blueskies85

Breaking mine up and was wondering how much a shell is worth nowadays?

blueskies85

in good condition... had sills, floors, rear arches and rear gutters replaced a month ago!

jacko

not allot realy mate there is usualy a load on ebay

blueskies85

hmm thats what i thought mate, was thinking on offers around 400? that too much?

jacko

proberbly worth around that thing is what you doing next

blueskies85

bought an 88 spec rs turbo in white.. the one in my sig. Engine was shagged but the body work is too clean.. have you read this months fastford? Its like the white s2 in there body work wise... 84 k on clock, i fell in love with it and overlooked the engine, give the chap 2 grand and was happy.
Had nothing but problems with the engine, tapping blue smoke, 9 bar accross the cylinders on a compression test so i swapped the engine out my grey s2 and just got to fill the box up and make some brake pipes up to bypass the abs modulators.
Runs sweet now though so all should be good! Its like a brand new car and am happy with it all as ill make the money back breaking the grey one.
Its amazing how much money you can get out of breaking cars, little things like pipes here and there, dash bits and bobs... soon adds up!
As for the white one... just going to keep it 88 spec and get it nice and shiny in the engine bay, its got black and red interior and my mrs is jealous that i spend so much time in her lmao!

What you got in the garage at the minute mate?

Stu.H

Sold my shell for 1.2k with doors, bonnet boot, everything else bare

Although it was immaculate and had never been touched.

jacko

that sounds a good idea then mate

escos
3 saphs
s2
s1
connect

blueskies85

lucky you mate, id love a saph!

martinmilne

have you got a 90 spec bumper mate (blueskies85)

blueskies85

oh god the dreaded bumper... yes i do but it has a hole cut in the front of it where a pace intercooler was mounted...

jacko

only the connect is mine but ill use it for deliveries and track once new engine is in

jacko

that can be fixed easy enough

studabear

if my cab wasn't such a good'un, I would be tempted to buy a turbo shell, bought a cab coz I didn't think my budget would strech to a proper series2

blueskies85

i am asking for 400 quid mate as you have prob seen already lol... i hope it dont hang around for too long as it is a pain in the arse having it around... mind you it has to be there to house all the other bits till they are sold lol!

Ade

My mate sold a quite heavily crash damaged 1.3 Popular shell for Ł350 a few months ago!

It was mega low miles and totally solid, but needed a wing, inner wing, bonnet and rear panel pulled out!
The buyer came over from Ireland for it too......

studabear

that is strong money

Ade

It was so solid that it was sure to find a buyer, just needed to be someone who was looking to build a car from scratch really

blueskies85

not my thing lol... leave it to ford.. I know someday it will probably need to be done though.... touch wood it doesnt mind!

rsfido_1989

how solid is the shell.. looking to either reshell or weld up my really rusty rs cheers

blueskies85

its very solid mate. Its just had the sills replaced, a little patch near the drivers foot well needs welding on... only about 4 inches by 2 inches!

rear arches have been replaced

rear hangers have been replaced

front floorpanels have been replaced.

The offside rear arch needs rubbing back and feathering back in and a strip on the sunroof needs the same doing but ill probably do that before i sell the shell so its ready to put your bits on!

rsfido_1989

where abouts is the shell.. would viewing be poss in new year? what is included in the sale.. cheers buddy

blueskies85

its in oxford mate, viewing is definately welcome. I was going to wait till most of the bits have been sold before i sell the shell,
If i was to sell it today, the price would have to go up as it has suspension, wheels, brakes, etc all fitted.
Having said that its going to be a pain in the arse moving a car without wheels lol.

All interior would be removed and everthing from the engine bay too.

rsfido_1989

i am defo interested. depends on whats left to affect the cost.. yeh with no wheels it will be hard to move.. will ruin the underside which is what i want lol. breaking it isnt a problem if you need time.. i need time to find some storage if i do buy it i need to break my rusty one and scrap the shell.