Escort Rs Turbo Restoration

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Escort Rs Turbo Restoration

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S2 RST

Жыл бұрын

Catalogued the full process (over a year) of restoring my 1988 Ford Escort RS Turbo

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@philbaverstock8545 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see it back on the road I had it 15 years ago Looks lovely

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thank Phil, did you have it for a while? Assuming around the Kent area. Think it spent most of its life around that area?

@philbaverstock8545 Жыл бұрын

@S2 RST Yeah had it for a while It was found in a barn In Kent I bought it And put it back together I've got a Soft top RS now But that's in the garage Been in there For over 10 years

@philbaverstock8545 Жыл бұрын

I was gonna send some photos but I can't work out how to do it lol

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

It’s only had 7 previous owners to me so relatively low for one of these. Ye that’s be great if you could send me some photos??? Are you on Instagram?

@philbaverstock8545 Жыл бұрын

I have PhilCosworth Look me up when I get home from work tomorrow I'll fire up the laptop

@TechOne7671 Жыл бұрын

Nice job, a lot of hard work there, well done. They were the machine back in the early nineties, happy days then. Cheers

@richhughes7450 Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous car. Well done. Aside from all the amazing resto you have done, it amazes me this car survived in the first place. These cars used to dissolve in the rain, all the old ford's showed signs of rust within 5 or so yrs from new. It was said about XR RS ford's that they went well (especially on the arches) closest I got to an RST was an XR3I MK4 . Same colour as yours. Great car but it was hard to keep the rust off. At 7 yrs old, though the car looked mint it was washed polished regularly. it needed a weld done on the spare wheel compartment and the sunroof cradle was crispy and needed replacing. My mate had one as tidy as mine and bought some new alloys for his, as they jacked the car up to put them on the boot buckled.

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rich, appreciate the comments. I’m not surprised the boot floor buckled though…..doesn’t take much does it 🤦🏼‍♂️🤣 as you can see from the video, near enough all the panels needed replacing so there was some serious work put in by the lads

@anitagoodsleep5330 Жыл бұрын

These & the Sierra saph cossie remind me of my childhood…great car boss 😎

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anita, and me too…..👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

@johncooke9655 Жыл бұрын

Magic total and utter !

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thank you John

@user-iz4pb8jg4d Жыл бұрын

Beautiful S2 RS Turbo Excellent restoration

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍🏻

@matthewwebber3982 Жыл бұрын

Would be nice to see this alongside the series 1 that’s on the salvage rebuilds channel

@Jim_M_75 Жыл бұрын

Top job mate, nice to see the car from SRUK go to a nice home.

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim, appreciate it mate 👍🏻

@jamesgpr1 Жыл бұрын

Better than they were from factory great job excellent

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate 👍🏻

@sruk Жыл бұрын

Looks incredible dude well done 👍

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Cheers Rob & Chris, appreciate it boys!! Looking forward to seeing your S1 on the channel pal 👍🏻 hope you’re keeping well

@sruk Жыл бұрын

@@s2rsturbo half way there with it now dude it was a nice one anyway so all going good 👌👍

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Nice one mate…looking forward to seeing it 👌🏻👍🏻

@markjones2547 6 ай бұрын

Top work my man love your turbo. Nice 88 spec trim would finish it perfectly

@s2rsturbo 6 ай бұрын

Thank you mate, appreciate the comment 🙌🏻👍🏻

@heavyt749 Жыл бұрын

Superb job !

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍🏻👌🏻

@martynreed835 Жыл бұрын

I know that car from a popular KZfaq channel. You've done a great job.

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, the work wasn’t carried out by me though, I just stripped it all down ready for them. Was restored by a local company 👍🏻

@martynreed835 Жыл бұрын

@@s2rsturbo at least you're honest 😆. There's one on ebay at the moment. H plate, Mercury grey, 7 owners and full service history. Would make a great restoration project for someone.

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

@@martynreed835 seen it mate, there’s another Red one just come up as well. Massive job getting them mint though, unbelievable how many panels needed replacing, you just don’t know until you’ve stripped them down though 😩

@martynreed835 Жыл бұрын

@@s2rsturbo I haven't seen that one yet. I'll have a look. That's a mk4 escort for you. My first rs barely scraped though the mot and needed loads of welding so got the work done and sold it with a fresh ticket. The other one was pretty good until it got acquainted with a ditch on a bend 😒

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

@@martynreed835 😩 I bet that hurt!!!! It still surprises me how small and tinny they are compared to modern cars. Parked next to a focus not long ago, and the focus looks massive next to it 🤷🏼‍♂️

@trev1976 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@s2rsturbo 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate 🙏🏻

@andybeffro5543 Жыл бұрын

Yes lad love it ,b styleeeee, berffro boy 💥💯♥️

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Andyyyyyyyyy B……cheers mate 👌🏻👌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@sidsxr3irestoration Жыл бұрын

Stunning restoration 👏👏👍

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thanks, appreciate the comment mate 👌🏻👍🏻

@JohnHonda101 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thanks John 👍🏻

@dunklerveganer7253 Жыл бұрын

Great job dude! Where did you get these new ford emblems from?

@s2rsturbo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Heres the link for them mate www.dmb.uk.com/prod/escort-mk4-rs-turbo-tailgate-decal-pre-90-spec

@timmantle7154 Жыл бұрын

What do you think the cost would have been if you'd outsourced the work?

@zizi2050 Жыл бұрын

nice work bro!where can I find plate bodywork?

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍🏻 What do you mean by plate bodywork mate?……….Body panels?

@Vodila393 Жыл бұрын

Класс! Я тоже начинаю реставрацию МК-3. Но, у меня так не получится, как у Вас!.))) 1. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMyCos6Ts9HVe30.html 2. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f5OVdMZ70LfTcn0.html

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

Thank you and good luck with yours as well 👍🏻👌🏻

@alistairheys576 Жыл бұрын

Good job, but why is it that virtually every KZfaq video is accompanied by an annoying soundtrack? There's no need for it. - we're looking at the video! I'm sure I'm not the only one who moves on to another video as soon as I hear this nonsense in the background.

@s2rsturbo Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 sorry mate but there’s not much choice for the music. Everything’s copyrighted!!?? You could always just turn the volume down 🤷🏼‍♂️