Mk2 rs2000 custom
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Hi,looking for escort rs2000 custom with vehicle history which needs attention would prefer signal yellow but would consider other colours and unfinished projects. (fulfilling my youth)
Thanks for replying people but can anyone help me to find this car for me
Thanks for replying people but can anyone help me to find this car for me
Edited by Jdavis12 on Thursday 22 September 21:46
Edited by Jdavis12 on Saturday 24th September 19:18
Edited by Jdavis12 on Sunday 25th September 19:30
The only one I owned did have History and Geography.
It failed on Metalwork in 1986 but passed on re-sit after a fair bit of revision. It had an interesting take on Physics on wet roundabouts too.
That RS was restored by someone in the 1990s including a new roof skin to remove a glass tilting sunroof which had been fitted by the 2nd owner around 1982.
Saw the very same car advertised around 5 years ago as "never been welded".
Entertaining cars to own. Good luck and keep us posted please if you find a suitable car. Personally I'd also consider a good Manta GTE coupe as maybe a more affordable alternative.
It failed on Metalwork in 1986 but passed on re-sit after a fair bit of revision. It had an interesting take on Physics on wet roundabouts too.
That RS was restored by someone in the 1990s including a new roof skin to remove a glass tilting sunroof which had been fitted by the 2nd owner around 1982.
Saw the very same car advertised around 5 years ago as "never been welded".
Entertaining cars to own. Good luck and keep us posted please if you find a suitable car. Personally I'd also consider a good Manta GTE coupe as maybe a more affordable alternative.
Edited by sun.and.rain on Friday 23 September 17:04
sun.and.rain said:
The only one I owned did have History and Geography.
Failed on Metalwork in 1986 but passed on re-sit after a fair bit of revision. Had an interesting take on Physics on wet roundabouts too.
That RS was restored by someone in the 1990s including a new roof skin to remove a glass tilting sunroof which had been fitted by the 2nd owner around 1982.
Saw the very same car advertised around 5 years ago as "never been welded".
Edit, entertaining cars to own. Good luck and keep us posted please if you find a suitable car. Personally I'd also consider a good Manta GTE coupe as maybe a more affordable alternative.
I concur with that. The Manta was a far better built car with superior handling and comfort to the Escort, and also rarer. The nice thing is it is around a quarter of the price.Failed on Metalwork in 1986 but passed on re-sit after a fair bit of revision. Had an interesting take on Physics on wet roundabouts too.
That RS was restored by someone in the 1990s including a new roof skin to remove a glass tilting sunroof which had been fitted by the 2nd owner around 1982.
Saw the very same car advertised around 5 years ago as "never been welded".
Edit, entertaining cars to own. Good luck and keep us posted please if you find a suitable car. Personally I'd also consider a good Manta GTE coupe as maybe a more affordable alternative.
Edited by sun.and.rain on Friday 23 September 06:51
I have never understood the exorbitant prices these old Fords are fetching; just madness!
J
As a pauper, I used to regularly buy MK2 RS2000's out the classifieds of Motoring News. I think the last one had a fresh 2.0 on 40's, world cup crossmember, Bilsteins, LSD etc and hardly any rust. It cost me a train ticket to Cardiff and £720! I think I owned 6 or 7 similar Escorts and none were over £1k. All were great fun and were it not for the ridiculous prices nowadays, I would love another.
Good luck with your search OP. I would look in mainland Europe for more sensibly priced examples though.
Good luck with your search OP. I would look in mainland Europe for more sensibly priced examples though.
jith said:
I have never understood the exorbitant prices these old Fords are fetching; just madness!
The knock on effect from gaining eligibility for Historic Rally.Prices started going ballistic as soon as that happened.....finite supply of good shell's and people with serious money wanting shells for rallying, and the prices of road cars go up accordingly. Same thing happened a decade earlier to Mk1 Cortina 2-doors when the Lotus-Cortina became eligible for what was then pre-66 Saloon/Touring car racing.
It's not too difficult to understand really......basic supply and demand theory.
Prices have gone mental on these. I had one in 1987 a late model 1981 custom.
hard to believe anyone would pay £20k for a slow rusty 2 door escort powered by a Cortina engine with a 4 speed box 110 bhp and not even having an LsD. in Scotland most of them had rotten floor pans and chassis legs by ten years old.
hard to believe anyone would pay £20k for a slow rusty 2 door escort powered by a Cortina engine with a 4 speed box 110 bhp and not even having an LsD. in Scotland most of them had rotten floor pans and chassis legs by ten years old.
fttm said:
As aeropilot rightly says good shells are like rocking horse s
t nowadays . Out of interest has or does anyone know anything regards to the new mk2 shells from China(cough) ? Any reports of someone building one up or trying to ?
