No point suggesting me a cheap project car v.$5k

[irsa76]

Big issue Marco is can you fit into half the cars mentioned? An older fullsize Ford or Holden would be a more sensible option then something smaller. Even an early Commodore could end up uncomfortably small, while you could probably fit into the smaller cars you really want to be comfortable in it otherwise you won't enjoy owning it. And the whole purpose of the exercise is to enjoy the car. What I would do is buy a garden shed to stick the shit from the garage in, knock down the wall and buy a nice VH Commodore or WB statesman, although your budget probably won't stretch that far.

[TT]

He'll fit just fine...

[irsa76]

Lol, reminds me of when I had to drive one of those Mazda 1300 ute things. After we, Mazda dealer, had just jammed a 1600 into it, ran 4cyl Torana wheels and and looked mint . But fuck it was tight, I'm 5'8 and at the time probably 20-25kg lighter then I am now!

[bigshipengine.jpg]

WB statesman.......
not really going to fulfill any coolness requirements

[Reax]

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/moana...ck-/1007955704

[sideways]

Suzuki Sierra, Vitara, FJ40 Toyota or SWB GQ and get into wheeling? GQs are expensive to modify though, Sierras are stupid cheap to do up.

A Pug 205 GTi or a 306 of some description would be awesome.

A Type 3 is the ultimate combination of looking cool, aftermarket support, ease of working on, slightly oddball (in a cool way) and massive knowledge/information resources.

If you can replace a lightbulb, you can probably rebuild a VW motor.

[Reax]

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/acaci...ort/1009106637

Rs2000

[CA18escort]

that is a lot of car for the money.....

Or there is this one it is closer even though it is a little out of the budget
http://performanceforums.com/forums/...scort+%2Bnowra

[TonyJZX]

what does the RS warning light on the dash signify?


that you're pushing maximum "RS"?

[irsa76]

Quick question for the Escort anoraks, who got the 2 door RS2000s? The parent's of a kid I went to school with had a 2 door RS2000, droop snoot Scheel seats and 4 spoke alloys. I recall my uncle, ex Brian Wood Ford sales man, mentioning we never got the 2 doors. This was the early 1980s, kid's parents were kiwis if that helps.

[Asteroid]

I didn't realise there were decent Escorts in that price range. (Outside of Fondles' land).

[darwinschops]

Knock down wall and get what you really want or get a type 3. I want to see someone on here do one of those up now.

[Captiva Fan]

Quick question for the Escort anoraks, who got the 2 door RS2000s? The parent's of a kid I went to school with had a 2 door RS2000, droop snoot Scheel seats and 4 spoke alloys. I recall my uncle, ex Brian Wood Ford sales man, mentioning we never got the 2 doors. This was the early 1980s, kid's parents were kiwis if that helps.

They definitely sold 'em here, moderately commonly too.
The rare RS2000's were the 25-odd German made ones they imported in '75 (*edit* '76), don't think they had the plastic nose but they did have a lot of Ford Motorsport stuff fitted. Moderately sure the intention for those was racing.

[perthdrivers.txt]

Yeh I had a 2-door RS, the Sierra box is a good swap for the extra cog, van leaf swap for the rear. Fun to drive but slow unless you turbo them. Scheel seats were decent but that was about the limit of comfort, no aircon. Absolutely no limit to aftermarket parts, you could completely re-engineer the whole car out of stuff from the UK if you wanted to, would cost a mint though.

I had mine for about 10 years, sold it for $5k, more than what it paid for it

[darwinschops]

Hah, actually just had this up thinking about the old escort I passed up - http://www.carpoint.com.au/all-cars/...AD-972867&Cr=3

Though mine was the earlier square front and a ghia from memory.

Was wondering what they'd be like, they've certainly appreciated in value since I last looked.

One above seems a bit of a dunger for the $.