Dunno where to start haha, few of you should remember this thing. I think multiple people off here owned it before I bought it off Tybrown as a roller when I was 15. Chucked the motor out of my rally car in it, got it registered, did my Ls in it, then proceeded to have it taken straight off the road after getting my Ps due to some enthusiastic driving haha. Let it sit on my front lawn for around a year, then needed money to spend on a Commodore so I could fit in with everyone else, so sold it to a guy in Perth in 2009.
 
Back in the day:

 

 
 
 
Anyway, getting back into Escorts couldn't have happened at a better time. Ty sent me a link about a month ago to a for sale post, asking if it was our old car... and yeah, I couldn't help myself.


 
Was the one car I always regretted selling, can't even put into words how happy I am to have it back.
Is basically how I sold it, but in more pieces and with more parts. Don't know where to start with it really, will probably just sit around for the next 6 months until I finish my other car, just wanted to buy it back while I had the chance.
 
Anyway, few specs:
Worked 2L, twin 45 downdraft webers.
rebuilt type 9 and quaife quick shifter
Shortened VLT 28spline BorgWarner LSD w/4.11s
Hoppers Stoppers brake kit
 
Will be selling both sets of wheels (15x7 mesh style, 14x6 superlites), and either putting the motor/box into my MK2 or selling it. So if anyone's interested before I properly advertise let me know.
I'll hopefully update this thread sooner than expected, already struggling to stop myself working on it and it only arrived yesterday haha.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

thats awesome! i still rememeber when it was up for sale wanting to buy it! bring it back to its forma glory:)

Keen on the mesh!

Ah thats soo good!! im pretty happy you got it back Blake! i wish i could have got it! it came up for sale after i bought my little project so there was no way i could have bought it!! Hopefully you can restore it asap! what happened to the interior??? you have a good base! always keep me in the loop because i will buy it back one day :-D
 
all the best mate!
 

So you sold it to a bloke in Perth, then bought it off him (in Perth) and now have it back in Vic??? That's commitment!

Are the mesh wheels the simmons in the second pic?

Nah unsure on brand of the mesh wheels the guy I sold it to put them on, they're the ones on the car in the second last picture. Had a heap of interest in them already, pretty sure they're sold.

Ty, you still gonna want to buy it back one day if it gets an SR? Haha I remember how much you hate them :P haha hopefully I don't make the same mistake twice and sell it, but will let you know first again if I do.
No idea what happened to the interior, all that's left is the front seats and door trims. Not a big deal as I was going to retrim it all anyway, but would've been nice to have a base to start from haha.

Yeah bought it back from the same guy I sold it to. Getting it sent back from Perth hurt the wallet a fair bit haha. Ah well, no regrets, nothing like your first car to make you feel young again lol :P

Yeah of course id buy it back! id sell the sr and put the cossie back in it! haha what happended to your idea of the 4agte? the purple escort drove great with that setup!
i cant wait to see the progress!
 

looking forward to seeing the updates for this car, itll be like being back on the forums 4-5 years ago.

what size are the superlites? Width and rim size?