Secret Fords Volume Two – Collector's Edition 2-BOOK SET
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Volume Two picks up the story in the mid-to-late ’80s and then hurtles through time to the early 2000s, concluding with the Focus RS. Incredibly, Ford’s enthusiasm for this unique project went up a gear for the second book in the Secret Fords project. Over 5000 images from Ford Design’s archive were digitised for the first time – many of them marked ‘STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL’ – bringing Volume Two one step, and two decades, closer to the present.
The almost-mythical Ferrari-challenging GN34 supercar is revealed for the first time, along with the never-told design stories of the Escort Cosworth and Focus RS.
The tortured tale behind the ’91 Escort is a revelation – along with the cancelled Escort intended to replace it. Fiesta, Scorpio, Ka, Puma, Mondeo – and more – are all there, along with revealed-for-the-first-time surprises like the Escort Cosworth Coupe and Prodrive’s incredible AWD Cosworth-engined Focus RS replacement.
The first Volume won numerous awards including Classic Ford Magazine’s Best Book of 2021 – Volume Two changes up a gear. It’s a unique and extraordinary book.
This two-book boxed set Collector's Edition contains an author-signed and numbered copy of Secret Fords Volume Two, plus supplemental Scrapbook,
Boxed slipcase with unique cover art. For a limited time orders receive two free posters worth £25 folded inside.
Together, the two books add up to nearly 400 pages of never-seen behind-the-scenes insight at the bargain price of £54.95: Stocks are running down now into the last few hundred, so buy while you can before prices start rising once they go out of print!
A quick summary of the two books that feature:
- How Ford designed a secret Ferrari-competitor
- The insiders' first-hand story how the Focus RS and Escort RS Cosworth were designed
- The evolution of the Fiesta
- How the ’91 Mark IV Escort forced Ford to reappriase how it deisgned cars
- Escort mutants that have never been seen like Cosworth coupes and speedster
- Extra Scrapbook content includes Ghia’s rework of an RS2000 into an off-roader, a mysterious large Ford beyond the Scorpio, step-by-step build of a one-off RS2000-based prototype.
Special half price offer – Add Volume One RS Icons ’70s & ’80s heroes companion book at checkout – how the Escort RS cars were designed, the design story of the RS wheels and details of who were the RS designers and their legacy. Unique, unmissable!
Written by a five-star reviewed RAC 2021 Motoring Book Of The Year Finalist, author of Classic Ford Magazine’s ‘Best Book 2021’
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Reviews
I am not a Ford fan per se, MGs are it really, but I had read so many good reviews that I succumbed and am very glad that I did, the books look great and are incredibly interesting especially if you enjoy back stories and what might have been's.
A must have set of books for any Ford lover. As stunningly illustrated as they are well written, these aren't just a coffee table decoration, they provide a previously unknown insight into everyday Ford heroes that made it to production and those that didn't.
Well written good book with lots of great info for all interested in Ford