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Ford RS Cosworth Collection (CW00001)
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Cosworth solidified its association with Ford on road cars by developing the YB series of engines. Starting with the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth in 1986 with the famous in-line four producing 204 PS, this hugely successful engine destined for great things both on and off the track. This collection includes three of those famous cars, all very successful for both Ford and Cosworth which made Ford Cosworth a household name.
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1970s Ford RS Collection (RS00002)
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Since 1970, the RS badge has adorned the ultimate fast Fords, cars that have won in motor sport the world over and created an enduring legend of success that proved the old adage, win on Sunday sell on Monday.
RS was first seen on the 1968 Ford Taunus 15M Rallye Sport, a front-wheel-drive 2-door saloon or coupé with a 90bhp 1699cc V4. However, the legend really began in 1970 when the Capri RS2600 and Escort RS1600 were launched; both won, prodigiously, and cemented RS in the public consciousness as Ford’s glamorous symbol of speed and success. Here we celebrate four generations of RS Escort, the cars with which the magic initials, RS, became synonymous.
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Triumph Topless Collection (TC00005)
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Post-war, Triumph had become moribund when, in 1945, their Coventry neighbour Standard purchased them to utilize their prewar reputation for fine sporting and luxury cars. Standard-Triumph, as they later became, launched the TR2 in 1953 to immediate sales and motorsport success.
Subsequent TR models evolved until the last ‘separate-chassis’ TR6, was produced in 1976. The smaller 1962 Herald-based Spitfire emulated that success until production ceased in 1980, while the beautiful 1970 Stag was a car with the panache and performance needed to succeed in the luxury GT market. These models reflect the three families of sporting car emerging from Triumph’s Canley factory during an era when the company were triumphant on road and track.
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Ford Granada Mk2 2.8 Injection Sport Cardinal Red (VA12416)
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Corgi presents Vanguards, a series of die-cast 1:43 scale model automobiles spanning half a century of motoring in Britain. Each model carries a detailed, authentic livery and comes complete with a miniature history of the vehicle and its engine performance.
The Granada modelled was ordered in this striking specification by Ford dealers R. C. Edmondson, Spalding, Lincolnshire, to be displayed at a local motor show. They registered it in June 1983 and used it as a demonstrator before selling it to John Naylor, a local farmer, who kept the car for over ten years. Current owner Tim Brown used to deliver to Naylor’s farm in his job as an HGV driver and always admired the car, never dreaming he would be able to buy it. He was surprised to see it for sale in a local dealership in early 1995 showing 46,000 miles and went to view it but decided not to buy, even though he wanted to, feeling unable to justify the expense.
Only days later he rounded a corner in his lorry and saw the Granada coming towards him occupied by his wife, Tina, and her father who’d bought it for him as a surprise! Tim was bowled over and the family used it regularly until a change in circumstances forced a regretful sale in 2010. Less than two years later, Tina met an old friend in the hospital where she worked who mentioned that he knew the current owner who lived less than fifty miles away. Tim and Tina were able to buy the car back and totally restored it in 2014. It remains one of the most admired cars in the Granada Drivers Guild.
Statistics:
Engine: 2792cc V6 OHV
Power: 160bhp@5700rpm
Torque: 162lb.ft@4300
Maximum speed: 117mph
0-60 mph: 8.9secs
Weight: 3009lbs
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Volkswagen Campervan Type 2 T1 - Palm Green And Sand Green (VA14502)
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Corgi presents Vanguards, a series of die-cast 1:43 scale model automobiles spanning half a century of motoring in Britain. Each model carries a detailed, authentic livery and comes complete with a miniature history of the vehicle and its engine performance
The story of the Volkswagen Type 2 starts with Dutch car dealer Ben Pons, the first agent outside Germany to sell VWs who, in 1947, drew a sketch of a forward-control Leifenwagen (light delivery van) that he saw a market for. Volkswagen's engineers worked on the concept and production commenced in February 1950. A pick-up body was made available in 1952 and by 1954 around eighty examples a day were being produced, partly because the range had grown to include thirty different versions. The Type 2 was gradually refined over an 18-year production life during which over 1.8 million examples were produced.
