240kw sprint i test drove today

[*rayman*]

I had to go out of town for a job today.... i was quite surprised as i came around a long sweeping bend to see a red ed xr sitting out front of a house with a for sale sign in the window.... I noticed a set of eb gt wheels on it and thought, that looks tidy, i'll stop in and have a squiz on the way back....

A couple of hours later i pulled in to have a quick gawk... upon getting out of the car, i noticed the black stripe running through the bumper and instantly recognise what it is.... I peered in the window, it's manual, SWEET!!! my head starts these crazy thoughts about why did i have to pull over and see this, now i want it.

I step back and look at the car as a whole, bit of paint wear on the drivers side sill panel, and a bit of paint flaking off the bumpers, interior is pretty tidy, except for the usual leather cracking on the drivers seat... (i have a spare set of normal ed xr front seats i could put in to preserve the sprint seats too)

The owner comes wandering over and we start chatting, he's surprised how much i know about sprints....

He proceeds to tell me what mods it has and how much it owes him etc, including all the parts in it.

It has EB GT wheels, EL GT spindles up front, big slotted brakes, fully adjustable koni's all round, heads worked, twin 2 1/4 system, big hpc coated extractors, thermo conversion, etc etc etc. I can't remember everything he's done on it. The list was pretty long.....

He says, you got time to go for a run? I haven't taken it for a spin for a while. I thought, why not, wonder how well it goes. He drives it sedately for a bit while she warms up, then pulls up and shows me what she can do on a very secluded road out in the cane feilds. It pulls, and pulls, and pulls. Jeezus. Not like a big block, but still has some balls about it. Down the road he says, you wanna drive, then gets out and walks around the passenger side. I felt obliged to accept, proceeded to be even more impressed with the driveablility of this animal. This is not the first sprint i've driven either.

We get back and talk fords for a bit, namely the sexy sprint sitting in front of us.

I didn't make him any promises about buying it, i'd have to sell my ef xr8 first.

He's been trying to sell it for quite some time, i know, i've seen it in the local paper a few times for $24000 etc. Never bothered, was overpriced for what it is i always thought. He's chasing $17000 for it, but i really beleive he'll take $15000 for it.

He still has the original wheels for it, but they won't fit on it because of the brakes.



HMMMM, shit, i want it. Needs a few bits and peices tidied up, but otherwise a genuine looking honest car, that has some BIG balls. What should i do.?

This thing puts a big smile on my face.... it's an older shape, but i still love the ED shape...


I'm concerned about insurance on it... He said book value on a sprint is only 10k now... so insurance probaly wouldn't replace it if it got stolen, unless i got an agreed value.... (it probably has waaay too many mods to get insurance on anyway)