Works Escorts In Detail

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By Graham Robson

ISBN 978-1-906133-44-3

224 pages

255mm x 255mm

370 photos

"Its 224 pages are packed with mind-boggling detail" Classic Ford

The Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts were humble family cars that ended up as highly successful competition cars, both on the rally stage and the race track. Car by car, this book coveres all Ford's works cars, detailing competition history, colour schemes and technical development.

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Between 1968 and 1981 the Ford Escort became the most successful family of rally cars in the world, at all levels. During that period rallying became progressively faster, tougher, more glamorous and more popular as a spectator sport, while the teams and the drivers became more famous and the cars grew more colourful. European, then World, Championships were set up and prospered.

The first specialised Escort, a Twin Cam, won its first major International Rally in April 1968, and its last in mid-1981. During that period Escorts won the World Rally Championship on three occasions, and their drivers won the Drivers’ Championship twice. The Escort was always competitive. In several forms, it became the standard by which all other rally cars were judged during those 13 years. Even to this day, many individual machines survive, have been restored, and are worshipped by Escort lovers all around the world.

The Ford-UK factory and its closest associates built no fewer than 113 works or ‘works-blessed’ Mk I rally cars of all types between 1968 and 1974, and went on to build 55 Mk II cars between 1975 and 1981. In this book the distinguished rally co-driver, team manager and dedicated historian Graham Robson provides individual coverage of every one of these cars, itemising their careers, their triumphs and their occasional misfortunes. Build details, competition histories, drivers, development, specification changes and colour schemes are provided for almost every single car, no matter how many or how few competitive outings it had. Not only that, but the sometimes complex stories of cloning, duplication, and mysterious changes to certain cars are carefully explained, in some cases for the very first time.

Every individual car is illustrated in its principal liveries using contemporary photographs, and several of the more important cars, which survive to this day, have been specially photographed for this book to enable enthusiasts to study them in great detail.

This is truly the most in-depth study of the legendary works Escorts that has ever been published, and only Graham Robson, with his long rally experience, his decades of rally analysis, half a lifetime of accumulated information, and an intimate personal knowledge of the personalities, the cars themselves, and the workshops which developed the machinery, could possibly have compiled it. It sets a standard by which all future competition histories will always be measured.

Cars featured include:

Twin-Cam, RS1600 and RS2000 in Rallying (1968-75)

Registration Number: XTW 368F
First Registered 23 November 1967
Engine Size: 1.6 Litre
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 243F
First Registered: 10 January 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 254F
First Registered: 16 January 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin Cam

Registration Number: XOO 262F
First Registered: 18 January 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 354F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 355F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: AL 029
First Registered: (Gilbert Staepelaere’s Ford Belgium Car - Belgian Identity)
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: YVW 591F
First Registered: 2 May 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: AHK 901F
First Registered: 24 May 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: AHK 935F
First Registered: 1 July 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model-Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: AHK 938F
First Registered: 18 July 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model-Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: AVX 574G
First Registered: 27 August 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: AVX 578G
First Registered: 27 August 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: AVX 579G
First Registered: 27 August 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: BEV 781G
First Registered: 4 December 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: BEV 782G
First Registered: 4 December 1968
Engine Size 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: ETW 881G
First Registered: 23 July 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: ETW 882G
First Registered: 23 July 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: ETW 883G
First Registered: 23 July 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: ETW 884G
First Registered: 23 July 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: ETW 885G
First Registered: 12 July 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: FEV 5H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: FEV 6H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model-Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number:  FEV 7H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: FEV 8H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: FTW 42H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: FTW 44H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: GNO 415H
First Registered: 6 February 1970
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: GNO 424H
First Registered: 9 February 1970
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: KHK 597J
First Registered: 30 September 1970
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: KHK 598J
First Registered: 30 September 1970
Engine Size: 1.6 Litre
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: KHK 599J
First Registered: 30 September 1970
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: LVX 941J
First Registered: 1 February 1971
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: LVX 942J
First Registered: 16 March 1971 Second Life:
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres 1.8/2.0 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam, RS1600

