Dry Stored Ford RS200 Rally

[Gollom]

am i the only one that thinks its butt ugly and would not be seen dead in it..

And this from the man who drives a yellow car

:bannana: :bannana: :bannana:

 

[jaymanek]

oi leave me yellow car alone...

 

[Gollom]

oi leave me yellow car alone...

:bannana: :bannana: :bannana:

i have no defence.. i know my car looks utterly ridiculous but i love it!

Au contraire! I think it looks great!

 

[jaymanek]

i have no defence.. i know my car looks utterly ridiculous but i love it!

 

[recycled]

was this one of the group B banned ones? Hard to value as it does not have WRC pedigree

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

was this one of the group B banned ones? Hard to value as it does not have WRC pedigree

For me, being a Group B gives it a stronger appeal.

 

[janner]

Fast, but not particularly safe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xokJEbfsDe0

 

[Inkyskin]

Fast, but not particularly safe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xokJEbfsDe0

Thats one hell of a fireball!

 

[Dieselman]

A bit OT but would you stand this close just for a video shot...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0uRdl3QrRg&feature=related

 

[IanA2]

am i the only one that thinks its butt ugly and would not be seen dead in it..

Nope......

 

[glojo]

Yes

Times two

 

[crockers]

am i the only one that thinks its butt ugly and would not be seen dead in it..

i wouldn't want to be seen DEAD in any car..........

 

[glojo]

i wouldn't want to be seen DEAD in any car..........

I wouldn't be bothered who saw me

John

 

[tromppost]

More photos and a bit of history on this car.http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=54684

 

[chriswt]

Bit late to reply to this thread but it made mty evening. Saw an RS200 for sale in a Ford Dealership in Skipton once. It must have been about 20 years ago when I was 10 and I feel in love with it.

At the time all the other kids were drooling over the Athena posters of Lambos and flat nose Porkers but IMO this beat them all.

There's a space in my lottery garage for an RS200.

 

[V8mate]

I remember when Essex Police had a couple of the 200 units Ford had to build to achieve homologation. They used to use them on their stretch of the M25

 

[bones2008]

The Essex police crashed one on the A127, killing the driver.

If I remember correctly, the accident was down to the police replacing the alloys with steel wheels and the brakes overheating.

 

[BTB 500]

If I remember correctly, the accident was down to the police replacing the alloys with steel wheels and the brakes overheating.

That's bizarre, I remember them justifying (years and years ago) why optional alloys were fitted to virtually all Police traffic cars (e.g. Minilites on ther Rover SD1s).

 

[grober]

The Ford RS 200---- a car so focused ( if you forgive the expression) it became an irrelevance. It was developed like many of the group B cars to dominate the world rally championship but in the process the developers forgot some of the fundamental attractions and origins of the sport. The fact that rallying arose from people modifying standard road cars to compete in time and navigation trials on road and latterly offroad. These were cars you could buy in the showroom and even if you were driving a weedy1100cc engined Ford Escort a little of that Rally Kudos could rub off on your car. It worked both ways tho and you could actually buy an almost "rally ready" model due to homologation regs and road cars became much more fun to drive because of it.
Very few people could afford or want to buy a R200 as a road car when they came out and having seen one close up I can understand why. Very short wheelbase mainly space framed chassis packed with engine and fuel would indicate a very loud hot cramped uncomfortable and quite dangerous journey experience--bit like the Lancia Stratos whose windows didn't open IRRC! When they first came out I went along to the local Ford dealer where they had a white RS 200 and a black Sierra Cosworth RS 500 on display. Guess which one the assembled petrolheads were crowded round? In the street cred stakes there was only one winner and it wasn't the exquisitely engineered RS200. Go figure.

 

[Dieselman]

If I remember correctly, the accident was down to the police replacing the alloys with steel wheels and the brakes overheating.

That's bizarre, I remember them justifying (years and years ago) why optional alloys were fitted to virtually all Police traffic cars (e.g. Minilites on ther Rover SD1s).

Although there may have been other reasons, such as acceleration and unsprung mass the point about aluminum wheels for brake cooling is a good one.
The wheels generally have better airflow due to no covers , make a better thermo contact with the hub, and aluminum has twice the thermal conduction of steel, so will dissipate heat more quickly.