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..........Clones, or whatever you want to call them.
Before I go on I will tell you my story
I was an apprentice at a Ford dealer in the early to late 80's. In that time I owned countless Escorts, mostly MK2's. And as money allowed I worked myself onto the sports, ghia's and then RS2000's.
I was Escort nuts and several RS2000s later I finally sold my last, a white 1980 custom. At that point i was growing up a bit and the FWD Fords just didnt cut it for me, so I have had a break since around 1991
Now in all of that time I WANTED an RS1800 but could never afford one, plus you never used to see them come up for sale (pre internet days), so it never happened
Over the last 20 years I have still owned various "toys" and to this day work in the trade restoring, doing custom fabrication work & engine conversions on all sorts (mainly VW's).
So a couple of years ago I stumbled on a 1978 2dr GL which is largely solid aprt from the top mounts and rear arches (nothing new there then)!
The idea was to build myself a RS1800 replica, visually butwith a more modern engine, and so have been collecting genuine RS18/Mex parts ready for when I start the build. i now have sourced most parts including a polyurethane front spoiler, FORD grill, 1/4 Bumpers, white dial clocks, rubberised boot spoiler, FORD bootlid, Scheels etc etc....
But now that im getting near to actually getting my teeth into it and wanting the RS1800 from a young age, I am now having second thoughts on what to do
So im putting it up here to see what others think, do I carry on with my original intention or do I do something different (if that is possible)???
PS. Sorry for the long post
Car in question
Before I go on I will tell you my story
I was an apprentice at a Ford dealer in the early to late 80's. In that time I owned countless Escorts, mostly MK2's. And as money allowed I worked myself onto the sports, ghia's and then RS2000's.
I was Escort nuts and several RS2000s later I finally sold my last, a white 1980 custom. At that point i was growing up a bit and the FWD Fords just didnt cut it for me, so I have had a break since around 1991
Now in all of that time I WANTED an RS1800 but could never afford one, plus you never used to see them come up for sale (pre internet days), so it never happened
Over the last 20 years I have still owned various "toys" and to this day work in the trade restoring, doing custom fabrication work & engine conversions on all sorts (mainly VW's).
So a couple of years ago I stumbled on a 1978 2dr GL which is largely solid aprt from the top mounts and rear arches (nothing new there then)!
The idea was to build myself a RS1800 replica, visually butwith a more modern engine, and so have been collecting genuine RS18/Mex parts ready for when I start the build. i now have sourced most parts including a polyurethane front spoiler, FORD grill, 1/4 Bumpers, white dial clocks, rubberised boot spoiler, FORD bootlid, Scheels etc etc....
But now that im getting near to actually getting my teeth into it and wanting the RS1800 from a young age, I am now having second thoughts on what to do
So im putting it up here to see what others think, do I carry on with my original intention or do I do something different (if that is possible)???
PS. Sorry for the long post
Car in question
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