if only

[tina2]

looking at the cover of the latest classic ford mag reminded me of an rs3100 capri I saw years ogo . It was the same colour as the one on the mag. There was an old quarry near me that was used as a car dump and I remember seeing this old capri with the gold stripes on it . There was no engine or wheels but the interior was all there. I didnt find out till years later what it was but if I had known then I would have taken it away. There was also a new unused mk5 cortine shell with a rusted out rear parcel shelf amongst the heaps of old cars.

[Mrs O/H/C]

I think there is a few people on here that wish to turn back time including me.

 

I owned cars that would have been worth a fortune now and just took it for granted how easy it was to buy them.

 

Also the amount of spares that Lead foot owned that just got "thrown away"

[gjh]

Ye time machines would be a great invention, looked through some of my archives of classic fords from the late 90's, mk2 RS2000's for under £2k, mint 4 doors going for 600 quid etc, my grandad had a mk2 1300l 2 door escort but when he died i.t was scapped, that was back in '94 I think

[over_head_cam]

I remember my 2 door Mk1 Escort. I gave a bloke 110 quid for it and drove it home

[livewire7116]

i bought my mk2 17 yrs ago which has a rot free shell will bilsteins all round a modified pinto and 5spd, also had 4 pots and all that for £80 cos the guy wanted his garage emptied to hand it back to the local council

[Slammed]

im born in the wrong era..it is a fact

 

wish i could be my age now and in say 1987-8 lets say aint gonna happen

[Mrs O/H/C]

I was 18 in 1986 ..my first car was a Mk2 Escort that i paid £900.

 

It was a beauty too

[Durham Fiesta]

as soon as you get talking to people about old fords , they can't belive the price they're going for now . The amount of stories i've heard of mint mk1/2 escorts going for £50 it makes you sick

[tina2]

I had a 2 door mk1 escort I bought from a local breaker for 45 quid with 2 months mot . It was an 1100 and I put white Mexico stripes on it with aerosol cans. Sold it for 25 quid . WTF What was I thinking, I wish I still had that car now not so much because of what there worth now but because it ended up as a field car and was burned out in the end.

[Nige S]

1986, I bought my first Mk1 Mexico for £800 and sold it as a rolling restoration in 1992 for £450.

[Pipster007]

In 1987 my oldest sister bought a 2dr MK1 with a full years MOT and full years tax for the princely sum of £25........Yes, I did say twenty five pounds only!!!!