The panels are for sale on eBay seperately, have seen a photo of a full shell but not seen one for sale.t nowadays . Out of interest has or does anyone know anything regards to the new mk2 shells from China(cough) ? Any reports of someone building one up or trying to ?rallycross said:
Prices have gone mental on these. I had one in 1987 a late model 1981 custom.
hard to believe anyone would pay £20k for a slow rusty 2 door escort powered by a Cortina engine with a 4 speed box 110 bhp and not even having an LsD. in Scotland most of them had rotten floor pans and chassis legs by ten years old.
I wish I had kept mine, I bought it at 12 months old and owned if for about 4 years, mine was pristine but other more regularly used examples at the time were rotting at 5-6 years old.hard to believe anyone would pay £20k for a slow rusty 2 door escort powered by a Cortina engine with a 4 speed box 110 bhp and not even having an LsD. in Scotland most of them had rotten floor pans and chassis legs by ten years old.
My old car is still in circulation according to DVLA, it was a Terracotta custom with a brown interior DHD 787 V. Apparently it's now yellow, I would be interested to 'catch up ' with it if anybody here frequents RS circles....
Freds said:
I wish I had kept mine, I bought it at 12 months old and owned if for about 4 years, mine was pristine but other more regularly used examples at the time were rotting at 5-6 years old.
My old car is still in circulation according to DVLA, it was a Terracotta custom with a brown interior DHD 787 V. Apparently it's now yellow, I would be interested to 'catch up ' with it if anybody here frequents RS circles....
My one was a Terracotta custom as well, it never looked good in that colour to me (my paint was quite badly faded) and we got it re-sparayed bright red (venetian red?). My old car is still in circulation according to DVLA, it was a Terracotta custom with a brown interior DHD 787 V. Apparently it's now yellow, I would be interested to 'catch up ' with it if anybody here frequents RS circles....
I had 4 of these.
1....bought early 1983 ,white with BVR ,OSR 1/4 full of plod due to crash.
2.....bought late 1984 ,signal yellow ,base model ,steel wheels, awful seats ,bought off 1st owner with
a full Ford s/h.
3.....bought late 1991 ,beige ,had twin side draught carbs ,stolen 6-8 weeks later.
4......bought 1997 or 8 ,red ,project ,scrapped it as rotten everywhere.
Yellow was easily the best car, especially after chucking the seats and replacing with early rolltop
seats.
I also painted the bit between the rear lights which would have been black on a Custom but body colour
on a base ,in three different shades of blue in an angled stripe way....looked awesome....
1....bought early 1983 ,white with BVR ,OSR 1/4 full of plod due to crash.
2.....bought late 1984 ,signal yellow ,base model ,steel wheels, awful seats ,bought off 1st owner with
a full Ford s/h.
3.....bought late 1991 ,beige ,had twin side draught carbs ,stolen 6-8 weeks later.
4......bought 1997 or 8 ,red ,project ,scrapped it as rotten everywhere.
Yellow was easily the best car, especially after chucking the seats and replacing with early rolltop
seats.
I also painted the bit between the rear lights which would have been black on a Custom but body colour
on a base ,in three different shades of blue in an angled stripe way....looked awesome....
jith said:
sun.and.rain said:
The only one I owned did have History and Geography.
Failed on Metalwork in 1986 but passed on re-sit after a fair bit of revision. Had an interesting take on Physics on wet roundabouts too.
That RS was restored by someone in the 1990s including a new roof skin to remove a glass tilting sunroof which had been fitted by the 2nd owner around 1982.
Saw the very same car advertised around 5 years ago as "never been welded".
Edit, entertaining cars to own. Good luck and keep us posted please if you find a suitable car. Personally I'd also consider a good Manta GTE coupe as maybe a more affordable alternative.
I concur with that. The Manta was a far better built car with superior handling and comfort to the Escort, and also rarer. The nice thing is it is around a quarter of the price.Failed on Metalwork in 1986 but passed on re-sit after a fair bit of revision. Had an interesting take on Physics on wet roundabouts too.
That RS was restored by someone in the 1990s including a new roof skin to remove a glass tilting sunroof which had been fitted by the 2nd owner around 1982.
Saw the very same car advertised around 5 years ago as "never been welded".
Edit, entertaining cars to own. Good luck and keep us posted please if you find a suitable car. Personally I'd also consider a good Manta GTE coupe as maybe a more affordable alternative.
Edited by sun.and.rain on Friday 23 September 06:51
I have never understood the exorbitant prices these old Fords are fetching; just madness!
J
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