Cracking bargain - dmg. 2017 Focus RS sold for 7k at Pickles Perth today

happy1 · 24-11-2021, 10:10 PM

Hi,
Someone picked themselves up a 2017 Focus RS AWD for 7k plus fees at Pickles today. I logged on a few minutes too late.

It was a Stat.writeoff with quite small front damage, very repairable, so it's sad to see it being for parts or export only.

Possibilities would be many with such a wreck;

A) Build a replica in another 2013 - 18 Focus shell. (Buy new bumpers from Ford)

B) Build a sleeper replica in a Focus shell. (look like base model..)

C) Repair it as track only car, roll cage etc,

D) Floor pan transfer into another old bomb, such as a vintage car, into a Fiesta as AWD road car etc, (more work than any of the other opportunities)

E) Repair it as a genuine RS and export to NZ or other country with RHD,

F) Part it out.. Some wrecker will probably have $20k profit on this one

Anyway, kicking myself in the leg for being too late to participate in the auction.

Cheers,

Vesper Martini · 25-11-2021, 10:07 AM

If you have the time and money to do any of these things its a great bargain.
never works out if you have to pay someone for the work.
good ones are advertised around the 50K mark

not sure about option E.

happy1 · 25-11-2021, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vesper Martini

If you have the time and money to do any of these things its a great bargain.

not sure about option E.

Hi, agree with that, needs to be DIY, and take more hours than you think.

A lot of Aus stat write-off simply end up on the road in other countries, I have no relatives in nz so wouldn't even try that myself.
Cheers