eggy

possibly a very good find, an old nieghbour ask me to help him move house, and in one of his sheds (farm) is a mk2 escort, flat front , arched, alloys(look like minilits),,and the engine has the plugs down the center of a massive head,,loads of gear on it ,,hit at the back(hard),,,,he asked me £1500 for it,,
has been in the shed for 25yrs since his son died,,,,,it has a blue strip up the door, but im not sure what it is

any ideas

Jamo

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sounds like a mexico or an rs 2000.

beef-on-the-bone

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sounds like it should be bought!!!!

Jamo

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mexico



rs1800


rs2000

eggy

shaggy, it looks like the middle one , well the blue strip on the door,no other badges on it ,,and it has big wide arches on it,,its the engine that im wondering about

dazdavies

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Buy it, rare as rocking horse ****.

rob878

Sounds like if you have a twin cam head, it could be a BDA engine in which case find the 1500 quid asap, even if it's not a pukka BDA, it still could be something like a vulcan 16v head on a pinto block (i think i have that right though probably not), which in any case would be worth the 1500 quid.

If you are having second thoughts give me a pm and i'll go and buy it

Sonic'

I think you will very quickly find a very large queue of people with 1500 quid if you dont hurry up

GC8

With the plugs down the middle its either a BDA or a Lotus Twinc. If its an original car then itll be a BDA (assuming it is a MK2 as implied by the OP). RS1800s didnt come with arches though, the standard cars had standard arches.....

"MADDOG"

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is it for sale ?

rgds "MADDOG"

CrisPDuk

Warrior heads also had the plugs down the centre too.

Warriors had WARRIOR cast into a single large deeply grooved rocker cover,
Twin Cams had LOTUS in raised letters on two distinctly separate cam box covers,
BDAs had FORD cast into a very large almost flat cover.

CrisPDuk

By the sounds of the spec, the Escort most likely did the actual hitting, probably after sliding off the road (stage?) backwards

Quite a common occurence for a Mk2 when used properly and the driver overcooks it, seen it first hand from the passenger seat on more than one occasion

RJM25R

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Could be a Cossie engine, or even a Vaux XE 16v. . . . .

PICS NEEDED but if it's a rs 1800 or a mexico it's probably worth £7grand even if it's bent.

RON

If this post is genuine..... then it'll be an old world 16valve head, it won;t be a vauxhall lump or any other modern conversion, as IT'S BEEN IN THE SHED FOR 25 YRS!!!

BUY IT QUICKLY!!!!

XRS

Get some photos up!

Shark Man

A twin cam Escort of any variety is a good find. However, I would probe a little deeper before forking out £1500

You need to ask why it was stuffed in the shed for 25years. Ok, rear end is bumped, bit did it happen to fly off the crest of a hill and flatten all the chassis rails and bend the strut mounts when it landed?? (before spinning off and rear-ending a tree ). And is the engine seized? Bear in mind BDAs (Belt Driven - version A ) do have cambelts, so has it slipped, or broken? damaging the valves - or in the worst case breaking a valve head off and ruining that precious cylinder head.

I'd still say go for it, just go into it with your eyes open.

Gav

I haven't got a clue what any of you are talking about (i'm too young ) but i'm excited about it so get some photees up

eggy

sorry guys, i dont have a clue about puting pictures on here, and i dont have a camera anyway ,,will be going back at the weekend,,and am taking a guy who has a mint rs1800 (27000 mls),,wouldnt sell it for £12,000,,, he is interested in it (if its right) then i can get my scooby sorted(forged, motec,ect) will let you know the outcome

scooblube

Get the scoob sorted? sell it and run the escort. I would not think twice about getting rid to buy a mk1 or 2 ecsort.

Scoobychick

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Geek

rob878

Not quite i got it wrong it was a warrior head ( as CrisPDuk pointed out) I was thinking of not a Vulcan head. So not that geeky you spotter

J4CKO

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Even if it isnt, if the shell is solid its worth more than that, you cant lose unless its been plundered and is totally rotten which is easy to spot.

StickyMicky

rear end repairs = easier to sort then front ones IMO

none of that complicated steering malarky to **** things up at the back

as355f1

ive got 2k for it unseen

The Chief

If it hasn't got the lower spoiler like the Mexico it could be the harrier which was the ltd edition of the 1600 sport just before the MK3 started production

Sonic'

I would hold off getting the scoob sorted too !!

Maybe some of us are from a different Era

Sonic'

After his Son died according to Eggy's first post

Shark Man

Or did his son put it there, and it hasn't been touched since he died IYSWIM

Like my Land Rover I bought out of a Welsh valley, where the owner died and it wasn't touched since...he laid it up before he died. For what reason...not too sure, as the tin worm had a good 10 years munching at it before we got to it.

Sonic'

Yes, see what you mean

Maybe the Landy owner knew his own fate

rallycol

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Pics say a 1000 words ,so as soon as they arrive "LET THE BIDDING BEGIN"