A 1992, Ford Escort RS Cosworth Motorsport 'Group N' Rally Car - 703 Miles From New, on sale in the Iconic Auction, at the 2023 Silverstone Festival
Thought to be lost to the world, this fascinating piece of Ford history has now returned to the UK. Unrepeatably original and in superb mechanical and cosmetic condition. The car presented here was built on 19th August 1992 and is one (chassis number: WF0BXXGKABNE93383) of those early 2,500 cars delivered new in factory ‘Motorsport’ specification, so in Diamond White (73) paintwork, with the specification above, and like many others in this configuration, was destined to become a rally car. It was originally purchased through Brooklyn Ford of Redditch by Co-ordSport of Oldbury, the hugely well-respected and long-standing motorsport specialists, who have built and run rally cars with many major teams and sponsors, around the World and have won FIA events and Championships and the SCCA North American Rally Championship. The car was subsequently rally-prepared to 'Group N' + standards, utilising genuine Ford Motorsport 909 parts (its Motorsport bladder fuel tank was made by Premier Fuel Systems of Castle Donnington); Co-ordSport also upgraded the camshafts and other engine components, plus tuning which upped the power to well over the 300bhp - hence the ‘GRPN Plus’-spec name given by them. The car is equipped with all Ford Motorsport ‘909’ parts as per from the factory, including semi-straight cut gears / paddle clutch. After this preparation, in 1993, it was exported to Jakarta (photo attached of it waiting to leave in the Co-ordSport offices) for their customer, a Mr Maher Algadri, a businessman and son of Hamid Algadri, the prominent Indonesian political figure. The Escort was destined to have an extremely short career though, and after tackling the Indonesian forests in only a couple of events, where Maher was co-driven by Peter Collinson (the MD of Co-ordSport), it was parked up in late 1993, having covered only a few hundred miles. Maher’s new rally cars had started to arrive and were to take priority.
Size: 4832px × 3604px
Location: Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TN
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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