Have mk1 escort parts prices gone mad ??

[Paulk RS1800]

Have Mk1 Escort parts prices gone mad ???? NOS mk1 grill on Ebay this afternoon it was bidded up to £450 and reserve not met ???

[stw201r]

have mk1 escort parts prices gone mad ???? Nos mk1 grill on ebay this afternoon it was bidded up to £450 and reserve not met ???

i was watching that my self love to know what the reserve was

[LOUIE]

500

[youngpecker]

Have Mk1 Escort parts prices gone mad ????

In a nut shell mate.....er.....yes.ages ago!

[fox2fox]

Who's the maddest now?????....

I remember a mk1 escort nos grill was sold for £1200 last year on ebay!!!!!!Now that is mad!!!!!! I bought a mk1 escort nos grill still in it's original ford box at avo day about 6 years ago for £70 and someone told me that I was mad for paying that much for it then!!!! So who's mad now...

[flyingpilot]

Escorts were always the working mans car and sporting versions for the slightly better off chap, but now it's gone mad, hence why I'm personally thinking of giving up on my cars.
It's just not fun anymore, might go to e-types, would be cheaper.

[cossie si]

I remember a mk1 escort nos grill was sold for £1200 last year on ebay!!!!!!Now that is mad!!!!!! I bought a mk1 escort nos grill still in it's original ford box at avo day about 6 years ago for £70 and someone told me that I was mad for paying that much for it then!!!! So who's mad now...

Go The Fox

[KelvinS1965]

Escorts were always the working mans car and sporting versions for the slightly better off chap, but now it's gone mad, hence why I'm personally thinking of giving up on my cars.
It's just not fun anymore, might go to e-types, would be cheaper.

On the plus side, the cars have gone up enough that you can sell an Escort and buy something for the same money but with no roof and a V8 engine...that's my plan anyway. I was even tempted to break mine for spares rather than do the work on it to get it back on the road. If it wasn't for the fact that it's a 'family car' and my parents might never speak to me again if I did that.

[flyingpilot]

On the plus side, the cars have gone up enough that you can sell an Escort and buy something for the same money but with no roof and a V8 engine...that's my plan anyway. I was even tempted to break mine for spares rather than do the work on it to get it back on the road. If it wasn't for the fact that it's a 'family car' and my parents might never speak to me again if I did that.

Same problem here, my Mex was my late dad's, but the cost to re-build is a joke.
Funny how every mainstream part, ie switchs, door handles etc are all of a sudden RS parts!!

[oxb1l]

Same problem here, my Mex was my late dad's, but the cost to re-build is a joke.
Funny how every mainstream part, ie switchs, door handles etc are all of a sudden RS parts!!

Totally agree , exactly why my next car won't have a ford badge

Bill

[KelvinS1965]

The trouble is that until muppets stop buying these basic non RS parts when they're advertised at stupid prices, then the greedy sellers are going to carry on pushing their prices up. There must be enough mueseum piece cars around now not to need even more concourse garage queen examples surely? I'd rather that the ones left can be driven, so searching out NOS trim shouldn't be strictly necessary if you can find a used grille (or whatever).

It's laughable that door handles could be labelled up as an 'RS' part. Lets face it a good chunk of a Mk1 or Mk2 RS is made using standard parts, but for the unique RS parts I can understand them being more prized, hence why mislabelling parts as being for an RS (which technically it is I suppose, but also the same as a non RS in your example) helps the seller's profit.

Still, better not annoy too many on here as hopefully someone will want to buy my overpriced Mk2 when I come to sell it.

[mk1gaz]

I've got a brand new mk1 Escort grill upstairs behind the wardrobe . Bought it 25 years ago for £20 .

[mk1gaz]

If you think new old stock Ford bits are dear then spare a thought for the new performance car owners out there !!!!
It's £18,000 for a new skyline gearbox and you can can break one every week , £3000 for a front wing for a Clio v6 and £1500 for a battery in a GT3RS Porsche !!!! Even a shitty taxi shaped Audi has £80 spark plugs these days .
A full race pinto costs less than a 40,000 mile service on an M5 !!!!

[specialbuild]

I remember a mk1 escort nos grill was sold for £1200 last year on ebay!!!!!!Now that is mad!!!!!! I bought a mk1 escort nos grill still in it's original ford box at avo day about 6 years ago for £70 and someone told me that I was mad for paying that much for it then!!!! So who's mad now...

Just went down the garage and i have a new grille in its box gen ford , no escort is worth spending 1200 just for a grill surely, gues i will sell mine and use second hand one on the rs 2. And yes the prices are totally barmy 1000 for a rear qtr??!! 500 for a door?!!! its all flippin mental i say that as a man with too many new panels !

[morcheen]

the more parts and panels that get re-made will gradually bring down the mad prices.the recession looks like it has not hit these parts though