Just wondered if any one new if eha 483y is still on the road.
Its graphite grey, i restored it a few years ago now and interested in buying it back.
CheeRs.

 

It was a couple of years ago. Pic of it next to mine

 

Do you no any thing about it? Where it is now ect. cheers

 

I originally bought this car back to life in 2000

I found it in a local free ad for Ł500 and it had been stood in a garage for 7 or so years

Here is a collection of pics

I painted it Standox Monte Carlo Magic on the toss of a coin

Heads it was Grey tails it was Monte Carlo

Tails it was - lol

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I remember this build from when i was on RSOC site as Cossiekid!

loved the car

 

Sorry not sure where it is now.

 

Looks like it was SORN'd in March 2013

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The vehicle details for EHA 483Y are:

Date of Liability 01 03 2014
Date of First Registration 20 04 1983
Year of Manufacture 1983
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1597cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status SORN Not Due
Vehicle Colour GREY

 

i now own this and a couple of others will be collecting eha 483y this week
j450nrs1600i do you have any pics or info on the work you did to it?

 

I have loads of pics from when I first found the car in 2000 for Ł500 having sat in a garage for 7 years with no MOT

Here is what it looked like when I first got it back to work



Here it was a week or 2 later

 

stick some more up please bud would be good to see what you did to it
im hoping its not too bad underneith

 

Here you go

 

you did a nice job of that
did you fit the zetec in it?

 

It was nice to save another classic

The Zetec was fitted by an owner after me

 

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a few pics of how it looks now

 

That doesn`t look like the same car to me, new rear panel no tow eye and repainted again??? under bonnet pics would be good.

 

it was put back to orig col at some point ( the above paint job in monte was many years ago)
its now got a 1.8 zetec on bike carbs
wants some work but well worth saving

 

 

I did a lot of small mods to the brake pedal "across the bulkhead" linkage assy

I removed all the excessive free play and ended up with a brake pedal that felt like is does not have a LHD to RHD conversion fitted which a lot of RS1600i's suffered with - if I remember correctly I used cut down machine bolts.

They should still be there as was no need to remove em as my mods worked so well !

 

ill have a look in the morn

 

thanks for info on the mods rs2000custom
seems it is the same car

 

ive had a good poke around with hammer and screwdriver today
somone did some bodge work lol

filler foam covered with filler and underseal for rear o/s chassis leg to rear panel about 3 inch long (explains no tow eye)

o/s rear lower qtr rotten inside and out, outside skimmed with filler and stone chip to hide it

n/s inner rear lower qtr rot

both inner rear sills rotted
n/s outer rear sill rotten

small repairs need to chassis around spring cup area
so not the end of the world really

 

 

pmsl
u sure dave??

only jokin bud you can see the work you did was spotton

the amount of time it would of taken to spray fillerfoam wait for it to go off
then shape it then cover in body filler an sand
they could of made the small piece of chassis bloody idiots

 

heres some pics of what i have done to it (im not a pro so standards may not be up to some peoples work)
n/s and o/s inner and outer rear sills
most of outer skin on o/s rear chassis leg
repair on n/s chassis spring cup area
inner and outer rear lower qtrs on both sides
stripped of all old underseal rust etc and brush painted zinc phosphate primer on

 

cant find pics of n/s work will take some pics when i next goto unit

 

good work bazza keep em on the road

 

thanks bud

 

Nice too see it still alive, from what I remember I paid, for front wings rear arches and a couple of floor pans. I bought it off a young lad in Cleveland and it had been messed around with! Filler in the seat mounts and some stodgy welding here and there.

 

should be back on road mid jan
it did have some bodges done to it sorted now though

 

Well I owned this one in the mid 2000s. It was Monte Carlo magic then and had an 1800 zetec on standard management. Sold it to a lad from Ingleby, Cleveland in about 2007. It needed some bodywork at that stage.

 

its amazing to see how many owners these type of things go through and how they evolve/change in each set of hands.i wonder how many hours and how much cash has been put into this old escort over the years?

 

plenty of cash and hours i would say its gone through alot of changes in its life.
gladly my ownership is mostly the hours and not much cash

 

a pic of how its looking now

tank bare metal'd, etched, stone chipped,primed,silver then laq

 

finnished pics been done months and now sold to a good mate

 

good to see its all done as my brother in law is just finishing off my old rs16i ready for show season next year, hes been doing it for 3 years

 

i know that feelin ive been doin my mk2 for past 10yr on and off
and the 3dr in background for 5

 

Old thread, but I am also another ex-owner of EHA 483Y, I purchased it from Tony pastie down in Devon way, must of been about early 2005. It had been keyed down one side and acroos bonnet/boot. I had it re-sprayed in Monte Carlo Magic where needed, plus a bit of welding on the rear I think and fuse box area.
Took it to quite a few shows including the big Ford one in Holland with the "Rs1600i ontour" lot.

sold it in 2006 as bought another MK2 RS2000.

Glad it's still around.