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is the RS scene as big in europe ie germany,holland etc as it is here cause everytime i go on the german ebay they never really much in the way of mk1 or mk2 RS's or parts not like here also I wonder what our american counterparts do restos on ford wise mustangs or what any ideas
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Hi, there is an RS scene over here but it is not as big as in the UK. Ford RS cars never sold in high numbers (we never had the Escort RS1800 for example). We do not use ebay alot because you have to pay to sell stuff and there are lots of websites/forums where you can sell parts/cars for free.
Several German ebayers sell their parts on ebay.uk.
Most Ford-fans visit the European Ford Event every year:
Grtz, Leon. -
Oggie snr was there with WLB in 2002, winning trophys too
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On the german ebay,there seems to be more rare RS parts forsale like GRP 1 stuff and brand new rear spoilers ect
They seem to have a stash of parts looked away,some of them
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the Market for vintage Mustangs and Mustang restoration parts over here is huge and in abundance. Very hard to find Escorts though there are some Capri,s and Cortinas. We thought we had a handle on a couple of Mk2 Escorts in Arizona but that seems to have evaporated. I do have a handle on a couple of 2dr. Cortinas at the moment I will do a posting if I buy anyComment
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I saw several Mk2 Cortinas on the road in California in 78/79 - one on the Embarcadero in San Diego. Was never sure why it sold there.Comment
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They seem to like British stuff over here, especially the small fords which surprises me that the Mk1 and Mk2 escort never caught on. Especially when you see what the US Auto manufacturers were building through the seventies and early eighties Gas guzzling Battle Star Galacticas, thats what made the Mercury Capri a big hit here , you can still find 74 german built 2.6 litre Capri,s. I have sometimes romanced with the idea of finding one and building a 2.6 RS replicaOriginally posted by KL View PostComment
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Although they were into the first "small" cars by the time I was there. The Kadet C was going under the name Buick Opel, the Mazda 323 as the GLC, the ludicrously-named Renault Le Car (although calling the VW Golf the Rabbit came almost as close...).
My car had Safari-winning pedigree as the Colt Lancer but with big Chrysler auto tranny and air it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding as the Dodge Colt...Comment
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I was living in Germany for 8 years and didnt see any Rs's on the road just a couple of old opel kadetts even in there mags didnt see much about the 70 or 80's RS sceneComment
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maybe the RS scene wasn't in the area i was in,even asked about a bit and all i got was a confused look
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My neigbour back in UK, co-incidently a US Navy Commander on an exchange posting at MoD, had a Mercury Capri. In fact the UK dipping headlights he had to fit to it and took off and gave me when he went back are now in 167awo's parts store.
He kept me going during the building of PHF with American beer. The sound of the Capri arriving home from yet another run to the Greenham Common PX was the signal for me to open the garage door and hold my hand out for a can...
When I was in the US, Mercury Capri had been adopted for the upmarket version of the Mustang (the one that included the disastrous turbo Pinto option).Comment
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The disastrous pinto turbo, I owned an 89 Merkur XR4TI , you would think that this would be near Sierra Cosworth territory but it was a nightmare, kept cracking heads and didn,t deliver the kind of acceleration you would expect. My friend Greg Lund and I converted 2 of these to Cosworth 4 wheel drive Rally cars for the Pro Rally series in 95-96 with the help of Boreham and Graham Goode racingComment
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There was a Mercury Capri RS too and it didn't even have reclining seats!
Horrible reminder also that the Mustang version with the Turbo was called the Mustang Cobra...What a travesty.
Incidently, in 79, a new fully loaded black TransAm at my local Pontiac dealer with absolutely everything including hood Firebird graphics had a US$ sticker price that converted to quite a lot less £ than the UK price of an RS2000 Custom.
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Had a 79 Trans AM 6.9 litre big block with a Holley 4barrel double pumper in black what a car, sold it because my wife was afraid I was turning into a red neck, I will dig out picture and scan and post itComment
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