Escort XR3

[curly72]

It's a 1982 XR3 (last of the non injections), it wasn't my intention to buy one of these but when it's only had 2 owners and 64,000 from new and the guy accepted my offer of 100 of your finest english pounds it would be rude not too, it needs some welding where it has been sitting around under a cover for the last 8 years and I am in the process of removing the RS1600i lookalike stickers and all the god awful colour coded bits to make it original then a full respray is on the cards

Edited by curly72 on Friday 16th March 16:28

Edited by curly72 on Friday 16th March 16:29

Edited by curly72 on Friday 16th March 16:30

[curly72]

150bhp said:

100 notes? Nice 1. Any more pics and whats the plan for it?

Going for the standard look but sitting slightly lower

Edited by curly72 on Friday 16th March 19:08

[curly72]

stevenr said:

100!! Lucky chap indeed,what reg is it? 4 or 5 speed box?

I had one until the end of 2010 and it was one of the very last non injections too,Y reg with a 5 speed box from new.Only sold it to buy my 16i

I have a set of hella spot lights here that would look far better on the front of it than the squre things that are there now too.;)

It's on a Y plate with the 5 speed box, the grille was the first thing to be removed and got myself an original one on the bay cheap, luckily the black plastics are all good after the red paint had been removed from them

[curly72]

NateWM said:

Must require a lot of welding if it's been under a cover for 8 years, eh?

It's not too bad, the sills need replacing probably from the water sitting behind those non standard naff side skirts, there are a couple holes the size of 50p in the rear inner arches and that's about it, under the bonnet is solid as is the boot floor and under the carpets, the bottoms of the doors are good and so are the arches, front valance etc, the only things that need replacing are the common faults ie: the battery tray and the dash has loads of cracks in it

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stevenr said:

Forgot to say,have a look on www.seriesoneturbo.co.uk for all your mk3 needs,if you're not already there of course.

Thanks for the tip, I'm struggling with sourcing some bits so I'll look them up

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thebigmacmoomin said:

Bargin!! Doesnt look right the way it does, once back to its orignal look with black bumpers, it will be perfect.

You're not wrong, who ever thought everything would look better in red must need their head testing, but at least they were painted propally with a good few coats so the actual black plastic underneath is like new, even the rubber boot spoiler was painted and again is in excellent condition under all the layers

[curly72]

That is indeed my old car, unfortunately I moved to North Devon to a house with no driveway or garage so had to sell her, I sold it last May to a local guy to me in Berkshire then so looks like it’s changed hands a couple of times in the last year, I was the 3rd owner and it had 63,000 on the clock ( apparently original according to the previous owner but not proven), it still ran on 4* petrol when I had it.
It’s good to see the old girl back to it’s former glory and being treated the way it should be, I’m glad it ended up with someone who will look after it and obviously spend the money on it that it needs, would love to see more pics of it (interior etc), keep us all updated as you go along

[curly72]

I still have my morning cuppa in the mug