The History of Ford in rallying

Gave some thought to this as a possible display for a show such as Donies.

What is missing ? Its not strictly in chronological order.

History of Ford in Rallying

1 1938 Matford
2 Comete
3 Vedette France
4 1954 Popular 103e pop
5 1950 V8 Pilot
6 Falcon
7 1953 Zephyr 6
8 Zodiac
9 Consul
10 Consul Capri
11 1961 Anglia Allardette
12 Capri
13 Cortina Mk 1
14 Cortina Mk 2
15 Corsair
16 Fiesta Mk1
17 Galaxie
18 1963 Falcon
19 1964 Falcon Futura Sprint
20 Mustang
21 Granada Mk1
22 XT Falcon Australia
23 1964 Zephyr Mk 2
24 RS1600 Mk1
25 RS1800 Mk2
26 Cortina Mk 4 Rothmans Oz
27 1969 20 M Safari Germany, 2 door coupe black bonnet
28 GT 70
29 RS2000
30 Bronco
31 KA
32 XR3 i
33 Fiesta ST
34 Fiesta S1600
35 Sierra Cossie 2WD
36 Sierra Cossie 4x4
37 Sierra XR4i
38 Escort Cosworth
39 Escort WRC
40 Puma S1600
41 F2 Kit car RS2000
42 RS1700T
43 RS200.
44 Focus WRC 99-02
45 Focus WRC 03-05
46 Focus WRC 06-09
47 Fiesta S2000
48 Fiesta RRC
49 Fiesta WRC
50 Fiesta WRC 17
51 Fiesta R2
52 Fiesta R5
53 Dakar Ranger

I don't know enough about the Mercurys etc that would have run in La Carrera Panamericana.

Not official Fords per se but Red 4T Sierra and the 2 Door Orion are worthy additions.

Fiesta MK1 Group 2.
Cortina MK4 also in the UK and Germany
Escort RS Turbo.
Capri RS3100

Dakar Trucks

Bit of a list here http://www.rallye-info.com/carmake_profile.asp?make=1 click the links to expand details

Was the Rothmans Manx Stages Cortina a Mk5 rather than Mk4?

Ford Taunus 20M Roger Clark & Jim Porter on the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally

CD

reeft1 wrote:Was the Rothmans Manx Stages Cortina a Mk5 rather than Mk4?

What car are you referring to ? Any pics ?

The Cortina in the list is the Australian one used in the Repco Reliability Trial. It was sponsored by Rothmans and I got a model made of it.

CDM wrote:Ford Taunus 20M Roger Clark & Jim Porter on the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally

CD

Is this the car - LAT classified it as a 15m ( as if I would know the difference) ?

Either way, with the cheapest 20M (base) on ebay costing 80 euros and the cheapest 15m costing just over 70 euros I won't be rushing out any day soon to add them to the collection.

Speedy wrote:Bit of a list here http://www.rallye-info.com/carmake_profile.asp?make=1 click the links to expand details

Thanks Speedy.

There were quite a number of Ford Yank Tanks used in the Monte in the 1930's, 40's, 50's and 60's which were obviously not "works" cars. The same on old Circuits but I would get more pleasure in putting cars of that vintage up on a display than sticking up another Mk 2.

James

#179 Ford Taunus is the Roger Clark & Jim Porter car on 67 Monte.

After the debacle of the 1966 Monte when the Minis and Roger's Cortina were disqualified, Ford Germany entered Roger in this Taunus.

I made some a few years ago for Jim based on a Minichamps model. Like you say I didn't know what a 15M or 20M was either. I found the correct models all in a shop in Belgium, back then they were around 30 - 40 euros each.

I might have some spare decals. If you do one its a 2 door car the Minichamps is a 4 door car. Easiest way to sort that out is the fill in the rear shut lines. The Minichamps is LHD correct for the MCR car..

Chris

James the Consul 375

Escort rs1600i
Sierra xr4x4

Not an official Ford, but the G3 Escort.
The Capri Perana thing (used in Australia, or was it South Africa?)

What was the model of Focus used for a one-make series in Ireland? 2.0 Zetec?
Gordon Spooner Engineering had an experimental 1.8 turbo Focus as well, it did '00' in Clare in 2002, I don't know if they actually sold any or if any were entered in competition later.

There was a fiesta s2400 as well that a forum member did the decals for and the 2 door Orion with wide arches that one of the Irish drivers used for a while.