£12k Series 1 Escort Rs Turbo

[Stu Beck]

@Stu Beck that poor nova

It was only Vauxhall scrap.

 

[southsky sunrise]

It was only Vauxhall scrap.

Hoyyyyyyyy

 

[Coog]

I don't see the problem. Yes the prices are plain nuts to the likes of joe average ( me ) but lets be real. ALL of us have had the opportunity to buy these cars when they were either cheap or even for the best lowest mileage examples, completely affordable. Truth is i didn't. Why? Because i was enjoying other marques and these things just weren't on my radar. A few years ago i took a notion, did some searching and summised, did i really want to spend 20+k on a car i could have had for less than half of that within the last 10 years. The easy answer was no. Iv'e done very well out of old car ownership with all my cars trebling and in one case increasing ten fold so i have no right to gripe. Wev'e all missed the boat in our own way, never has our financial obsession with cars been so great. We tend to covet the value ( or potential increase in value ) and completley miss the point of what the car is.
Find a car that meets your expectations , use it, get your hands dirty and enjoy the hell out of it.

Plenty of class stuff at 15/20 years old right now that's still got a load of life left in it, perfectly enjoyable / driveable. Falls between the iPhone generation and the old schoolers, is totally out of fashion for everyone and therefore cheap as chips. Best enjoyed and passed on without regret or worrying about trying to make a fortune out of it.

Suppose it's a bit like the MK3/4 escorts of 10 years ago really. Used to be able to get really good (albeit basic) ones for hundreds. MK2 Golfs too.

Mate of mine has an old Ford and stopped using it about 5/6 years ago because it had got too valuable. Was the same car he's had for 20 years, bought 2nd hand from a dealer in Belfast and sat parked in the street since. One of thousands at the time but now rare enough and after light restoration is basically an unused garage ornament he's afraid to use because he couldn't afford to buy another. Kinda blew my mind that he didn't want to drive it because it was now worth a fortune but I understood his point.

 

[56oval]

Plenty of class stuff at 15/20 years old right now that's still got a load of life left in it, perfectly enjoyable / driveable. Falls between the iPhone generation and the old schoolers, is totally out of fashion for everyone and therefore cheap as chips. Best enjoyed and passed on without regret or worrying about trying to make a fortune out of it.

Suppose it's a bit like the MK3/4 escorts of 10 years ago really. Used to be able to get really good (albeit basic) ones for hundreds. MK2 Golfs too.

Mate of mine has an old Ford and stopped using it about 5/6 years ago because it had got too valuable. Was the same car he's had for 20 years, bought 2nd hand from a dealer in Belfast and sat parked in the street since. One of thousands at the time but now rare enough and after light restoration is basically an unused garage ornament he's afraid to use because he couldn't afford to buy another. Kinda blew my mind that he didn't want to drive it because it was now worth a fortune.

Absolutely agree. Take my focus st, cheap as chips immaculate and bugger all miles. You have a choice, use it all the time and dont worry about it being worth buttons in 2 years, or garage it and use it as a weekender. Worry about its depreciation and have to keep it long term to avoid a loss.

Hence i bailed out .

Tonnes of decent stuff thats still analogue around 5-6k right now.

 

[DC.]

New cars today will not likely see ’classic’ status. They will become to expensive to maintain with all the tech on them to go wrong plus the fact nothing that is new now is made to last. Same with modern tractors etc. None will be vintage.

 

[Eager]

Why would you even bother, sad way to own a car.

Cause ya get 0.6% in a savings account.

 

[Bryan]

I was at an auction a month or so back looking for a cheap van to use for moving house. There were a lot of ex Police vans there that I thought would go cheap. How wrong I was. Sure they were low mileage - the Toyota had only 35k on it but it was smokey and 2005 with no MOT. In case you can’t see it the hammer price for that was £3150 plus 30% commission and VAT. It just kept going and going.

The price of second hand cars and vans in general seems to have gone crazy.

 

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I was at an auction a month or so back looking for a cheap van to use for moving house. There were a lot of ex Police vans there that I thought would go cheap. How wrong I was. Sure they were low mileage - the Toyota had only 35k on it but it was smokey and 2005 with no MOT. In case you can’t see it the hammer price for that was £3150 plus 30% commission and VAT. It just kept going and going.

The price of second hand cars and vans in general seems to have gone crazy.

Your'e better off buying private, auctions aren't the bargain centres they used to be. I bought my Transit connect a couple of years ago and its immaculate, one owner 2010, my mate had the contract to sell them when they reached 7 years old and i picked it up from him for £2200 ( about £1500-2k cheaper than i could get one over here ), hasn't missed a beat. Auction rooms are horrible places.



This is a cool little thing.

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[56oval]

Not crazy money. 14 owners

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[56oval]

If its your thing, sensibly priced fezza turbo, although the rear arches give me the sh*ts on these.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Fie...808?hash=item3d89643cc8:g:eek:FcAAOSwSNFc2ZvG

Or for the same money you could be in the modern day equivalent that is light years better in every way ( probably )

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[FM155]

That's not bad in all honesty but were they actually any good when they were new? Had a mate with one that had been tickled a bit by an outfit in Bristol and although it was fast (in it's day), it was a bit hard to keep on course.
EDIT: Talking about the RST

 

[56oval]

None of them are quick in standard form by any stretch of the imagination, even a sierra cosworth is pedestrian compared to a decent modern diesel these days. But thats not the point. They were kings of the road back then, we all loved them.

