Estimated Price: £30,000 - £35,000

• Launched in 1984 as Ford’s first turbocharged front-wheel drive performance model, the Series 1 RS Turbo was developed with input from Ford’s Special Vehicle Engineering team and tested at Boreham, becoming an homologation-style road car
• Acclaimed on release, it was praised for its strong performance, aggressive styling, limited-slip differential and motorsport pedigree, quickly establishing itself as the benchmark hot-hatch of the mid 1980s
• This 1985 UK-supplied example presents smartly in Diamond White over a Recaro grey cloth interior and was first registered 26/08/1985
• Records indicate the engine was subject to a rebuild in 1994 and later professionally tuned by Power Engineering, with dyno sheets indicating 163bhp at 5,375rpm
• The history file suggests that mechanical upgrades include a Garrett T3 turbo, Piper cam, custom intercooler, Samco hoses, Bailey components, rebuilt gearbox with Series 2 clutch, Koni suspension, and Powerflex bushes along with uprated brakes
• Good history file containing Ford main dealer and specialist invoices, along with MOT Certificates and Tax Discs
• With Sierras, Escorts and now the inevitable Focus all seeing substantial increases in value in recent years, the market for Performance Fords from this period never seems to cool down. This cared-for example would be equally at home within any collection of nostalgic 1980s 'rocket-ships' or being driven and enjoyed as intended