tom130691
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The misses dad has an escort cossie tucked away,
I've suggested buying it as hes not intrested in it anymore, he crashed it 20odd years ago it has be sat since,
Has all the parts to repair just needs the time and money,
I was thinking 3-4k however I have now found out it only has 2,000 miles,
What do you think would be a fair price? (rwd model)
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gazza808
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They didn't do a rwd model...
Unless your talking about sierra cossie?
And tbh it's useless asking with out pics of car and damage etc.
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BluKoo
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
The misses dad has an escort cossie tucked away,
I've suggested buying it as hes not intrested in it anymore, he crashed it 20odd years ago it has be sat since,
Has all the parts to repair just needs the time and money,
I was thinking 3-4k however I have now found out it only has 2,000 miles,
What do you think would be a fair price? (rwd model)
How badly damaged is it?
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Robin
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If he crashed it 20 odd years ago its not an Escort unless be bought it brand new and the damage was so bad it was written off at he time.
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tom130691
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Havnt seen it, lead to belive its pretty light and all needed parts, bonnet bumper ECT are all ready to go on,
Could well be a seirra, misses is pretty thick sometimes
he could well have modified it to rwd, hes pretty handy with cars just more intrested in making a 4wd mini
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tom130691
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he bought it at 22 brand new, story is a mate turned the traction control off and he spilled it,
I think he was just scared of it, bought it all to repair then didnt bother, always says to anyone who enqures about it "you'll kill yourself in it"
Didn't know they even had tc, but that was another family members story not sure how much they realy know
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Baskey
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I will give you 3k today
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Ben G
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Why not ask him about it rather than believing what someone tells you?
From your description, it could be worth between 1 english pound and 50 thousand english pounds.
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Robin
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
he bought it at 22 brand new, story is a mate turned the traction control off and he spilled it,
I think he was just scared of it, bought it all to repair then didnt bother, always says to anyone who enqures about it "you'll kill yourself in it"
Didn't know they even had tc, but that was another family members story not sure how much they realy know
How old is he now?
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Balling
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
Could well be a seirra, misses is pretty thick sometimes
So could well be anything at all, really?
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tom130691
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I've only met him a hand full of times as the misses is at uni and when shes not she stays with her mum
And when I do he talks propper fast brummy and about his plans for a mini normaly,
Last time I mentioned it, all I got was yeah you can build it up over sommer for me,
Only recently hes considering shifting it as he has other projects on
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nathy_87
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
I've only met him a hand full of times as the misses is at uni and when shes not she stays with her mum
And when I do he talks propper fast brummy
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Corsa_Sport21
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Traction control on an Escos or a Sierra Cossie??
You sure its not maybe a Granada Cosworth?
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mike56gte
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bet this turns out to be a ford orion or something
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Robbo_Corsa
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quote: Originally posted by mike56gte
bet this turns out to be a ford orion or something
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big eck
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If its a real deal escort Cosworth and has all the parts there to fix it I'll give you £4k right now. As long as its not registered.
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Robin
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I'll do £4001
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sc0ott
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I can probably stretch to 4001.50.
Ford onion.
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Tomnova16
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interesting
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Jay
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You asked about it, He said you can build it up over summer for him... But you don't know if it's a sierra or an escort?
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tom130691
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quote: Originally posted by Jay
You asked about it, He said you can build it up over summer for him... But you don't know if it's a sierra or an escort?
he mentioned building a mini using the bmw bike head, all i mentioned at the time was you have a cossie to sort out first
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pow
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Just ask him you lovely man
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Jay
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
quote: Originally posted by Jay
You asked about it, He said you can build it up over summer for him... But you don't know if it's a sierra or an escort?
he mentioned building a mini using the bmw bike head, all i mentioned at the time was you have a cossie to sort out first
Oh right fair enough !
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taylorboosh
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Why not ask him a. What it is and b. how much he wants
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Jambo
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So why wasn't it repaired? Driving u insured?
I don't get how you would go out in 1992 and spend £20k on a brand new car, bend it then lock it up a d forget about it?! Surely you would just ring insurance and get it repaired
Turns out that its worth a lot not being an Excort cossie, but it could have well have been worth 20pence if just left to rot....and then there's that issue!
Sounds weird/fishy/not true to me.
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