Readly RF Feb 20

WE WERE THERE
and sold for £37,000. A 1972 Ford Escort Twin
Cam went for £49,500 and a 1972 Ford Escort
Mk1 RS1600 sold for £58, 500. Two series two
RS Turbos was in the auction both finished in Red.
The first one up was left-hand drive - this one,
however, didn’t sell but did have a buy it now price
of £16,000. The second one did sell. This was a
low mileage example with only 29,000 miles on the
clock, it went for £27,900. These were all stunning
cars, but the car that sold for the most was a Jaguar
XJ220 which sold for £362,812!
Another old Ford which took our eye here at
Retro Towers was a 1978 Mk1 Ford Transit V4
1.7Ltr Van Caravanette. It was fully restored this
year but turned into a pickup with an F100 rear end.
It now has a V4 2ltr power plant. It had over 300
man-hours of work that went into it, to get it to this
condition. On the Tickford owners stand, we saw
something we’d never seen before…. a Tickford
Capri. Not rare, you might say, but this one was a
one-off! It was finished in Green! Not British Racing
Green though, even the wheels were green. This
particular car was build number 27 of the planned
100 they planned to build, but 106 were built during
the time frame along with four prototypes models.
The list of stunning cars at this great event is
endless (as you can see from the pictures), and all
we can say is watch out for next year’s date, which
will be announced very soon. Make a note and
space in your diary for it as it will be another great
event. n
See our behind the scenes footage on Instagram: @retrofordmagazine
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