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Ojc

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11th Jun 11 at 06:58

Jr might

Cole

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11th Jun 11 at 07:13

Who's is it

Ojc

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11th Jun 11 at 07:20

Fords

mattio

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11th Jun 11 at 08:03

http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/rsocbb/showthread.php?t=231040

Jambo

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11th Jun 11 at 08:15

Random

3CorsaMeal

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11th Jun 11 at 09:23

I drive a Ford escort : D

Amazing cars

Jambo

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11th Jun 11 at 11:19

Escort cosworth is a sierra underneath

big eck

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11th Jun 11 at 11:35

Taken off the above link

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Hello.

Hope this helps.
The car you are refering to would have been L246 NOO.

This was a rear wheel drive prototype that use the granada scorpio cosworth FB engine and a mt 75 gear box that was an attempt to try and over come the poor sales of the escort cosworth and to compete with the golf vr6.

If you have alook in Graham Robsons book Cosworth And Ford The Road Cars on pages 143,144 and 149 is gives all the text and a picture of the car which had now been crushed(so i have been told)

The yellow Escort Cosworth L762MJN was a planed evolution model rumoured to be 300bhp out of the box.
There are many rumours as to what this car was meant to be.

Although it is officially a prototype if you put the reg number into fords computer is will show as a radiant red car with a/c and cd player.

Its whole story as i was told is it was taken off the cosworth line in karmans,put on to the cabriolet line to be painted zinc yellow then put back on the cosworth line for assembly.
How true this is i dont know,but one of the guys from FMC told me this back in 2002 when Ford lent the RSOC this car and L130NWC, 000 jewel voilet monte for 10 years of the Escort Cosworth display at Donnigton Park.

The car was then subjected to a power upgrade,fitted with A8 recaro seats,a nardini steering wheel and a alloy gear knob(as later seen in the montes).

Again quoting info from Graham Robsons book an Acropolis limited edition car painted in yellow with a 200 proposed run was aborted.

Back in 2002 there were some homologation data on the front panel of the vehicle.
When i drove the car around Donnington Park circuit it did seem a lot more lively than a standard escort.

Hope this info is of some help.

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11th Jun 11 at 17:05

That was the rwd escos developed by boreham with the 24v cosworth v6 built to rival the corrado vr6 and as a cheaper alturnative to the yb version

big eck

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11th Jun 11 at 17:06

Basically what I posted then lol

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11th Jun 11 at 17:10

If not when I get home will post the pic up of the prototypes as it is very very similar

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11th Jun 11 at 17:10

quote:
Originally posted by big eck
Basically what I posted then lol

On my phone so haven't read it all but your post doesn't mentioned it's rwd, it's got a v6 or it was to rival the corrado

[Edited on 11-06-2011 by jr]

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11th Jun 11 at 17:12

Oops yea it does, but I kNew it off the top of my head

Ben G

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11th Jun 11 at 17:18

quote:
Originally posted by jr

quote:
Originally posted by big eck
Basically what I posted then lol

On my phone so haven't read it all but your post doesn't mentioned it's rwd, it's got a v6 or it was to rival the corrado

[Edited on 11-06-2011 by jr]

jr in lies shocker.

whats with the gay alloys?

rwd v6 escort cossie would've been mental

3CorsaMeal

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11th Jun 11 at 17:27

Karmann have quite a lot of strange creations and one offs. I should go to the museum one day.

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11th Jun 11 at 17:29

This wasn't a karmann build so to speak, obv escos were but this was a strictly boreham creation

Jambo

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11th Jun 11 at 17:52

Essex

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11th Jun 11 at 18:28

The enquiry is complete
The vehicle details for L246 NOO are:

Date of Liability 01 07 2002
Date of First Registration 01 11 1993
Year of Manufacture 1993
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2900CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK
Vehicle Type Approval
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £118.25
12 Months Rate £215.00

Ojc

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11th Jun 11 at 23:04

3.0

3CorsaMeal

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12th Jun 11 at 09:57

I like these kinds of stories. I might buy some more books now.

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12th Jun 11 at 11:06

Boreham-the dream factory

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