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Ian Callum podcast now available! YouTube, Spotify and Apple podcasts search Cars at The Den

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FORD ESCORT RS2000 GROUP 1



CLINT NEEDS - Restore this “owned-from-new” Escort to it’s original Group 1 specification but incorporate modern parts where the rally conversion originally deviated from the Ford factory specification.



RETROPOWER SOLUTION - A bare shell restoration, retaining original parts where at all possible, and sourcing rare replacements if necessary.

A Dave Brooks built Pinto engine gives maximum smiles-per-mile while still conforming to the Carburettor-fuelled, 8V road rally ethos of the original.
Updates were restricted to items that were originally modified, so a Fabricated alloy fuel tank, braided fuel lines, 7″ wide Diamond Cut RS alloys and a bias pedal box, to name a few.
retropower.co.uk/project/hazeldine/


◾ One owner car – 13,000 miles
◾Group 1 converted from new
◾Dave Brooks 2.1 Pinto
◾7″ RS alloys

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#MEMORYMONDAY

Vauxhall Chevette Tarmac Rally Car



CLIENT NEED - Build the ultimate Chevette stage rally car to take on and beat, the best of the relentlessly successful MK1 & MK2 Escorts



RETROPOWER SOLUTION - We set out to create the ultimate evolution of the Chevette.
An unapologetic stage rally weapon built to not just challenge, but humble the legendary MK1 and MK2 Escorts.
Beneath its purposeful stance beats a 290bhp 2.1-litre Vauxhall C20XE, channelling its ferocity through a lightning-fast Quaife six-speed sequential gearbox with paddle shift to a five-linked fully floating Atlas rear axle.
Life Racing electronics and dash bring modern precision to the cockpit, while Reiger damping keeps the car poised regardless of the surface.
retropower.co.uk/project/stables/


◾ 290bhp 2.1 litre Vauxhall C20XE
◾Quaife 6 speed sequential gearbox with paddle shift
◾5-linked fully floating Atlas rear axle
◾Life Racing electronics and dash display
◾Reiger damping

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7.0 twin supercharged Lister XJS!

The Den Automotive, Retropower's sister company, are proud to look after some of the coolest cars in the country. We can provide every aspect of maintainence and enhancement on any car. Specialists in not specialising. thedenautomotive.co.uk/

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Mr Ian Callum CBE in the house! New Cars at The Den podcast coming soon

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#MemoryMonday
Mercedes W116 350SE restoration

CLIENT NEEDS - This S-class has been in our family since new and has sentimental value – can you make it new again?
RETROPOWER SOLUTION - Original specification restorations often present the hardest challenges. Among those we faced were sourcing new-old-stock seat cloth to retrim the seats (found in Germany by getting a supplier to recall offcuts from customer’s they’d previously sold to!), diagnosing and repairing broken solder tracks in the “early days of electronic fuel injection” Bosch ECU and stripping and re-anodising the exterior brightwork.

The effort well worthwhile to create an absolutely as-new 1974 S-Class!

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 137

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Great pictures by ABcarpix in the latest copy of Copacetic!

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1 month ago | [YT] | 283

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"NO BULL" Tee now available!
Buy here: retropower.co.uk/product-category/merch/

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Now's the time to get your Retropower merch in time for Christmas! retropower.co.uk/product-category/merch/

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2 months ago | [YT] | 24

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Always an absolute pleasure to spend time with the big man!

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