mark826

As per title, found a 1983(I think) escort in an old unit at work, did some digging around a found the bloke who owns it. It turns out he had parked it up in there 10 years ago and had forgotten all about it. I have had a quick look over it and from what I can see other than dust is the body work looks ok with just a few bits of paint that may need touching up, the sills feel solid however I haven't actually managed to get down on my knees and have a look due to it being pretty boxed in. All the interior is there and is in good condition.

A bit about the car,
1983 (I think)
Mk3 escort 5 door
1.6 ghia automatic
White in colour
51000 miles

What would you pay for it if the sills were shot and if they turn out to be as mint as the feel and sound with a tap and is it really worth digging out and dragging into the workshop for a good look at.

Not really that clued up on mk3 escorts.

Apologies if this is in the wrong section

CrOwSoN15

If it turns out to be in good nick without needing a whole hog of work, then I'd say somewhere around £1000-1200, being a 1600 I assume it's a CVH?

mark826

Yeah it's a cvh. I think it's worth digging out just to look at.

Fordmad!

Id say £800-900 as its automatic. Pics wold be good

CrOwSoN15

I don't think people really buy on spec any more, they're more concerned about the body side of things as that can cost a whole lot more to resolve.

Definitely worth digging out!

mark826

mark826

mark826

They are the only 2 I took. After clearing a little space to get to it

Fordmad!

Looks okay actually. Id give £700 for it

mark826

Are they fairly easy to convert to manual I.e straight swap with the relevant parts of a manual equivalent vehicle or is it best to just keep as it is?

CrOwSoN15

Rear arches look good which is always a good start.

Depends what you want to do with it, I can't imagine it'd be difficult to convert to manual.

mark826

Well you see that's it I'm not entirely sure what I'd do with it, I have been looking for something to put my zetec turbo in for a while but was torn between a mk4 escort 3 door or mk2 fiesta, then I saw this and thought sleeper. But then I have been thinking if it's in as good a condition as it looks underneath then maybe standard as a daily, but I don't think I could drive an auto as a daily

Fordmad!

Nooo don't ruin it!

mark826

That was my train of thought ULTIMATE SLEEPER then my brain said no keep it standard what are these worth all mot'd and restored

CrOwSoN15

It's catch 22 really, I had a very good condition mk4 that I thought many times about building a ZT into, but then I couldn't bring myself to take it to bits!

On the other hand, it's better to start with a solid base, so what do you do lol.

TommysKeeper

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C plate so 1985 I think. Looks ok from those pics.