Back from the 80's

[The Transplanter]

Hi fella's

 

Just bought a MK2 Escort 2dr 1.3GL in Nevada Beige (yummy lol ), this is my first MK2 in 23 years Back in the 80's I owned virtually every MK2 model there was to be had, I even built a 3.0ltr with forest arches and 7.5 RS alloys which handled sh1t but sounded the bollox and went well in a straight line for the time

 

I have some photo's of my old cars but will need to scan them, in the mean time this is one of them, it started life as a Popular then had a sorted xflow fitted, but I kept melting one of the powermax pistons so ended up fitting a full RS2 running gear

 

This pic would have been around 1986

 

Parked next to my older brothers nearly new UR Quattro

 

I will dig out some more old pics if theres any intrest

 

In recent times I have been a VW specialist having a soft spot for the MK1 Caddy, I have a couple or rare ones and I also have a 2.8 VR6 Turbo

 

VR6 turbo photoshoot

 

 

Caddy Sport (only 250 produced), photo taken @ the Chelsea cruise

 

This is one of only 2 known made GTi Engineering Caddys, the styling is pretty pants, but I still have the build sheet and everything is there bar the head unit.

 

So now I have come full circle, plans for the MK2 are not set in stone but I have some pretty good ideas. Its a 2 owner car and the last owner bought it from Currie Motors in 1979, it was used up until 2003 and then just parked in the garage for the last 8 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parked next to my 1974 2.3 Vauxhall Magnum

 

Well thats me for now

 

Cheers

 

Al

[banarama]

welcome mate,nice old cars you had

[lotusless]

welcome to the site al the mk2 you just got looks good,

if you want to stick up some more pics the best place is the

readers rides room its where we all go to have a nose at the members motors.

[Fiesta Steve]

Welcome to OSF m8

[oxb1l]

Welcome

My mate has a caddy vr turbo aswell (goes really well) he 's a tech at Vw in Edinburgh

What was the plate on the ur a fella at work has one

 

L8r Bill

[Kieran]

Welcome to OSF, Nice Find

[Posse]

enjoy m8

[4DOOR-SHERWOOD]

Welcome to OSF mate, the mk2 looks a good shell!

[The Transplanter]

Thanks for the welcome fella's I will start a build thread when I make a start on it in the mean time I will re-familiarize myself

 

Welcome

My mate has a caddy vr turbo aswell (goes really well) he 's a tech at Vw in Edinburgh

What was the plate on the ur a fella at work has one

 

L8r Bill

 

What's his name? I may know him as the Caddy world is quite tight knit, although I only know of a couple of other VRT's. I built mine back in 2003, I have had it running up to 380bhp and its quite a handfull but excellent fun and jaw dropping quick

 

im in the process of doing some resto work and a repaint on the Caddy, so the Escort wont get started until the end of Dec/jan

 

The UR was a "Y" (83) plate, it was an early RHD, it was quite something back then!

 

Cheers

 

Al

[oxb1l]

Hi Al

Chris Morrison he works at Western Vw on gorgie rd Edinburgh

Pretty sure he's got similar power (severe grin factor)

 

Bill

[Slick53]

Hay welcome mate

 

like the old skool to mate

 

[The Transplanter]

Hi Al

Chris Morrison he works at Western Vw on gorgie rd Edinburgh

Pretty sure he's got similar power (severe grin factor)

 

Bill

 

I dont recognize his name but may recognize the truck if I see it? Edinburgh is a fair old trek from me

[The Transplanter]

Hay welcome mate

 

like the old skool to mate

 

 

Got to love a bit of old skool (with a modern twist of course)