The 1957 Type 2 modelled was imported from a dry climate in the US in 2010 and, because of this, was virtually rust free making it a fantastic prospect for the high-standard UK restoration it received. It was later upgraded by Type 2 Detectives who fitted a rebuilt 1600 Twin Port engine, running on twin Weber carburettors, a dual circuit braking system utilizing front discs, a Gene Berg quick shifter and Fuchs alloy wheels. A bespoke new interior was then built by well-known Kent-based VW Type 2 specialist UK Sports Cars, who sold the vehicle to the current owner. He is a lifelong VW enthusiast who achieved a life’s ambition by buying it and maintains it himself. He uses it regularly for touring and attending model flying events in both the UK and Europe.
Statistics:
Engine: 1192cc 4-HO OHV
0-50mph: 31 seconds
Maximum speed: 60mph
Unladen weight: 2,447lbs
Length: 4267mm
Wheelbase: 2400mm
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Volkswagen Panel Van Type 2 T1 - Foxon Park (VA14503)
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Volkswagen Panel Van Type 2 T2 - BRS Truck Rental (VA14602)
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BRS Truck Rental was established in 1975 and was part of the government-owned British RoadServices company created in 1949 as part of a very ambitious post war plan to nationalisethe UK’s transport system. The vast majority of BRS’s van rental fleet at this time were UK-builtdiesel-engined vehicles such as the Ford Transit and the company rarely bought foreignvehicles although contract hire fleet companies sometimes requested them. BRS did, however,buy six VW Type 2 vans in early 1975 including the example modelled here, believingthat the quieter rear-engined positioning of their petrol engines and more car-like drivingposition might appeal to customers who’d not previously driven a van.Production of the T2, the second-generation Type 2 Volkswagen commercial, commencedat Hanover, Germany, in August 1967. It was both slightly larger and slightly more powerfulthan the original and was a wholly new design in both structure and styling. It remainedfaithful to VW’s traditional layout however, using a rear-mounted air-cooled engine in a unitaryconstruction body. Like the original Type 2 it was available from the factory in an array of guises,although specialist conversion companies also used it as a base for vehicles such as fire engines.The vehicle modelled was made in early 1975, the twenty fifth year of Type 2 production, andon August the 9th of that year Volkswagen celebrated the production of the four millionth Type 2.
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Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000 Custom Signal Yellow (VA14900)
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The Mk1 Escort RS2000 had proven to be a huge hit, especially in the UK, and showed the potential of the idea, so Ford took the Mk2 RS2000 up market, positioning it as the performance car every young professional needed. A new deformable polyurethane nose transformed its look and gave it a distinctive, more glamorous, identity but it was practical as well, reducing drag from a CD of 0.444 to 0.386. Announced at the 1975 Geneva Motor Show the RS2000 became the best-selling RS Escort ever made with over 23,000 being produced at Ford's Saarlouis plant in Germany before production ceased in July 1980.
Engine: 1993cc 4IL SOHC
Power: 110bhp@5500rpm
Torque: 119Ib.ft@4000rpm
Maximum speed: 109mph
0-60 mph: 8.6secs
Weight: 941kgs
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RS2000 x Pack Venetian Red (VA14902)
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Ford’s AVO plant, which had been created to build short runs of limited-edition cars, was mothballed in 1975 but the company still wanted to offer enthusiasts the option to build the RS Escort of their dreams. Thus the customer or Dealer-fit Series X modifications were developed. The Series X tuning parts catalogue addressed every area of the car, engine, brakes, suspension and body styling but customers could pick the components that they wanted or more pertinently,
could afford. Six X-pack RS2000s were built by Ford’s engineers at Aveley using the full body kit, which was made for the company by Fibresports of Essex.
