The meXEco

[Tom]

Thought i'd better put up some pics of my car for you guys

 

Started as a daily drive in '98. If you lived in Chessington then and ordered from pizza hut it may well have been me delivering your food in it.

 

With a growling 1098 fitted! It soon got a 1600 x-flow, a 1700 x-flow which didnt last long and then a 2 litre pinto

 

2 new wings and a full respray in 2004

 

*cant find a painted pic - bugger*

 

Then, in 2007, she got a new front end and a Vauxhall XE engine

 

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/vi ... hp?t=32030

 

The meXEco was born

 

On the rollers - She made 185 gee gee's on a standard engine

[mk1mexico]

Great looking motor mate

[Tom]

Thanks bud, i was just admiring yours in RetroFord

[YOUNGY]

thats real nice mate

[lotusless]

don't look much different from 98 does it?

 

 

 

 

lovely mate

[RossMK2]

love your car mate

 

first saw it on escort dvd then saw it at ford fair

[banarama]

very nice

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

i like it seen it a few times

 

ive always wondered why have you done mexeco not mexico

 

is it because of your engine choice

[midlandsslabber]

thats a gorgeous car mate

 

like the twist in the name too XE

[Vista]

Lovely looking car Tom, nice to see it progress in a short series of images like that.

[SebringRS]

Very nice m8

 

Tht decals sooooo cool

[retrorigg]

i was thinking mexECO the eco bit stood out i was thinkin must have a diesel in or be electric or summat,

[Tom]

Cheers guys, over_head_cam (phil) spent a day designing the meXEco decals for me and the nice guys at DMB made them up for me

 

Vista - I've got some more, early pics of it somewhere i'll have to find them. all thats really changed, looks wise, on the car is another set of seats and wider 4 spokes since i first painted it.

 

 

Still don't like the 7's

[SmokeEm]

I love it

[marky4]

love your car tom

[cobweb]

perfect mate, the wheels, the car, and the engine choice.

[NeilT]

tip top fella a real credit to ya fella

[Tom]

I may even tax it and get on the road this year!!

[Kieran]

Love it! Defo one of my favourite mk2 escorts

[mk2dk]

Very nice mk2 - looks spot on. I have a dvd, think it's called Fastest Fords, on that film a mk2 escork, same color, same wheels etc. are circling on the grass. Is it your car ? and you behind the wheel ?

[Tom]

Guilty

[jamesmk1]

i think i still have pics of it befor the engine when in.

 

go and get some tax so i can hear it drive pass, that might make me fix mine

[Tom]

Get your bits mate and i'll give you a hand

[100e jake]

Lovely car tom

[Tom]

Cheers mate. I actually spent some time down the garage this weekend doing some 'i'll get round to it jobs' Fitted up the new WCXM, had to modify one of the mounts as the sump was just touching the rack.

 

Fitted some double width anti roll bar mounts that i've had for god knows how long and removed and shortened my exhaust manifold as it hung too low under the car.

 

Can anyone with an escort tell me how low there exhaust sits past in relation to the chassis rail at the front jacking point?

 

mine now sits around 3/4 inch lower than the rail now - which still seems a bit low to me?

 

I may make up a new exhaust system while its off too