80's Sunroof,,I've heard of people welding plates on but I would think to get the curve right you would need to be very skilled.

Yes it was first sold by "Crystal" of Hull, they are gone, must have been a Ford dealer, it spent time in Barton upon Hubmer, it was later sold at British and Continential cars of Brigg, the chap who ran it, Mal Bennet used to specialise and rally Rs's back then.
You can see the B+C logo on the top strip on this pic, think the garage is still there. I have a pic of several RS's for sale there, have to dig it out.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/IMG_1866.jpg

[steve_26uk]

On a seperate note, the original pics i have of it show she had the early FORD grill,,im told this is unusual for an "S" reg, but it is an Early 1977 car, i know the cross over,/ford Oval was introduced around August/Septembe of 77.,it also had the metal ford letter across the boot lid,,i had a long search trying to locate the correct early grill.

[wetandwindy2]

looks nicer with the nose cone i would say and with the early nosecone did it have the broadstripe or just the pinstripe

[steve_26uk]

Pin stripe, all the broadstrip cars ive seen are "P" regs and i think most "R" regs had early FORD grills from new with pinstrips?

[mk2stan]

Nice old photo's of the car , will look great again when returned to standard . Were the front wing's pattern part's ? and how much did you pay ?

[pinto48s]

I used a 4 door skin on mine after buying an overpriced repro one that didnt fit for sh#t.
Love the old pics.

[steve_26uk]

Didnt know repro ones were available, wings are pattern, think they were about £230 for the pair, i have qiute afew old pics of my car, always worth looking into the history, these motors been around a long time))

[mk2mexico]

Here is a photo of my s reg 1977 rs 200 with the f.o.r.d front nosecone .nice to see that other s reg rs are out there with this type of nosecone.anny more photos of your rs?

[steve_26uk]

Nice to see another old style grill,,when was it manafactered? early 77?

Its at the paint shop awaiting more prep, they have done a nice job blending the roof line,, not my own work,,wouldnt attempt it.
Hoping she will be painted in the next few weeks,,venetian red,,althought im told there are lots of shades of that red in the 70s?? anyone know more???

Been collecting all the bits for it,,still need quite afew parts, new seats and door cards are going to cost.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/photoroofprimer.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/imagerooflinetop.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/steve_26uk_bucket/imageroofbackfilled.jpg

[mk2mexico]

Loking good hows the restoration going?:cool:

[Ozzie RS]

Hi Steve,
Do you have the twin headlight assemblies for the car yet. I don't have a proper set to work out the right way to assemble them or which is left or right hand on mine. Any clues?

Cheers,

Len

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Lovely to get your car restored to it's original splendour. Quite a rare car these days being an S reg with the "Ford" on the nose cone and boot. I remember these cars very well during the 70's and there were very few of these about even then. I had a July 78 on an S plate which was near to the first ones with the Ford oval badges, but as I say I used to notice the odd S reg with "Ford" on it. I would hazard a guess that the Ford oval was introduced after the factory summer shut down during 1977 so the low volume of S reg "Ford" badged cars would be due to existing cars being registered after August 1st that year. These all had the pinstripe too after the idea of the broadstripe was abandoned earlier on.

I also love your black and white picture of your car, it looked immaculate at that time.

Tim.

[grs2000]

nice car, prefer them with the older style smaller mirrors, the later with remote just look wrong.

I hope you checked and are happy with the nose cone fit on the wings. I ended up ditching a set of expressed ones because the profile and swage line was nowhere near, had to find second hand ones and repair the rails.

Luck forward to seeing progress.!:)

[mk2mexico]

Any photos of the engine bay?hows it coming along?:D

[flyingpilot]

Very nice and good to see it coming back to it's original form, will it go back to 13" rims too?