I have acquired a 1980 2 door with minimal rust and panel damage(rolling shell with all panels and glass),a fairly heavily worked 2.1l pinto in bits,2 45mm webers on manifold,big valve ported head,heaps of bits and pieces,a 77 Ghia(no rust,but needs paint and engine rebuilt and refitted and another 77 2door(complete,1.6 with rusty floors,but virtually rust free elsewhere)for 2 weeks worth of my labour.As a spraypainter,these are probably costing me $13/1400,so $8K is dreamin'.

Hi Fellas,

Thanks for your comments.
Just as I thought, hence the post and the question.

I went and had a look at the car today. It looked very sad. The seller today told me that several other people have also looked at the car, however they have passed it up. It appears that it has been pulled apart as part of a resto, however somewhere someone has had a change of plans. The seller says that if he can't get the asking price he will wreck/part it out and get his $8K back that way.

So it might be the end of another perfectly good Escort.

Nikmag2,
Generally prices for these cars also appear to be falling here in Australia too, however it is difficult to get good quality cars. Nutters like us appear to be holding onto our good cars.

Hey, that is a good new topic!
How long have you owned your classic Ford?

I have started a new topic at
http://classic-ford.org/forum/post.asp?method=Topic&FORUM_ID=99

Ive found the Escorts aren't worth a great deal, I recently sold my mk 1 escort 2 door, that was in a simmilar state to the mk 2 you looked at. I only got $1800 for the lot.

I thought it was worth more but there was no one interested in it & it came close to going to the scrappers.

So I think the guy wont get $8k for a mk2, hes dreaming.

There have been a couple of nice mk 2 cortinas for sale that are going with rego & only require some minor cosmetic things to turn them into a real nice car. they have been selling for around the $6/7k mark which sounds like a better deal if your after a classic small ford

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1485533

seems exe