thrashermax

Engine was perfect but standard on single carb. Standard 70 bhp is not fun enough, so the owner is getting it rebuilt into 1700cc 140 bhp

thrashermax

Engine was perfect but standard on single carb. Standard 70 bhp is not fun enough, so the owner is getting it rebuilt into 1700cc 140 bhp

Glenn_

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Will watch this tonight when the wife is out.

BRAMMER

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Just watched it, all I can say the bloody strong money for a non rs car compared to other cars on the market. Yellow was a wrong choice imo.
good to see one on tv though

Lee Reynolds

Take it you are the new owner, Thrashermax?

Lee Reynolds

One thing I did laugh at was Ed's comment on the wings costing the same anyway! They bloody don't!

Mr RS500

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We all must remember its ,,TV,,

I still look forward to watching WD as its better than the shite our lass watches , lol

I enjoyed this episode as its a car that interests me

I think Edd is quite good these days

Paul

dojj

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I got as far as him changing the front shocks and thought to myself "this is a bit shit really isn't it" and went to bed

From the guy selling it in eBay for £5100 and then mike "bidding him" and getting it for £4500 and the seller only being 15 and having owned it for 3 years and learnt to drive in it and only having the ability to say "yep" I thought I was watching storage wars

If you guys are saying its worth it then ill watch it again, but if its still shit you are going to hear about it

cossiejay

can someone please tell me which xr2 had recaro seats in them ,the researchers need to do a better job,and the Cortina wheels did not suit the car

BRAMMER

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I'd say they are out of a Vauxhall of some sort

Munch

Just watched it, Cool episode. How lucky is that kid to have an mk1 Escort to rag around some field at 15! Lucky sod!

Shame they didn't keep the 3 spoke steering wheel and stuff, would of liked to seen them do something with the engine tho!

Tho the standard front bumpers should of been kept off and replaced with atleast quarter bumpers instead!

thrashermax

Yes... I know it is a lot of money but the shell is the best I've seen... this is my fourth mk1 and the best by far. WD did a whole lot more work, they changed the bushes, added rear tramp bars etc. The paint job alone cost £3.5k.

You can not get a genuine good mexico for less than £15k and RS2000s are currently at >£20k for a good one.

This car is 1 previous owner, 40k miles, with original strut tops and floor panels.

Anyway, if you add up what we spend on our cars over the years, everyone will be shocked. The only lucky people are those who bought mk1s in the 1980s and 1990s...

thrashermax

Engine is being worked on at present! It's going to have a 1700cc screaming xflow... you're going to love the pics, coming soon...

Fil

:kool:

now get an engine build thread going in the resto room, and plenty of photos

maxwax

oh right mate well dont blame you as said get an engine thread going. ash

tomti

Thrashermax, were you the fella shown buying it on tv?

cossiejay

[quote=thrashermax;6181241]Yes... I know it is a lot of money but the shell is the best I've seen... this is my fourth mk1 and the best by far. WD did a whole lot more work, they changed the bushes, added rear tramp bars etc. The paint job alone cost £3.5k.

You can not get a genuine good mexico for less than £15k and RS2000s are currently at >£20k for a good one.

This car is 1 previous owner, 40k miles, with original strut tops and floor panels.

how can it be a 1 owner car the lad had it for 3 years then wheeler dealers plus the original buyer

simi

Fil

My guess, it was the lads, grandads car from new, left, then he started using it at around the farm etc.

And wheeler dealers, would be trade, so not another owner of it.

rs clint

they said paint was and wings 1800

RSmark84

Nice heads up from you aswell.

https://passionford.com/forum/pictur...alers-mk1.html

Vented discs all round? pop some pics up of the other work they did, that they didnt show?

dojj

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Brewski spent too much time talking and ed spent too much time saying "I've also done this that and the other" to make it a realistic tale of what went on

Did they use a new door or fill the old one? How come they painted inside the engine bay without pulling the engine out? The insides of the car were painted too it seems, and then he body shop decided to just stick everything back on again? Including the windscreen?

