Beware Broadspeed capri !!!!! NOT
26-09-2009, 12:48 AM
#201
more like a story for every occasion
I bought my first 3dr in 1990 and have always owned one pretty much since then, so I followed prices closely throughout the 90s and price wise there was only a couple of grand max between an e plate saff and a 3dr during that time - the only economical way to convert a saff to a full road 3dr cosworth would be if you did not have to buy the 3dr parts.
Its not a case of a fibreglass kit from a rep and a lick of paint and bobs your uncle.
Off the top of my head you would need :-
Full interior
All Glass
All bodykit
Grille
Front Bumper
Rear bumper
Headlights
Tail lights
Wheels
Bonnet grilles
Door internals
Hatch Internals
Wiring loom
and a million little clips, brackets and bits and bobs, it would cost far more to buy than the extra couple of k you could sell if for over the saff you started with anyway
I also remember the last of the saffs being so hard to shift that they were reduced from the 25k list price to under the 19k company car tax break in place at the time and even then Ford were stuck with loads
They sold them off to plod for 10k each and there was an advert in Autocar, that if you were a business buyer you could have the last stock ones for 12k brand new
I bought my first 3dr in 1990 and have always owned one pretty much since then, so I followed prices closely throughout the 90s and price wise there was only a couple of grand max between an e plate saff and a 3dr during that time - the only economical way to convert a saff to a full road 3dr cosworth would be if you did not have to buy the 3dr parts.
Its not a case of a fibreglass kit from a rep and a lick of paint and bobs your uncle.
Off the top of my head you would need :-
Full interior
All Glass
All bodykit
Grille
Front Bumper
Rear bumper
Headlights
Tail lights
Wheels
Bonnet grilles
Door internals
Hatch Internals
Wiring loom
and a million little clips, brackets and bits and bobs, it would cost far more to buy than the extra couple of k you could sell if for over the saff you started with anyway
I also remember the last of the saffs being so hard to shift that they were reduced from the 25k list price to under the 19k company car tax break in place at the time and even then Ford were stuck with loads
They sold them off to plod for 10k each and there was an advert in Autocar, that if you were a business buyer you could have the last stock ones for 12k brand new
all the people i knew that fucked around with cossies didn't buy a straight 4dr and a new 3dr shell and go to ford for new parts,thats a stupid thing to suggest as you may of just bought a 3dr straight.
a smashed or stripped 4dr or 3dr cossie was well cheap in the middle 90's a new 3dr shell was never more than 500 quid unless you went to simpsons york and got shafted.
nearly all the shit you mention came with a good lookalike,and i just said they were very cheep. if you were handy you could build a car from bits as it was all available in the motoring news,i still have them and autotraders from the 90's.
i know what i saw,i know what rs prices were doing because it was in my interest to do so. i used to see genuine rs500 front bumpers and rear spoilers on tatty xr4i's aswell as the genuine recaro interiors. i repeat these cars were getting reshelled into new 3dr shells and using 4dr cossie running gear for a lot less than you seem to think
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