Ultra rare mk 1 Escort at upcoming auction

[offthehook]

aeropilot said:

Doesn't anyone proof read this stuff.......Jim had been dead 6 years by then.
Caption of course should read Gerry Marshall (in 446M) and Roger Clark (in 445M)

Indeed

[Hol]

generationx said:

Maxdecel said:

What's going on ? Everyone bailing out of black wheel inserts

https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-509--...
£63K resto, ex LHD.

I’ve got a barely used original with Dove Grey inserts in the garage, both of my road cars came black-painted

I honestly thought the Mk2 Ronals were all black, as that was all I ever saw in the 80’s.

Unless they had been repainted the cars body colour, which was a popular trend when polishing them up.

[gt40steve]

For reference, the last brochure for the RS2000, showing the wheels in factory silver / grey.

[AceRockatansky]

gt40steve said:

For reference, the last brochure for the RS2000, showing the wheels in factory silver / grey.

Look better black. They didn't get everything right.

[Maxdecel]

Hol said:

I-am-the-reverend said:

gt40steve said:

I-am-the-reverend said:

WPA said:

https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-237--...

That is absolutely horrible.

Less is more with old stuff like this.

See also the 'Escort for the purists' thread.

Check out the o/s upper door hinge pin, once you have got past the body colour dashboard...

Some quality workmanship right there - craftsmen were involved.

Mind you, look who's selling it.

'RIGHT THEN GUYS......."

Looking the description use of the wording that the V5 says RS2000 the auction house clearly know it ain’t original.

They should have picked a better colour though. Especially if they were going to sell it one day.

£40k https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-237--...
....Just checked the hinge pin ...finesse hey.

[generationx]

Pricey LHD Mex popped up on C&C:

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1692821

[aeropilot]

generationx said:

Pricey LHD Mex popped up on C&C:

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1692821

That's a very punchy price for a car that the ad claims is so authentic, but has an incorrect Ford VIN plate, Mk.2 RS alloys, bubbling paint around the strut top flitch plate seams, and has been painted a non-original colour for a '72 car......

[reddiesel]

aeropilot said:

That's a very punchy price for a car that the ad claims is so authentic, but has an incorrect Ford VIN plate, Mk.2 RS alloys, bubbling paint around the strut top flitch plate seams, and has been painted a non-original colour for a '72 car......

Indeed .

[gt40steve]

Could it be Vista Orange & the dealer has called it the wrong colour ? Dealers often do get colours wrong, trying to be clever or just lazy...

It may be sprayable seam sealer around the top plates.

Any how, I think the asking price is the main issue.

[aeropilot]

gt40steve said:

Could it be Vista Orange & the dealer has called it the wrong colour ? Dealers often do get colours wrong, trying to be clever or just lazy...

Vista Orange is still wrong for a '72 car, as it only became available in the summer of '74 for the final 6-7 months of AVO production.

[Maxdecel]

AfaIR ? Mex's came with laminated screens and I didn't realise LHD versions had a cable clutch .....

[gt40steve]

aeropilot said:

gt40steve said:

Could it be Vista Orange & the dealer has called it the wrong colour ? Dealers often do get colours wrong, trying to be clever or just lazy...

Vista Orange is still wrong for a '72 car, as it only became available in the summer of '74 for the final 6-7 months of AVO production.

Thanks for the clarification mate.

[AceRockatansky]

Just to reinforce the point about the price of Scott Williams Cars...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186311069045

Description gives you the price new. Not even a high spec car.

[Mark A S]

generationx said:

Pricey LHD Mex popped up on C&C:

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1692821

62 ish grand for that,,,,,,,,,,,,, is it April 1st!

[Mark A S]

AceRockatansky said:

Just to reinforce the point about the price of Scott Williams Cars...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186311069045

Description gives you the price new. Not even a high spec car.

VERY nicely built car, 120k for a 2lt Milli though!!!! Think i might be out of touch with prices.

Back in 2014 i struggled to sell my Mk 2 [i built it in 2011/12] despite it being a quicker car than the one shown here. Couple of not very good pics of it when i finished building it, from home.

I painted it in a party tent in front of my garage, had two fans in there that kept the insects out

[AceRockatansky]

Mark A S said:

AceRockatansky said:

Just to reinforce the point about the price of Scott Williams Cars...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186311069045

Description gives you the price new. Not even a high spec car.

VERY nicely built car, 120k for a 2lt Milli though!!!! Think i might be out of touch with prices.

Back in 2014 i struggled to sell my Mk 2 [i built it in 2011/12] despite it being a quicker car than the one shown here. Couple of not very good pics of it when i finished building it, from home.

I painted it in a party tent in front of my garage, had two fans in there that kept the insects out

Looks nice. Isn't that sadev gear lever on the wrong way though.

One thing SW gets right is the packaging, there's almost nothing showing that needs to be. Does help with a canbus loom. That bonnet is a cheap one from MST and no remote canisters for the suspension. And definitely needs another 500cc to command that price. 160k new!

[Mark A S]

AceRockatansky said:

Looks nice. Isn't that sadev gear lever on the wrong way though.

!

Yes, Sadev 6 sp sequential. Excellent G-box, although even though it had full throttle shift, i just could not bring myself to utilise that. On the loose, it would not change up particularly well if the wheels were spinning too much, hence i drove it normally, still at least i could not miss a gear unlike a ZF
Only time it let me down was whilst leading the Tempest rally in 2013 when a 50p C clip popped off the main shaft and i lost all drive.

You might be right re the G-Stick, i think that pic was taken before we fired it up. I recall the Gear indicator read back to front though, so had to reverse some wires.

[WPA]

AceRockatansky said:

Just to reinforce the point about the price of Scott Williams Cars...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186311069045

Description gives you the price new. Not even a high spec car.

I have until this thread never heard of Scott Williams, am I alone

That still seems overpriced to me.

[generationx]

WPA said:

AceRockatansky said:

Just to reinforce the point about the price of Scott Williams Cars...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186311069045

Description gives you the price new. Not even a high spec car.

I have until this thread never heard of Scott Williams, am I alone

That still seems overpriced to me.

You are not.

I enjoyed this in the description:

“Don't just drive, dominate with Scott Williams Motorsport”

[AceRockatansky]

generationx said:

WPA said:

AceRockatansky said:

Just to reinforce the point about the price of Scott Williams Cars...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186311069045

Description gives you the price new. Not even a high spec car.

I have until this thread never heard of Scott Williams, am I alone

That still seems overpriced to me.

You are not.

I enjoyed this in the description:

“Don't just drive, dominate with Scott Williams Motorsport”

I sell quite a bit of stuff on eBay and one of the recent options is an AI generated description, which sounds remarkably like that cheese infested waffle. Obviously I deleted it straightaway. Someone should tell this chap to do the same.