From Down at the barns.
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🕰️ Chapters
00:00 – The garden mystery
00:44 – The car revealed
01:17 – What had happened
01:54 – The incredible restoration journey
03:10 – The last one ever!
04:19 – The finished car
04:45 – See it drive!
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🧾 Car Details
• Model: Ford Escort RS2000 Mk1
• Engine: 1993cc Pinto
• Year: 1974
• Registration: HCW 270N
• Features: Long-term garden storage, missing grille & bumpers, overgrown discovery
• Special notes: Found unexpectedly next to a garden; rescued and revived
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Edited, Written and Produced by: Adam Poulton
Filmed by: Adam Poulton & Kevin Heuston
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