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My new baby. 500m on it since a full rebuild by previous owner. full acid dip, bare metal respray, engine rebuild, gearbox rebuild by Brian Wildman who used to do the works boxes. full rewire, replacement of every bush on the car, all suspension arms blasted and sprayed, new dics/bearings/calipers. full leather re-trim, new headlining and excellent carpets fitted, modified crossmember and axle location/strengthening kit, salisbury diff.
rebuilt carbs, new fuel pump, regulator, leads etc etc. i've fitted an msd igntiion kit and new engine mounts thats all. it was mot'd this month and flew through the test, and i had a rolling road tune and setup last weekend, where it made 150bhp and nearly 150ft/lb at about 5600rpm, bang on the money for what they made when new.
it handles superbly, although i am being wary to a certain extent if its damp or wet as they do have a reputation for being twitchy in the wet.
performance is very strong, for a 930kg approx car with 150bhp and 150ft/lb, and you can relive your youth with the carbs on full song!
:-)
C2james said:
That's great, I'd love to buy one of these next year.
i would highly recommend one. although increasing in value they havent gone mental yet, and with mk1 and mk2 escorts being priced out of the market i couldnt see anything comparable with the rally history and rwd handling within my budget. £170 fully comp with agreed value altho road tax is still £230- robbing gits. the only thing is that if you arent any good at bodywork then try and get a restored one, they were very rusty cars in the day in certain spots, and need a lot of work to get them mint, but most parts are reasonably available still by the look of it, some metalwork is needed for arch lips/doors etc
Terminator X said:
150 horses must have gone well back then.
in a good way!
TX.
exactly, 150bhp used to be unheard of, people had to tune the balls off their pinto etc to get that! in a good way!TX.
6.8s to 60 back in the day, still not bad, even though every man and his dog has 200bhp in the diesel runaround at least these days!
bungle said:
Absolutely fantastic!!!
Been on and off looking at these for years, and I either never see one I'd fancied, or it wasn't the right time to buy, but that looks a peach.
Really really like that. Excellent buy. Very jealous.
there is a very tidy black s1 for sale at the mo via the owners club for 8.5k that has had a lot of work done, just needs the interior seat trim sorting (the original material isnt available anymore)Been on and off looking at these for years, and I either never see one I'd fancied, or it wasn't the right time to buy, but that looks a peach.
Really really like that. Excellent buy. Very jealous.
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