Eski sells for ????????,maddestman this is for you.

MO · 31-10-2005, 09:45 PM

Quick rundown Pope John Paul II's early model Ford escort goes off at auction for $920,000...no radio,no a/c,no hubcaps a base model..however does come with Rosary beads and carved Saint.

Maddestman why did'nt you hang out for more on your eski.hehehe

12 · 31-10-2005, 09:57 PM

One owner. Just on 100'000 Km's. Only driven on Sundays, to Church and back.

phoon · 31-10-2005, 10:09 PM

Does anybody have the phone number of the guy that bought that escort?
I have a nice block of swamp land I'd be happy to let go for a measly $1mil.

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MO · 31-10-2005, 10:13 PM

WHAT only $1mill?

The MaDDeSTMaN · 01-11-2005, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by John McMaster

Quick rundown Pope John Paul II's early model Ford escort goes off at auction for $920,000...no radio,no a/c,no hubcaps a base model..however does come with Rosary beads and carved Saint.

Maddestman why did'nt you hang out for more on your eski.hehehe

Hahaha

I did hang out for more for it, but oh well

I had to laugh when I heard them describe it as "a car you wouldn't look twice at" - I would, looked neat, straight, plenty of potential ;)

**Captain Stubing** · 01-11-2005, 12:11 AM

It was the same colour as my mother-in-law's eskie, the one that I had a religious experience with, changing the clutch!

12 · 01-11-2005, 12:29 AM

Not a bad profit at all. It was purchased in 1996 for US$ 102'000 at an charity auction. Jim Rich, the buyer at the time, promised the Pope he would never sell it when he picked up the keys from the Pope himself. But he had to sell to pay bankruptcy debts to his father (yeah right

_). Sold for US$ 690'000. They were expecting around US$ 3 million for this auction!!

Pic of Pope John Paul II in his Escort, with his mates doing the usual Escort start-up procedure.:Reverend:

Ghiadude · 01-11-2005, 12:32 AM

out of interest, what would a MK 1 2door in mint cond go fo these days? ive always wanted one with the full flared arches and a noice turbo cosworth mill and a six speed manual and big brakes and roll cage and coil overs and live pit to car and car to pit telemetry and ....i want a formula one car wrapped in a 2 door escort so i can drive it on the road.

The MaDDeSTMaN · 01-11-2005, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by tx3dude

out of interest, what would a MK 1 2door in mint cond go fo these days?

Not much. We had one that was damn close to mint cond, I can't remember how much we sold it for, but it was less then $2000 from memory...