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[Mark F]

Good evening everyone.  Thank you for allowing me to join your forum.  I own a 1973 Mark 1 Escort 1300XL M Plate.  It has done 105,000 miles and I am very keen to keep it running as long as possible.  Every time I take it out I am always stopped by someone who wants to admire the car and reminisce.  I have owned the car for more than 40 years although I have never tried to fully restore it.  Mechanically it is excellent but the bodywork is a problem.  I have a good garage who can do running repairs with rust but they have recently identified a serious problem with holes in the floor.  They say they can patch them (as heas been done before) but I gather it is possible to buy new floor panels and I am keen to explore that to avoid this becoming an annual issue.  

The person I deal with at the garage was optimistic he coould source floor panels but when I asked him abvout it last week he admitted he had drawn a blank and recommended I join a forum like  this to make inquires.  I gather the floor comes in for separate pieces which when fitted togerther form the rectangular floor plan.

It is nice to be able to speak to fellow Mark 1 Escort enthusiasts and if anyone kwows where these floor panels are still being made I would be very grateful.  Thank you in advance for your help. 

Kind regards

Watford Mark

[DT36]

Welcome to the forum. 

Have a look at this video, as it recaps a floor fit from a previous episode :

 

 

[Vista]

Welcome to Old Skool Ford.

Yes you can get complete floor pans now, in fact you can get a complete reproduction shell now.

Near side floor pan

Offside floorpan

[Xp197777]

Welcome to OSF Mark I went down the new floor pan route just for peace of mind , One less thing to worry about then  👍

[BaileyMex]

15 hours ago, DT36 said:

Have a look at this video, as it recaps a floor fit from a previous episode :

Cor, £16,000 for the shell 😨

[BaileyMex]

Welcome to the site Mark.

Feel free to start a new post on the work you are planning on the car .
Be nice to see some pics of it as well.

And 40 years! I bet you have tonnes of tales for the car, I've had mine for 19+ years and I thought that was fairly long

[Mark F]

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for all your replies.  I will follow your advice and can now hopefully track down the floor panels based on the steer you have provided.  Thank you for your interest and advice which is much appreciated  Kind Regards.  Mark

[Mrs O/H/C]

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