RE: Spotted: Ford Escort RS1600i...

RE: Spotted: Ford Escort RS1600i...

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s m

23,237 posts

204 months

Saturday 11th February 2012
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LewisR said:
Yes, it does annoy me when adverts say "Great investment potential" then price the crap out of it.
Damn those sellers wanting to get as much as they can...... wink

nicknoo

46 posts

167 months

Monday 13th February 2012
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porsche666 said:
If I remember there was also a very rare RS1800 made with a RWD configuration (It looked like the XR3i & RS) perhaps some one can en-lighten me ...
I also spent time working in South Africa where Ford built an XR5 it looked like an XR4 but with a big 5 litre motor big wheel
aches and Wing/Spoiler.............Perhaps someone has info on this also .
I don't recall Ford ever using the XR5 moniker in RSA. XR6's and XR8's - both Sierra variants. The XR8 was the 302 V8 and the XR6 was the Essex V6. There was other Ford stuff as well, specific to RSA, Cortinas were the XLE's (V6 Essex), XR6 (V6 Essex), and special models like the X-O-Cet Cortina (V6 Essex with triple twin-down Draughts). The MKII RS2000 Escorts were available with a flat (standard) nose. I don't think Ford imported any CKD RS2000 with the beak noses. The list could go on, but I won't.

darronwall

1,730 posts

197 months

Saturday 3rd February 2018
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Stumbled across this as I’m going through restoring one of these at the moment,love all the comments about crazy 26k price tag! I wouldn’t be surprised if it was to resurface it would be way north of 50k,not a bad return eh....

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

197 months

Saturday 3rd February 2018
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darronwall said:
Stumbled across this as I’m going through restoring one of these at the moment,love all the comments about crazy 26k price tag! I wouldn’t be surprised if it was to resurface it would be way north of 50k,not a bad return eh....
Really? I friend who passed away rebuilt his to concourse condition in the 1990s, if it sold well it probably still sold for under £5k. I wish he was still here to regret selling it.

darronwall

1,730 posts

197 months

Sunday 4th February 2018
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
Really? I friend who passed away rebuilt his to concourse condition in the 1990s, if it sold well it probably still sold for under £5k. I wish he was still here to regret selling it.
Yeh,the prices of old fords is quite crazy!

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

197 months

Sunday 4th February 2018
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darronwall said:
LaurasOtherHalf said:
Really? I friend who passed away rebuilt his to concourse condition in the 1990s, if it sold well it probably still sold for under £5k. I wish he was still here to regret selling it.
Yeh,the prices of old fords is quite crazy!
I'd heard, I just wan't aware the RS1600i was up at those levels-crazy.

John Johnson

10 posts

129 months

Sunday 4th February 2018
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This is one mine oddly 😆 And sat in my garage and had a few of these

Gary C

12,482 posts

180 months

Sunday 4th February 2018
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darronwall said:
LaurasOtherHalf said:
Really? I friend who passed away rebuilt his to concourse condition in the 1990s, if it sold well it probably still sold for under £5k. I wish he was still here to regret selling it.
Yeh,the prices of old fords is quite crazy!
Have a look at price of old porches ?

Mind you nick masons 250gto bought for £35k makes any other look like chicken feed.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

197 months

Sunday 4th February 2018
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Gary C said:
darronwall said:
LaurasOtherHalf said:
Really? I friend who passed away rebuilt his to concourse condition in the 1990s, if it sold well it probably still sold for under £5k. I wish he was still here to regret selling it.
Yeh,the prices of old fords is quite crazy!
Have a look at price of old porches ?

Mind you nick masons 250gto bought for £35k makes any other look like chicken feed.
Ask yourself what you could have bought with Nick Mason's £35k in the 1970s...

What was quoted was an RS1600i being worth £50k, I simply didn't realise there were examples out there worth that. Are there examples that have been sold for that?

darronwall

1,730 posts

197 months

Monday 5th February 2018
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
Ask yourself what you could have bought with Nick Mason's £35k in the 1970s...

What was quoted was an RS1600i being worth £50k, I simply didn't realise there were examples out there worth that. Are there examples that have been sold for that?
Restored s1 turbos have made 50 plus and I’ve seen a nice 16i make 25k within 24hrs of being put on sale,so a car like this one would make 50k quite easily
It is quite frightening

twibs

193 posts

139 months