364 miles from new.

kermitpwee

364 miles from new.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1987941

kev1.3s

kermitpwee wrote: »

364 miles from new.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1987941

this car has been on the market for the last couple of years with massive differences in price every time, nice little thing but a bit steep at 5,500 euros.

mgbgt1978

Only a couple of yards away from 365 miles:D:D:D.

Towbar ruins the immaculate look a bit.


PS. Kev, How does the current asking price compare to previous ones ? Is this the lowest yet ?

kev1.3s

The story was that some old bloke bought the car new drove it for a couple of hundred miles and pranged it, then he parked it up in a shed beside his house that was used to store turf and never drove it again! apparently the turf absorbed the moisture out of the atmosphere thus keeping the car in showroom condition well apart from the prang. I'm not sure about the prices but I think that price is well more than double the original asking price someone here should know there was a thread about it here at the time.

gyppo

Made me smile when I saw the reg. My first car was a 1982 escort, 5121 DI.

Speaking of low milage fiestas, I know of a 1990 fiesta with similar low mileage. Its in a training venue in the midlands.

carchaeologist

How could you be sure it was genuine?

kev1.3s

Well I'd suppose it would be difficult as the service history would be non existant:D:D

Big Nasty

This has been posted / changed hands a few times over the last year or two IIRC? Was there questions about the mileage before?

kev1.3s

I think in all fairness the mileage is genuine but the only problem I find with paying a premium for a car like this is that by driving it you are eroding the very thing that makes it special and I wouldn't want to buy any car and not drive it.

Max_Damage

Given it only has a 5 digit odometer, I'd say it's 100,364 miles from new!

Arthur Daley

Ah yes I remember the little diagram on the instrument binnacle to remind you where the gears are on a Mk1 Fiesta. How odd when you see it now.

seanybiker

I love it. Used to have a dark brown 83 one of them. Well the father did.

dharn

whats its life story it is a roscommon reg for sale in wicklow

Big Nasty

dharn wrote: »

whats its life story it is a roscommon reg for sale in wicklow

Sure that could be the 364 miles - never mind one owner only: 'one journey only'!:D

dharn

ya thought of that it would be very interesting to find out its history
i had one of the first fiestas sold in galway 1978 i dident think they came with radios that early

Big Nasty

dharn wrote: »

ya thought of that it would be very interesting to find out its history
i had one of the first fiestas sold in galway 1978 i dident think they came with radios that early

My mother had a grey one - 430 PZA, '78 too I think?

dharn

ya mine wasSDI 788 ,THAT REG on car is much older than 1978

carchaeologist

MCMLXXV wrote: »

My mother had a grey one - 430 PZA, '78 too I think?

That's a '77 reg.

Big Nasty

carchaeologist wrote: »

That's a '77 reg.

Coolio!

Just googled the Fiesta - first came out in '76. Musta been one of the earliest ones here so!

carchaeologist

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Coolio!

Just googled the Fiesta - first came out in '76. Musta been one of the earliest ones here so!

The earliest one still on the road in Ireland was found by ford a few years back, anyone got a link to that story?

dharn

looked up the reg since it is from 1980 onwards also saw the story in an earlier post so it looks genuine but very pricey

stapes

tony collins in kilcormac had this car apparently he picked it up beside the train station in ballinasloe it had 1 owner from new! but why was it a di roscommon reg shud it have been a im or zm reg seems it was in galway?

Big Nasty

stapes wrote: »

tony collins in kilcormac had this car apparently he picked it up beside the train station in ballinasloe it had 1 owner from new! but why was it a di roscommon reg shud it have been a im or zm reg seems it was in galway?

Was it registered in Galway? Ballinasloe is practically in Roscommon - in fact Tom Raftery Car Sales are listed as Ballinasloe, Co. Galway but are technically in Roscommon.

Merch

Interesting looking car, I guess its not impossible but I cant help but be suspicious 364 miles!
I can see why some parts in the engine bay would reflect the colour of the car, but others seem to have a shimmer of orange on them (the block, plugs and the gearbox) their surface is a bit rough/coarse to reflect the paint colouring?

Run_to_da_hills

A few years ago a main Ford dealer may have considered this car for a showroom prop, I guessthese guys just don't have the money any more.

dharn

Merch wrote: »

Interesting looking car, I guess its not impossible but I cant help but be suspicious 364 miles!
I can see why some parts in the engine bay would reflect the colour of the car, but others seem to have a shimmer of orange on them (the block, plugs and the gearbox) their surface is a bit rough/coarse to reflect the paint colouring?

thats the light /colour reflecting off the bonnett as the sun is shining directly on to the inside of the bonnett

Merch

dharn wrote: »

thats the light /colour reflecting off the bonnett as the sun is shining directly on to the inside of the bonnett

Good point, I thought the engine block would be too coarse a surface to reflect but maybe its just captured in the picture, I did think it looked like an authentic paint job and colour, originally thought that looked like some overspray from someone doing a respray, still low miles? too low??

nice car all the same.

We had a few Mk2 escorts when I was growing up, shame we didnt have the money/inclination or somewhere to put them, but at the time they were pretty worthless I suppose. They probably didnt have too muh mileage on them but I have no idea how well they were looked after, I guess not too much as maybe they were expected to rust to pieces by the time we were finished with them??

YBTurbo

The front was resprayed so it could be over spray, the car was owned by an old man who chrashed into a lamp-post and then left in a turf shed.


Iv seen pics of it before it was repaired and in my opinion i'd say it needed a new front panel and bumper.

Alfasudcrazy

This car has been mentioned in dispatches over on Octane but I doubt the two fiesta's mentioned are in fact the same car?

I know that the Fiesta was one of the favourites on the rental market when it was out and it was often the case that fleets of them would be purchased in block many the same colour from the same dealer thus resulting in a plethora of almost identical reg fiestas as they would have been registered sequentially on the same day. Done it myself a few times when I worked at a Ford dealer.

I would be a bit skeptical about that mileage though.

http://212.78.227.78/forum/showthread.php?t=12559&page=38

coylemj

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Was it registered in Galway? Ballinasloe is practically in Roscommon - in fact Tom Raftery Car Sales are listed as Ballinasloe, Co. Galway but are technically in Roscommon.

The eastern boundary of the Ballinasloe Urban District corresponds with the Galway/Roscommon border so if you're driving from Ballinasloe town to Athlone on the old N6, as soon as you leave the urban district of Ballinasloe (in Co. Galway), you are in Co. Roscommon.

ahal

That is one beautiful example. Is it worth it? - imho "yes". Will it realise that kind of price? - doubtful.

I remember when I started primary school, one of the teachers had an identical one. Interestingly enough, while I remember little of what went on in class, I still remember the reg :pac: ... '852 MIE'

mk1esc

car only a few miles away from me...i know the seller, he just buys n sells old fords, mainly escorts, drives a white mk2 transit, id say the car is genuine but the best thing to do is go look at it & verify for yourself.....these cars are becoming popular again but are pretty rare here in that condition

Silvera

Nice to see such a low-mileage survivor.
However, I've had a look at it up close and the spray job on the l/h quarter panel is not of a high quality (considering the price being asked).

Silvera
(ex-panel beater)