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Interesting to see that the last sale on feebay a yellow 2dr MkII went for $16000 that needs plenty of work. These babies must be worth over 20 g's in good nick.
i am collecting all the doors & bodyshells i can find from mk1 & mk2 4 door escorts & will become a millionaire !! if you dont beleive me just research how much $$ a mk 1 escort 1100 with front drum brakes is worth in the UK ?
and you will never see that price here on a consistent regular basis.. unless you fluke a bidding war.
Simply cause you can buy a hell of a lot of old muscle in 20-35k range and escorts are not thought of over here that way... I got two mk1's in the shed and the highest I've been offered for either one of them is 14k. My brother is in a muscle car club, And when we go to shows I dont even mention I own them. Very specialized crowd that likes escorts over here and we are not cool.
I disagree that escorts are not as desirable here as muscle car stuff. Everyone loves an escort at heart, and i'm repeatedly amazed at peoples response to the car. When I was at Targa last year I had a number of people come up to me and tell me it was there favourite car there. Not because my car is anything particularly special, but just because of what it was and represented. The problem is they were always cheap motorsport and are perceived a lot like the good ole datto. And it's hard to shake the following and type of enthusiast that creates... a 'value' oriented consumer.
It's easy to get sucked into the perception that the values are skyrocketing, and not to detract from true value where it's due but all of the STUPID and UNREALISTIC values that get thrown around like that rs500 are from car DEALERS or genuinely delusional people.... these cars sit unsold for years on end! some get lucky at the thanks of another STUPID and UNREALISTIC customer who just happens to have more money than cents, but that's it. Look at the muscle cars, what where the GT falcons going for a few years ago?? something like 750,000 The world realised how stupid it had been and now there are back down to a couple of hundred grand at most for a mint example.
It's human nature... and all our escorts are, and SHOULD be worth less than we all hope!..... rant over.
I agree with Paul, In Australia you need history, complete, immaculate, matching numbers car, and some crazy people to get the big sales numbers. has the car sparking this discussion sold at the asking price?
Yes I agree dealers are asking way above market sentiment, but they are lifting the market as private sellers see the dealer asking and ask more themselves.
The better cars are changing hands for more than they used too.
The RS brand is respected in Aus just not as much as the GTHO & GTS brand. The Escort is certainly well above the 'burn it, it's a datto' sentiment.
Yeah I saw that one, With all respect to the owner it's a bit of a joke. Iv'e seen much better than that for half that price within the past few months, and i'll see the same in the coming months too. Dealers may be pushing the average joe higher but it's just creating a false market as it's really only the dealers who can create an environment and circumstance that will catch the few fools out there with too much cash. To put a car like that up for sale and say they're non negotiable indicates a completely delusional seller who has taken no notice of the current escort climate. That car will remain on the market for a very long time.
Wow, just wow. That RS500 is mint, worth every penny. That will sit in a collectors garage in Europe for sure.
...And fellas, that is where it's at. Meaning no disrespect to my Aussie mates, but we really are a back-water when it comes to thinking big and attracting big money in all areas.
Well meaning blokes saying "it's not worth this" and "it's not worth that" aren't seeing the big picture. Value is in the eye of the beholder and the truly wealthy have historically always placed their cash in hard assets, classic vehicles being just one.
To say that they were never the rich man's car is irrelevant (although obviously they'll never fetch in the millions, granted.) Any marque that has any pedigree, from a known brand, in mint period condition, will be used by the wealthy to store their wealth.
Yes dealers will bid the values up, but that's their position, they provide a premium service to a premium buyer, selling a wealth storage vehicle, pardon the pun. All private values are therefore following suit. More power to them.
UK citizens and Europeans are coming over here and snapping up our RS marque and they're disappearing over there to wealthy collectors with everything else being dragged up.
See the big picture, values are being bid up, if you own one, enjoy the value rise.