Hi everyone, been lurking around this forum for quite a while and as I got my first Escort last year thought it was time to say hello and show it off. I have been around small Fords all my life, Dad owns the orange MK1 Escort turbo that some of you might know.
Anyway here's mine it's a 4door MK2 Escort with a 2.0L Pinto engine. The compliance plates confirm the car is a genuine 2.0L Monza Red with Red interior build. From the codes it should be an auto but has already been converted to a 4 speed, which suits what we want to do with it. Overall the car was in good condition with just a little rust in a couple of spots in the floor. The heater bubble has already been repaired, but there was some front end damage when I got it and the motor had a terrible knock. It also blew smoke on start up so the valve stems seals were shot.
Here's how it looked when I first got it.
More progress piccies a little later
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hey up peeps
im new here, im irish n still living in ireland...im a big fan of the classic ford scene here.....i currently own a genuine mk2 mexico and a mk1 escort panel van (which is at a snails pace in restoration).....
a few years back I came across a Mr. Scott Clements and his father is Terry Clements....Terry raced a mk1 escort and im looking for pics and info on it if anybody can help please
the sits seems interesting an alot of nice cars n vans for sale......wish i had the funds to buy a few n ship em back to ireland
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A mate/mates family of mine are about to take 3 escorts (and a whole lot of other cars) to the scrap yard. 2 are 4 doors, the other is a 2 door. Shells are unmovable as they are up on blocks and fairly rusted out. Beyond my capabilities anyways. Most things have already been taxed by my mate, but the old man said they need to go. From memory one has a sunroof, and all the glass was there. Seen a few struts and diffs, gearboxes, unknown condition as he had blown countless up. Just thought I would see if anyone needed any odd bits or bobs before they went? I'll be going up there in the coming days, maybe the weekends to get a few things for myself. Spewing as there were two round headlight "FORD" grilles that were damaged :( Let me know if you need anything and I can have a look see.
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Hey all thought I'd introduce myself.
I'm Douggie and I just inhereted my grandmothers old mk1 escort 1300 super sedan.
A picture can say 1000 words but I'm not quite allowed yet so we'll leave that for another day.
She's in fairly average condition allround but nothing difficult to fix. Minimal rust (thank god) decent engine with 80,000 original miles, was re painted in 1980something but looks great as always garaged.
I've previously been fiddling around with holden gemini's as I have a love of the 1970's era small cars and on a uni students budget they are quite rewarding little projects.
Joined classicford so I could find like minded people to chat with and help out with those workshop situations that everybody has, hopefully with the possibility of cruises, car shows and the like.
So yeah just wanted to say G'day and see how welcoming classicfords is to other online car forums
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Hi all,
Just thought I'd pop in here and properly say hello.
Just bought a Matching numbered 79 RS2000 as a project to keep me busy during the winter months. Had a shedload of new parts so most of the main things have already been done and will tastefully restore it along the way.
Dilemma I have is that the original colour is yellow and it's had recent paint in Midnight Blue (far from a great job)
Favourite RS colour is Burnt Orange so do I go Burnt Orange or take it back to original Yellow?
Any input welcomed!
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I read on here that spacer plates are illegal, why?
If you put in long studs on so there is plenty to bolt the wheel on,why is that not ok?
Jim
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Hi all,
Just thought I'd say hello and introduce myself.. I'm emigrating to Perth on the 23/04/13 and bringing along my mk1 Zetec rally car and mk2 Mexico in time..
Just curious as to any local clubs or shows that are coming up??
Thanks in advance
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