Registration Number: LVX 943J
First Registered: 16 March 1971
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: LVX 944J
First Registered: 16 March 1971
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: LVX 945J
First Registered: 16 March 1971
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: LVX 946J
First Registered: 16 March 1971
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: LVX 953J
First Registered: 7 April 1971
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: LVX 981J
First Registered: 6 April 1971
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: MEV 35J
First Registered: 14 January 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: MEV 36J
First Registered: 14 January 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: PVX 398K
First Registered: 12 November 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: PVX 399K
First Registered: 12 November 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: PVX 400K
First Registered: 12 November 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: REV 119K
First Registered: 11 January 1972
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: REV 120K
First Registered: 11 January 1972
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: RWC 455K
First Registered: 6 March 1972
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: RWC 456K
First Registered: 6 March 1972
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: RWC 457K
First Registered: 6 March 1972
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: RWC 458K
First Registered: 6 March 1972
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: VVX 958L
First Registered: 23 November 1972
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: WWC 251L
First Registered: 10 January 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: WWC 252L
First Registered: 10 January 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: XNO 286L
First Registered: 16 February 1973
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Mexico

Registration Number: XPU 216L
First Registered: 2 April 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: XPU 217L
First Registered: 2 April 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: XPU 218L
First Registered: 2 April 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: XPU 219L
First Registered: 2 April 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: XPU 220L
First Registered: 2 April 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: YEV 207L
First Registered: 17 July 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: YEV 208L
First Registration: 17 July 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS2000, Later RS1600

Registration Number: AOO 674L
First Registered: 20 June 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litre
Model Type: RS2000 MKI

Registration Number: OOO 96M
First Registered: 7 November 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: OOO 97M
First Registered: 7 November 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: OOO 98M
First Registered: 7 November 1973
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: PVX 445M
First Registered: 18 March 1974
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS2000

Registration Number: PVX 446M
First Registered: 18 March 1974
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS2000

Registration Number: SNO 666M
First Registered: 5 June 1974
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: SYW 946M
First Registered: 3 April 1974
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: SYW 947M
First Registered: 3 April 1974
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: GVX 833N
First Registered: 5 November 1974
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS2000 MKI

Registration Number: GVX 883N
First Registered: 12 November 1974
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600



Twin-Cam, RS1600, Mexico and 1300GT In Motor Racing (1968-74)

Registration Number: XTW 372F
First Registered: 9 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XTW 378F
First Registered: 9 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 341F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.3 Litres
Model Type: 1300GT

Registration Number: XOO 342F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.3 Litres
Model Type: 1300GT

Registration Number: XOO 343F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.3 Litres
Model Type: 1300GT

Registration Number: XOO 344F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model-Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 345F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model-Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 346F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 347F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 348F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 349F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model-Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: XOO 350F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.3 Litres
Model Type: 1300GT

Registration Number: XOO 376F
First Registered: 6 February 1968
Engine Size: 1.3 Litres
Model Type: 1300GT

Registration Number: EVX 248H
First Registered: 27 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: EVX 256H
First Registered: 5 January 1970
Engine Size: 1.3 Litres
Model Type: 1300GT

Registration Number: EVX 257H
First Registered: 5 January 1970
Engine Size: 1.3 Litres
Model Type: 1300GT

Registration Number: KOO 650J
First Registered: 8 October 1970
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Mexico

Registration Number: KOO 653J
First Registered: 8 October 1970
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Mexico

Registration Number: LVX 947J
First Registered: 7 April 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: LVX 948J
First Registered: 7 April 1971
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Twin-Cam

Registration Number: LVX 949J
First Registered: 7 April 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: LVX 950J
First Registered: 7 April 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: LVX 951J
First Registered: 7 April 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: LVX 952J
First Registered: 7 April 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: MEV 34J
First Registered: 5 April 1971
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: REV 128K
First Registered: 14 March 1972
Engine Size: 1.3 Litres
Model Type: 1300GT

Registration Number: Unregistered (For Norman Reeves Motors, 1972)
First Registered: (Neither in Essex, Nor London)
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: SPU 254K
First Registered: 1 May 1972
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: SPU 255K
First Registered: 1 May 1972
Engine Size: 1.8 Litres/2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1600

Registration Number: XWC 563L
First Registered: 16 March 1973
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Mexico


Registration Number: YOO 331L
First Registered: 24 April 1973
Engine Size: 1.3 Litres
Model Type: GT


Special Cars for the 1970 World Cup

Registration Number: ETW 880G
First Registered: 23 July 1969
Engine Size: 1.85 Litres
Model Type: 1850GT “Mexico Special”

