A tad pricey perhaps?

[lefthooker]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Fiest...d=531248067337

[Isimmo]

If ever there was a contradiction of terms, that is it....

Its neither Super, nor sporty....

Looks like they've made a tidy job of restoring it though.

[Ben]

I've still got 4 arches plus front and rear spoilers from one of my MK1 XR2s kicking around, looks like my pension pot's growing

[lefthooker]

Originally Posted by Isimmo

Looks like they've made a tidy job of restoring it though.

There's no doubt Ian, it does look good, but not £11k good. Another chancer me thinks.

[lefthooker]

Originally Posted by Ben

I've still got 4 arches plus front and rear spoilers from one of my MK1 XR2s kicking around, looks like my pension pot's growing

Well it's a start

[rtz62]

Bit unkind saying its neither super, nor sport; it was Fords toe-dip in the water prior to launching the XR2 mk1

As stevet63 was just discussing with me, I had one back in the day, TFW300W, same colour etc.

Several things strike me about the advert;

'original shell'; actually not really, as apart from the bonnet, roof, door and tailgate its all been replaced
it has 'supersport' in RS2000-like script on the tailgate; they never did iirc

it appears to have a factory roof; Im sure that it came as part of a climate pack inc, opening front 1/4 lights, tinted gradient band windscreen etc

headlamp wash; not sure if this was part of the 'climate pack' but thought it should be fitted in conjunction with the above

driving lamps; should be Carello, these aren't

bumpers; were painted satin black, not gloss

wheel centre caps; should be plain black, not 'RS' script

Overall, a nice attempt, but as said, not £10,995 worth, this lot are as bad as 4Star Classics attempting to drive market prices up, i'd say its a £6k-£7k car (although I wouldn't dream of paying that) - in that it is mechanically a Fiesta 1.3 S with some nice bits on it that are mostly cosmetic.

As Steve said to me, "I bet it's been restored by someone that wasn't even born when they were new to remember exactly what they looked like!"

[Kenquattro]

Originally Posted by rtz62

Bit unkind saying its neither super, nor sport; it was Fords toe-dip in the water prior to launching the XR2 mk1

As stevet63 was just discussing with me, I had one back in the day, TFW300W, same colour etc.

Several things strike me about the advert;

'original shell'; actually not really, as apart from the bonnet, roof, door and tailgate its all been replaced
it has 'supersport' in RS2000-like script on the tailgate; they never did iirc

it appears to have a factory roof; Im sure that it came as part of a climate pack inc, opening front 1/4 lights, tinted gradient band windscreen etc

headlamp wash; not sure if this was part of the 'climate pack' but thought it should be fitted in conjunction with the above

driving lamps; should be Carello, these aren't

bumpers; were painted satin black, not gloss

wheel centre caps; should be plain black, not 'RS' script

Overall, a nice attempt, but as said, not £10,995 worth, this lot are as bad as 4Star Classics attempting to drive market prices up, i'd say its a £6k-£7k car (although I wouldn't dream of paying that) - in that it is mechanically a Fiesta 1.3 S with some nice bits on it that are mostly cosmetic.

Aas Steve said to me, "I bet it's been restored by someone that wasn't even born when they were new to remember exactly what they looked like!"

Fully agree with all of the above. At a tad under 11K, I would expect it to be correct in every detail. It is far from this, like a lot of restored cars. It is all in the detail.

[rtz62]

Cheers ken

Am I only the person btw that thinks 4Star Classics are well overpriced???

[Kenquattro]

Originally Posted by rtz62

Cheers ken

Am I only the person btw that thinks 4Star Classics are well overpriced???

No, far from it.

[john johnson]

Iirc it was for sale before the dealer got it at circa7k