VIN: Ford RS200 chassis 001
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History of chassis 001
Chassis 001 was the original RS200 prototype.
Ford management gave the green light for 001 to be constructed in September 1983 and the car was finished in early March of 1984. On the 12th of that month, 001 was shown to a group of Ford executives who sanctioned the assembly of a further five prototypes.
Two of the six prototypes would be to rally specification, two to road trim and two would serve as type approval mules.
When 001 was presented to Ford’s top brass, it wore the registration plate B200 FMC. However, the car was not actually road registered at this time; B prefix plates were not issued until August 1st 1984.
001 was built in left-hand drive and painted white with red seats and a red steering wheel. The rest of the upholstery was grey fabric.
001 also had a number of unique features not seen on later cars. They included different bumpers, no roof-mounted intercooler scoop, a custom fuel filler cap, an un-vented rear screen and a small rear spoiler. Some of these details later disappeared as the car was updated to more-or-less production specification.
After it had been shown to the Ford decision makers, 001 was used for testing and development.
Ford ultimately destroyed the car some time in 1990.
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