Guest Steve Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Found this on the internet site motorbase apparantly a RS Turbo Cab does exist Contrary to popular belief Ford did make 500 factory produced Escort RS Turbo Cabriolets. Most people/car ads will tell you that the only way to get a turbo cab is to put the engine in an XR3i, not only is this incorrect it completely misses the point of the rare and unique RS Turbo. All RS Turbo Cabriolets were made in 1990 of the quality German steel used in the mk 3's as opposed to all other mk 4 Escorts being made of some kind of iron-ore in England! Only 100 cars were completed in right-hand drive format. All cars were painted a beautiful, Escort Cosworth type, purpley-blue. All cars have full leather recaro interior. They left the factory with 150bhp as opposed to the standard 132bhp for the hard-top. This was to compensate for the extra weight that all convertibles have. The front and rear bumpers, though still factory RS are slightly more sporty than standard. The car is 4" longer overall than any other mk 4 Escort! Source: Motorbase UNFORTUNATLY MINE AINT ONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingergman Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 dunno about everyone else but i dont believe that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Spoke with Paul and there was A few made but he don't think 500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lee81 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I don't believe that. If they were produced it would have been done by a secondary party separate to ford. The purple/blue color i assume to be imperial blue. I aint ever seen more than 2 in that colour and both were sprayed badly at a later date. The steel issue is all srange as well. All cabriolets both mk3 and mk4 were made from a partly constructed standard hatchback shell. they were sent like this to Karmann along with the unique panels. Karmann then hand built each car and added much better rust proofing than ford. I have a full set of ford workshop manuals that shows how the mk4 hatcback becomes a mk4 cabriolet along with measurements of ever part. Even shows were to cut the hatchback shell in places to accept the new panels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingergman Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 anyone elses thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ollie Posted August 1, 2011 Admin Share Posted August 1, 2011 as far as i no none came out of the ford factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Apparently princess di had one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ollie Posted August 1, 2011 Admin Share Posted August 1, 2011 i no there was a black rs turbo s1 hardtop that lady di had owned which is now in the bonkers collection there is photos with her and the car defo not a cabriolet though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ollie Posted August 1, 2011 Admin Share Posted August 1, 2011 i no there was a black rs turbo s1 hardtop that lady di had owned which is now in the bonkers collection there is photos with her and the car defo not a cabriolet though http://www.seriesoneturbo.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2530&highlight=bonkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingergman Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 yeah di had one of the 3 only made from the factory black s1 rs turbo tin top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alanman Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 They're not on our database at work and that points towards the myth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PhilKing Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Has anyone thought about asking FMC or one of the ford mags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avul Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 dont think u'l get much help frm ford motor company (take it thats wat u mean by FMC) as i didn't really get much help wen i tried 2 find out how many of my car were build (escort cab mk3 1.3) & i didn't get very far wiv the ford mags either!!!! also the site on the net does cum up wiv a 1.3 cab 4 "how mant are left!!!" bummer really as it would b nice 2 find out more bout r cars. dunno bout u guy's but i would like 2 know how many of r car r really left or dead???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 This has been rumbling on for as long as Ive had cabs, It aledgedly all stems from a cab that was sold on ebay a few years ago. it was a listed as being made for the wife of one of fords MD's at the time 1990. It was in magenta red with all the RS trimmings. however digging about found that the engine was fitted by a supplying dealer rather than off the factory line. It since then been sold a few times last I saw was in 2008 and a price take of 6.5k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allblue Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) Ford directly did not release any Turbo cabriolets, probably due to pricing. However in 1989- Turbo Technics converted some cabriolets and these were sold as new cars through Ford dealers. Maybe this is where the confusion comes from. However these were regualr cabriolets, without any other special features such as Leater recaros, etc. I have some ford dealer advertising of the Turbo Technics Escort cabriolets, dated 1989, which I'll bring along to FF. Hope this helps! Edited August 3, 2011 by allblue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allblue Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sorry, let me correct myself. According to the advertising, certain Ford dealers were offering the Turbo Technics conversion to 130bhp, when placing you order for a new cabriolet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest will_s1cab Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 never heard ov these being made and been into fords for 15 yrs, as for the turbo technics conversions i have heard of these so maybe this is where the confusion lies, but defo was not sold as a RS model, TT tend to turbo charge their engines a weird way as in the rs1600i and xr4i. if you wana know how many of each car there are left i found this site http://howmanyleft.co.uk/ only shows current sorn and taxed cars tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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