Mk2 Rally Spec Escort

Looks allright in the thumbnails but in the full size pics it's rough as f*ck.

Fraser

Rally cars arent suppose to be pristine!! I like it, it's got character

Not two and a half grands worth of character - the paint's been put on with gay abandon by Stevie Wonder going by the amount of overspray and general lack of care used, and I dread to think how much filler sits beneath the surface of that.

-- JackH

Indeed... Probably not best for the road :) It's a weekend 'play-thing'.

Justin.

It's got a twisted shell at the very least, looking at how the panels generally don't appear to fit *anywhere*.

It's a 'rally' car you twonk, why spray it when it's going to get bashed around on a course.

Some ppl do use rally cars for rallies not posing on the local ring road

Which is great. But you buy rally cars with solid shells so when you prang them you get the joy of walking away. Not bog filled shitboxes painted by Stevie Wonder with a brush.

Fraser

Yawn

You've never been rallying have you?

No, that's what rollcages are for.

Usually you replace them with the cheapest shit factor budget specials you can find because they'll not be on very long.

Mk2 Escorts are generally worth a fair bit, especially if they have been prep'd. Top ones go for upwards of £25k - obviously this ones not in that bracket, but as a budget rally car its got all the right bits, especially for a road rally car, which I guess is what its been used for by the current owner.

And if you are on a budget you're not gonna spends hundreds (or thousands) on paintwork and making the car look tidy when you're just gonna drive it through some scenery! OK, a little more care could have been taken, but its not what the car is about.

My old housemate had a road rally spec mini with 1370cc engine giving around

Anyway, good luck with the sale to the OP, whether its worth £2.5k or not, I guess you'll soon be finding out!

Wasn't a K-series was it? That'd be a cracking little road rally car.

I've seen A Series lumps running at 1380cc. Torquey little buggers.

Richard

Nope, bored out A series - that's about as big he wanted to go as he didnt want to be rebuilding it every few months. Totally mental!

"JackH" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net:

The monkeys are not keeping a rally car going tho are they? Mechanicals always come before poofing it up when on a budget.

But you need a solid shell to bolt'em to.

Richard

But since no one has actually had a look at the car, how do you know it's not solid? Battle scars are all part of the fun, doesnt mean the shell is a rust bucket!