Escort RS1700T?

[paul rs1700t]

17t

THE BOOK IS CALLED ESCORT MK 1 2&3 ,THE DEVELOPMENT & COMPETITION HISTORY BY JEREMY WALTON PUBLISHED IN 1985 THEN REPUBLISHED IN 1987

[paul rs1700t]

[paul rs1700t]

sa spec arches

EVENING ALL,I KNOW THIS ISN'T THE REAL DEAL,BUT I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR ANY INFO ON THIS ESCORT,THE ARCHES ARE SA SPEC RS1700T BUT LOOK LIKE THE REAL KIT NOT A REPLICA,ITS GRP4 BASED, VAUXHALL RED TOP AND LIVE BACK AXLE,THE FRONT AXLE LINE ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD LIKE RS1700T LWB,DOES ANY BODY KNOW ITS STORY.

[graham John]

i cant remember exactly but i think it was 1981 when the picture was taken at Dunton SVE, i have some others here, and in better quality and will try to find them.(they are somewhere in my archives)

there are Four RS1700Ts here, each very very different to the other (4WD, RWD, Turbo, NA, etc etc )





cheeRS

again, apologies for the quality but here is another from Dunton






cheeRS

[g1wmo]

EVENING ALL,I KNOW THIS ISN'T THE REAL DEAL,BUT I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR ANY INFO ON THIS ESCORT,THE ARCHES ARE SA SPEC RS1700T BUT LOOK LIKE THE REAL KIT NOT A REPLICA,ITS GRP4 BASED, VAUXHALL RED TOP AND LIVE BACK AXLE,THE FRONT AXLE LINE ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD LIKE RS1700T LWB,DOES ANY BODY KNOW ITS STORY.

The workmanship on this car was excellent and finished to a very high standard. It was in residence in west wales for some time.

[paul rs1700t]

Wales you say,Yes the finish is a1,I had a picture of the engine bay on my old computer before it broke,more g3 than 17t,but when I first saw it I thought it was one of the sa rally cars, would love to know how they came about the body kit,I did wonder if it was off wvw100w ,from when gordon spooner engineering transformed it from sa spec to rs1700t

[paul rs1700t]

Would have loved to work there, that's a job that Carling larger would do,hope you can dig some more pictures out,regards paul

[g1wmo]

WEST WALES i said . I will ask the previous owner for some more info on it when i have a sec ! Unless he comes on here himself to fill in the blanks

[paul rs1700t]

lol sorry west wales

[Kulataz]

I love these cars, well done on this thread and can we have more pics please?

[grum]

I love these cars, well done on this thread and can we have more pics please?

check out the french site forum auto ...... lots of pics ...... takes a few nights to find them, but theres lots of articles about the testing of the 17t in portugal etc

http://www.forum-auto.com/

[grum]

https://picasaweb.google.com/Fordyoungtimerclubrheingau/EscortMK3RS1700T

[paul rs1700t]

few more pics

[paul rs1700t]

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this last picture is a fiat 131 abarth ford copied this into the rs1700t

[paul rs1700t]

Hope you all like the pictures,does any body else have any early ones