what the hell is the deal with this car?? Concourse my ass...it just bugs me people like this, why say its something its not? Yes, very correct, original rs turbos do hold value, just not your machine dude

ps the seats??

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1986-FORD-ESCO...QQcmdZViewItem

 

I smell bull shit, where are the recaros

 

They ALL came with the normal recaro's regardless of age or year. It would take a lot to put that back to standard anyway. And the black piping round it?? hmmm

 

Not too sure about that one.. I have seen allot of german erst's with that type of seats. It seems that it was an option in germany.
Take a look at this car.
http://cgi.ebay.de/FORD-ESCORT-MK4-R...QQcmdZViewItem

 

yep, the Recaro's were an option in Europe

 

ive also seen d-reg ones, without recaros and with piping on doors, rare though.

could of been ex-concours years ago, it dont take long for a engine bay to get dirty!

 

Typical for the "us" to get the option of those ugly seats

 

Weird, still not my idea of original.

Not keen on that seats at all

 

I agree the seats are not nice but they are somewhat "original" as they were optional.

 

Sorry to piss on your fire, but your wrong

Agree tho, the car looks very average and nothing special at all. Not exactly low milage in my books either

 

Right this car is my mates...shes owned it for about 6yrs i think

Its only had 2 owners and the last owner wanted thos seats fitted from factory very weird i know...it even has the side strips like a xr3i??? its rs turbo on the log book...

Its also been in one of the ford mag

 

Those are defo original spec seats. They are actually very comfy - a little softer than recaro's..

 

looks pretty tidy to me, dont know what your on about?

 

I would have to agree with RS Monkey for a early d plate it looks very tidy and some early mk4 rs turbos came without recaros as they were an option in that year. Also that black piping was also on the early rs turbos. Looks original to me only needs the standard wheels put back on.

 

being a fat bast rd i actually took the recaros out of my rs and replaced them with these seats then got them retrimmed in leather! So much more comfortible!!

 

AKRS1
me too, looks nice for a d plate
shame bout the recaros but bein early who knows whats happened, could be a number of things

 

just needs 88 spec interior in there and the black piping taken off

I just noticed this white early d plate one in the autotrader

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www...00535205652309

 

they are just 3i seats int they, always more comfy than recaros i agree

 

I love the shape of my recaro's agree with whoever said there not ideal for bigger people though, had to give a few unimpressed sales reps from my work lifts and they were like "jesus we cant move"

The miles, yeah only used to and from shows? where were they new zeland? See what I mean that miles are low but why say something like that?? Why not say low miles? Show and back miles are 50 and less id say.

Anyway ive said enough had my first hitch with my one yesterday (and today) however it was completely self inflicted and not in any way the cars fault

 

see what you mean about the seats and the doorstrips making it look like a 3i but 3is where black round the side windows. But i would be suspicious about buying something like this. Its people on here like julia that stop people buying dodgy cars off ebay (not that this one is ) but i remember there being a so called series 1 on ebay with the wrong suspension tops and all series 2 running gear and someone pointed it out saved someone buying something dodgy

 

first off how can you say its not low milage the car is 20 years i'd say 92k is pretty good going.

and turbo.jon's rs turbo of here had 3i seats in it when the bloke he bought it off got it. (maybe they were meant to be in there jon weird huh)

there was a grey F plate turbo going round this way a few years ago with the side mouldings on.

and it does look very clean for a D plate

 

Its 19 year old actually!

If u read my post you'd have seen that I said it IS low miles but not to extent where it had "only been used to and from shows" as the seller stated. My dad knew of a series 1 out the road a bit with 9000 miles and he used to put cling film all over it before he drove it. Think it made about Ł11,000 in the end.

It does look clean bodywork wise but look at the interior its not original, what it needs is a radio casette like me! Not thats its actually in at the moment but Its sitting pretty on my bedroom shelf

 

tis a clean looking car,for the rite price someone will be glad to buy it,if i spent 11 on a motor,wouldnt be on an s1,maybe a coz,
my s2 undergoing surgery,where needed,is nearly done,and still isnt as clean/original under the car,fuel line clips perish and break,the seat support welds rust,so if its all standard,its quite good.mine was 1mile away from the scrappy,but i decided to save it,still bits to do,and its been months,but thats what we do,not everyone gets the chance of a fine motor to brag about,but when ours are done,weve achived something worthwhile.

 

that makes it allright then

 

julia, u always looking good then?

 

Spot on mate, nuff said!

 

I try

 

recaros as said were an option and so was the piping on the doors.
my mates got a d plate thats got the stripes aswell.and they werent added.
his cars white got 36k on clock totaly mint if anyone wants to buy it its going for 4k