Quote Originally Posted by stovens View Post
Never heard of the savage versions. Must have been quite limited?
As far as i can remember there was only 2 or 3 Mk1's as the Mk1 was coming to the end when the V6 came out.


Unfortunately Jeff Uren passed away after battling cancer on 6th April 2007.

Jeff raced various Fords, Jeff contacted Ford Motor Co in 1959 to see if they would hire him as a driver for the Zephyr, Ford told him they didnt want his help basically.

After this Jeff met the Ford team at Silverstone in his Zephyr where he beat the three works prepared Zephyr's by half a lap and also went on to win the BRSCC (British Saloon Car Championship) that year. He then became Ford team manager which he did until 1963.

Jeff formed his own company "Race Proved Performance and Racing Equipment Ltd" in 1966. Although the savage name didn't come into being until 67/68 and was bestowed upon brand new cars only but I do remember there were 2 or 3 mk1's built, Jeff's conversions were sanctioned by Ford.

heres the list

The Cortina Savage (3.0 V6 essex) was available as MK1, MK2, MK3, MK4, and MK5

The Cortina Cheetah (2.5 V6 essex) was available as MK3

The Escort Navajo (2.0 V4) MK1 Estate

The Escort Apache (3.0 V6 essex) MK1

The Capri Comanche (3.0 V6 essex) MK1

The Capri Stampede (4.7 V8 Ford 289) MK1.


The other odd ball Capri was South African built under the direction of Basil Green again sanctioned by Ford.

The Capri Perena (5.0 V8 Ford 302) MK1