Apart from this.

Rotten piss yellow nova SR anyone?

VAUXHALL NOVA 1.3 SR - 66000 MILES - 1 LADY OWNER FROM NEW - TOTALLY ORIGINAL | eBay

Genuine 66000 Miles From New. 1985 VAUXHALL NOVA 1.3 SR. to a Mrs Doreen of Woodford in Bristol. It appears to be a standard specification SR. 1 Lady Owner 0 Previous Keepers. Its a very early car with a rare interior thats in excellent condition, and, the vehicle.

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Bet someone spots that on a car transporter over here next week

 

[Burt2000]

Not much if the old fords handle or braked well to be honest about it, a standard escort cossie wouldnt have seen what way an evo or impreza went on a B road. It’s the RS heritage and nostalgia that’s commanding the money imo. I think the sierra was a better handiling things, rs turbos are woeful too in standard form but as said we all loved and still do love them

 

[56oval]

Not much if the old fords handle or braked well to be honest about it, a cossie would have seen what way an evo or impreza went on a B road. It’s the RS heritage and nostalgia that’s commanding the money imo.

The S1 wasn't great, the brakes were crap, for me its not about the comparable modern day performance, i just think these old cars look bloody ace and thats enough for me.
I'm browsing the classics on ebay tonight.

Wow, havn't seen one of these for YEARS.

CLASSIC RENAULT 21 TURBO QUADRA 4x4 - ONLY 1 FOR SALE WORLDWIDE RARE. BARN FIND | eBay

1991 Renault 21 2.0 Turbo QUADRA 4x4. Rare Four Wheel Drive Quadra Model. ZERO previous owners on the logbook. The finish of the bodywork is like glass. The condition of the paintwork is Very well kept and preserved.

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[FM155]

All true, they looked the dogs danglies and had 'the rep' back in the day.
My daughter has a 1.0 ecoboost Zetec S Fiesta. 145bhp and feels light and responsive with an engine the size of a food mixer.
Quadra!! Weapon, loved it as a proper sleeper but looked mean too.

Loved Ragnotti's victory dance when he used to win races in the French Touring cars.

 

[56oval]

Another indicator of a slowing market. This would have sold within a few days a couple of years ago.

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Prices on aircooled vw's have taken a nosedive in recent times, particularly bus's, theres going to be a lot of people out there that bought their dream and turned it into financial suicide.

 

[Cossers]

Tbh, putting the price aside, a lot of the older stuff I’d actually be embarrassed to be seen in, back in the day yes, they where the thing to be seen in, today not so much! Lol

Don’t get me wrong, there are a few but they are few and far between.

I remember when I couldn’t wait for max power to come out and see what I wanted to plaster on my car next, I don’t look foward to max power just as much theses days.

 

[56oval]

Tbh, putting the price aside, a lot of the older stuff I’d actually be embarrassed to be seen in, back in the day yes, they where the thing to be seen in, today not so much! Lol

I remember when I couldn’t wait for max power to come out and see what I wanted to plaster on my car next, I don’t look foward to max power just as much theses days.

Max Power was garbage, never bought a copy, never bought into that generation of car culture, dry street cruise was basically 30 year olds in Cosworths trailering around school girls and thinking they were the king.

No thanks.

 

[FM155]

Never bought a copy either, never went to a cruise. Any spare time I had, I was out spectating at various forms of motorsport or building some form of sleeper.

 

[56oval]

Never bought a copy either, never went to a cruise. Any spare time I had, I was out spectating at various forms of motorsport or building some form of sleeper.

Same here, i was literally at Santa Pod every weekend.

 

[56oval]

Tbh, putting the price aside, a lot of the older stuff I’d actually be embarrassed to be seen in

There's a guy on the school run i see every day, he takes his kids to school in a champaign 2.8 Ghia X Granada estate. I think thats just badass, i'll try and get a pic next week.

Good fun thread this, keep them coming

 

[Cossers]

I remember my cousin having one of these in the late 80s, I used to duck down even then, for fear of my mates seeing me in it! Drove it like he stole it, I’ll swear the body used to float out over the rear wheels when we where tanking it around corners! Should have had a stennaline sticker on the side.

 

[FM155]

I have 4 Alfa 155's (Think 90's BTCC), an mx5 lanes/autotest car and a 74 Marina Coupe in my garage. I've run 155's as dailies from 1998 until last year and I miss them. Need to get mine back out there.

I passed my test in a mk5 Tina in 1985. It was snowing, I got it sideways on the first corner and the examiner said 'well held'. It helped I'd been driving for 5 or 6 years on beaches, fields and the occasional test drive of cars I'd been fixing .

 

[56oval]

I remember my cousin having one of these in the late 80s, I used to duck down even then, for fear of my mates seeing me in it! Drove it like he stole it, I’ll swear the body used to float out over the rear wheels when we where tanking it around corners! Should have had a stennaline sticker on the side.

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That was my dads first ever decent ( to us ) car, can still remember the reg RBP210S, always in the shed with him decoking the cylinder head and replacing void bushes.

 

[Cossers]

My cousins was handed down by his dad, he wrecked it tbh! Getto blaster sliding across the back seat as the radio didn’t work! Lol