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2008/03/07 13:06:23
teds

1980 escort estate

hi there, this is my first car its a 1980 Ford escort estate the only mods to it is the black bonnet as original 1 was rusty and this one was brown. some 6x9s in the back still figuring out where to put the front speakers and some 17x7 tsw mags which i hope 2 be replacing with superlites very soon as these r to big to lower it on, cheers

all coments welcome









15 comments Leave a comment
Sterling
thats cool man the rims really compliment it! dont lower it lol

anything powerwise done/planned??
2008/03/07 13:56:26
Luke
Wicked i would love a wagon to cruise in
2008/03/07 14:00:40
Avon
Ah the chocco brown vinyl seats - happy memories of jumping into the car on a sunny day wearing shorts and getting fried

Love the estates. Always wanted to get one, lower it and get "Low Estate" numberplates....

A good step is 32/36 Weber on a GT manifold and extractors. Lots of power gain for not many $
2008/03/07 14:00:59
teds
cheers for the coments

Sterling yer the rims look gud but there to big they rub everywhere even with the guards rolld they where second hand so have the wrong offset nuffin done powerwise at all planing on puttin a 1600 in it was gona do a 2lt but the work requird and fiding the parts i decided a 1600 would be eazyer

Avon yep love those summer days
2008/03/07 14:34:30
RoughGhia
If we had estates in Australia I probably would have chased down one of them rather than the 2 door I eventually found.

I am with you teds, get some superlites and lower it.

As for the front speaker location, check this thread out:
http://classic-ford.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13907

I would like to try something like the above at some stage.

Cheers.
2008/03/07 15:33:53
teds
yer seen that post sounds like a gud idea 2 small problems estates have mk1 doors so the pods would sit up higher and foul on the window winder unless i made the pod curve down so it was on the netal at the bottom of the door
2008/03/07 15:43:36
maxrs
Sweet Estate teds, Welcome.
2008/03/07 18:32:27
Andrew
quote:
Originally posted by RoughGhia

If we had estates in Australia I probably would have chased down one of them


Same here, I reacon they're mint. I like wagons, I'd have one as my daily


teds the car looks great
2008/03/07 19:22:30
Sterling
well if you ever plan to sell the rims give me a pm...

and what is the motor right now? a 1.3?

put about $500 into a 1600 and it can be a load of fun

speaking of which i have a good cond 1600 for sale... not urgent

maybe there is a way of fitting spacers and such to get some speakers in the front kickpanels?

cheers
2008/03/07 20:12:04
teds
when i sell them yer ill give u a p.m thats if u dont mind payin to get them freightd ova to u

yer might try make some new kick panels and space them out abit they only gota fit 6 in them yer its a 1.3

ur 1.6 would be gud but getin a escort motor freightd ova would cose a bit cose there heavy suckers might just find 1 ova here and stick my 1.3 pistons in it and get a exhaust kit

will try get some of my sista mk1 2dr next time i c it
2008/03/07 20:30:23
teds
ok here the superlites i want but in wot colour opionions please?



or

2008/03/07 20:41:16
Sterling
black definately....every escort with superlites has them silver...black would look stunning and unique

why would you stick the 1.3 pistons in a 1.6?
2008/03/07 23:06:53
teds
putting 1.3 pistions in the 1.6 motors bumps the compression from what ive hurd might have 2 do some research in to it through
2008/04/07 11:21:42
RoughGhia
If you scroll right down to the bottom of this page it has the specs on changing pistons in the crossflow engine
http://www.spannerfodder.com/the_works_Escorts-xflow.php
2008/04/07 14:26:23
HYPO4D
cool estate teds. good to see another kiwi on classic fords. i would put 13X7 superlites on it and dump it in the weeds. i found when i put 13's on mine that 13 inch rubber is more expensive now days as everyone has gone to 17's. wicked first car man, keep us posted.
2008/05/07 16:08:53

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