I bought this shell from a guy who rescued this RS from a wreckers and did all the hard work on the body as well. Interesting thing about this shell is that it has a complete factory sun roof. The previous owner gave me a lot of photos taken of the restoration work. I've posted a couple for those that are interested.


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Wow, i hate seeing Escorts going to waste in a wreckers.
what are your plans with the car?

Big project 2Mk2, good on you for taking it on and saving an RS!

On the subject of good Escorts going to waste at wreckers, I remember spotting an original 2dr MK2 RS2000 at Centre Road Wreckers in Clayton about 11 years ago. Only issue being under bonnet fire. Body and interior tops, ID plates numbers ect matched. Had no cash or place for it myself so finally convinced a mate to buy and we headed down to look/put a deposit on it 3 days later. Got there to find it about 12 inches thick on the other side of the fence... CRUSHED!! [8~2]

Well it looked a mess to start with but it has cleaned up very well and is infact not in bad condition realy from what i can see from the photos. Good luck with the rest of the rebuild

The body is in surprisingly good condition considering it ended up at a wreckers sitting on top of a Gemini. A little bit of rust on the passenger side C pillar and a few very minor dents here and there were the only issues.

My plan is to make it as original as possible. I'm going to paint it white (Snow White) with the RS decals and stripes (same as my 4 door). I have a set of Euro RS alloys for it which are on my 4 door at the moment. For the interior I'll go completely original right down to the AM radio

The engine won't be standard. I'll be going with a big port head and twin down draught Webers.

A few more pics.


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wow that front end looks untouched. i think going original is the go. i wish i done that on mine now. i look forward to seeing your future progress

Good start on a great project there. I agree, great to see another RS rescued from the wreckers.

nice work. how bout some pictures of the 4 door?

You started off with a better shell then I did[B)]
Lucky there were no cars sitting on it

I've heard a story of a complete RS shell being shredded because the guy found a better shell[}:)][}:)]

You ought the see the wrecking yard I go to, Escorts every where.