sab6024 Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Bit silly really. I was into old Mercedes when I was a youngster. Then when I was about 15 one of my 'mates' tried to set me up on a blind date hoping it to backfire in my face. Only thing is I got on really well with the lad and he was driving an Angle at the time. His mate had a Mk1 Escort or 2. They used to come and pick me up in them every Wednesday night to help rebuild another Mk1. I always wore mini skirts in those days so I always had to polish the low bits. I was hooked on these cute little cars tho. I've owned OSF's ever since. Sorry this was a few years ago and I'm generally found in jeans or my nurses uniform. My legs rarely come out now.
72mk1escort Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Got offer a mk1 escort for nothing so i took the offer and it went from there really
RFChris Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 I blame my Dad. When i was a tot he a has a Chevy, then that changed to a Capri then another then another. The rest as they say, is history! Chris
orionmojo Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 i laid a patio for my dad and basically helped to remodel our garden, the money he saved in labour went towards billy, the mk2 on my drive
PIG Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 my old man had a few escorts and tina's and i got hooked from there really,1st motor was a 1600e tina and had mainly rwd fords since,fook that was 21 years ago
Gonzo Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 I blame my addiction purely on Sambo. It's all his fault.
Gareth Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Been into old cars all my life..... That's my Dad's fault I originally wanted a yank but couldn't afford one, So I looked at RWD English classics. The MK1 Escort was the first car that came to me Must've been fate 'cuz I've never looked back and I'm full on hooked Fookin love it
billc Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 Aged 15 I got a mk2 4dr escort to learn to drive in the fields nearby. Paid £99 with £25 worth of tax left on it... Lasted okay til I broke the box practising clutchless changes I always preferred the mk1 look, then finally managed to scrape enough cash to get the one I have now about 5 years ago. Had plenty of tat in between- 2CVs, yugo, chevette, metro etc... Not going back there again- hooked for life now I think!
john_3.0s Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 a long long time ago (1995) I was having a driving lesson when a blue mk1 escort lit up the back end at a cross roads coming towards me and flew off in a haze of tyre smoke. Obviously the instructor wasnt amused but I though it was so cool to see a decent old motor being driven hard, a week after passing my test I had a mk2 1300 two door and the fun began....
mk2_escort_chick Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 I've just always had a thing for mk2 escorts. Prob because my dad and 2 cousin's both race and there's a real mixed bunch there. But...prob my cousin because we used 2 watch him sprint/race before my dad started.
andrewg1323 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 i learnt to drive down the scrapyard in capris i;d prepped for banger racing (damn if only i;d kept any spares!)
tazrocks88 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 i have always loved cars especially fords!!! my dad has a mk2 tina his mate had a mk2 escort and i have always loved them then in 2005 i saw the OSF ford fair stand and that was that i had 2 get a mk1 escort i knew i wanted a classic ford but that just made up my mind and nearly 2 years later i found the 1 i had been looking everywhere for and of all places it was on ebay and i will never look back!!!
Wessie Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 got to blame it on polley . . . . . saw him racing up @ the NEC and i went out and brought an anglia straight away. also been into rallying so been brought up on watching mk1's ad mk2's coming flying throught the woods flat out
Johnson Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 my mate, took me out a couple of times on his 1600 anglia. only in the wet and mostly around roundabouts i was hooked from that point on
escortmad79 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 Sorry this was a few years ago and I'm generally found in jeans or my nurses uniform. My legs rarely come out now. When I was young I would occasionally walk past a house with a Sebring Red Mk1 Mexico sat in the driveway, recognised that it was something special & fell in love with it. Also had the Scalextric set with the black RS1600 & yellow TR7 ( ) & whenever I played with it I was always the RS1600 A few years back I was working at a place & one of the old bosses showed an interest in the 1300 Ghia that I owned at the time, followed by a standard 2 door 1300L Mk1 & it turned out that he owned the Sebring Mex that first got me interested (small world!!)
RedditchJay Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 Had a MK2 4 door 1.3L as my 1st ever car and passed my test in it............. loved it........ me and two mates went all round the UK in it from Lakes to Nequay........... drove it into the ground over 2 years. and I always wanted a MK1 Mexico but couldn't afford one then........
DeuceCoupe Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 got in to them through my ex husband bought Polo off him
Osgood Isgood Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 My first car was actually a Hilman Avenger, which cost me £325 in 1978....a fortune at the time. But not long after buying it a bloke in the boozer mentioned he was selling his Anglia for £75...I took a look, took a drive and was hooked. I still remember that I just started smiling as soon as I drove it....(and I have the same stupid grin on my face when I drive my current Anglia!) I sold the Avenger to an uncle who wrote it off two weeks later, and bought the Anglia....now on my fourth. It should be noted that the first Anglia was only 11 years old at the time, so wasn't so much OSF as state of the art Ford!!!! God I feel old!
Morley Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 Pushed the button on the door handle and the door came open then i got in pretty much as i would any car... i'll get me coat
pelvins Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 used to get taken to collage in an hilman imp which i then got as my first car !! , then i spotted an anglia in autotrader and the rest is all gravey baby
zahistorics Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 grew up in a sunny place when these were new skool: Road car 145 mph Track car 174mph down Kyalami's shortish straight
phili2000 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 Swapped 2 door chevette for 2.1 capri and never looked back just sideways
Guest oldfordfan Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 My Dad had a Mk1 Escy 1300 Sport, I loved it as a kid, he used to use it for Autotests round Huddersfield in the late 70's. I wrote my Nova off when I was 18 and there was a Mk1 1100 for sale locally so I got it, lost count how many I've had since then... 1 add 2 is er.. add 4 um plus another 5 MK2's yeah about 11 so far. If only I knew then what I know now about 2dr Mk1 and 2 Escorts I'd not have scrapped them..
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