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Ford Escort RS1800 reincarnated in precious metals
This exquisite piece of art is the ultimate expression of love for the Ford Escort RS1800
The real Ford Escort RS1800 made its debut on the Granite City Rally in 1975 where Roger Clark took it to first place in its debut rally. Timo Makinen, Bjorn Waldegard and Ari Vatanen also had successful stints in similar cars. Now the Ford Escort RS1800 has been given its most expensive, most intricate reincarnation The good news for those interested, and according to the website www.themarket.co.uk — which is auctioning off this 15.2cm silver, gold, platinum and diamond crafted replica of Ari Vatanen's 1970s Ford Escort RS1800 — is that nobody has yet secured it because the auction runs until May 14. At the time of going to print the unreserved bidding amount stood at just over the R56m mark for the model estimated to cost more than R1.4m just in materials alone. Russell says he is too scared to tote up his financial investment in the car but figures in excess of R1,3m has been bandied around — and that’s without putting a price on the estimated 1,300 hours of work he has invest...
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