This is perfect, my decals always looked exactly like this, in black, and I hated it . 
 

 
The UK RS2000 had this option which in my humble opinion looks superior in every way for a midnight blue car. I think the Aus black decals look really smart on other colours just not the midnight, it's an odd colour to begin with so it needs the silver to contrast it and make it pop.
 
 
 
This is Richard Hammonds car that they did a factory resto on for The Smallest Cog. Pretty sure this was a 100% original before they touched it.
 
 
 

Part time, I'm quietly glad you're not running the Aus stripes and giving it the proper UK style, that means the rear RS decal goes on the boot and not in the back panel where it looks like a slap n dash job by Ford.
When I owned/built up my RS 20 odd yrs ago from a $500 shell it was a TAFE student repair project and was white on the front to the pillars and midnight to the back . It was a driven show car before the accident and it didn't have stripes or the filler plug, it was all smoothed off. Anyway my point is I resprayed it in a deep Ford laser blue, I did go the UK stripes in gold and rear panel black out as their suppose to have which the logo goes on the boot , I'll try to dig up pics from the album . It was only a few years ago I found the car in NZ up for sale for about 20k , it's now been restored in Eleanor silver and the owner spent nearly $100k getting it done. Crazy story but I'm glad it's still alive and being cared for .

Edit; here's the link when it was on sale, must note tho, I did black the window frames and I think it's a lighter blue than when I did it
https://classicregister.c...ort-mk2-rs2000-coupe-8

Second edit ;
These are the only pics I could find

It's funny how things pan out for cars sometimes isn't it? I'm glad your RS is still in good hands.
 

Drewdog
Yeah agree about the stripes on the Aus midnight cars, silver just looks a bit awkward to my eyes, black, not much point really.

Its a lesson on how schemes can make or break the look of a car isnt it? Colours like yellow, white, black, red suit the Aus style down to the ground, the other colours like green, orange and midnight struggle a little with the larger stripes.  
 
 

Well to begin with I am going to put all the ford and escort badges on the back, then im going to stand back and squint a little then decide where the rear RS2000 goes on - if at all ! As always I'm of the opinion that I can always add a decal later.


 
See and here is my view on the UK placement of rear RS2000 - it works well with the longer number plate, in fact, I think the whole back of the car looks better with the longer plate. 
 
 Also check this out - I know its a Facebook link but I found this super interesting 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16i8ac179V/

Drewdog
I was going to run with the standard black mirrors that the RS's came with however they were painted, by mistake, in body colour.
I wasn't convinced about keeping them until I offered up a spare black mirror I had. Looked bloody hideous. The difference was chalk and cheese to me, body colour all the way now.
 

I just went back and looked at the photos of your car again - 100% the yellow mirrors look better, especially with the black plastic mount, gives it the right amount of black to tie in perfectly with the other black areas of the car. If the whole mirror was black it would look odd.

sorry, but from that discussion, you guys are all guilty of being closet Anoraks 
( perhaps we should help save the forum by seeing if CF anoraks can be made available in the shop :))
 
I had no idea there were UK and Aus versions of the RS stripes, all I ever saw was Aus also, and the 2L rally pack of course.
For my $2.00, 100% silver stripes with you all the way.
With those silver revolutions, it will look the ducks nuts, totally classy and a good balance of contrast.
 
Get assembling!
2 minutes of thinking is all you need, rip into it!
Sounds like we might have some more cars going by Xmas at this rate.
 
 

Marching on now its time to tackle the axle center, I am aiming on getting the suspension back in the car first and making it a roller. This is so the car can be shuffled about the garage as needed with relative ease and safety.

Ideally I want to ensure once a part goes in the car it doesn't come back out unless I really mess up, so the rear axle will be fitted to the car as a complete assembly, with calipers, brake lines and running gear all ready to rock. 

 
 
First job was to tear it down and soak the crown and pinion in diesel for a few days then inspect. 
 

 

 
 

 
There is some wear and tear but all in all I am happy to re-use these parts, there isn't any pitting / uneven wear and the diff was quiet when the car was parked. The spider gear center pin is however mobile, so that is junk. I wasn't reusing it anyway as the center will be getting a cheeky upgrade .