Too many short cuts to make it a realistical and believable episode with so many hidden things

And they said the owners wanted to see one done? So why cut so many corners?

thrashermax

Yes, that was me... bit embarassing really... but my kids loved it!

Sniffle

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aww you could have looked at the camera and said "I have a passion for fords" for us lot on here

thrashermax

They did a lot more than on the show, the producer said they didn't have time to show everything so they just concentrated on the brakes and LSD.

The engine was removed and all the rubbers were replaced for full respray, under bonnet and boot.

The 'TV' cost of £8k did not include all the labour including the paint shop labour...

thrashermax

I wanted to but I was warned not to look at the camera... it was bloody freezing that day, I was just glad that I didn't look like a complete t**t.

James @ M Developments.

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Na, with Mr Brewer on set you looked fine

STeve

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well at least your on the biggest and busiest ford site in the country now Max thats all that matters, now get it on one of our show stands like RS central show in april or the ace cafe london or even classic ford or ford fair

ryan_gwa

Just watched it after reading this thread. The young lad is funny, cant believe how little he says.

Not so keen on the yellow, too loud for my liking, but very nice all the same. Sure those seats are either Astra GTE or old Celica GT4 seats.

kevin lancelott

Mike does my head in when he wants loads off a car because its got all sorts wrong with it.Well yeah it was advertised with them them probs so take it or leave it then when he sells it the buyer tries to knock him down and Mike says why do people assume you can have money off when you buy a car you wouldn't go to a shop and try get money of a pint of milk.Errrrrr you do it all the time for fook sake.

thrashermax

Definitely want to show it, especially when the new engine is done! Guys on here seem a good bunch. Overall comments are positive. If the doubters see the car in the flesh, they will see how clean she is. I had her up on the ramp before buying and couldn't believe it, especially after the ones i've had!

dojj

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Didn't think they were going to send it out with them knackered bushes on the front

It's a nice car nevertheless

Mr RS500

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Max

well done on buying the car , as you say , you pay top money for a nice mk1 and with a mint shell its worth buying

I hope to see your engine thread

Paul

Lee Reynolds

Mate, you watch the wrestling, utter complete made up and not even close to being convincing bollocks, yet pull wheelers dealers up on a few untruths!

Lee Reynolds

Must admit when I saw those struts top I thought it must be a good one!

saph4be

One off the better episodes I thought! Massive soft spot for my 1,s

dojj

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the whole show is based on a lie when it is supposed to be about bringing something back from a terrible state and them making money, along the way, helping others to do the same by showing them some tricks of the trade

so if the price paid is wrong from the off and they don't explain it then how are we supposed to believe anything else they show in the program?

i simply highlighted a few issues that were easy to pick up, and if these issues were easy to pick up then how many other issues were hidden away?

the buyer has already said he's happy with it so i'm not saying it's wrong or it was a dishonest sale or anything like that, i'm just commenting on the program

plenty of folk do it about top gear and nothing is made of it, plenty of people understand the wwe is grown men grappling with a predetermined outcome so why compare those things to someone who can't even use ebay?

cossiejay

there not astra gte or any Vauxhall recaro refused to let Vauxhall use the recaro name after the mk2 cavalier sri as recaro supplied the frames and Vauxhall trimed them but used sub standard cloth and it wore through in 12 months so recaro stopped them badgeing them as recaro also when the program first starts with mike looking for a car he spots this one on ebay with bids upto £5100 reserve not met so I doubt they got it for £4500 or the guy has more money then sense

jason_nike

Always like to watch WD, bit of a change from the other rubbish on tv.
I quite like the yellow, better than browm.
How many MK1 Escorts have just gone up in value??

STeve

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Your not wrong jason as I know a researcher looking for a mk1 for the car strippers tv show and they reckon they found one for under £2k, cant wait to see that as it has to belong to fred flintstone