RS1600i's what are they worth?
 

There must be something wrong with me but I fancy a mint RS1600i preferably in a metalic colour with a preference of silver, what is something like that worth?

Nothing wrong with you Martin ;) cool cars.

Nice ones are about £3k.

Cool, find me a mint one in Silver for that amount and I'm in.... Not interested if it has an engine or not!

which 1s are they martin ? we didnt have all models.....

Has bigger wheels photoshoped on but it's a nice looking car..


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../sweetness.jpg

are them wheels 'shopped?

The rarer colours do command a premium - black and silver being the priciest. Red ones are usually the cheaper of the bunch but that RSi looks uber cool I must say

Find a mint one for 3k and ill have 2 and not bother restoring mine! lol

Going by your standards Martin expect to pay around 4-5k for a nice one! 3-4 will get you a tidy one but not mint as you stated! Unless ya lucky!

They're bigger than the doors.....

haha....i got myself 1 of the later series (all we ever got was the xr3i) cause i always fancied it aswell :) :)

good point! :cry:
they do look chuffin awesome though!!

Seeing as I suspect it'll get a mad engine and get tracked I didn't think he was after a concourse car, just something solid......

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Nothing wrong with you martin, nice cars, I wish I had room for more RS's

It wouldn't get tracked but it would have an Audi engine :DD:

you could be right! RWD cossie'd within a month no doubt :cry:

my mates got three black ones ,two are dead but 1 for sale wants a rebuild though
was used for track days until recently

i had this one years ago ....was bloody lovely and very quick for some reason,quicker than all the others that i drove.....but it turned out to be a ringer ...i was somewhat gutted.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ds/RS1600i.jpg

note the lack of sunroof.....i didnt know much about them 12 years ago hence why i only paid £1800 for her

aaaaahhhhmmmm......everything double please :top::top::top:

ok Audi then lmao

yo martin


lol did you remember my old electric blue rs16i



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/07...o/dc5f6252.jpg



god knows where it is now i sold it to a local lad in brum and have not seen it since

marco

Shame mate looked nice that :(

Ive always had a soft spot for em hence chosing to restore one! Still aint drove one yet though lmao got mine as a shell!

I'm now narrowing my colour choice to Silver (thanks Marco) .. So please keep your eyes open folks, like I said I'm not interested in the mechanicals but the body and original spoilers are important.

This will be a mission to find one let alone two :cry:

i got the LHD car, just make all mechanicals/brakets twice :top::top:

Ah, ok.. Now I understand :grin: No problem there. :DD:

Good call Martin, what's brought this on? :DD: :cool:

I LOVE Mk3 Escort's, hence my Series 1 :top:

I swear I saw quite a nice looking one the other day on pistonheads for £1695 in black. I thought it looked cheap and for a second considered it myself! Buggered if I can find it now though.

There's a couple on there that require a bit of work.. one with 108k in black and one with (apparantly) 43k miles both around £2k but one doesn't appear to have the coils.

It was this one I was thinking of, just thought it sat nice and haven't even looked at an RS1600i for years and it just caught my eye on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-Ford-Esco...QQcmdZViewItem

cheeky offer... :D

And the wheel nuts are big ;-)

mark

Too much metalwork replaced already, I would rather pay double for a non welded car.. Black looks ok though :grin:

Those front seats a pure sex.

Steve

I had a red RS1600i back in the day..brilliant car...it pisses me off that folk are willing to change such an iconic car..Martin put your Audi engine in an XR3i dont ruin a classic :rolleyes:

AMG probably feel the same way about their cars falling into the wrong hands ;-)

I wouldn't want an RS1600i with the original engine but with an Audi 20V turbo it will have modern go with 80's retro looks..

I kinda agree with phil the big part of the rsi is the twin coils and decent(for its age) N/A power. Audi engine could go in a silver Mk3 base model stickered and spoliered up as an RSi...BUT its up to the individual what he does with the car!

That would be sweet.
A guy down the street from me had an rs1600i when i moved up and I couldnt help but stare at it all the time. The money i bought my s2 with could've got a very nice 16i :cry: hindsight is great

gotta say i love the rs1600is! hence why i am building my van! :
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...3/DSCF3513.jpg

Black is my pref over silver but then i am biased!

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/0...S/DCP_7629.jpg

not that desirable are they. pay no more than 3k

I think the audi engine will be awesome certanly beats rs turbo lumps in them with shoddy conversions if its built to the same level as your escort & rover it would be the perfect rs16i imho.