SVM 286
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Can't stop thinking about the Escort.
Realy realy realy want that. 
If I hadn't bought a brand new car last September with a loan over 5 years, that chap would be getting an e-mail from me. 
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jr
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see  i told you to buy an escoss, but know you bought a rover (a cool one though)
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Robin
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sell the rover, or mg or whatever it is... or a spare limb/ pet, buy the escort
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SVM 286
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SVM 286
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Had to get the V8 though.
Was too good an opportunity to miss.
So many cars...So little money.
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Robin
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sell it now though, you've had it long enough
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
see i told you to buy an escoss, but know you bought a rover (a cool one though)
I will be getting an Escort Cosworth James...
Once i've paid for the Zed, fitted a blower and a set of MOs, sorted the Escort out, and sourced a black or white, large turbo, non sunroof, one owner example that has been garaged since new.
Should only take about 10 years.
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
sell it now though, you've had it long enough
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Robin
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to be fair, you;d be better off trying to find a new motorsport shell and doing a Hadland
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SVM 286
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Very little chance of finding one now though Rob.
Wouldn't want all the hassle of sourcing all the nuts, bolts, screws, clips, loom etc, plus registering it.
Most if not all original M-Sport shells were LHD aswell.
You'd have to buy a trimmed or bare shell and have it prepped by someone like Hathaway Racing to have a RHD car.
I was going to do this about ten years ago and priced everything up, but it was just so expensive to end up with a mediocre or unfinished car that I couldn't justify or afford it.
I'd rather have a complete car that I can improve a bit at a time. 
I will deffo have one some day though.
I've just got to clear my debt and get an RS 2000 or a very serious flat-front first though.
I realy need a lottery win to help fund my car habit.
I'm not a greedy man, it wouldn't need to be too big a win. Something moderate like 100k or so would realy help.
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Robin
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100k would be perfect, and i'm not a nosecone fan, flatfront would be better, like that beige one (cough)
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SVM 286
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Gotta have a nose cone Rob.
Can't be Doyle without a nose cone and a Pye PF8 Pocketphone and a mate with a Capri. 
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SVM 286
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Update:
Look what the Mini went for. 
Escort seller should have lowered his reserve.
I'd say he'd have done well to take £3,400 for it as it's based on a basic model.
That said, you can pay 1500 quid for a mint basic car now due to supply and demand issues, so if he paid a lot for the car and spent too much converting it, he may well be owed too much cash to let it go for that.
I'd give him 500 quid if he wasn't so greedy.
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Toby
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***** RELISTED THANKS TO matthewl4127 That's Matthew Lindsay of 18 DE56 1PE *****
dont take no shit
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SVM 286
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Damn right. 
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