{"id":10308,"date":"2017-10-30T16:13:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T16:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=10308"},"modified":"2017-10-30T16:13:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T16:13:59","slug":"180bhp-ford-escort-rs2000-van-goes-under-the-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/10308","title":{"rendered":"180bhp Ford Escort RS2000 van goes under the hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10309\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10309\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-1-sm.jpg\" alt=\"1979 Ford Escort van RS2000 conversion\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-1-sm.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-1-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-1-sm-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-1-sm-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This 1979 Ford Escort Mk2 van with RS2000 conversion will be sold at auction on 2 December 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before hot hatches came into fashion in the 1980s, there was the Ford Escort RS2000.<\/p>\n<p>The fast Escort had a rallying pedigree and fearsome road performance, with 180bhp under the bonnet. That may not seem all that impressive today, but back then it was pretty amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Although modern vans are available with this kind of power as standard, 1970s vans were rather more pedestrian than today&#8217;s models. Until now.<\/p>\n<p>Classic Car Auctions is offering for sale a 1979 Ford Escort van that&#8217;s been rebuilt to RS2000 spec, using parts from a genuine RS2000 donor car.<\/p>\n<p>The project started in 2007 and took three years. Invoices totalling over \u00a340,000 will be included with the sale. Highlights of this hot van&#8217;s spec include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A modified 2.1 litre Ford Pinto engine<\/li>\n<li>Short-shift gearbox and motorcycle carburettors<\/li>\n<li>An original RS2000 six-pod dashboard, steering wheel and black RS seats<\/li>\n<li>Exterior details including Minilite alloy wheels<\/li>\n<li>Ford Modena Green paint job<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_10310\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10310\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-2-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Escort RS2000 van interior\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-2-sm.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-2-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-2-sm-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cca-ford-escort-rs2000-2-sm-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The van features genuine RS2000 interior parts, such as dashboard and seats.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since its completion, the van has been kept in storage and is reportedly in good condition. This could be an amazing collectable van for Ford enthusiasts, or a great marketing tool for a van hire company or courier business.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested, you can find full details of the auction listing on the CCA website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classiccarauctions.co.uk\/1979-ford-escort-mk2-van-rs2000-specification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener, nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The auction guide price is \u00a312,000 &#8211; \u00a315,000 (+ buyer&#8217;s premium of 12%). The van will be sold on 2 December at Warwickshire Exhibition Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A one-off 1979 Ford Escort Mk2 van RS2000 conversion will be sold by CCA at Warwickshire Exhibition Centure on 2 December 2017. With an invoiced build cost of more than \u00a340,000, this could be quite special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1387,2104,2105],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10313,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10308\/revisions\/10313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}