Last Grandson of Henry Ford dies

[hotrs2000]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26508258

[LOUIE]

Rip..

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Sad news! Is this the guy Ford specially built an automatic RS2000 Mk2 in mettalic brown, to get himself around the uk on a visit during the 70's?

Tim

[LOUIE]

Thought that was Henry ford jnr

[driverace]

I thought that was Henry Ford Jnr too .Think he also died at a young age ,like 46 or something like that .
Was at Henry Fords summer home in Fort Myers ,last week ,which was next door to Thomas Eddisons summer home .Ford ,Edisson,and Harvey Firestone were great friends and used to all go off together camping down by the Everglades

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Thought that was Henry ford jnr

I thought that was Henry Ford Jnr too .Think he also died at a young age ,like 46 or something like that .
Was at Henry Fords summer home in Fort Myers ,last week ,which was next door to Thomas Eddisons summer home .Ford ,Edisson,and Harvey Firestone were great friends and used to all go off together camping down by the Everglades

Thanks, guys I think you are right. Come to think of it, that sounds more like it!

Tim

[grum]

bloody hell Tim ............. ive never been more embarrassed for someone on this board getting something wrong !!!!!!!!

[Graham Robson]

Yes, that RS2000 (with automatic transmission, as I recall ...) was built for Henry Ford II to use on a visit to the UK in, I think, 1977 or 1978. I have actually driven that car for a magazine piece, some years ago. It lives with an avid Ford collector who lives in the south of England.

[TugsW]

Yes, that RS2000 (with automatic transmission, as I recall ...) was built for Henry Ford II to use on a visit to the UK in, I think, 1977 or 1978. I have actually driven that car for a magazine piece, some years ago. It lives with an avid Ford collector who lives in the south of England.

Who the hell thought this was a good idea????

Did someone at Ford Britain think "I know the gaffer is coming over from the States lets give him a little brown compact car with a small 122 ci engine, with rock hard suspension, but we'll stick an Auto in it and leather it up."

Surely 3L Granny Coupe would have been miles better if he wanted to drive himself around, or even a fully spec'd up Granny with a chauffeur ? And this was at a time when Ford were bang on the money, producing some good cars and even better marketing at the time.......?

I did get to see the Henry Ford II RS in the late 90's at the half baked heritage centre at the Dagenham plant. I was an auto with tan leather roll top type seats painted in a lighter shade of Roman Bronze. I thought the car was a really early one with just one coach line under the swadge line.

Glad to hear the car is in safe hands. I had the feeling the guys working at the heritage centre did a great job proud to show off their charges to the limited amount of people who could visit. Sadly the whole heritage centre seemed to be doomed from the start with not much budget or support from Ford managment.

(Ah quick Google shows an image posted by Grum from this site showing a P suffix and what looks like later RS Stripes in Gold)

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Who the hell thought this was a good idea????

Did someone at Ford Britain think "I know the gaffer is coming over from the States lets give him a little brown compact car with a small 122 ci engine, with rock hard suspension, but we'll stick an Auto in it and leather it up."

Surely 3L Granny Coupe would have been miles better if he wanted to drive himself around, or even a fully spec'd up Granny with a chauffeur ? And this was at a time when Ford were bang on the money, producing some good cars and even better marketing at the time.......?

I did get to see the Henry Ford II RS in the late 90's at the half baked heritage centre at the Dagenham plant. I was an auto with tan leather roll top type seats painted in a lighter shade of Roman Bronze. I thought the car was a really early one with just one coach line under the swadge line.

Glad to hear the car is in safe hands. I had the feeling the guys working at the heritage centre did a great job proud to show off their charges to the limited amount of people who could visit. Sadly the whole heritage centre seemed to be doomed from the start with not much budget or support from Ford managment.

(Ah quick Google shows an image posted by Grum from this site showing a P suffix and what looks like later RS Stripes in Gold)

As you say the RS was a very early model, and it was probably chosen for Henry Ford II to promote Ford's latest and exciting performance car of that time! The auto gearbox and leather interior will have just made it more comfortable for him to drive around I would expect, and maybe Roman Bronze was just his favourite colour!

As regards offering him a Granada, I used to sell the whole range of British Leyland cars during the 70's and it was generally known that if you wanted to get somewhere quick, then you chose the mini 1275GT in preference to the 5.3 Jag!

Tim

[RS2000EXPRESS]

bloody hell Tim ............. ive never been more embarrassed for someone on this board getting something wrong !!!!!!!!

Apologies Graeme, I'm just not up to the standard of intelligence that everyone else is on here!

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Yes, that RS2000 (with automatic transmission, as I recall ...) was built for Henry Ford II to use on a visit to the UK in, I think, 1977 or 1978. I have actually driven that car for a magazine piece, some years ago. It lives with an avid Ford collector who lives in the south of England.

Thank you Graham, That's a nice bit of info about the car! It might not be everyones "cup of tea", but surely it's the only one that really stands out from the rest!

Tim

[grum]

Apologies Graeme, I'm just not up to the standard of intelligence that everyone else is on here!

........ don't go losing any sleep Tim, believe me, there's been much less intelligence posted on here recently ..................

[RS2000EXPRESS]

........ don't go losing any sleep Tim, believe me, there's been much less intelligence posted on here recently ..................

Thanks G, Ha ha, I feel better already and looking forward to sleeping tonight!