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For sale is my stunning early mk4 xr3i, this is an original unrestored, un modified car which was fully optioned from new, i bought this from the original owner who purchased it from Perry's Ford of Watford

HISTORY

Ordered 26th February 1986 ( launch of the mk4 ) original order form here
Registered 16th May 1986 by Perrys Ford Watford
The original owner got the car through his company, a stock broker i believe, he only ever taxed the car through the summer months ( 1st May for 6 Months ) it has never seen a winter road or indeed a wet road other than an odd occasion when he was caught out, upon launch of the mk4 XR3i pretty much everything was optional extra, additional to the standard features this car was dealer fitted with the following

Factory Fit tilt slide sunroof £261.65

Upgrade ecu2 radio cassette £118.72

Graphic Equalizer £133.92

Electric Windows £163.05

Central locking £137.75

Rear Seat Belts £90.75

Alloy Wheels £178.87

Fuel Computer £90.71

Black Paint £81.51

Spot Lamps £82.33

Lower Front Fog Lamps £52.17

Mud Flaps £20.00

Floor Mats £25.00

This took the total purchase price to £8569.00, all extra's are listed on the original invoice

CONDITION

The car is in stunning original condition, mid 80's Fords were notorious for rust, i believe this to be one of only a handful of C plate mk4 XR3i's to survive, i only know of 3 others, 2 nimbus grey ones and a white one none of which have the options this has, even Ford's heritage car at Dagenham is D plate, the car has never had any welding done and is totally rust free which is testiment to how it's been cherished, the bodywork still wears all of it's original paint and panels from 1986 aside from a scuff repair on the front bumper, the arches are perfect as are the sills, inner wings, battery tray, door shuts, roof/sunroof, obviously as an unrestored car it has the odd chip and mark but looks like a 3 year old car rather than almost 30 years old, inside is simply time warp, the seats and carpets still have a deep pile, the head liner is perfect, sunroof tilts and slides, cigarette lighter and ash tray are unused, the steering wheel still has the bobbles on it, the alloys again still have the factory paint, i was tempted to refurb these but the car has a wonderful patina and it would be a shame to ruin it,they do have a matching set of Continental tyres which are as new, fitted as the original P6's had started to perish, the spare has never been fitted, being picky the vinyl is lifting on the rear quarter cards and the wheels have the odd mark but i am very very picky when it comes to cars and only buy the best, there are 85 pictures on photo bucket, please check the link

PAPERWORK

As stated the car comes with the original purchase order
the original sales invoice
all handbooks
more than enough paperwork to warrant the miles

RECENT WORK

Oil service last year at 29700 miles
Last cambelt change at 28800 miles
Suspension professionally stripped and re finished by "Andy's Autobody" ( Ford Restoration Specialist )
Engine removed, painted, new gaskets where necessary, gearbox repainted, chassis fully undersealed also by Andy's Autobody
When he undertook the work he was amazed by the condition of the car, check his web site
Bumper scuff repaired

OVERVIEW

I believe this to be the best early mk4 XR anywhere, with only 30 000 miles from new and service history, anyone can buy a restored car or restore a tired one, even to concours standards but a car is only original once, from an investment point of view i would say original is better and the opportunity to buy condition 1 unrestored cars doesn't come along very often, the price of this car will only go one way and i very much doubt you'll be seeing another C plate one in this condition anytime soon, 86 cars ie C plate and early D plate were slightly different to 87 onwards cars, they didn't have wing liners, bronze tint glass was fitted inc sunroof as opposed to green ( don't show the s1 boys the sunroof in this ) and any luxuries had to be paid for, a lot of which became standard on later cars. Don't expect a concours vehicle, as said it isn't restored, it was built at halewood in 1986 when paint and panel work weren't too clever from the factory, I have freshened up the engine bay and suspension but really trying not to loose any patina, to go down the concours route with this car would be a crime, preservation, not restoration is the order of the day

REASON FOR SALE

I have never intended to sell this car but i have a chance to buy something i've been after for ages, it isn't the cheapest xr but consider what you'd pay for an RS Turbo in this condition with such low miles and low owners, probably a 5 figure sum, this is ideally suited to a collector, it hasn't been on the open market before. I won't be accepting silly offers, if it doesn't sell it will be back in storage, all the photobucket images were taken today and are a true representation of the vehicle, i can take any specific pictures but pretty much everything has been covered in the album...link below

http://s681.photobucket.com/user/dav...i%20for%20sale

MOT April 2015

Tax February 2015

07921 089233

Dave.

Asking £7500

 

Stunning mate

 

 

What's the stats and price??

 

All in the add Wayne, have a read through

 

Sorry bud all I see is pics on my iPhone :/

 

Wow that looks absolutely fantastic.

 

wow what a stunner

 

Sexy as fook this.

 

that sir is a lovely lovely car

 

Thats stunning.

 

She's an early one on a C plate. Lovely 3i mate

 

Gorgeous car mate, hope you get the full asking price.

 

love it Stunning car

 

Had a good look round this car at Ford Fair and it's simply stunning, credit to you mate.

 

Worth every penny id say. Stunning!

 

Thanks for all the positive responses, makes a change from "fook me, you can buy a Cosworth for that" lol

 

Yes but the Cosworth won't be as mint as your Escort

Stunner mate

 

Quite right

 

I posted some pictures of the car on Pistonheads last year, this was one of the responses i got


"I know this car and the previous/original owner, Malcolm, in Carpenders Park. I'm a good friend of his son, who was also an XR3 fan, he had one of the originals carb models back in 82. I half considered buying it myself, having had a few XR3s in the past. But nowhere to keep it and would have no time to use it. Plus it wasn't cheap, but it must be the best one in the country I should think.

A few other things about the car, Malcolm had this theory that using fast forward or reverse on the cassette would wear out the mechanism, so he only ever used Play! If he had a cassette that was only recorded on 1 side, he would play the blank side at normal speed for 45 mins listening to nothing!!! How's that for meticulous!

He always checked the weather forecast before taking it out. AFAIK, he did get caught in the rain once, when the BBC said it would be dry. He was beyond furious. I don't think he ever trusted the Beeb after that episode.

Glad to see it's gone to a good home and is still being cherished."


Just the type of person you'd want to buy a car off...lol

This is the PH link if anyone is interested

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/t...986+XR3i&mid=0

 

lovely original patina glws

they are only original once

 

Truly stunning and worth every penny and no mistake ! That is one of the nicest cars I have seen for a long time and I do not usually post on these threads.. Honestly I wish I had the space for it but sadly I don't...