dont you just love old fords

[bronze4door]

i got my mk1 escort insured on wednesday taxed it thursday night and went striaght to the manchester classic ford meet

 

drove it all the way to oulton park for the track day and back then when i decide to nip to post some letters the throttle cable snaps

 

they dont half pick the right time to break so i have just done the fastest ever throttle cable change from my 4 door to the 2 door so i can use it till i get another one

 

i am now going back out in it to attack some roundabouts in the rain

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

on mine the throttle linkage fell of in the middle of the moors

 

but it was easilly fixed thankfully

[bomber1]

know what u mean fella done a 1000miles in my mk2 in a week day after i got back from holiday the points snap off tho had spares so quick fix

[GJUK]

I did the same thing when I bought my car from Devon (going home to Nottingham) got 20 miles from home then Snap. managed to fix it somehow with cable ties .

[escortmad79]

Where abouts in Devon did you get yours? No wonder I couldn't find a saloon down here!!!

[GJUK]

Where abouts in Devon did you get yours? No wonder I couldn't find a saloon down here!!!

 

this was in 1999 ish. it was some dodgy guy on ebay, ended up being full of filler but i was 4 years old at the time and didnt know what i was doing.

 

Now im 22 and still, dont know what im doing

[escortmad79]

The bronze Mk1? Did it come from a village just outside Exeter called Ide?

If it was I went to look at that one, my mate found it & we went & took a look

[emu]

I was on my way to santa pod last year when my throttle linkage came apart where the rod clips into the carb.

 

Was slightly entertaining, seeing as how I was in the outside lane overtaking a line of traffic on the motorway at the time

[lee_capri]

i seem to sort one oil leek and it starts some ware else think i got to have my front caseing off now as looking very suspect