ford rs200

cool car that hardcore gear heads will recognize and drool over ....body parts is apparently uber unobtainium!

 

Doesn't get much better than these two...

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I'm with you. I think they're great, but this is coming from a guy who'd love to put a Renault R5 Turbo in my garage. The Group B's have always appealed to me.

They were never sold here. I'm guessing that you could bring a RS 200 over for off road or track purposes, but could you ever put it on the road? I doubt it, but I'll be curious to hear what others know about cars such as the RS 200 or a Lancia Delta S4 or 037 Stradale etc etc.

 

true ....apparently so many have in use, that replacements are non-existant or have to be fabricated
cool car ...uber turbo lag too

 

Delta S4 for me

 

The ford is my least favorite of the group b's

 

The ford is a great car. Hope for this driver that the bodyparts are easier to come by.
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The Killer Bees, still too warthoggy for me after all these years and the first thing they collectively bring to mind is the loss of Henri.

200, T16, 6R4, S4....all of them are spectacular cars I'll perpetually have zero interest in. Much prefer their graceful predecessors with 2wd.

 

I'd love to have one. Any of the group B care really, but I'm a Ford guy. I'd go for it!

 

No idea about putting an RS 200 on the road in NY or NJ. I suppose anything is possible.

Hmm, that'd be a cool choice to have. For me, Lancia 037, without a doubt. It's a Lancia, 'nuff said. It just has a cache that the Ford will never have. But that's a theoretical q&a. The real question is which would YOU choose?

 

I'd post some photos of one going back together ,need instructions though.

 

Instructions on how to put one back together or how to post photos?

Hopefully the latter, which I can help with: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/faq.php?faq=vb3_reading_posting#faq_vb3_attachments

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a Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v Evoluzione (II) would be wonderful to own ...the Ford would be great to own now, and a stepping stone to the Lancia later

the one thing i worry about these cars, is parts substiitution ...a friend who imported a cosworth RS later discovered the engine was infact a lesser cossi block, so really thorough inspection, and confirming parts is key IMO

 

What price on the ford these days?

 

There was one for sale in Fort Lauderdale back in December:

http://bringatrailer.com/2011/12/04/another-in-the-usa-1986-ford-rs-200/

 

That's not exactly true. The engines on the RS200's were very temperamental, and were prone to blowing up at idle sitting in traffic (granted, I think that problem might be unique to the Evo versions). These cars really were not made to be driven on the street normally, despite the fact they made a few road versions. They sat unsold at lots in Britain for a very long time.

The 037 on the other hand is a complete masterpiece, maybe my favorite Lancia ever save the Fulvia Coupé. You have to be careful with those, of course, because they are some seriously over-engineered cars, but with classic italian temperament. The stradale versions without the huge rear wing (which kill visibility) are my favorite. They were called the Lancia Rally in the US. There was one for sale for a very long time at a dealer in Las Vegas... And another one in Racing trim.

037 all the way, if it were me.