rallye news mags

[wetandwindy2]

i bought some rallye news mags from Leon (thanks) from 1989 was reading an article from one of the mags about this mk2 RS an s reg so 1977 and yet the car had stood for 2 1/2 years beside some guys house i mean the car wasnt that old about a dozen years old were that worthless then that people didnt really care

[alancdavis]

Be sold as a20k resto project today ,,,lol

[jimmer]

Yes they were worth little and the scrappers were full of them. An 7/8 year old Ford was generally a scrapper. Full of rust and the engines were worn out after 60/70K of driving. Mostly not worth saving. Thats where the phrase fix or repair daily came from German Fords. The proper English Fords were made of better steel.

[TugsW]

Yes they were worth little and the scrappers were full of them. An 7/8 year old Ford was generally a scrapper. Full of rust and the engines were worn out after 60/70K of driving. Mostly not worth saving. Thats where the phrase fix or repair daily came from German Fords. The proper English Fords were made of better steel.

Funny how that attitude still exists now with modern cars and the prices for a 10-12yr old car are all but worthless in the UK, and end up on the scrap heap because they would have cost the value of the car sometimes for minor problems. There is still a proper scrappy near me (just the 2 rows high of cars though !) of cars that must of failed MOT's due to needing some mechanical/electrical faults and got weighed in. The bodies are largely rust free, I bet if you could test the compression of the engines they would be pretty much like new too.

Then going back to the '80s my old man had a Mk4 Cortina 1.6L that had rust appearing on it at 9 years old. It was Dagenham built , but from 'Frog Island' used as a Ford pool car. Frog Island was a disposal place and you could pick a motor up cheap and Ford employees could buy 1 or 2 a year I think. I also understand if my dad had ordered a new car and it was being built while his shift was on it my have had a bit more rust proofing and paint and may of come out with a few extras when it got to to trim. Sadly it was probably due to strikes for weeks on end he could not buy a new one!

My Grandad ordered a new Mk2 Escort 1.3L 2dr to replace his Daytona Yellow 2000E Mk3 'Tina, and it was from the Saarlouis plant and lasted a lot better than my dads Cortina and they were both built in '79. I know this as the Escort was my first car in '93 and while it needs some an inner and outer sill is still alive 21yrs later after I bought it from my dad after my Grandad had died 4 years beforehand. My RS2 though looks like it had a fair amount of floor/sill work though and a few months older. My point being I thought the German cars were better built than the UK due to using Swedish steel.

[Dave1800BDA]

Funny how that attitude still exists now with modern cars and the prices for a 10-12yr old car are all but worthless in the UK, and end up on the scrap heap because they would have cost the value of the car sometimes for minor problems. There is still a proper scrappy near me (just the 2 rows high of cars though !) of cars that must of failed MOT's due to needing some mechanical/electrical faults and got weighed in. The bodies are largely rust free, I bet if you could test the compression of the engines they would be pretty much like new too.

Then going back to the '80s my old man had a Mk4 Cortina 1.6L that had rust appearing on it at 9 years old. It was Dagenham built , but from 'Frog Island' used as a Ford pool car. Frog Island was a disposal place and you could pick a motor up cheap and Ford employees could buy 1 or 2 a year I think. I also understand if my dad had ordered a new car and it was being built while his shift was on it my have had a bit more rust proofing and paint and may of come out with a few extras when it got to to trim. Sadly it was probably due to strikes for weeks on end he could not buy a new one!

My Grandad ordered a new Mk2 Escort 1.3L 2dr to replace his Daytona Yellow 2000E Mk3 'Tina, and it was from the Saarlouis plant and lasted a lot better than my dads Cortina and they were both built in '79. I know this as the Escort was my first car in '93 and while it needs some an inner and outer sill is still alive 21yrs later after I bought it from my dad after my Grandad had died 4 years beforehand. My RS2 though looks like it had a fair amount of floor/sill work though and a few months older. My point being I thought the German cars were better built than the UK due to using Swedish steel.

interesting Steve, have heard of "frog island", I have some paperwork where vehicles were offered to certain outlets where they would bid for cars. At least 2 RS1800s were there, along with all types of fleet or demonstration cars, Prince Andrews RS2000 was bought via a bidding method.

[mrwatt]

interesting Steve, have heard of "frog island", I have some paperwork where vehicles were offered to certain outlets where they would bid for cars. At least 2 RS1800s were there, along with all types of fleet or demonstration cars, Prince Andrews RS2000 was bought via a bidding method.

Interesting story there Dave, never knew about Prince Andrews RS2000, is it still around ?
Were the Red populars offered through this ?

Cheers Neil

[Dave1800BDA]

Interesting story there Dave, never knew about Prince Andrews RS2000, is it still around ?
Were the Red populars offered through this ?

Cheers Neil

plenty of pops Neil not mine though

grum found this on Prince Andrews car
Date of Liability 08 08 1991
Date of First Registration 26 10 1979
Year of Manufacture 1979
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1993cc
CO₂ Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

[mrwatt]

Cheers Dave

Early 90s seems to be the end of the line for a lot of mk2s