Readly RF Feb 20

WE WERE THERE
from diamonds, mudflaps and arch protectors are
made from over 650 black Russian diamonds. The
wheels are made from 18-carat yellow gold. This
car is to be auctioned off for children’s charities in
December. Russell has now started work on his next
model which will be a Mk1 Escort
Ford marques were very well represented.
A couple of clubs who caught our eye were the
EscortRS2000.com (www.escortrs2000.com or
search for Ford Escort RS2000 on Facebook.)
The club was founded by RS2000 specialist Alan
Sherwood, and the club has over 6,500 followers
on Facebook, they had four stunning examples on
display. These belonged to admin Martin Piggin
who owns a Signal Amber example, Phill Warsop’s
is Signal Yellow, Jason Taylor’s is Diamond White,
and Kev Cannon’s is also Signal Yellow (but with
an authentic ‘80s black vinyl roof.) Next is the Ford
Cortina Mk1-5 Club. This stand was organised by
Adrian Bowler who had his own Mk5 Cortina 1.6GL
on show, over cars of note on this stand were Chris
Lewis’ Mk4 Cortina 2.0 Ghia, Lee Brown’s Mk5
Cortina 1.6LS, and last but certainly least was Les
Bates’ stunning Mk5 SA 3.0 Cortina.
Silverstone Auctions held an auction on both
Saturday and Sunday, there were some very
interesting Retro Fords up for grabs. A 1983
RS1600i in Sunburst Red with 33,984 miles which
sold for £30,375, a 1965 Ford Lotus Cortina which
sold for £51,750. There were a couple of Mk2
RS2000’s, the first was a 1980 Custom model
finished in Cordoba Beige with 30,405 miles on
the clock this sold for £37,125. The second being
another 1980 Custom but this time in Venetian Red
See our behind the scenes footage on Instagram: @retrofordmagazine
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