These are the rarest Ford vehicles that you probably have never heard of

Ford is a brand pasted in car history. Since 1903 Blue Oval has given us iconic vehicles such as Model A, Mustang, GT40 and Torino. The company, whose history lasts 122 years, must come up with several special vehicles. We are talking about the rarest Rare Fords. These include some obscure pieces and some innovative models that have been well overtaken by their time, and some have really been on our list of cars that no one knows about.

Throughout its high history, the car manufacturer has struck truly loyal concepts, including a bicycle and electric microcuration in the 60s, as well as a pocket car in the 80s. However, we will focus only on project and manufacturing cars. We have created an eclectic pile of the rarest Fords, including those you probably have never heard of. These are proverbial car unicorns – count yourself blessed if you ever see one in nature.

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Ford Fairlane 500 R Code

Ford built many cool muscle cars like Torin Talladega, but you probably haven’t heard of the Ford Fairlane 500 R-Code. It was a homologous car that the company created specially compete in the National Association of Hot Bars (NHRA). It was also a personal car manufacturer’s attempt to make a driveway on the road. It was characterized by the R Code Big Block 427 V8, which was rated by Ford at 425 horsepower and £ 480 for a torque, which was already quite powerful for a 60-year-old sports car. But here’s an interesting bit-Fairlane 500 R-Code produced over 500 horsepower.

It was a perfect bedroom. The Fairlane 500 R-Code looked similar to the standard Fairlanes, except for the hood. It was also expensive. 1966 The Ford Fairlane 500 R-Code cost over $ 4,500, making it much more expensive than many other era muscle cars. Today, it continues to be expensive. Given that Ford was built by only 57 models, it is a rare car and a coin mint example of almost $ 300,000.

Ford Mustang V10

Did you know that Ford was parked by Mustang with a V10 engine back in 2004? It was a passion project for Ford engineers who wanted to push the envelope for the V8. Like Dodge, Ford had a 6.8-liter V10 truck engine, but the Tall-Deck engine was not exactly manufactured to fit the mustang small engine compartment. Instead, Ford engineers created a whole new V10 engine despite the almost non -existent budget. The engineers used the parts they had at hand-probably a couple of 4.6 liters V8. In essence, engineers cut off one front of the engine, leaving eight cylinders. They then removed the back of the second engine, cutting six cylinders and glued both to form the V10. These indispensable engineers held a similar head to build heads, procedure, making castings from the DOHC Cobra R heads with additional cylinders. The result was a 5.8 -liter, total aluminum short deck short impact engine, which spun faster and higher than 4.6 stocks.

Because Ford engineers did not have access to the engine controller for the odd V10, they used two controls with double throttle housings and found to run into an internal five -cylinder engine. The engine not only weighed much less than the Ford Iron Block V8, but also produced 426 horsepower and 400 pounds of foot rotation. Francis has adapted the Frankenstein engine to 1999. Unibody Mustang test car. How fast was it? The V10 Mustang clock was considered the Sub-12-Skundžiai quarterly mile, which was even faster than the overloaded Mustang Cobra. Unfortunately, the complexity of the engine and the production costs proved to be its decline.

Ford Mustang McLaren M81

Yes, two of the most iconic car brands once collaborated on the project car. However, it was not an exotic Mustang with high quality V8 but small (for time) inserted by four -cylinder Mustang. It was the 1970s, and car manufacturers switched from large V8 to more efficient, low-capacity turbocharged engines. There was a Ford between it. Recently, the company has introduced its new Fox-Booded Mustang Sv, which contained a 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine turbocharger. But Ford still needed a way to sell this innovative Mustang. For that, Ford collaborated with McLaren. The luxury car manufacturer massaged 2.3 liters, adding new pistons, connecting bars and renewed heads. The restored engine provided 190 horsepower, which increased significantly from the 132 horsepower produced by the inventory model. The result was so good that this prototype of the McLaren Mustang could be called the king of all the bodies of the fox.

That wasn’t everything. Fox-Bodied McLaren Mustang featured IMSA Racing-style body with extended wheel arches and McLaren’s signature Papaya Orange paint. The Mustang was also with a coni and BBS wheels with Firestone HPR tires. It was a suitable race car for the streets, including the LS LS Bucket seats, a race -made steering wheel and even a roller tape. Only 10 units were built and their price was around $ 25,000. Due to resistance, Ford has lasted the newly formed special vehicle operations group M81. By the way, McLaren Mustang has grits to make a list of our favorite Ford Mustangs.

Ford Escort RS1700T

You can think of a Ford’s contribution to the rally in the 1980s as MK2 Escort and RS200. However, there was a third car that connected these two models. In fact, the RS1700T was a substitute for MK2 escort in Group B rally. It was modeled after the MK3 Escort and featured the same high -performance Ford Cosworth BDA race engine as MK2. However, Ford has implemented several changes to RS1700T, including engine reduction from 2000 CC to 1 778CC to comply with new rally rules and adding forced induction in the form of turbocharger. The Escort RS1700T prototype was all that Ford hoped his future rally car would be before it was.

The arrival of Audi Quattro rewritten the rules of the rally. Its revolutionary driving technology dominated Miles in the Miles, causing car manufacturers to drive with rear -wheel drive rally cars to retreat and re -evaluate. It was also affected by Ford, as the promising prototype of the company did not look so promising, despite being very capable. After a hard time losing time and money, the Ford dropped the RS1700T project and instead concentrated its energy on the RS200 mid engine, which was four -wheel drive. Ford made 18 prototypes of the Escort RS1700T, of which only four survived. One of those survivors was sold for a cool $ 470,000, and it would probably be as cool as this fire was rapidly clicking on the Ford Escort Cosworth Time Attack Racer.

Ford Gtx1 Roadster

You may be surprised to learn that Ford made Targa-Top its iconic GT Supercar version from 2000. The car manufacturer demonstrated GTX1 in 2005. Ford has handed over the GTX1 Roadster to the Coachbuilder Gennadi Design Group, located in Wisconsin, known for its specialized conversions. The only main difference between GTX1 and Standard Ford GT is the Targa roof. Both vehicles were with a 5.4 -liter reloaded V8 capable of producing 550 horsepower and £ 500 foot, as well as a six -speed handbag “Ricardo” transmission.

The GTX1 featured removable carbon fiber roof panels, removable plastic rear window, carbon fiber side skirts, special interiors, racing seats, improved brakes, alloy wheels, butterflies and other performance and suspension renewal. Although the Ford GT was a rare car (Ford parked only 4,000 models), less 5 percent of them were turned into GTX1, making them rarer and much more expensive. 2021 The GTX1 has taken up an auction with a cost of almost $ 600,000.

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