Peoples thoughts

[Broadstripe]

What do people think about the ex police Escort Cosworth on eBay?.
for me one word NUTS

[bestall]

£21k at the moment and the car has no test and doesn’t currently run. Madness

[Broadstripe]

And police cars didn’t have a sunroof witch this one does

[Dave]

Got a link?

[800bhp]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Escort-Co...oAAOSw4apbPSAT

[MrWebber]

Strong money for a car with that many problems

[The Radman]

sounds a pile of crap to be honest,looks like he bought it then realised it was a lot worse than he thought so hes trying to get rid,buyer beware and all that on this one

[The Radman]

looks like its had a respray at some time also but at least hes honest that it has problems and rot etc

[Dave]

https://www.escortrscosworth.com/for...e-bacon-cossie


its been owned by a fuckwit, no surprise its a shed

[The Radman]

• Offside Rear Brake hose leaking (3.6.A.1) Dangerous
• Nearside Front Track rod end ball pin shank loose (2.2.B.1c)
• Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play (2.6.2) Dangerous
• Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
• Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Advisory notice item(s)

• Offside rear seat belt reel lazy in retracting
• Offside front tyre low on inner edge
• Nearside front c.v. boot poor

► What are failures and advisories? Failure items must be fixed before the vehicle can pass its MOT.
Dangerous The tester has considered a part of the vehicle to be so defective that it is dangerous to be driven on the road.
Advisory items are provided for advice. For some of these, if they became more serious, your vehicle may no longer be roadworthy and could require immediate attention.

Date tested 31 July 2009

Fail


Mileage 71,971 miles


MOT test number 3013 9221 9480



Test location unavailable until further notice





Reason(s) for failure

• Offside Rear Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)

Advisory notice item(s)

• Inner Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
• Front Steering system lightly rubbing (2.2.D.2a)
• Offside rear seat belt slow to reel in
• Both rear of inner sils corroded, not holed
• Both sils corroding all the way along

► What are failures and advisories?

old mots dont sound too good

[cossiejim]

i think people are panicking over thre price of them and see this as a way into ownership ,eventhough it will cost a packet to get back upto scrtach

[Simon T]

That's been owned by a few on here, looks in a worse state with each owner.

[biz]

As Broadstripe says, the sunroof is a bit telling - the Google images of that reg as a police car show no sunroof........

[morpheous]

Maybe they used a panel that went over or into the sunroof aperture to mount the light bar this pic looks close ?
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[biz]

Maybe they used a panel that went over or into the sunroof aperture to mount the light bar this pic looks close ?
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Yes, I looked at that and wondered - but there are other pics of it with no sunroof.