http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-FORD-...item258610b445

was very tempted to go and have a look as a bit of an investment and the fact that ive never owned one but if its that mint seems pretty well priced if he will take an offer?

 

I saw this too and have to say im a little suspicious of the price. Its very cheap!

 

Very cheap? yeah i suppose it is with that mileage if its backed up.

could be just full of filler!

 

Ive seen that in a ford mag some where yrs back or it was on a car forum.The reg is very familiar

 

Maybe?

I was told about a series 1 being restored in a place next to my mates house, he has seen it and thats in kent, finished a few months ago and selling due to a baby on its way and house purchace

text sent to investigate, if its the one I've heard about it won't be full of filler.

 

Very cheap!?

Maybe a trader if he will take cards?

 

Didn't fast ford or the other ford mag own it?there was a series 2 escort with in mercury grey?that reg defo rings a bell

 

Weren't registrations that end in HAR something along the lines of press car's or something like that?

 

That's what im saying lol.I remember they had a budget to do both cars up and on the series one they had light surface rust on the sill nr a door and it was sanded and sprayed but they still made factory power

 

Just read the whole advert lol and it has been in a performance magazine
I thought ive seen it some where

 

I would ask John aka Tommyskeeper hes the S1 registrar and a really nice bloke too

 

Shows pics of mags it's obv featured in..

 

the fact that its featured in a magazine really doesnt mean anything in my opinion.

ive gone out and blown the budget buying a RR sport today so i wont be buying it, pity as it looks pretty good in the pics.

 

Yeah, um, I know that car and when I knew it it was not worth the scrap metal value.

I also know that I would not drive have it out of the garage without having another bodyshell ready for it to be transplanted into.

I remember doing some work on it, putting my hand on the rear towing eye to lift myself up, and the whole right hand chassis leg falling off. Took about 1 month of welding to make it solid(ish) on the back and the only thing holding the front together was the antiroll bar assembly. I could not get anything welded onto the front crossmember as there was not enough good metal left to weld near.

The only way to fix that shell was to either start from scratch, or reshell it.

Wiring problems galore from the Ford magazine period, seized fuel distribution unit, silicone sealer on the head gasket (that I had to fix when it blew up on the way back from him buying it), the list goes on.

Those that know of Phil Botley, who was doing the FULL restoration of a S1 from bare metal, this car used to belong to his brother. The car in this advert was WORSE than Phils' S1 by a long margin. I also know that the original engine is not in the car (it still sits in my garage getting ready to be a coffee table) and the engine that was in it when Phils' brother sold it belonged originally in Phil's S1.

Anyone who views it, send me some internal panelwork pics of it and I will soon tell you if it has been reshelled, rebuilt or just bodged.

Edit, just looked at the photos quickly and, going from the rear panel still being as I remember it, I would say not repaired properly as it needed a new panel to fix some of the other problems when I was working on it.

 

That solved that one then

 

yep i had a sneaky suspicion that might be the case

 

iansoutham thanks for that info mate! i always wondered why that car never sells on ebay!

 

Just means they're first registered in Chelmsford,Essex.

Not necessarily Ford owned..


I just found a post from last year

If you look at a lot of (pre 2001) Ford press cars and Boreham built rally cars, they will probably have one of the above reg plates.








Full list here - http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/where/gb.htm

 

I think I own that s2, I know it used to belong to Ben from performance ford, F528 NLD

 

The rear panel looks a bit ripply along the bottom.