If you have money, you can buy the car you want. What do you think about a classic racing escort with 205 hp? Boreham Motorworks makes you new.
What do you think about a classic racing escort with 205 hp? An British coach does this to you, but for a price that will make you cry a little. This is the area that returns in an official production limited with 24 copies of Mann Racing’s Ford Escort MK1.
Boreham Motorworks announced that some Ford models are ongoing with the authorization of the brand, which will be part of the official construction of the brand. One of them will be the RS200 that left too much in the 1980s, but at the same time A competition escort with a remarkable success on the track.
The 1968 season of the British Touring Championship was specially marked with a dominant car. About Ford Escort MK1 by Alan Mann RacingAfter competing with the Lotus curtain, Australian pilot is a model competing with Frank Gardner. The result could not be better.
Almost 30 points ahead, that red and gold Ford He took the title and left everyone silent. So much so that a car that is still remembered today is even more even more with the latest project created by Boreham Motorworks, which basically manages to bring it back as produced more than 50 years ago.
Called Ford Escort Field Mann 68 Edition And this is a completely new car, but produced according to all the details of the original car, something that is not easy to get. Initially, it was necessary to use the original racing car that was removed at 3D and all the components to scan precisely.
This meant a meticulous and complex work, but in fact it was just the simplest. Later, such production from the racing car began with a suspension derived from a GT40 as in some hand -bombed wheel steps and the original model.
Practically Everything was done as in the 1960sAlthough it is a changing element. For example, behind it, not by Armstrong, but a hard axis signed by cone and adjustable shock absorbers, because the manufacturer has long abandoned its activity.
As it is, everything tried to think of originality as much as possible, and even the end and adjustment of each unit was held at the center of Mann Racing. Chobham is located in Surrey (United Kingdom) and is very close to the old team of the team where the first 5 racing escort took place.
Likewise, the technical section is structured according to the original qualifications. There are no more than 400 hp gasoline or electric propeller engine here This makes any safer of the classics cry. As with the original car, there is a 1.8 -lrere block with 205 HP power to move the 795 kg car under the hood.
The promised performance, which is associated with the four -fast manual transmission, is the same as that of the original cars and disk brakes found after all the wheels with 13 tire, allowing the car to remain smoothly. In fact, it is designed for it because the road is not legal.
The legal thing is to compete in historical automobile tests, because FIA has a historical technical passport. Each unit will have it, and although it is technically a new model, it will allow competence in the probes created for classic cars. It is difficult to know at first glance, yes.
In addition, since the inner part of the mann 68 edition of Ford Escort follows a configuration similar to that of the 1968 model, it is not easy to explore it by taking a look at his cabin: two bucket seats, an antivuelque cage, a simple instrumentation and an output. Of course, there is no technological luxury or insulation for sound.
Like this Ford Escort Escort of Boreham Motorworks A competition classic that has been reborn with all laws. Of course, a very special jewel on wheels, but only 24 people around the world can enjoy. This is after paying More than 300,000 euros For him.
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