A MK2 Ford Escort RS2000, built for the personal use of Henry Ford II, is up for grabs with a guide price of £50,000 to £60,000.
No longer consigned to the scrapyard, those fast Fords have become goldmines as those who were children when classic fast Fords were the stuff of dreams are now all grown-up and deep-pocketed and want to realise their youthful lusts.
We’ve seen truly bonkers sale prices recently with a 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 selling for an incredible £596,250 last year and plenty of other Cosworths hitting six figures. We’ve even seen a MK2 Escort RS2000 sell for almost £100k.
All of this would make you think that a Ford Escort MK2 RS2000 with a unique provenance would smash the price paid for that RS2000 in 2017. But maybe not.
Iconic Auctioneers have a unique MK2 RS2000 crossing the block at their Silverstone auction, an RS2000 built for the personal use of Henry Ford II but only reckoned to sell for £50-60,000.
In the 1970s, having turned Ford back into a powerhouse, Henry Ford was spending a lot of time in the UK and wanted a daily driver to suit his needs. Something a bit special.
So Henry Ford tasked Walter Hayes – then President of Ford of Europe – and the result was this, an RS2000 in Roman Bronxe, de-badged to keep it under the radar and fitted with an auto-box because Ford preferred it, lush leather interior and deep-pile carpets
Off the radar for years – and restored to ‘Show standard’ in 2002 – the Roman Bronze Henry Ford RS2000 will cross the block on 24 August at 1pm.
Surely it’ll pass the pre-auction estimate?
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