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Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000 Series x Diamond White (VA14903)
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The Escort modelled is one of only two known survivors of the six RS2000s built by Ford’sengineers at Aveley to promote the Series X options available from official Ford Rallye Sportdealers. Photographs of it wearing its original German Cologne-registered number plate,K-HJ 184, appeared in brochures and as posters at the time because it is believed it was theonly example to feature the full graphics package. It lived up to its looks, however, with animpressive mechanical specification that included a Group 1 twin-carburettor 145bhp engine,7.5x13 RS alloy wheels wearing Pirelli CN36 tyres, Bilstein anti-dive suspension, close-ratioRocket box, limited-slip differential, ventilated disc brakes and a 69-litre, long-range fuel tank.It was used for promotional work in Europe before being sold to a museum in Belgium whereit remained until 1991. Although the car has always been left-hand-drive, it was then registeredin the UK and offered for sale by well-known historic car dealers Oakfields. It was purchasedfrom them by a London-based Saudi Arabian Prince who kept it as part of a collection ofinteresting cars but used it sparingly. He sold the car after around twenty years of ownershipand, during 2012/2013, the new owner entered this remarkably original survivor in the'Expert' concours class at Ford RS Owners' Club events. It was the National Day winnerin both years and took the overall Gold Cup in 2013.
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Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000, Merseyside Police (VA14904)
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As more motorways were built in the 1960s Police traffic patrol cars diverged into two distincttypes; large 6-cylinder cars were used to patrol motorways while rapid, powerful but compactcars, often vehicles initially developed for rallying, were used in urban areas. The Escort modelledwas supplied by local Ford RS dealers Blakes, one of a second batch of 15, and entered servicewith Merseyside Police in January 1981 based at Smithdown Lane Police Station. Merseyside hada serious problem with vehicle crime in this era and needed urban patrol cars that could be usedin pursuits but also perform more mundane duties successfully. Their fleet of over 25 RS2000sfitted the bill perfectly.Merseyside Police initially used Mk1 Escort Mexicos in this role before replacing them with Mk2Escort RS2000s and may have been influenced in this choice by local politics as Ford had a plantat Halewood and were a major employer. The example modelled was used for road rallying afterbeing sold by the police in 1983 but since 2015 has been owned by former Humberside PoliceTraffic Patrol Officer, Graham Carter. He spotted the car for sale on the internet, recognised itsnumber plate and realised its historical significance. It was in reasonably good condition and,unusually, still featured its original steel wheels. Graham spent a year restoring it to its originalpolice specification fitting the correct brown interior and recreating the original livery.
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Ford Cortina Mk5 1.6 Crusader The Last Cortina (VA15001)
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After twenty years of continuous production, the last British-made Cortina, the car modelled here, was driven off the production line on July 22nd, 1982, by Ford UK’s Chairman, Sam Toy. It was retained by Ford, road registered in December 1982 and has since remained in the company’s Heritage Collection being used for press and PR work. This has included appearances on the TV programmes ‘James May’s Cars of The People’ and ‘The Grand Tour’, as well as numerous magazine articles. The UK market only Crusader edition Cortina grew out of a friendship between Toy and Victor Matthews who was then the Chairman of Trafalgar House Investments, the company which controlled the Daily Express newspaper.Every Cortina Crusader featured the Daily Express ‘Crusader’ emblem on the boot lid as well as Ghia-styled interior trim in Durham velour, cut-pile carpet, a long centre console incorporating a radio, wheel rim embellishers and distinctive pin-stripping with matching decals. The Crusader was launched in April 1982 and was available in three engine sizes, 1.3, 1.6 or 2-litre. Over 30,000 of this run-out edition Cortina were produced because it offered remarkable value; the list price of a Crusader 1600 was only £5435 when the GL, which was not so lavishly equipped, cost £6054. Cortina Mk1 production commenced at Dagenham on June 4th, 1962, and in that period of just over twenty years 4.3 million Cortinas were produced with each generation selling over a million examples.
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