Low Mileage Escort Mk2 1600 Sport

[waynemex]

For sale is my 1979 Diamond White Ford Escort 1600 Sport. It’s a UK model with a genuine 47000 miles. I’ve had the car nearly 18 months and it has been in regular daily use.

The V5 is present and the car is in my name, the chassis number matches the engine. There is a lot of history with the car including every old mot to back up the mileage. I don’t know the full story of the cars restoration but I believe it was restored about 14 years ago, when it had a light restoration which included a new pair of front wings and a repaint. The strut tops and wing rails look original and don’t look like they have had any metal repair work, the vin can be seen stamped in to the off side strut top.
Mechanically the car is standard apart from a middle and rear stainless steel exhaust system (that is a copy of the original) and Ford electronic ignition has been fitted (no more fiddly points and condenser changes), and a manual choke conversion. The engine is nice and quiet and doesn’t use any oil or water. The fan still has the housing surrounding the viscous fan, original manifold brace between the gearbox and 4 branch, and even had the sump drip guard fitted when I bought it. This will go with the car but I removed it as they are a bit fragile. The tyres all match around the car and have been on around 2000 miles, the spare tyre has not been used. The 3 spoke steering wheel still has texture all round it, the doors shut perfectly with a clunk I’ve not heard since I had first had one when they were 8 years old.
The blue/ white chevron interior is near perfect, the original interior has very little wear, no holes, rips, stains or burns, no speaker holes and the original mw/lw radio fitted. Driving the car is as close as you are likely to get to how an original sport felt in 1979, fairly quiet with no crashes or bangs anywhere. I did the lakes tour this year and did 360 miles over the weekend with no problems and it averaged 38 mpg over the run. Its taxed until December and tested until next June.
Only for sale as I have a few projects I want to finish and could do with putting some money in to them. The car is in Flintshire, North Wales, post code ch8, 30 minutes from Chester. Please no offers of PX’s, I don’t need another car, although I do like 70s/80s 2 stroke bikes . I can be contacted on 07507287478, and the car can be seen on the North Wales Classic Ford stand at the Manchester Classic Car show at the trafford centre this weekend http://www.manchesterclassiccarshow.com/

 

£9k ono

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[waynemex]

Sold!

[The Transplanter]

That doesn't surprise me at all

 

Very original looking!