ShaunS Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Hello Gents , and ladies, Im Shaun from Durban down in South Africa, Always have been into small old fords since lightie days. Currently have a 27yr old Saffie 2.0 Gli , thats been in the family for 18 years, And bought a minter 4door escort few years ago. Huge , huge fan of Harris performance engines, and well any old ford engine handing outing lessons to the younger generation Cool, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pack 2000 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Nice blue. Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colr6 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Welcome to OSF Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunS Posted April 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Thank you, Please note Im not a fan of big wheels on small escorts, just tried on a new look. The escort came with all its original trim , ie the color coded hubcaps and 13" biscuit tyres, Managed to source 175/50s whilst adding a modern flair to an old wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Welcome to OSF, Nice looking Escort. Surprised you guys have many ofvthem.left at the rate they're getting shipped back over here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pack 2000 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Thank you, Please note Im not a fan of big wheels on small escorts, just tried on a new look. The escort came with all its original trim , ie the color coded hubcaps and 13" biscuit tyres, Not a fan of the big wheels myself but wasnt going to say when you only just joined! LOL I think the original chrome hubcaps on 13in steels that are a bit wider than were on originally would look pretty classic with that nice colour and chrome bumpers it has on it. You mentioned colour coded hubcaps? Any images? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colr6 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Shaun, you may want to put your two penneths worth into the discussion in the chit chat forum on your thoughts of the likes of us pulling cars out the country. A view from one of the other countries where cars are exported from to the uk could be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2512pf Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Welcome to OSF, Nice looking Escort. Surprised you guys have many ofvthem.left at the rate they're getting shipped back over here! All the best ones have been handpicked Welcome pal and nice cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanlad Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Welcome to osf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunS Posted April 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Thank you for the welcome Gents, Ive seen many many cars disappearing here, cars being sold to family who then have been a stack load of money to sell and they gone.! But honestly, there is some reall beauties still tucked away in the Midlands of South Africa, I hunted for like 2 years and a close friend spotted this one the rural areas , like 800kms from the sea. The car has all original body panels and paint and engine, but the someone converted it to a manual gearbox and made a hash of it. My plan first to gut it and go for a sport look , but its grown on me and it will be kept all original on looks, Mods will be under the skin . Hard to belive a 38 year old paint job still intact mind the stone chips. Ofcourse I have no plans on repainting either , as its only original once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pack 2000 Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Wow those hubcaps are different to anywhere else. Very Unique. Thats some pretty impressive headers on that engine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accord83 Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 I like to hear the story about the exhaust manifold, as Rally Pack said, "impressive", but why? The hub caps look like standard late model Mk 1 Escort that have been colour coded, (similar to Mk1 Granadas?) I love a dog dish hub cap. Is the white vinyl roof a Ford fit, it suits the pale blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danxr2 Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Like it looks cool welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunS Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 The headers were locally made up back in the day by a local company called Brospeed. I heard that these were used on the formula ford open wheeled cars. Notthing impressive really, but similar spec to the what HPE or other tuning guys would use. I dont have the head to match the headers just yet. and its begining to burn my starter wires too. But its Work in progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunS Posted April 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 Fast Forward to April 2020, Not much progress on the car, Its still garage bound. Interior has been stripped down to clean up the floor pans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 On 21/04/2017 at 15:25, Rally Pack 2000 said: Wow those hubcaps are different to anywhere else. Very Unique. Thats some pretty impressive headers on that engine too. We got hubcaps that looked a bit like that in the UK. Not on Escorts as I recall though, Corsairs maybe? A set here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264507485718 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notenoughtime Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Welcome Shaun nice original car you have there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monza Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Welcome Shaun. Missed this back in 2017!! Nice "factory" looking more-door you got there. Look good with a set of Lotus steels and try the hub caps on them.Love the exhaust manifold too.... Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunS Posted April 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 Thank you, Was hoping to get things going with the car, however life's priorities do take over. At least for now its dry stored in the garage, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunS Posted September 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) Fast forward to 2021. Its been 4 yrs of owning the little Mk2. just when I thought id have the Kent screamer built, with the the go faster goodies, Got hit with an urge to go the Pinto Route, so used Lock down to effectively strip it all out again, As events unfolded, my auto gearbox on the saffy seen its days so ended up buying a complete non runner Gli just for the 5speed. Teh Pinto thus comes in handy along the extremely usefull other bits like fuel lines, wiring, etc etc, Lets hope its not another 4 yrs to get her back on the road Edited September 23, 2021 by ShaunS edit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunS Posted September 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) Used the lock down to teach myself how to weld, spray paint etc., Thus I tried my Hand at building the coilvers using eth unversal sleeve over sets. Still in the process of final mockup before welding. Also I decided to go with a 15inch wheel as opposed to 13 inch. I cant put my finger on it, but it doesnt look right? Perhaps the front needs to go down another 30mm? Edited September 23, 2021 by ShaunS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Boy Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 Looking good, I think a bit lower would be good , if the tyres don't rub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaileyMex Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 Missed this the first time round, so a belated welcome to OSF Cars look great, and love the work on the Escort. I tried 15" wheels on mine for a bit, lasted about 2 weeks then went back to 13's, just didnt sit right, and mine is already low so couldnt go down lower Were those 13's Starmags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunS Posted September 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 Thanks again, Im guessing the tyres are going to rub , but its on a 195 right now, Theres plenty options these days on 15 inch, can go to a 175/50 in 15 as well, The "5 Star " wheel is just a local knockoff rim , its on 6J wide and I wasn't to fond of it. Nonetheless, will lower an inch and see. the Pinto is yet to go in, so it will go down a bit more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG G Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 Hi and welcome 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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