During the mid-1970’s, Ford Australia was heavily involved in local motorsport, in particular the Australian Touring Car Championship, as well as competing at the Bathurst 1000. The company had experienced considerable success in the Group C category with Allan Moffat’s Dealer Team, so Ford naturally wanted to win in the smaller capacity with the race proven Mk 2 RS2000.One small problem – the car wasn’t built locally yet and none of the local Ford Escorts had a 2 litre powerplant. So, having
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