styut

you did get a nice picture of me and my car though

there's a 'how to fit decals page' on this site : http://www.escortrs.co.uk/

I went to Timpsons and got a new set cut no problem

nice one - mine passed at the weekend as well

I know the feeling. I caught my gate post whilst reversing out of my drive last year : Throw things, kick things, and swear a lot is the only answer....

This is the graph I got - its 145bhp (presumably at the wheels?) - can you tell what the flywheel figure is from this?

1. JohnnyH - MK1 Escort 2. Ems - MK1 Fez 3. Burns - Mk1 Fez 4. KJ 1320 - Mk1 Escort 5. Oddball - Mk1 Escort [Nimbus] 6. MexDan- Mk1 Escort 7. boXXer- Mk1 Escort 8. jason harris- escort 9. jason harris- mk3 zodiac 10. Kevmk2 Mk2 Escort 11. Garymk2 Mk2 Escort 12. Madturk Mk2 Escort 13. Pelvins Anglia 105E 14. Capripete- Capri (of some sort) 15. lotusless. consul capri (again) 16. Noodles - Mk2 Escort Estate 17. mk1kev- mk2 escort 18. mossy - mk2 escort 19. wide escort - mk1 escort 20. ZetecVan - Anglia Van 21. Jubfab - Capri 2.8i 22. Maximusprime - 123E or mk1 fez 23. jamesmk1 - mk2 capri 24. emu - Mk2 escort 25. Steve Dray - 1967 Ford Anglia 105E 26. Leonmex-1972 mk1 esocrt 27. fleet-mk1 cortina gt 28. FlashCadillac - Mk1 Capri 29. sporty-corty16v-mk1 zetec cortina 30. webby - 105e 31. webby senior - 100e 32. Stu.C - Mk2.5 Capri 33. Hunter T mk1 escort 34. Sumo - mk1 NanaWagon 35. Jimboshka - Mk2 Escort 36. BaileyMex - MK1 Escort Mex 37. 105ESteve - Anglia 105E 38. LeakyGasket - Mk2 Cortina 39. jed 40. LEE2K7 41. smiffy-mk1 fez 42. styut - mk1 rs2000

Must have been the day for it today - I got mine started for the first time since November today, and took it out for a good shake down

Sounds good - I've got friends who live near Langenselbold (I think its called), which I don't think is a million miles away.

www.drivearchive.co.uk is worth trying as well. Plenty of old Escorts on there

All I took I'm afraid :

Its the one in the pic : I took it off when I bought the car, as I'm not too keen on them (each to his own..!) Its been on the car for quite a few years, so not in mint condition, but looks ok to me.

I've got one sitting in my shed if you want a second hand one?

How about starting at the Clacket Lane service station?

cheers - 160bhp x-flow will explain why I had trouble keeping up when he gave it some stick..!

Just wondering, because we followed it for a few miles into Boxhill last weekend in my rs2000.

Great pics. Any chance of e-mailing me the pics of my one ? My address is stewartanders@blueyonder.co.uk This is my car : Cheers, Stew

Getting in and out of my garage and past the gates is pretty tight. As I was backing it out to go to Box Hill today, I caught the fecking gate post, causing this dent in the front wing : Gutted - luckily though the paints not cracked, and it should hopefully come out ok.

I should be there in my new purchase :

Cutting off an original mk1 mexico wing which had an easily repairable dent, and throwing it away

An option which cost a whopping £9.88 in 1974 :

That looks like Abbey Car Breakers in Erith to me. I used to go there 20 years ago when you could take your pick from mk1's etc. I remember climbing to the top of a pile of cars there to take some bits out of an old cortina. Don't supose your allowed to climb up the cars nowadays..! They weren't that keen on mk1s back then - they used to crush them pretty quick. I remember a tidy looking black mk1 coming in - we went back the next week to get some bits off it, and they said 'we don't keep crap like that - we've crushed it... '

Nice one. I went to the hospital the other day, and in the waiting room was a pile of Readers Digest magazines going back to 1972..! There was a load of adverts in them for brand new mk1 Escorts, and also car hire companies hiring out mk1 Escorts.

me too

15 years so far - just getting warmed up.......