Our friend Jeff Lantz has owned another road-going RS 2600 since 1991. It's a red and black '71, with no bumpers. It was in desperate need of restoration when he found it. It had been off the road since 1977. He's slowly restoring it up in Canada. Jeff has been an enormous help to us in restoring our RS 2600, providing information, contacts and parts sources.
Capri parts specialist Team Blitz owns a very unusual 1972 RS 2600 that was originally owned by Edsel Ford II. It is the only 100% US emissions legal RS 2600 produced. It has the RS 2600 body, suspension, and interior; but the engine is a standard US spec 2600, complete with all exhaust emission controls. The car has been meticulously restored, and was exhibited in front of Ford's corporate headquarters during Ford's centennial celebration.
We know of one other roadgoing RS 2600 in North America, but the owner doesn't want his name publicized. We helped him authenticate the car. The car is not ready for the road yet, but we think it won't be a difficult restoration job. It's a relatively recent arrival on this continent.
Ross Bremer has a REAL RS 2600 group 2 racer. This is the car that Miles & Muir made so famous at the Paul Ricard circuit in 1972. The car was later raced in the USA by Horst Kwech and Harry Theodoracopulos. It is in its original Ford livery, rather than its more famous "Wiggins Teape" paint scheme. The car made it's vintage racing debut at Watkins Glen in September 1998 at the Zippo Vintage Grand Prix . The car has been rebuilt numerous times in its long career, so it now sports a ducktail spoiler and 1973 "facelift" style tail lights. The engine isn't authentic either. It has a fuel-injected "Essex" V-6, since no racing "Cologne" V-6 was available. (This engine was Weslake's unsuccessful contender for the RS-3100.) It sure looks nice. Ross retired the car after a not-particularly-successful run at the 1999 Zippo Vintage Grand Prix. He now feels that the car is too valuable to race.
RS 2600 at Romeo, Michigan
Mr. von Walthausen is something of a legend in Capri circles. More myth than reality perhaps? Nevertheless, Clay Dopke provided us a picture of this racing RS 2600 that Mr. von Walthausen had at some point. We don't know if he still has it.
Lynn Harris' RS 2600
We don't know much about Lynn Harris, except that he supposedly lives in Massachusetts. Clay Dopke provided us these picture of his RS 2600 race car. It sure looks like a racing RS 2600 to us. We don't know if Mr. Harris still has the car.
We know of one other RS 2600 race car in the USA, but the owner does not want his name publicized. The car is an ex- Ford of France Group 2 car, and Jean Vinatier drove it to victory in the 1972 Tour de France. It is currently being restored.