Hi Guys,
 
as above, I'm interested to see if anyone has a Mk2 escort van available, ideally something like a 1980 2ltr.
 
I am contemplating the possibility of changing over to a van, rather than begin a respray on my 2L 4 door.
I figure it would mean I dont dirty up the missus wagon as much, and might be more practical.
 
Would consider an exchange/part exchange if this suits. I might also sell the Escort first outright, but thought i'd put this out there first.
 
Bodywork isnt as important, but would hope that it was relatively complete an running, rather than a total basketcase.
I am in Geelong
 
many thanks

If only it was missing 2 doors

story of my life.
This is what I want to build: even just to have a go at doing arches
 
 
 

I agree Dean, Those arches would be a first time challenge. Nothing ventured nothing gained heh.
A van is about the only Escort I've never owned. How recent is that pic?
Mark

not sure Mark, it is just one I found for motivation.
I never considered myself owning a van, but it would be pretty practical.
The problem is  if I'm not careful, what would start as a bit of a hack, would soon turn into something I dont want to bang around either, and defeat the purpose.
I'm assuming these are some form of std mk1 arches?
Then add the front flat spoiler, bumperettes (already done both on the current car), round headlights and deep dish minilights for the back.
Either Gunmetal grey, with orange stripes, or maybe traditional mid blue with silver?
 
My youngest is turning 18, so thats another car to accommodate.
The 4 door really needs to go before the van, or as a swap.
Just need to the gods to align, or be patient
 
More inspiration:

sorry added wrong pics

Hey Deano,
The car looks pretty good, that engine is a beaut, how much work would be in a lick of paint and some rallye pack stripes? Might fetch some extra coin for the van swap.
Like the idea of the arches, I always liked the RAC vans, yellow with a white roof. A mate had one back in the nineties, always thought it'd be great to fix it up to how it was when it was in service.
Good luck with it all.

i figured Drew was right, it deserves a general touch up at least, and I already have the Rally Pack strips in the shed, may as well do some finishing off.
 
I was about to order a spraycan to test color match, but the Id tag code says paint is M (which is actually meant to be Satin Spruce?).
I cant find a reference to gold on the color charts, there's a harvest yellow, and yellow blaze.
I know its hard to pick from a photo, but anyone want to take a stab and recognise this as being some flavour of Escort Gold?
If the concensus is that the M did mean Satin Spruce, well, this is the funny part.
That was the color of dads escort, and what I  was going to paint it if I proceeded with a fully respray, to the point where I had already bought a 500ml of Satin Spruce a year ago that I bought as a tester.
 
Perhaps the cars color has been changed, and it's Buddhas way of telling me to do a proper job and return it to original.
Weird?
 
 

Could be Tropic Gold, codes don't match but its in the '75 parts catalogue and the '76 workshop manual. The Falcon shown is Tropic gold. I'll have a look in the '78 onwards parts guide, but I've just realized my new laptop doesn't have a disk drive so I'll have a try on the mrs one when she gets home.



 

Try this link Dean, I have this one marked as I have found to be the most accurate.
 
http://www.rsmotorsport.c...hnical/escortmkii.html