Top Gear feature from 1997 - Roger Clark & Tony Mason's Mk1 Escort RS1600

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • Including a close up look at the Retro Race restored LVX 942J Mk1 Escort driven by Roger Clark in the 1972 rally season. Car Mechanic Norman Masters. RAC Rally.

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  • @andicog
    @andicog 6 років тому +26

    Back when motorsport looked fun, nice normal people, before the money took over.

  • @sparge2
    @sparge2 6 років тому +2

    Loved this soo much. And when this was out i had escorts mk 1 s. Still puts a lump in my throat. Lovely memories. Of a great driver.

  • @garrywitcomb2334
    @garrywitcomb2334 2 роки тому +2

    Roger Clark,the Escort master,and a real Motorsport character 👍👍

  • @therealknapster
    @therealknapster 5 років тому +3

    Legend best rally car ever made . ( that noise never bettered)

  • @gothicpagan.666
    @gothicpagan.666 5 років тому +1

    even this is 22 years old. Still had it on the hand brake though! The old sod

  • @ducati916SPS
    @ducati916SPS 7 місяців тому

    Mk1 RS1600 BDA on full song......ahhhh oh to young again 😂😂

  • @Ricovanvelzen
    @Ricovanvelzen 4 роки тому +1

    Mooi

  • @darrynwalker268
    @darrynwalker268 4 роки тому

    How does one find the specs and sticker sizes etc etc for this car. I want to build a replica myself

    • @russcooke5671
      @russcooke5671 2 роки тому

      Es owners Club should be able to help you. I used to have a mint twin cam. 30 years ago. It flew. I sold it for 4 grand. Gutted

  • @TheListenerCanon
    @TheListenerCanon 4 роки тому

    I never knew the voice actor of Arthur Morgan did driving?

    • @SamThredder
      @SamThredder Рік тому

      from RDR? you must be deaf hahah

  • @EugVR6
    @EugVR6 7 років тому +13

    Good old Roger, Genius behind the wheel....taken from us long before his time.....rip

  • @kevinharker1840
    @kevinharker1840 6 місяців тому +1

    Met Roger and had a good chat with him on the Humberside rally in the Yorkshire forests, and beat him on a few stages until we went otl.

  • @markbryant8321
    @markbryant8321 10 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic brings back brilliant memories for me love to see you both ROGER WAS THE COSACK

  • @xsduprwd3937
    @xsduprwd3937 7 років тому +8

    That was so cool. I used to live and breath Ford Escorts!

  • @timwhiskerd2133
    @timwhiskerd2133 2 роки тому +1

    If I was the owner I would,nt let that mad nutter drive it :-)
    😀

  • @stephenport4768
    @stephenport4768 7 місяців тому

    Like air-cooled VW's fun cars in their own rights love the old classic RS and AVO built RS1600's and Mexicos the Mk1 being my favorite a timeless classic

  • @davidbaxter600
    @davidbaxter600 9 місяців тому +1

    Roger Albert Clark - absolute hero and legend

  • @chiefrocka8604
    @chiefrocka8604 4 місяці тому

    Car was a ringer
    All been hush hushed now like as the real,one was in Ireland with paperwork and invoices in a motorsport collection

  • @michaelf4506
    @michaelf4506 3 роки тому +1

    Wonder did he give the old map to the lad who restored her... wud a been a nice gesture

    • @richardfox2102
      @richardfox2102 7 місяців тому +1

      He did and they both signed the inside of the boot lid.

  • @martiniv8924
    @martiniv8924 3 роки тому +1

    Wow! Legends , what’s the Car worth now ?, priceless I guess .

  • @jerrythegaffer
    @jerrythegaffer 5 років тому +3

    If its possible to love a car and driver then job done!!!

  • @stewartw.9151
    @stewartw.9151 5 років тому +4

    Drove a 1600 BDA-engined Escort for a while. Wonderful fun. The owner went off for a holiday and had nowhere to securely park the car, so he asked me to look after it and said I could use it. Well, what an offer!
    I went over to the Lake District from Sunderland one time at night, 140 mph over the Pennines through those long straight bits and many twisty hairpins - it flew!

    • @chiefrocka8604
      @chiefrocka8604 2 роки тому +1

      Bullshits strong on that one
      140 mph through the lanes 😂

    • @chiefrocka8604
      @chiefrocka8604 2 роки тому

      Bullshits strong on that one
      140 mph through the lanes 😂

    • @stewartw.9151
      @stewartw.9151 2 роки тому +1

      @@chiefrocka8604 If you were able to read, I did mention "those long straight bits".

    • @SamThredder
      @SamThredder Рік тому

      where did the guy mention 'the lanes'?
      @@chiefrocka8604

  • @alexirving1251
    @alexirving1251 9 місяців тому

    £65,000 back then was still a lot of money, but ford sold it for £1000😮, wonder where it is now, iconic and marvelous car

  • @adrianryan1975
    @adrianryan1975 6 років тому +4

    Drive a mk1as a daily driver. Still the best all-rounder on the street

    • @tomsvenkesen2476
      @tomsvenkesen2476 5 років тому

      Adrian Ryan i m agree with you. i love Ford from 60s and 70s. Today i drive Ford Fiesta and i are wery happy with it.

    • @craig39605
      @craig39605 5 років тому +1

      I agree. The mk 1and mk 2 Mexico's and RS models were what you call real Escorts. Not like the front wheel drive Escorts that came later.

  • @MegaReddevil71
    @MegaReddevil71 7 місяців тому

    Not like the half a rally today

  • @newtonforrest8195
    @newtonforrest8195 11 місяців тому +1

    Dem de Man a driver Sah ❤🚘🇯🇲

  • @Bulletguy07
    @Bulletguy07 2 роки тому

    Blimey......so Ford sold the works rally Escort in '72 for just £1000. That said, I bought a 5 year old car in '75 for £500 though it wasn't a rally car!

  • @marksanderson8733
    @marksanderson8733 Рік тому

    Excellent, this is why I like youtube

  • @robertdarcy2168
    @robertdarcy2168 2 роки тому

    LOVED IT 👍👍

  • @sfgssa
    @sfgssa 4 роки тому

    So badass 👊👊

  • @malcolmmcleod6020
    @malcolmmcleod6020 7 років тому +2

    Sorry Tony, not happy with the positioning of your seatbelts....you need to loosen the shoulder straps and tighten the lap belts properly first, then readjust the shoulder ones to suit.
    As a licenced Clerk of the Course, I'd stop you competing until it was remedied - it's your safety I'm concerned with!!!!