Seen this posted before he states its a 1996 shell converted to large turbo with a xr3i log book.

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1878554.htm

 

I just read through the ad, it doesn say its a ringer lol.

 

Aubergine on a k plate

WTF

 

It's a private plate..

 

Its a small turbo escos converted to big turbo on a xr3i book the owner tells you pretty much everything you need to know its a ringer but its ok it was to stop it going on a Q or its been cat b & a 3i book has been found & shell repaired.Either way it wouldnt be my money it was on ebay for a while

 

i noticed the big turbo engine with small turbo exterior...what a mish mash

 

So is this car illegal or not? ....cause it looks like a fookin belter to me?!


Cheers,
Grant

 

i wouldnt like to be pulled with the traffic cops in it ive seen cars been taken off ppl for this kind of thing

 

car doesnt look to bad though does it, cheap if you got away with it,lol

carlo you getting thoughts in your head looking at escorts,

 

theres more ex car thieves on this site than I would like to think at least 2 of them stole at least 40 escorts back in the 90s and we all deal with them and think they are great when they really funded the hero worshiped cars they run with our missery this all led to not being able to register built cars even on Q plates so a few people built legit cars then used old mk5 log books not strictly by the book but thats not to say this is one of them either

 

hmmm its on ebay as well , think your right though more than likely stolen or write off either way not legally registered???? run for the hills lol

 

Im always looking mate as much as i would love one they are a headache at the best of times never mind one thats got a story behind it like this! the mob about here would love this

 

ringer or not it looks bloody nice!

 

iirc this same car was for sale last year WITH NO log book? something fishing going on here, if it is that same car that nhad no book then it MAY be stolen

 

Its a good price though, would it break for more than the asking price?

 

Wonder what the floor numbers look like, thats if it has any

 

there was a big thread on a site about this car years ago , i,m sure it was on here infact

as it was sold by kayleigh trade centre .

 

It should break for more which is the only option

 

just like the red one that was in dundee not so long ago but was on rs2000 docs.

 

Correct, a couple of years back. they sold it cheap aswel iirc

 

https://passionford.com/forum/ford-e...esc-cos-2.html

 

Shame looks a nice car that for the dosh

 

Why pay 9k for it , you could get a 3i book & buy a stolen escos fo what ever you get it off a theif for & hey presto you have saved nearly 6.5 k

 

Yeah but buying this one saves you the effort!

 

So let me get this right, coppers system reads the reggy and its some xr3i pops up??

 

needs dinging up better huh, is escos id pricey? , maybe export/import would clean it up

dunno what the rant above about car theives was but i think the ford RS scene is pretty closly related to theft and generally naught stuff
in the many many rst's i broke up it was rare to see an untampered vin and i expect 50%or more were old school ringers from back the the day


when i was 17 i was offered escos's for Ł350 complete or Ł450 with leather!!! by a chap who seemed to appear nightimes with lorries and daytimes with lorry chassis shapped piles of scrap
i was always broke running my mk1 fiesta DAMN

 

its just like lots of rally cars ...
been built up out of a good escos chassis then registered with an xr3 i book..
The shell wont have any numbers and can be stamped some where on the chassis by the police to save confusion in the future with any other old bill....
Looks like a nice car to buy imo if it doesnt bother you about the fact its a 3i on the book..


cheers danny

 

it actually looks a nice car in the pics, is the red escos mentioned on here with rs2k logbook in aberdeen now? gordon reid car sales in dyce?

 

Too pricey... but if you aint arsed about the history of the car be a good buy for 7k tops I'd have thought.

Cars like this float around all the time... in rally circles its almost the done thing.

I've been to see loads of ex rally cars on 3i log books - hell one of em was an Escort Cossie on a Mk3 Escort log book.

 

looks nice, but on the DVLA the car came back as the following:

The enquiry is complete The vehicle details for K999 CYA are:
Date of Liability 01 12 2010
Date of First Registration 07 08 1992
Year of Manufacture 1992
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1993CC CO2
Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour PURPLE
Vehicle Type Approval
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle 6 Months Rate Ł112.75
12 Months Rate Ł205.00

 

.....course you were mate.


Cheers,
Grant

 

If you check on AskMid it comes up as an RS2000! That's why his insurance is cheap!

 

Totally illegal to just take the chassis number from one car and stick it on another.

Whoever buys that risks losing it if they get their collar felt properly.

 

Scrap my previous comments, if it has passed through their hands then I'd be very surprised if its a decent car... they're well known for their buckets of shite, if you have a few hours to kill, type Keighley Tra*e Ce*tre (*'s to remove potential legal implications... ) into the google machine and read the reports and experiences.


Cheers,
Grant

 

100% true
i know loads who do it though

 

so very true been there once to view a car what a load of shite like a breakers yard with for sale signs in the windows