Eskie92
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Original MK1 Escort Sound System
Hi everyone, I'm sorting out a sound system in my van and looking for details on the original MK1 Escort sound system which came out in the panlevan?
- Details on Speakers (Size, Brand, Power Output etc)
- Speaker Location
- Radio Brand/Model
Any help will be great, thanks
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/21 12:39:16
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OK, as far as i know the radio was an option in the MKI escort. It was a simple AM radio with ford branding on the face plate, it had a single 6 x 2 (or 2 1/2) inch speaker below the top surface of the dash.
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/21 16:52:55
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So the MK1 Escort never came out with a radio or speakers from factory but was a option through a dealership? Is that same case for the 2/4 doors as well? Would anyone possibly know any part number for the original optional radios?
I also have a couple of 2 doors and I know they defantly had a radio and speakers. There is still the wiring in the under dash loom for a radio and there is a factory looking mount on the rear parcel shelf for a single speaker.
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/21 17:01:19
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No, i think on the van it was an option. There was no-where to put the speakers in the back and they were not installed as they were meant as a workhorse rather than a fun driver
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/21 17:56:52
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My first car was a mk I van
It was a little ripper model it had an eight track and radio when I got it second hand but it was only a couple of years old so I assume it came that way when new.
From memory the only speaker was under the dash.I'll see if I can find any old photos before I changed it .
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/22 11:49:05
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This might answer some of your questions. Phil
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/22 12:13:04
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/22 12:55:38
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That answers a lot of what I was asking. My van is a 8cwt Deluxe (Unsure what the deluxe models had to offer) and the radio was a option. That also explains the evidence that my 2 doors had a radio at some point as they are both XL's and radios were standard in them.
With the vans from my understanding must have only had one speaker located under the dash and the 2/4 doors must have had one under the dash and another in the rear parcel shelf.
I'll use the part numbers given above and see if I can find something similar to what was offered.
Thanks heaps for the pictures Phil and thanks to everyone else for their input.
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/23 11:09:25
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From what I found looking about the internet and at old brochures, the standard mk1 radio looked like this. 
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/23 19:03:59
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Found this where someone claimed that the Radiomobile 1070X was the original radio in the E series. Unsure how true that is, could someone maybe verify this? Maybe the English Escorts had different radios?  Also found this which shows the Little Ripper Series Panelvan which appears to have a 8 stack radio. Maybe your van vmscon did originally have a 8 stack.  hak073 that picture you posted is of your car isn't it? You defiantly know that's what the car came with originally? Typing in the part numbers listed above into Google isn't coming up with any pictures of the original radios.
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/23 19:39:57
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it looks the part, if you cant find a definate i`m sure that would pass all but concourse
judging
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/24 11:41:27
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Eskie92
hak073 that picture you posted is of your car isn't it? You defiantly know that's what the car came with originally?
Yep Eskie, that's my car. It had a dodgy tape deck in it when I got it so I hunted about for what the original should have been. I found this Aussie brochure for the later mk1s.  It had this interior pic for the XL, and the radio is there. But I did just notice that this pic is meant to be a later mk1, but still has the old switches and no dash dimmer wheel next to the headlight switch. Can't see the indicator lights to see if there are two triangles or just the one rectangle.   When I bought another console to replace the busted one in the car it came with the radio attached, which I think the guy selling it said was on the car since new. I think its the right one, but I guess there is a chance its not.
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/25 01:07:43
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If that radio is featured in a brochure I would say there is a fair chance it is quite possibly what the original MK1 Escort radio looked like.
Thanks heaps hak073 for the pictures, I now know exactly what to look for
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/25 01:16:55
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hak073
It had this interior pic for the XL, and the radio is there. But I did just notice that this pic is meant to be a later mk1, but still has the old switches and no dash dimmer wheel next to the headlight switch. Can't see the indicator lights to see if there are two triangles or just the one rectangle.
My Escorts have a Cigarette Lighter, seatbelt light, dimmer and double indicator lights. Is that just standard stuff for a later model Escort or are they options? What's the difference in the older style switches, how can I tell the difference?
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Re: Original MK1 Escort Sound System
2014/06/25 11:55:25
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All those things were standard in the later model Mk1s. I think (someone correct me if I'm wrong) the early cars were pretty much straight out of England, so different switches and dash. Then the locally assembled cars had to have a certain % of local manufactured bits, so parts started changing when local suppliers were used. I've been having a look around at my photos and have a few more examples. The other year down at Small Ford Sunday in Melbourne there was this very early mk1 (I think it was a '70 model) in very original condition. You can see the early switches, dash and centre console on it. Not the right radio though   Same switches (just a few more) with this LHD imported RS1600 mk1  Then at the SFCC display day a few years back there was another very original mk1, a later '74 model I think. You can see the later switches and console, double indicator lights on the dash and correct radio.  This is my mate Steve's '73 model (I think that's right). Somewhere in the middle. Has later switches and console, but single indicator light on dash. And same radio again. Not sure why the choke cable isn't there. They must have had auto choke on some of them.  Hope that helps 
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