Registration Number: FEV 1H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.85 Litres
Model Type: 1850GT “Mexico Special”

Registration Number: FEV 2H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.85 Litres
Model Type: 1850GT “Mexico Special”

Registration Number: FEV 3H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.85 Litres
Model Type: 1850GT “Mexico Special”

Registration Number: FEV 4H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.85 Litres
Model Type: 1850GT “Mexico Special”

Registration Number: FTW 46H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.85 Litres
Model Type: 1850GT “Mexico Special”

Registration Number: FTW 47H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.85 Litres
Model Type: 1850GT “Mexico Special”

Registration Number: FTW 48H
First Registered: 1 October 1969
Engine Size: 1.85
Model Type: 1850GT “Mexico Special”




RS1800 and RS2000 in Rallying, Racing and Rallycross (1975-81)

Registration Number: HHJ 700N
First Registered: 10 April 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: HHJ 701N
First Registered: 10 April 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: HHJ 702N
First Registered: 7 May 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: HHJ 703N
First Registered: 7 May 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: HHJ 704N
First Registered: 12 February 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800
 
Registration Number: HHJ 705N
First Registered: 12 February 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: JJN 974N
First Registered: 2 June 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: JPU 401N
First Registered: 24 March 1975
Engine Size: 1.6 Litres
Model Type: Escort 1600 Sport

Registration Number: KHK 982N
First Registered: 10 June 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: KHK 983N
First Registered: 10 June 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: LAR 800P
First Registered: 5 November 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litre
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: LAR 801P
First Registered: 5 November 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: LVW 690P
First Registered: 8 September 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number:  MTW 200P
First Registered: 10 December 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: MTW 201P
First Registered: 10 December 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Size: RS1800

Registration Number: NOO 894P
First Registered: 2 March 1976
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS2000

Registration Number: NOO 895P
First Registered: 2 March 1976
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS2000

Registration Number: ODA 622R
First Registered: 1 August 1976
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: OVX 430P
First Registered: 15 June 1976
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS2000

Registration Number: OVX 431P
First Registered: 15 June 1976
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS2000

Registration Number: POO 489R
First Registered: 5 August 1976
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: POO 504R
First Registered: 21 September 1976
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: POO 505R
First Registered: 21 September 1976
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: STW 128R
First Registered: 1 February 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: STW 129R
First Registered: 1 February 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: STW 130R
First Registered: 1 February 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: STW 200R
First Registered: 1 March 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: STW 201R
First Registered: 1 March 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litre
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: STW 202R
First Registered: 1 March 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: STW 203 R
First Registered: 1 March 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: TWC 234R
First Registered: 12 May 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: TWC 235R
First Registered: 12 May 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: VHK 47S
First Registered: 9 August 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: VHK 74S
First Registered: 27 September 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: WTW 567S
First Registered: 9 November 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: WTW 568S
First Registered: 9 November 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: WTW 569S
First Registered: 9 November 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: SJN 830R
First Registered: Not known
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS2000 ( Converted to RS1800)

Registration Number: MLD 999P
First Registered: Not Known
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: UNY 956S
First Registered: Not known
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: OKK 380P
First Registered: Not known
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: SKK 625R
First Registered: Not Known
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: CLM 184T
First Registered: Not Known
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: FEV 1T
First registered: 15 May 1979
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: GVX 488T
First Registered: 15 May 1979
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: GVX 489T
First Registered: 15 May 1979
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: GJN 126T
First Registered: 7 June 1979
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: MLD 999P (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First Registered: 1 November 1975
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: STW 201R (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First Registered: 1 March 1977
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: UYY 256S (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First Registered: 5 January 1978
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: RS1800

Registration Number: CLM 184T (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First registered: 1 August 1978
Engine Size: 2.0 litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: DKP 191T (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First Registered: 18 May 1979
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: EUW 938V (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First Registered: 1 February 1980
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: EUW 939V (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First registered: 1 February 1980
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: EUC 958V (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First Registered: 23 January 1980
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: PLY 829W (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First Registered: 1 October 1980
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: RRK 425W (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First Registered: Not Known
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS

Registration Number: VLE 756X (A Sutton-Rothmans Car)
First Registered: Not Known
Engine Size: 2.0 Litres
Model Type: Escort RS