AMAZING New Fast Ford Collection! | Secret Stash

A fan of fast Fords? Or slow ones, for that matter? Either way, if you’re big into the Blue Oval, then you’ll be interested in Ford’s new Heritage and Innovation Centre in the UK.

Just finished, it houses more than 100 vehicles, from a Model T, through multiple GT40s and a million-pound Escort, to all the best Cossies and RS Fords. Recently relocated from Dagenham to Daventry, it also provides access to a library containing brochures, owners’ manuals and advertising materials from Ford’s UK history.

So, before it opens to the public, join Top Gear Magazine’s Tom Ford for a tour of 100-plus years of Ford history in Britain.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:46 Ford Model T
01:52 Ford Police Cars
03:47 Ford SuperVan 3
05:25 Mk1 Lotus Cortina
06:12 Chat With Ford Heritage's Len Keen
08:47 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
10:09 Ford Escort RS Cosworth
11:15 Mk1 Ford Escort Mexico
12:01 Three Generations Of Ford GT40
13:38 Ford Transit
14:57 RS-powered Ford Transit Connect Express
15:16 Electric Ford Transit Ecostar
15:46 Many A Ford Focus RS
16:17 Ford Fiestas
16:55 Ford Mondeos
17:07 Ford Mustang
17:33 Ford Capri
18:37 F1 Boss Eddie Jordan’s Ford Galaxy
18:51 £1m Ford Escort Rally Car
19:11 Conclusion

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[TopGear]

Which of these Fords would you take home?

[davidbiddlecombe]

I visited the collection at Dagenham several times, but it was asked and everything was pushed into every corner, so looking at the cars was a real problem, so nice to see the collection having a proper home. The only downside was that we used to borrow cars for events and trackdays at Dunton. We just phoned them up and negotiated what we wanted. One year we had an Escort Mk1 and an RS200, quite a contrast to what we were making at the time.

[danielwillits]

Loving the TG YouTube content lately. Great job lads. That place needs a Ken Block car. That guy did so much good to the Ford brand in the last decade. RIP43

[patrickdgarez]

Loving these tours and all of the interesting content that is coming out of YouTube TG. Great stuff and hats off.

[JonathanEzor]

Thanks, Tom and Top Gear! I've become much more of a Ford fan as I've grown older. As a U.S. native, many of these are familiar to me largely from British car TV (I'm sure you can imagine at least one show).

[richardwetherick]

Press like if you have owned or own a ford❤

[Ollie]

I am really digging these car collection videos.

[matt-bzrr]

Wow! Looks amazing, so glad they've got everything displayed properly now, a lot of new additions since i saw the collection in its old home back in 2015.

[gavla-]

11:16 is that the last Fezzy next to the Mk1 Escort with a load of Signatures? I've had a Mk4 Ford Escort Eclipse driven 2 Transits, a Transit Connect for work and now own a Mk6 Fiesta Zetec (S Rep) now. Got to love a blue oval. ♥ Wonder if they can grab those Fords that are stored in that old dealership in Germany. Would be cool to have them along with their siblings in that Centre.

[OriginalAbsolute]

My heart melts everytime there is a cossie popping up. It’s not fair

[UncleManuel]

It's so nice of Tom to show us his collection. 😁😁✌✌

[-PLAYERNE-]

Very cool. I've always loved all (well most) of the UK and European fords. Those cosworth sierras and escorts are amazing. Hillarious to see the escort because in the US that was just a cheap commuter car. Wish we got the cosworth stuff here.

[danielhillier]

Does anyone remember the Ford Racing games on PS2?

[jasonalsum]

The ford RS200 needs to come back, it is a thing of beauty

[TheJimboe]

This is absolutely phenomenal cause one day when the internal combustion engine is history. This is going to be an incredible link to Ford’s past.

[markdance]

Iv had afew fords and had a fiesta featured in Performance Ford July 2001 . Absolutely love the Escort Rs Cosworth- such an iconic car . I’d love one …..one day

[Andyc]

Supervan 2 and 3 are the same vehicle. It's a ford c100 chassis underneath originally with a Cosworth DFL then a Cosworth HB when it was updated to supervan 3. Now it runs that rather naff V6.

[davidjohnrees]

I asked, and you answered. Thanks for another awesome warehouse walk around. ❤

[shaheenal-asadi]

Lovely video!
Some rare Ford's I've never known about before, but they sure look marvelous and have aged gracefully! Wonderful heritage collection :)

[benpenagonzales]

Ford fiesta pop plus with pepper pots! 957cc!! And headrests. That was a first car.