Production chronology1970–1972
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
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Perana / Model record
PeranaFord Escort Mk1 Perana 2.0
Production1970–1972
Recorded originSouth Africa
ClassTwo-door performance saloon
Created at Ford South Africa's request when one hundred RS1600s proved ill-suited to local servicing. Basil Green substituted the simpler Pinto engine, producing the first Pinto-powered Escorts, and later continued the formula on Escort GT donor shells.
Chronology ledger
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Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
The opening program addressed 100 locally unsuitable Escort RS1600s; later rectangular-headlamp Escort GT-based cars prevent treating 100 as a complete production total.