Simon’s Escort Cosworth

As if owning one top-spec Cossie isn’t enough, Simon is now joint custodian of this bonkers, ex-ice racing Escort!

What’s been done this time? Bought an ex-ice racing Escort Cosworth… blind Next on the to-do list Drive it and work out the joblist So this came out of the blue, but one of my dream cars has always been WRC-style Escort Cosworth. However, knowing they are hard to find in good specification, or ludicrously expensive, I really thought I’d well and truly missed the boat on owning one. But then I randomly came across a for-sale post on a very small Facebook group that I just couldn’t ignore; an ex-ice racing Escort that had been a rallycross car since it was first built in the 1990s. The specification was insane; a 700 bhp dyno-proven (on race fuel), dry sump YB engine, sequential gearbox, 7.5 inch front and rear diffs,…

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