http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-RS...1%7C240%3A1318



Seems cheap.....but it does say it don't have an MOT


Smells abit......

 

Wonder why it has got mk7 doors on it, dont ever recall seeing an Lreg small turbo either.

 

whys it got a small turbo engine on an L plate ?

 

I know, all smells abit fishy to me

 

Not just the doors but the door cards too! Could be a reshell?

 

i didnt even see that to be honest, looked at the first pic & read the ad lol

 

Well spotted that man!

 

fuck me just noticed the door cards as well,what a lovely looking Esco though,I fuckin love those wheels.

 

I dont usually like red ones but it does look well, looks like the kids rabbit hutch has been robbed of its mesh for the foglamp grills tho lol

 

Not a late shell though, just looked again and its a early fuel cap!

 

sounds like there more stories in that car than a years worth of jackanory!

steve

 

odd....very odd

 

Looks nice on they wheels

 

Most likely just had rotten doors replaced with later ones?

 

That wouldnt explain it being small turbo on a L plate tho

 

Something not right. And why would you pay for a "bare metal respray" then not bother replacing the boot badges?




I'm sure someone on here will know the seller, and this'll turn into the usual flamewar

 

Is it a small turbo or just the cam cover/head?

 

Defo a small turbo got a air flow meter

 

Front offside wheel looks a mile out.....

Why would it need new doors and a bare metal respray with 27,000 miles on it?

 

Would like to see what a hpi says about it , colour changes ect.

 

Is the "freshly undersealed" bit hiding anything i wonder?

 

Late model air bag steering wheel too.

 

This is rather off-putting too...

Vehicle Registration Mark L315 KHN
Make UNKNOWN
Model UNKNOWN
Transmission & fuel type PETROL
Body Type SALOON
Colour RED

Particularly as any other Escort Cosworth comes up as 3 door hatch

 

He's taken the locks off too, so presumably likes it without the badges.

 

His response to my question

hi there when i took the car of the road for a full rebuild about 5 years ago the shell was riddled with rot (when i bought it, it had been sitting a while (i mean a while)on grass thus very low mileage)so instead of doing alot of weldind for sills and floor pans i bought a brand new 909 shell from a rally company (proper escort rally shell with id) the original shell was a n reg and scraped once finished with and the new shell came with a l reg hence the small turbo in the large turbo shell. i wasnt prepaired to swap tags from one shell to another (ringing) so i bought a new shell with proper a escort rs cosworth id and log book. also as an added bonus the car carries a rally logbook as well so could even go rallying. the door cards well see trying to find mk5 doors without signs of rot was proveing difficult, so i measured up the mk 6 doors the lines are perfect the only difference is the more rounder door handles and the door cards. the cosworth door cards still fit straight on and are included with the car but i preferd the mk6 ones thats why they are there. i havent put this in the discription as im telling the genuine buyers before they come the story of the car because you dont get the whole story in a sentence.
hope this helps if interested please give me a call.

 

At least it seems an honest enough answer from the guy. The question is, is it worth the money??

 

So a rotten st escos re-shelled into a restored ex rally shell then?
Its worth the money imo, looks v. nice in the pics

 

Surely if it was a brand new shell, it wouldnt come with an L reg?

 

i was just about add, it carnt be a new shell with an id of 94 car...shll will be older than the old one

 

Ironically, he has unwittingly built a ringer it would appear.

Its legal to reshell an L reg cossie into a new shell and keep the ID, but only i the major components are retained too.

There arent enough points in that for the L reg ID to be legally correct.

Hardly crime of the century though of course!


Bit pointless having a "documented 27K history" when its only since a rebuild or is half talking about another car etc.


Nice car, but TBH at that money I would sooner buy a "straight" one personally

 

Its got a sunroof so unless the roof skin has been changed thats no 909 rally shell.

 

I don't think its worth the money knowing that!

One for the breakers if you ask me!

 

that was in our work not running. needed crank sensor...]

 

sounds like a 8k car to me


it looks stunning though i fell in love with it, i love red cossies

 

I know, it's a car assembled by unknown person or persons, in a garage or lockup somewhere. It's no longer a Ford-built car.

Anyone who buys this thinking it's an original 27K car... well I suppose he does at least mention the respray.

 

I still fuckin love the look of it though,wish I seen them wheels when I had my white one.

 

would anyone actually buy it tho knowing the history?

 

Somebody will

 

I would but for 9k, fuck yeah if its as good as it looks in the pictures,I had a mint one and was put of driving it for fear of devaluing it with miles etc, at least with this one you wouldnt be bothered smashing the fuck out of it.

 

any more info any one can help me with , is it a motorsport shell with a sunroof as some one commented?