Mk2 RS2000 Wanted

[Jersey Stardust]

I am on the hunt for a Mk2 RS2000. This is for a friend of mine who had a few back in the day, and now wants to feel young again !! Just seeing what is out there. Money is waiting. Willing to travel for the right car. He would prefer standard but is open to modified.

Many thanks

Richard

[stewie1]

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/12007869  depending on his budget here's a very nice on.

[Vista]

16 minutes ago, stewie1 said:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/12007869  depending on his budget here's a very nice on.

£60k? 😮 Jesus!

[katana]

3 hours ago, Vista said:

£60k? 😮 Jesus!

Amen to that! Be interested to know the mileage before the resto - 6K after a 150k mile car still makes it a 156k miles car! Plus its TOO shiny - don't look right!

[Rally Pack 2000]

3 hours ago, Vista said:

£60k? 😮 Jesus!

 

53 minutes ago, katana said:

Amen to that! Be interested to know the mileage before the resto - 6K after a 150k mile car still makes it a 156k miles car! Plus its TOO shiny - don't look right!

They did say "For Only" so that suggests its a bargain and there something even more costly out there!

[Jersey Stardust]

Thanks for your feedback and links

[YellowTaxi]

 

Its nice but its not 60k nice.

Colour is not my choice either.

Have a look at this one.

https://performance28.com/car/2c92999e7af1ef9c017b16f087ec4a57/

A few things not quite right for the year but if he wants a good usable car for reasonable money its worth a look.

[Rally Pack 2000]

4 hours ago, YellowTaxi said:

 

Its nice but its not 60k nice.

Colour is not my choice either.

Have a look at this one.

https://performance28.com/car/2c92999e7af1ef9c017b16f087ec4a57/

A few things not quite right for the year but if he wants a good usable car for reasonable money its worth a look.

37K does seem more in the reasonable ballpark, sure it will need a few tweaks but I have never seen the fun in buying an off the shelf show car. Even if you dont want to modify the car in any way sourcing and finding that elusive bit little by little is what the hobby is all about. It can be rewarding (Unless its for an overrider you have been searching for for over a decade!!)

That other one is Midnight Blue however. Its not a colour I like myself but they are supposedly rarer and highly sought after. That could account for some of the price there.

[BaileyMex]

I don't mind the Midnight blue to be honest, they dont come up often

And under those studio lights it is always going to look over shiny, I bet in natural daylight its better.

But..... for me a Signal Green RS2000 would be a winner

[DT36]

I could pay my mortgage off if I sold my nail for 37k and have enough money left over for a bag of chips and bus fare to get home 😂

[caprimk1v4]

Wow, £60k, so what would this be worth now !!??, came up for sale in 2017 in Cornwall, one owner, under 4K miles, 1976 Escort MK2 Mexico on "R" plate, owner was looking for £45k NO OFFERS, but it never sold and I believe is still for sale or available at least. 

[BaileyMex]

A scary price I bet.....

I get asked all the time by people that same old question.... "Those are worth a lot now, how much is yours worth?"

And I always answer that I don't really know, it's worth as much as someone is prepared to pay for it......... But I do have a rough Idea, I'm just a little embarrassed to say what I personally think its worth or I'd put it up for sale for if I had to sell it.

All these crazy prices are for cars that I grew up with that were the ones to have back then, and now the market has driven these prices out of reach for most people who just fancy grabbing an old Escort and going out and having fun in it, even rot boxes are silly money. my first MK2 Escort (2dr 1.3 Pop) was £250 from an old dear in Croydon - taxed and tested!

I've got to buy my son a cheap car soon for his first car and something like a MK1 Fiesta would be perfect, but even those are crazy money now

Rant over 🤣

 

[Rally Pack 2000]

3 hours ago, dt36 said:

I could pay my mortgage off if I sold my nail for 37k and have enough money left over for a bag of chips and bus fare to get home 😂

Dont worry I would drop you home in it after I bought it and shout you a bag of chips! Oh wait I want to live in the flat above your garage so you could still use the car any time! problem solved!

[Rally Pack 2000]

5 hours ago, BaileyMex said:

I don't mind the Midnight blue to be honest, they dont come up often

And under those studio lights it is always going to look over shiny, I bet in natural daylight its better.

But..... for me a Signal Green RS2000 would be a winner

I bought a set of 4 doors off a Midnight Blue Australian 4 Door RS2000 only a couple of years back for a 100 bucks I figured the glass and handles were worth it alone! (I did get into trouble though when I brought them home without telling and nowhere to put them!)

[Miniliteman]

1 hour ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

I bought a set of 4 doors off a Midnight Blue Australian 4 Door RS2000 only a couple of years back for a 100 bucks I figured the glass and handles were worth it alone! (I did get into trouble though when I brought them home without telling and nowhere to put them!)

Surely they would fit under your bed? 😀

[Rally Pack 2000]

48 minutes ago, Miniliteman said:

Surely they would fit under your bed? 😀

They would fit in the bed if I tried that as I would murdered and new accommodations in a box off site. But at the equivalent of 60 quid what would you have done ask for permission or forgiveness? The funny thing is I have a new Pinto head still in its Ford box in the small space that's left under the bed after all the other usual crap people keep under there and you stub your foot on it if you approach at the right angle. I kick it accidentally at least once a week and swear at it but dont dare get rid of it!