MK1 ESCORT SPORT
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How i wish i had some pics of it and i can remember some of the reg no.s of many of the cars and bikes i have owned but not the Escort . I remember an aqaintance coming to see it , he had a Twin Cam motor he wanted to shove into it and i was hopeing to make a profit from the tt ,unfortuneately he spotted the workshop manual that came with it opened it up and out fluttered my receipt for it , he grabbed it before i could and i lost the sale . I ended up selling it to a trader pal and he sold it on very quickly, wish i knew what became of it .
Have just read this post having come across a Mk1 brochure from Sept 73 and would add to the discussion:
1 Rev counter was incorporated in the 6 dial instrument pack (but I have a feeling that in 71 or 72 there was a mid-life facelift? so the reference to an external rev counter may be to earlier cars)
2 Alloys on this car look as if they are non-standard (RS2000?), brochure shows the generic Ford 5" steel "sports" road wheel.
Incidentally, the brochure may be part of a few hundred that could soon be sold to Pooks as part of a clear out of a (literally) misspent lifetime of collecting them. Feel free to PM me if you are interested in acquiring this or any of my other seventies/eighties collection of Ford literature.
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1 Rev counter was incorporated in the 6 dial instrument pack (but I have a feeling that in 71 or 72 there was a mid-life facelift? so the reference to an external rev counter may be to earlier cars)
2 Alloys on this car look as if they are non-standard (RS2000?), brochure shows the generic Ford 5" steel "sports" road wheel.
Incidentally, the brochure may be part of a few hundred that could soon be sold to Pooks as part of a clear out of a (literally) misspent lifetime of collecting them. Feel free to PM me if you are interested in acquiring this or any of my other seventies/eighties collection of Ford literature.
[Mods: I hope this does not break the rules re advertising on a forum - I would just prefer that knowledgeable & enthusisatic PHers have first chance to get their hands on them]
Sortie 10 , i would be interested in some of your brochures , inc RS 2000 Mk1 and 2 , Capri 3 Litre and 2.8is , also any BMW 3.0 CSL Brochures and TVR Griffith ?
Think you are correct re RS Alloys on a Sport , should be Sports Steels as Orig Fitment , RS Alloys didnt come out until Early 1974 ?
Think you are correct re RS Alloys on a Sport , should be Sports Steels as Orig Fitment , RS Alloys didnt come out until Early 1974 ?
GT Kevin said:
The dash is the normal 6 pot Same has MK1 RS2000 OR MEXICO ETC
Didn't the early (72/73 - K & maybe L reg) Sports have the non 6-pot dash with the seperate on-dash mounted tach...?The dash changed to the Mex/RS type later on.... from fading memory cells, I think around autumn 73, when 'M' reg came out....
aeropilot said:
GT Kevin said:
The dash is the normal 6 pot Same has MK1 RS2000 OR MEXICO ETC
Didn't the early (72/73 - K & maybe L reg) Sports have the non 6-pot dash with the seperate on-dash mounted tach...?The dash changed to the Mex/RS type later on.... from fading memory cells, I think around autumn 73, when 'M' reg came out....
With a modified 1600 x flow and the right gearing you could push the 110MPH seedo way, way off the clock... Don't ask me how I know this, I just do.
Jaguar steve said:
aeropilot said:
GT Kevin said:
The dash is the normal 6 pot Same has MK1 RS2000 OR MEXICO ETC
Didn't the early (72/73 - K & maybe L reg) Sports have the non 6-pot dash with the seperate on-dash mounted tach...?The dash changed to the Mex/RS type later on.... from fading memory cells, I think around autumn 73, when 'M' reg came out....
This is what it looked like.
aeropilot said:
Jaguar steve said:
aeropilot said:
GT Kevin said:
The dash is the normal 6 pot Same has MK1 RS2000 OR MEXICO ETC
Didn't the early (72/73 - K & maybe L reg) Sports have the non 6-pot dash with the seperate on-dash mounted tach...?The dash changed to the Mex/RS type later on.... from fading memory cells, I think around autumn 73, when 'M' reg came out....
This is what it looked like.
Some more Photos ! At the moment its at CANADA MOTORSPORT in norfolk having some final setting up! Forgot to say its now running a Modded 1600 XFlow with type 9 box. It has a Mk2 escort auto gear tunnel fitted
Single box Exhaust system fitted sounds awesome!
Single box Exhaust system fitted sounds awesome!
Edited by GT Kevin on Wednesday 14th April 18:38
Edited by GT Kevin on Wednesday 14th April 18:39
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Edited by GT Kevin on Thursday 15th April 09:49
Jaguar steve said:
aeropilot said:
GT Kevin said:
The dash is the normal 6 pot Same has MK1 RS2000 OR MEXICO ETC
Didn't the early (72/73 - K & maybe L reg) Sports have the non 6-pot dash with the seperate on-dash mounted tach...?The dash changed to the Mex/RS type later on.... from fading memory cells, I think around autumn 73, when 'M' reg came out....
With a modified 1600 x flow and the right gearing you could push the 110MPH seedo way, way off the clock... Don't ask me how I know this, I just do.
Up to 1970 the volt, battery, oil & volt guages had those word written above each & after 1970, symbols were used!
Some works cars used 9000rpm rev counters that are VERY rare!
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