Top Gear feature from 1997 - Roger Clark & Tony Mason's Mk1 Escort RS1600 

Good old Roger, Genius behind the wheel....taken from us long before his time.....rip

Back when motorsport looked fun, nice normal people, before the money took over.

Roger Albert Clark - absolute hero and legend

That was so cool. I used to live and breath Ford Escorts!

Roger Clark,the Escort master,and a real Motorsport character 👍👍

Loved this soo much. And when this was out i had escorts mk 1 s. Still puts a lump in my throat. Lovely memories. Of a great driver.

Drove a 1600 BDA-engined Escort for a while. Wonderful fun. The owner went off for a holiday and had nowhere to securely park the car, so he asked me to look after it and said I could use it. Well, what an offer! I went over to the Lake District from Sunderland one time at night, 140 mph over the Pennines through those long straight bits and many twisty hairpins - it flew!

Legend best rally car ever made . ( that noise never bettered)

Met Roger and had a good chat with him on the Humberside rally in the Yorkshire forests, and beat him on a few stages until we went otl.

Fantastic brings back brilliant memories for me love to see you both ROGER WAS THE COSACK

Like air-cooled VW's fun cars in their own rights love the old classic RS and AVO built RS1600's and Mexicos the Mk1 being my favorite a timeless classic

even this is 22 years old. Still had it on the hand brake though! The old sod

Dem de Man a driver Sah ❤🚘🇯🇲

If its possible to love a car and driver then job done!!!

Wonder did he give the old map to the lad who restored her... wud a been a nice gesture

Excellent, this is why I like youtube

Car was a ringer All been hush hushed now like as the real,one was in Ireland with paperwork and invoices in a motorsport collection

LOVED IT 👍👍

Wow! Legends , what’s the Car worth now ?, priceless I guess .

So badass 👊👊

Drive a mk1as a daily driver. Still the best all-rounder on the street

£65,000 back then was still a lot of money, but ford sold it for £1000😮, wonder where it is now, iconic and marvelous car

Mooi

Mk1 RS1600 BDA on full song......ahhhh oh to young again 😂😂

How does one find the specs and sticker sizes etc etc for this car. I want to build a replica myself

Not like the half a rally today

If I was the owner I would,nt let that mad nutter drive it :-) 😀

Blimey......so Ford sold the works rally Escort in '72 for just £1000. That said, I bought a 5 year old car in '75 for £500 though it wasn't a rally car!

I never knew the voice actor of Arthur Morgan did driving?

Sorry Tony, not happy with the positioning of your seatbelts....you need to loosen the shoulder straps and tighten the lap belts properly first, then readjust the shoulder ones to suit. As a licenced Clerk of the Course, I'd stop you competing until it was remedied - it's your safety I'm concerned with!!!!