Price of a 1300 xflow

[Sir-Cato]

Hi lads and ladies

 

Im in a spot of bother at the moment, As im looking at getting a mk1 escort as my first car and daily driver . Only problem is most of the escorts i come across either have a pinto/other random engine.

 

What sort of price would i be looking at for a new/used 1300xflow?

 

Many thanks

Lewis C

[Mr Sam]

i payed £5 for mine

[antz]

you cant be looking hard mate theres loads of original 1.1s and 1.3s about....depends if your after a 2 door or a 4 door.

 

2 door most will prob be pintos but 4 doors are just as cool and many are still un-modifed so will coem with either a 1.1 or a 1.3 engine. if you went for a ghia you could even go for a 1.6

 

the best place to get an engine would be G.S.ESCORTS as he will strap one to a pallet for you and ship it out. they arent much though cos most 1.3's are binned in favour of the bigger engines. dont let that put you off. a sorted well set up 1.3 will fly. mines just standard with an exhaust, k&n and a good tune up and for a 30year old 1.3 it sure flies!

 

heres a few on ebay for you to look at (no idea what your budget is but its just food for thought)

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ESCORT-mk2-1-3-GH ... 286.c0.m14

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1980-FORD-ESCORT- ... 286.c0.m14

 

this is a 1.6:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1980-FORD-ESCORT- ... 286.c0.m14

 

again a 1.6:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1968-FORD-ESCORT- ... 286.c0.m14

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-MK2-ESCORT-2 ... 286.c0.m14

 

rare 1.3 goldcrest:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Escort-Mk-2-Goldc ... 286.c0.m14

 

good luck with your search and they are a brilliant first car! i took mine to all the boy racer meets and they were very jealous

[Sir-Cato]

you cant be looking hard mate theres loads of original 1.1s and 1.3s about....depends if your after a 2 door or a 4 door.

 

2 door most will prob be pintos but 4 doors are just as cool and many are still un-modifed so will coem with either a 1.1 or a 1.3 engine. if you went for a ghia you could even go for a 1.6

 

the best place to get an engine would be G.S.ESCORTS as he will strap one to a pallet for you and ship it out. they arent much though cos most 1.3's are binned in favour of the bigger engines. dont let that put you off. a sorted well set up 1.3 will fly. mines just standard with an exhaust, k&n and a good tune up and for a 30year old 1.3 it sure flies!

 

heres a few on ebay for you to look at (no idea what your budget is but its just food for thought)

 

good luck with your search and they are a brilliant first car! i took mine to all the boy racer meets and they were very jealous

 

2Door for me

 

Cheers for the links, I`ll give G.S.ESCORTS a ring and see what they say.

 

Many thanks

Lewis

 

P.s. What does ykt mean?

[antz]

2 door...now your into a whole new realm im a 4 door man myself...( as everyone on here know!)

 

Means YOU KNOW THAT

[Shaun1706]

2 door...now your into a whole new realm im a 4 door man myself...( as everyone on here know!)

 

Means YOU KNOW THAT

 

Agreed ^^^

 

Mine is a 4 door 1.3 and it goes great guns. Brilliant value. Cheap to run and insure and if its in standard trim quite rare nowadays

[tim]

there out there,but if u cant find a 1300 power car,look for a 1600,easier 2 swap the engine back,not that there alot of agro with swapping a pinto for xflow.

good luck with the search,i know of a few mk1s around the oxford area

[FlashCadillac]

iv given two 1300xflows away in the last month.... ad iv got one hear with jimbobs name on it

[Sir-Cato]

there out there,but if u cant find a 1300 power car,look for a 1600,easier 2 swap the engine back,not that there alot of agro with swapping a pinto for xflow.

good luck with the search,i know of a few mk1s around the oxford area

 

Do you happen to have a link/email address?

 

Many thanks

Lewis

[Mick The Cabbie]

Don't write off the idea of a 4 door Escort. I've always gone for 2 doors in the past. This year though, I wanted a cheapish car to use for the summer and deliberately went the 4door route. With sympethetic modifications, you can have 4doors looking the part

 

Also, most 4door cars have lived an easier life having not fallen into the hands of boyracers as can be seen in the ebay links above. So it's easier to find a good one for reasonable £££s

[cjay2004]

just 1 thing to take into account , make sure its registered as a 1300 or 1100 , cos if its a 1600 or 2000 and u wanna change the engine back , well thats easy, but getting it reregisted back as a 1000/1300 is not so easy....

 

just my advice

[NginEEr]

also if you switch engines insurance companies tend not to care if its a smaller or larger engine they see it as not standard and it hits the roof

[Stu_B]

Really?! My insurance company bases the rate on the vehicle the engine came from - so If I fit a ferrari engine in an escort I'd pay ferrari rates... but if I fit an escort engine in a ferrari....

[NginEEr]

Its more down to age and a non standard car.

When i stated i had an engine change they didnt want to know the

Capacity just gave me a stupidly high quote

[tazrocks88]

you cant be looking hard mate theres loads of original 1.1s and 1.3s about....depends if your after a 2 door or a 4 door.

 

2 door most will prob be pintos but 4 doors are just as cool and many are still un-modifed so will coem with either a 1.1 or a 1.3 engine. if you went for a ghia you could even go for a 1.6

 

the best place to get an engine would be G.S.ESCORTS as he will strap one to a pallet for you and ship it out. they arent much though cos most 1.3's are binned in favour of the bigger engines. dont let that put you off. a sorted well set up 1.3 will fly. mines just standard with an exhaust, k&n and a good tune up and for a 30year old 1.3 it sure flies!

 

heres a few on ebay for you to look at (no idea what your budget is but its just food for thought)

 

good luck with your search and they are a brilliant first car! i took mine to all the boy racer meets and they were very jealous

 

2Door for me

 

Cheers for the links, I`ll give G.S.ESCORTS a ring and see what they say.

 

Many thanks

Lewis

 

P.s. What does ykt mean?

 

personally im with antz u cant beat a 4dr and u can make it near as dammit look like a 2 door by a few slight mods