Heres some pics of my RS history. Not the biggest list but all cars have been very nice ones

First RS was a 89 White series 2. Got used daily for work etc and I loved every minute of driving it. This was my only daily RS all others have been weekend cars.







Then I bought what back then was my dream car from being young, an Escort Cosworth.









I sold that to get married etc, but soon got the bug back and bought one of the mintest Series ones around with 41k and 2 owners. Didnt realise what I actually had back then and sold it for what was good money at the time - Worth at least double now





Sadly those are my only pics of it. I sold it due to no garage as I was refurbing a house. Once that was done and I had a garage again I bought my next RS, A lovely Series 2 gain only this time in Red.











After enjoying that for a little while and doing some engine bay work I got the cossie bug again and bought a nice aubergine 28k miles one, lovely car but small turbo.










After owning that a few months I accepted the fact that a garage ornament just wasnt viable really and sold it and didnt have another RS for a few years. I then fancied getting a mk3 escort of some sort to restore. Xr3/3i, rs1600i or s1 as I love Mk3 escorts - very nostalgic. I ended up with a black Rs1600i and restored it over 2 years to this condition













Did a show season with it and really enjoyed it. I was contacted after by someone looking for the right RS1600i to buy so at the right price agreed to sell it to him. At the time the car was in winter storage and I had aquired another RS1600i off my mate that he was breaking, another resto! But I restored this to a decent standard, not concours.









At the time I had this car I was getting a cossie bug again but this time a Saff. I had not owned one and they were supposed to be good cars so bought one. White, low miles, immaculate leather etc.





Wasn't for me, didn't gell with it and knew I would be buying another Mk3 within no time lol. I was then wanting a non injection XR3 as I love them but finding one was a no go then this Caspian Blue RS1600i came up for sale and I kinda knew the car. So opted for that. As soon as I got it home last december I pulled the engine out and restored the engine bay to OE spec. Replaced the interior with a better one including dash and genrally just made it better, and that is now my current car for this season and Im hoping its a keeper as it is a lovely but quite useable RS






















Hope some of you like what I have owned, and what I own now. CheeRS for looking

 

You have had some nice cars there!

 

some lovely cars you had mate

 

Its in your blood for sure.
Really nice fleet of cars.

 

you have had some lovely cars mate

 

some really nice cars there Lee,

 

Cheers Lads

 

good read! nice cars mate

 

some cacking cars, your like me, always end up back in amark 3 escort

 

Something about them Andy Nostalgia plays a big part I reckon!

 

all very nice mate

 

thats a great collection you had over the years ,and this years showpiece is stunning aswell mate

 

nice collection mate

 

Not a bad collection lee.

 

top motors Lee

 

some lovely cars there lee.

 

some lovely motors there mate

 

love the series 1 mate but the 1600is look good to i can remember my mate buying one from new red y reg i had a 5gt turbo at the time but the 1600i got me back into fords in a big way nice collection of cars you had mate

 

All stunning cars you've owned there Lee.

 

wow what a great collection, they all look mega clean motors aswell

 

Thanks all for the kind comments, Appreciated

 

very nice cars bud

 

Very nice cars Lee.

Latest 16i is nice.

 

very very nice,,, two escort cosworths you lucky git!!!

love the black 1600...

 

LOL Id have another Escort Cosworth if I had the room mate

 

What a stunning collection!

Love them all!

 

Some nice cars there. Have you got a resto thread for the blue 1600i?
seen the threads for the other two.

 

Very nice cars mate. Would love to own a MK3 or MK4 again next to the 3dr.

 

Love the new caspian one, I missed that youd bought that. Nice cars you've had

 

blue rs1600i best by far!! stunning wee mk3

 

that Caspian Blue 1600i is gorgeous
the colour looks stunning

oh ya neighbours like there bemma's lol

 

Ive not really restored it mate tbh, just the engine bay and then a general tidy up and another better interior

Cheers again for the comment guys Its nice to look back on I just wish I'd more pics of the S1!

 

I think you had them all, nice pics.

 

some nice cars there lee, cracking

 

Very nice collection, never owned any sort of mk3 escort. They must be great cars to keep pulling you back to them everytime.

 

Well it depends how you look at it mate. They WERE great cars in their day. I absolutely love the look, the shape, the lines etc. XR3's, XR3i's, RS1600i, Rs turbos - All lovely cars imo. Im not going to sit here and say theyre great cars now, they dont drive that nice and aren't too quick unless you got a turbo, but the looks and the nostaligia are what does it - like people with Mk1 and 2 escorts - They cant convince me they own them because of the way they drive LOL

 

Yeah i agree, i have always had twincam sierra's cause they do drive nice i have cossie saph now and that drives horrible compared to the others but it defo puts a bigger smile on my face.

I have had a few mk4 escort's and i did enjoy driving them especially the cabriolet.

 

all lovelly cars mate every one of them is minted

great collection youv had

 

well said mate

 

some very nice rides