Rust in Pieces #OldSkoolFord

[Vista]

Anyone seen any old Fords wasting away anywhere? I'll open with this sorry looking Transit

[colr6]

Bloody white van men, leave them parked anywhere. Should be a law against it.

[mk1 Glenn]

This is in the woods I used to ride a trials bike in it was complete when it was abandoned in a bog.

It was a 2 door escort mk2

[khanlad]

Still probably worth a couple of grand!

[colr6]

It just needs one of the logbooks off eBay and that's a RS 2000 flat front didn't you know lol

[khanlad]

Youve seen them then! How can they be used for any good?

[colr6]

Not for any good, good to scam a converted 1.1 to something it's not. It's the poor sod who buys the car who loses out

[khanlad]

I was thinking more of the ones that get stolen and given a new identity?

[stevegav]

£3800 and still rising, somebody is in for a sure fall some day.

[colr6]

272487237964 Check this one on scam bay

[preacherman]

I was tempted at 10k to pass on my 4 door as a mega rare rs2000 flat front four door exclusive to the antarctic region gotta be work 30k now lol

[Rally Pack 2000]

I was tempted at 10k to pass on my 4 door as a mega rare rs2000 flat front four door exclusive to the antarctic region gotta be work 30k now lol

 

If you had of said Australia rather than the Antarctic then you may have been totally believable as such a thing exists.

[colr6]

You'd know if it was an Aussie one the roof would be rotten. ...lol ...wonder if it's because their at the other side of the world to us.sort of upside down that's why the roof rot ?

[Rally Pack 2000]

You'd know if it was an Aussie one the roof would be rotten. ...lol ...wonder if it's because their at the other side of the world to us.sort of upside down that's why the roof rot ?

 

Not so much the roof just the C Pillars. If it had no rust in them its definitely a fake!

[eeb43]

how about an automatic rs2000??????

[colr6]

how about an automatic rs2000??????

Now that would be a piece of kit going through a Borg Warner C3 box......NOT!!

[eeb43]

Now that would be a piece of kit going through a Borg Warner C3 box......NOT!!

i think they only made the 1 lol

[Rally Pack 2000]

how about an automatic rs2000??????

 

Yep Ford Australia made them too.

[colr6]

i think they only made the 1 lol

It couldn't get off the production line...LOL

[Rally Pack 2000]

It couldn't get off the production line...LOL

 

While not as quick as the manuals as it had the low compression Pinto engine, it wasnt the total dog you may have thought. Most small cars of the era were 1600s at best so a 2.0lt with a reasonable amount of torque made it just about the only acceptable small car auto at the time.

[eeb43]

mr ford had it to drive round the plant in as he couldnt drive a manual so ford made it just for him

[eeb43]

my drive not as cluttered as normal

[colr6]

Like the Capri

[eeb43]

Like the Capri

corsair behind it with a zetec in and a bedford ca van with a perkins prima in

[eeb43]