I have been looking recently at the price of escort cosworths, unfortunately it is still out of my budget. I have seen a few shells advertised but all seem to vary in price. How much should i expect to pay for a bare shell? ie no beams, windows, doors, bootlid etc

I want to put the 2.9 24v engine into it. I can pick up a bug eye scorpio for less than £500 running with MOT and tax, will i be able to use this as a donor? will all the beam, arms and hubs all bolt onto an escos shell? What problems am i likely to encounter?

I also have access to a rotton mk5 xr3i how much of this cound i strip to use to put the escos back together? so far i have thought bootlid, doors, lights, windows, dash.

The last thing i need to know is what box will bolt upto the engine? and will i need other parts such as shock and springs?

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