groundedescort

Welcome ! yes it will certainly be a talking point on one hand as its rare, but on the other hand for me i would feel like i had to convince anyone its a genuine one all the time for those who dont know but if you dont mind that then you'll have a gorgeous car there !

At the end of the day its what you can afford, when i bought my 4dr i couldnt afford a 2 door, i could afford a 2 door now if i sold my other cars projects and trailers etc but i dont want to, the fun i get out of my four door that i created is brilliant, sometimes i use it daily it gets wet and muddy but its not mint and i dont want a mint one that i'm scared to do anything with, dont get me wrong a mint 2 door in my garage would be awesome but i think i would enjoy mine more and different cars mean different things to different peope and there will be people who say the opposite so i understand both sides, Getting any mk1 escort now is hard, there's either rot boxes or concours and anything in the middle seems to be hard to find, i'm glad i have managed to get mine back after 4 years and this time its not going anywhere and i feel lucky to have any mk1 escort and i have worked hard for it, the price of any mk1 escort is high and i am sure in years to come the four door ones will become higher and i am sure they will only go in one direction but for me the fun i have with it 3 or 4 times a week is worth more than what its going to be worth in the future.

Anyones on here ? spotted in sussex today i remember being parked next to it at bromley pageant in 2012 and recognised the driver but anyone on here ? still looks mint ! Also spotted today in sussex a mk2 Cortina looked like a 1600e and a 60's ford mustang lots of classics out in the sun today !

Ha ha !

ok my green is slightly different but went for a shade i liked too

It was motd and on the road when i first got it ! Well theres a bit more to it than that ..... i sold it back in 2012 and tracked it down to the owner in scotland and made him an offer to get it back and he accepted so i have only had it back two weeks now and its not going anywhere now ! I sold it to him after i did all the work for £4000 nearly and now four years on had to pay £6000 to get it back with delivery cat 1 alarm and immobiliser and new bits i have added it now owes me over £7000 but another car wouldnt be the same to me i wanted this one back whatever ! i did it myself and talking about the colour at the time i did it i saw a green one with satin black bits on the front cover of classic ford mag and i saw it and said to myself i want a car that looks like that so the car below which i am sure many of you will know is what i based mine around hence the green and the satin black i really liked it .....

yes its more child friendly for me the kids get bored all the way up to the pod and back its a long day whereas this is not far from me but a good day other nethertheless weather permitting !

shame !

Mine you see in the pic is a four door i was in the market for a mk1 escort in 2012 but wanted any just to get one so prefered one that was cheaper needing work that i could do my self, i wouldnt be able to warrant getting a 2 door one on my budget but this one came on ebay and about 3 minutes after it came on i had bought it for £2300 needing a repaint, but it had all the extras i could ask for, 2.0 pinto, 5 speed box kenlow fan luminition ignition rs2000 bellhousing and sump, quickshift gearstick, janspeed exhaust, 6 dial dash, capri 2.8 legs and the list goes one all for £2300 ! so below there is a picture of it when i got it and when i painted it and did all the little mods to it like quarter bumpers colour change spots chrome turned satin black but yes i would prefer a 2 door if funds allowed me but i am very happy with this and it gets more looks than the Audi R8 following me the other other day ! My opinion is just to own a mk1 is a pleasure and i feel honored 4 door or 2 door or even van camper or estate for that matter they are beautifull cars in standard form or modified, soon people will be thinking the same and getting priced out of two door ones resulting in going for a 4 door one and will eventually push prices up of the four door ones closer to the two door ones but obviously not as much, i love my car because i have created it, its fun i love driving it and so does everyone else. Secondly i dont want it ever to be so nice clean and shiny that i cant use it daily, i use my car when i want to, i park it on my drive ( i have just had a cat 1 £400 alarm and immobiliser system fitted to it so if anyone even farts near it it will wake the whole neighbour hood up, it is less desirable i know but also less desirable to steal, i dont have mexico wings i dont have two doors all the bits that are worth silly money, im not worried about leaving it in tesco, most of the time it is garaged of course in various locations but i am happy to park it anywhere as its not mint and i enjoy it. My kids and wife enjoy going out in it and enjoy the attention it causes when i drive it around. Question is someone who has bought a mint 2 door worth £15,000 or £20,000 can you say they have the same fun out of their car that i do ? probably not i dont know. Lifes for living, cars are for driving for me its not an investment its a toy !

hopefully next year it will be different !

Well i doubt being the same day as classic ford show that there will be many from OSF at bromley pageant hence buying the t shirt !

all good ! the green was spot on i hate going into shops i only wanted a sticker originally lol

i was going to say this yes its a MR2 with the fiesta body on it look at those rear turrets could be quite fun and one way to rear wheel drive a fiesta !

Recieved my two OSF stickers today and a t shirt all good so many thanks to whoever does it and the new le mans green is perfect match !

yeah looks good watched a few videos on youtube of cars leaving and looks like always a good attendance i'll be there !