Martin-Hadland

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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?

Mr S1

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Nothing wrong with you Martin cool cars.

Nice ones are about £3k.

Martin-Hadland

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

Martin-Hadland

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

fraser9764

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are them wheels 'shopped?

Mr S1

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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

Lee Reynolds

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!

Martin-Hadland

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

fraser9764

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good point!
they do look chuffin awesome though!!

Mr S1

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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......

Redeye Jedi

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trevCOSS

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

Martin-Hadland

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

Lee Reynolds

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

jay ps

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

lammylama

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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.



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

Lee Reynolds

ok Audi then lmao

marco polo

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yo martin


lol did you remember my old electric blue rs16i







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

marco

Lee Reynolds

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!

Martin-Hadland

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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.

Martin-Hadland

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This will be a mission to find one let alone two

Martin-Hadland

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Ah, ok.. Now I understand No problem there.

Dan

Good call Martin, what's brought this on?

I LOVE Mk3 Escort's, hence my Series 1

jameswrx

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.

jameswrx

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...

Mark_w

And the wheel nuts are big

mark

Martin-Hadland

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

Moonstone Steve.

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Those front seats a pure sex.

Steve

Ima Racing

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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

Martin-Hadland

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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..

Lee Reynolds

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!

roro22

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 hindsight is great

B19LRW

gotta say i love the rs1600is! hence why i am building my van! :

Lee Reynolds

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

mint rs500

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

carlo

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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.