price for 1973 mk1 escort van

tracey ann · 05-10-2010, 09:07 PM

hi we had done up a 1973 van its had all the rust cut and plated and floor pans redone and a total paint job has blue slip and the interia redone i have pic from the first day up to finished paint iam doing the interia npw but still have the back to complete just wondering if anyone would have a idea on price i have pics on here in the project section or i can email

MR Turboesky · 05-10-2010, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tracey ann

hi we had done up a 1973 van its had all the rust cut and plated and floor pans redone and a total paint job has blue slip and the interia redone i have pic from the first day up to finished paint iam doing the interia npw but still have the back to complete just wondering if anyone would have a idea on price i have pics on here in the project section or i can email

A couple of full stops here and there, and maybe a comma or two, would make your post alot easier to understand.

TITO · 10-10-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MR Turboesky

A couple of full stops here and there, and maybe a comma or two, would make your post alot easier to understand.

Very easy to understand mate, he just wants some idea what his car maybe worth after all his hard work

TITO · 11-10-2010, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by tracey ann

hi we had done up a 1973 van its had all the rust cut and plated and floor pans redone and a total paint job has blue slip and the interia redone i have pic from the first day up to finished paint iam doing the interia npw but still have the back to complete just wondering if anyone would have a idea on price i have pics on here in the project section or i can email

Could be anything from 2 to 6000.

spliceMk1 · 13-10-2010, 04:20 PM

Well I can tell you one thing, not a starting price of $9100.00 as you have listed!

Jimmyd · 13-10-2010, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by spliceMk1

Well I can tell you one thing, not a starting price of $9100.00 as you have listed!

While I truly beleive a car is worth what someone will pay, I really do think $9,100 is a little out of the ball park. It is a very sad truth that with project cars you will very rarely get back what you have put into them - at this price range you are firmly into RS2000 money, vans just do not have that kind of following unfortunately.

At its current stage of works with a 1.3 kent motor I would have to say somewhere between $3,000 to $4,000 - but you will need to wait the right buyer.

tracey ann · 13-10-2010, 05:19 PM

i have had a offer higher than ebay but there is a lot of intrest so waiting to see what happens not in a great hurry to sell as if it doesn't sell i will sell my other car and keep it

Jimmyd · 13-10-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tracey ann

i have had a offer higher than ebay but there is a lot of intrest so waiting to see what happens not in a great hurry to sell as if it doesn't sell i will sell my other car and keep it

Don't get me wrong, I honestly wish you all luck and truly do hope you are successful - at the end of the day any value suggested is subjective and as I said the car is worth what someone will pay for it.

Cheers

James

Neale · 13-10-2010, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tracey ann

i have had a offer higher than ebay but there is a lot of intrest so waiting to see what happens not in a great hurry to sell as if it doesn't sell i will sell my other car and keep it

Hi Tracey, good luck with the sale. Like everyone said, sadly escorts arnt worth a great deal. I had a lot of trouble getting rid of mine & it was the apparently desireable mk1 2 dooor (it ended up sold to a wrecker).

One thing I found on ebay is there are some shonky people out there, just be carefull of people that offer you more than what you ask for it & live on oil rigs & want to only pay via Pay Pal. I had 2 seperate people that lived on oil rigs & wanted to buy an unfinished progect escort, sight unseen for thier mum. Nothing suss!!!

tracey ann · 13-10-2010, 10:24 PM

just had one offer way to much just as well i have a partner that checked it out it was shonky but reported to pay pay thanks for that if it dosent sell i will keep it and sell my 4x4

spliceMk1 · 14-10-2010, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by tracey ann

just had one offer way to much just as well i have a partner that checked it out it was shonky but reported to pay pay thanks for that if it dosent sell i will keep it and sell my 4x4

Keep it Tracey! You will regret it and as you said earlier, you never get back what you put in, and that is more so true when taking into account the blood, sweat and tears.

tracey ann · 14-10-2010, 05:31 PM

i get the blue slip on monday, so if it dosent go i will be keeping it and selling my hyundai terrican . i took it for a run today love it lol but want to show it so have to wait till shows are up the mid north coast we have put a lot of work into it , as it was in a bad way when we got it but i have the colour i wanted and have the wood and stuff to do the back out if it dosent go i have about 60 photos from start to now and they are all on my facebook account tryed to put some on here but there too big

whooligan · 15-10-2010, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Neale

Hi Tracey, good luck with the sale. Like everyone said, sadly escorts arnt worth a great deal. I had a lot of trouble getting rid of mine & it was the apparently desireable mk1 2 dooor (it ended up sold to a wrecker).

One thing I found on ebay is there are some shonky people out there, just be carefull of people that offer you more than what you ask for it & live on oil rigs & want to only pay via Pay Pal. I had 2 seperate people that lived on oil rigs & wanted to buy an unfinished progect escort, sight unseen for thier mum. Nothing suss!!!

I think I know that guy. I think I bought a van off him

As someone has stated, van just dont have the following that they had in the 70's. I spend a shed load on mine and came very close to wrecking it recently, but a chance convo with a workmate put me onto an awesome panel beater who going to restore it.

I've owned 9 escort panel vans over the years and can vouch for the fact that they are very rare in this sort of condition. Having said that, I've only ever seen them change hands for less than $5000.

Anyway, good luck with the sale.

tracey ann · 16-10-2010, 02:25 PM

iam not in a great hurry to sell it so time will tell but i do want to show it when i can