Yesterday I was looking in a unit with 4 saffs in it, a mk2 xr2 and a cortina, in the other unit was more but I couldn't look in.

Then there's another bloke in Preston with a private collection, low mile Es cos 3 door etc. Rs1600i, one in every colour.

Makes me wonder how many there are stashed away

 

its great when u find a old ford some where my mrs looks at me like im stupid or something when i get excited lol

 

Me and Wenny are on with building a 3 door up now for a bloke who has a unit out the back of ours, been parked up years never even knew about it untill the other week.

 

pics please

 

Bloke in our group knows of a fella right out in the Cumbrian sticks that has an array of Cossies all never used. It's crazy how many cars their are.

 

^ really?
Woah, would love to see that or any of the cars mentioned

 

I know of a white 2wd Sapphire that has never been registered, bought from a local Ford dealer.......

 

if i had cars stored away i would not want people on an internet forum to discuss the whereabouts of these.

 

there's meant to be a black RS500 near me, and the only miles its ever done are from the dealer to where it is now, is in dry heated storage, on axle stands, D40's removed from the rims and stored so they do not dry out and crack up, and the rims are in the boot of the car.

only know of it, as my pal worked for local dealer, and they went up to service her every year, ensure it was running correctly, but has never turned a wheel since 1987.

tried tracking the owner down for a RSOC member, but the dealer has since closed and finding the staff that were in the know has proved difficult. be an excellent find if it ever came out......

 

no fun in keeping them locked up though.

 

That's why I won't post pics despite taking them as it's not fair on the owners, location isn't really told as prestons a big place

I too have heard the rs500 story.

 

+1

These kind of cars were made to be driven, and driven fast at that, not sat in a lock up gathering dust. The owners may of well as gone out and bought a unlimited Bus ticket and let someone buy their car thats going to use it for its intended purpose. Dont get me wrong I do enjoy keeping my cars as clean as possible and as straight as possible but I also enjoy taking them out for a good blast and really blowing the cobwebs out.

 

nice one

 

apperntly a haulage boss down this way has got a 500 and a mk1 rs1600 stored,and they reckon a bloke in a village over the hill has a 500 in each coulor stored but i reckon thats bollocks.

 

In my dads road there is a guy with a 1993 1 owner mallard green escort cosworth, the guy used it for a few track days in it's first few years put ap's on it etc,I last saw it move around 10 years ago!

steve

 

there used to be a mint low mileage rs1600i in white over at BAT motorsport in liverpool sat in the window, dont know if its still there but it had been there about 10 years. i asked if theyd sell it and they wanted 10k for it back in 2005..

 

I take it thats the one you were on about at the last meet.

 

Funny enough, i was thinking exactly the same thing. I would expect the 'haul' to be worth a ludicrous amount of money and there's too many 'orrible cunts about on the net.

 

Not heard that one owd, will i know him?

 

yes m8

steve

 

Its still there as far as I know. Last passed BAT a couple of months ago. Looks mint

 

where are you Jim ? , Mac ?

 

I know of an Escort Cossie that has been there since birth (or very close to)

Its sat in a showroom, and the guy has no idea what he has.

Might have to go back down, as its been a few years tho

 

Yes, its still there

 

Is that true then daz?

 

It is amazing how many were bought and stored without being used, and they still pop up all over the place.....how many people do you think have bought a brand new focus RS and never used it, stored it and are going to keep it for 20 years?


Either that, or everyone who bought an RS back in the day got the jail !

 

Just can't understand why ppl would do that. Good chance they will get run down by a bus and never have driven it or realised it's value. What a quality way to spend your cash..

RW

 

round corner from me theres a escort mk1 lotus twin cam been sat 25 years drove into the garage, bloke died a while back and its still in there, a mate was trying to aquire it from the family as its just down as a scrap car, lets face it they dont look anything special

but we all know what they are worth, my mate has been playing the waiting game for weeks trying to get it sorted without giving too much intention away, i think he will get it soon but hes got no finger nails left lol, theres also a 1600e cortina there too

 

ill have the 1600e if thats going

 

there tyre block that sells to trade in cumbria not saying were that has a low milage rs 500 in the back behind loada tryes in a cacoon few mk2 as well but not been in few years

 

love hearing about old Fords being discovered again, and gettin a 2nd lease of life. I think the stories of why they were parked up are dead interestin.

Also agree to there being loads still out there waiting to be found....everytime i go past a garage that looks like its not been opened for ages i'm thinkin whats in there!!

 

I love low miler cossies

 

daz

indeed i am...........


Jim

 

There's a rs200 works rally car near me, I've spoke to a few people who I thought mite own it and everytime I get the same responce, a cheeky smile and "I've never seen one"

 

a guy came to me a while ago from up your way or somewhere up that way, thought he said cheshire though that siad he had a 500 in every colour and was wanting to do same with 3dorrs, I had a 34k miles black one for sale, didnt buy the car though b ut certainly knew what he was looking at though, sold him a grands worth of bits though and some brand new boxed wheels for a mate of his in wales that he said was even more of a fanatic than he was. said he was looking a a 1400 miles moonstone 3 door the same day from up that way aswell.left hooker though

 

Could this be the guy that owns the Bonkers collection? There can't be that many fanatics with Ford collections in Wales.

 

dont reckon so, ive seen pictures of the guy that owns that lot and it wasnt him , this guys name was ryan charters i think, certain now he said he was from cheshire

 

i reckon all these hidden 500's people hear about are bull shit as they must off made about 5 thousand off them to all be true

 

i agree with that mate lol.

 

Once went to buy an s1 my mate had seen advertised in crickhowell that was in the freeads as spares/repairs due to a smoky turbo.found out it was 1 owner and done 9000 miles!!!got there an hour too late for £1800!!cheeky cunt had chipped him to 1400,I offered 2k there and then but he was an honourable guy who wouldn't gazump the guy,gutted!!my mate on here has a stunning Cossie,ithad only done 9k from new but he's spent £20-30k on it and it's 448bhp,fair dos,not many would do that!!!