Originally Posted by McPikie
Originally Posted by swerv
lovely car , shame about the ID imo it does matter.
Apart from RSOC purposes, whats the difference??
The RST shell was EXACTLY the same as the 3i wasnt it?? Does that suffice to say that any RST with any mods isnt actually an RST anymore because its not the spec ford released it??
100% agree. The shells were IDENTICLE the one only differences being the engine, box, + suspension (had a rear ARB). Slightly different trim (Recaro's) and additional skirts and arch spats.
For all intents and purposes, it's an XR3i thats been turbo charged.
IMO the ID does not matter. In fact it's irrelevant. If you had a 1.3 bonus that had had the full conversion and was of the highest quality with all the proper bits, everything identical to an RST, your probably better off with that than with an actual log-book RST. Reason being cos it's been fully done, it's likely to be in far better condition, and we all change bits on RST's to better spec parts, and likely this will be done in the conversion.
I think there is FAR too much snobbery in the RSOC, and as an RS owner myself, I will not join. Yeah my car is an RS, but I don't want to be in the RSOC. Pure and simple.