YellowTaxi

How about an Imp with a motorbike engine in the back. That really would be something.

Theres £300 just in the petrol cap, lights and bumper. Not sure Mrs would have it though. Shame.🤣

Wow, white letters on the tyres. Very 1980's.

Love that. Made me chuckle.🤣

Sounds like I missed something here but reading between the lines I think I get the gist. Mate, you have always been a good active member of the forum, helped me out many times. I can totally understand your frustration, picking holes in someones car is worse than insulting your kids. I have had it myself at car shows, what the people that critisize dont appreciate is the blood sweat and tears gone into a project. I am fortunate enough to have some very good classics, I openly admit I throw money at things to get what I want. That doesnt mean I dont appreciate other peoples efforts though. I attended a car show with a very prominent figure in Classic car circles recently. His collection is one of the best in the country, its next level up. Anyway, my favourite car at the show amoungst the Bentlys and Farraris was a VW Golf, the owner was 19 years old and couldnt even afford to insure it, his Grandad drove it to the show.! The car wasnt the best there, in fact it was the worst by far. The point is it was HIS car and it was obviouse he loved it..warts and all. I spoke to him for over an hour I ended up sending him some bits I had kicking around from my VW days. He was a great lad and like us a car nut.! The point is, its not about the car its about what the car means to the owner. Sometimes we all can be a bit critical, its easy done. I have been guilty myself Im sure. Looking at your previous posts its obvious your a car nut too, we all are on here..we live and breath it. Its hardly supprising we get a bit ' iffy ' when someone doesnt like what you have done. Put it down to experience. Your a FORD fan and once its in your system it wont go away. I for one need all the advice I can get and hope you will continue to be an active member.

A good friend had a Dolly Sprint back in the day. I had what was then a modern car, a Series 1 RS Turbo. The dolly was never far behind me. Then again I think by then the fact I owed more than a years wages on the RS Turbo may have tamed my right foot a bit.!

Its is strange, here in the UK, if it has more than 2 doors its a 'family car'. BMW still make a 4 door M3 and have done so for a long time. The latest is 550HP but its still a family car in the eyes of us brits. I bet the 2 door outsold it 3 to1 un UK. We are a strange old bunch. My 4 door RS2000 drove better than any other Mk2 I have ever had and over the years I have had loads. Yet when I put it into auction despite the best efforts of Silverstone auctions it really never generated much interest. A few years previous I sold a nice Signal Yellow Custom for over 50k in the same auction.! It was a good car but never drove as good as the 4 Door. I miss it a bit to be honest. I did actually buy it with the full intentions of keeping it in the collection but got bored of everybody saying 'thats not a real R2000'. It did make it into Steve Saxty's book Secret Fords so I suppose thats something.

Surely google could answer all of these questions.

I have one of those in my garage somwhere. Actually makes much more sense than the UK version. Higher capacity and weight evenly distributed and further forward. Much better idea.

Also good spot on those wheels RWL. They are actually convex if you look like the MK2 Gp1 wheels.

Either way it was a cheap RS2000. I wonder how long before its finds itself in the UK with the steering wheel magically teleported to the other side.

If I was to stash away an Escort Cosworth I would have chose a better colour.🤣

Dont forget the famous (or Infamous) 4 door RS2000. That was unique to Australia. Had they ever been produced and sold in the UK I think the whole thing of 2 door escorts being worth 3 times that of a 4 door would never have happened here. Also I would have got a hell of a lot more at auction for my 4 door RS2000.😀

Its funny but when I first heard about the new shells I was very exited. People imediately started mocking the quality most hadnt even seen them and the negative comments had no real detail as to why they where so poor. In life, as a commissioning engineer for Industrial plant I have come across this mindset so many times. It seems people just like to have a negative outlook, often with no actual reference. With that in mind I was keen to see the shells for myself. Its worth noting they where first discussed in 2015 just as 'new replacement shells', no mention of rallying. I think the rally thing came in because the quality was just too poor for a road car. I went to see one with a completely open mind, hoping they would be better than the rumours suggested. I agree with Johny, with a bit more QC they could have been much better. Something else I dont think anybody has mentioned, surely a rally car has to be stronger than a road car. If the quality of the fit etc is anything to go by I dont think I would be happy chucking one into a muddy hairpin with trees everywhere at 70 MPH. Now I know rally cars are seem welded etc but initial construction and integrity bust still be important. Anyway, you never know the one I saw could have been a really poor one. I for one look forwards to the day a good quality, reasonably priced, new shell is available and wouldnt care where it was made. We live in hope.

I think it started life as a base model (non-custom). No centre console. Ghia type seats in betacloth. (very rare in 2 door format). Non tinted glass. Mexico type door cards. Alloys where an option on non-custom models. It wouldnt have had the passenger side dash cubby hole/clock but loads of people added them back in the day including myself. Could be a shrewd buy. Maybe woth restoring and converting to RHD, an original RS2000 in UK even if its converted to RHD as we all know isnt cheap here in UK.