RE: Ford Escort 1600 GT (Mk1) | Spotted

RE: Ford Escort 1600 GT (Mk1) | Spotted

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OldSkoolRS

6,717 posts

178 months

Friday 25th November 2022
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Imagine being able to go to that car park in your photo today and drive the TR7 convertible, 205GTi or the RS2000 presumably in almost new condition. smile

Johnnybee

2,279 posts

220 months

Friday 25th November 2022
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A friend built this mk1 GT. It's pretty much one of the cleanest mk1s you will find.








Brand new zetec engine


greenarrow

3,550 posts

116 months

Friday 25th November 2022
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J4CKO said:
The impression now is that every RWD Escort was some RS drift monster driven by Wannabe Hannu Mikolas, there were old Escorts with extra lamps on and various other mods but by and large nothing like the perfectly turned out examples now, in the eighties they were old sheds by and large.


The typical ones I remember were generally driven by old blokes, fag in the corner of their mouth. The caretaker at my primary school had one, all roll ups and creosote. My grandad had one before his Chevette phase, then a Fiesta MK2 and culminating with a Metro 1.1.

Or old ladies in a 1.6 Ghia in Beige going to church.
Totally agree with this sentiment. I briefly owned a Mk2 Escort estate in 1990 and it was a hateful thing. Broke down on me several times and the worse incident was the windscreen wipers giving up in Shaftesbury one evening, leaving me trying to navigate my way home on a dark and rainy A350, it was terrifying!

As a Ford fan myself (but the later RPJ generation Fords) I get why these Escorts are nostalgic and valuable and a Mexico or RS is a lovely thing, but for £26,950, for my 1970s bread and butter car fix, I would find the nicest AlfaSud I could find and buy it, with probably about £16K left over for something else! Now that was a 1970s car that was dynamically superb out of the box without any mods (I still regret selling mine) and considering the low numbers left, very undervalued in today's heated market!

OldSkoolRS

6,717 posts

178 months

Friday 25th November 2022
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Johnnybee said:
A friend built this mk1 GT. It's pretty much one of the cleanest mk1s you will find.
That's lovely Jonnybee. Clean install of the Zetec engine too.

Funny you mention the Alfa Sud Greenarrow as that was the car my Mum and Step Dad owned before they bought the RS2000 I now have. It was a lovely car (our first brand new car too in 1978), though some teething problems with the engine, so my Mum ended up having a succession of different Alfa Suds while they sorted hers out. She ended up running in about 3-4 different ones I think, including a bright green Ti with a big white Alfa logo on the bonnet...not very subtle even for the 1970s. biggrin


s m

23,164 posts

202 months

Friday 25th November 2022
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OldSkoolRS said:
Imagine being able to go to that car park in your photo today and drive the TR7 convertible, 205GTi or the RS2000 presumably in almost new condition. smile
Yep, certainly the 205 ( 105bhp version )was almost new - picture was 1986 . TR had the V8 in rather than the 4-pot

zigzag69

7 posts

85 months

Wednesday 4th January 2023
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Legacywr

12,016 posts

187 months

Wednesday 4th January 2023
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I wonder why?

nismo48

3,600 posts

206 months

Thursday 29th June 2023
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zigzag69 said:
£19k a fair price?

marklovatt

2 posts

4 months

Thursday 7th December 2023
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xtreme ant said:
Here is my Mexico recreation.Taken in 1985
1700 cc twin 40s,Mexico three rail box and Mexico rear axle and brakes,and 140 mph clocks.



roamer247

3 posts

110 months

Saturday 30th December 2023
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Any body got any up to date news about this car and photos

roamer247

3 posts

110 months

Saturday 30th December 2023
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Johnnybee said:
A friend built this mk1 GT. It's pretty much one of the cleanest mk1s you will find.








Brand new zetec engine

With that engine thats not a GT

roamer247

3 posts

110 months

Saturday 30th December 2023
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Has anybody got any up to date news and photos of the blue Escort in this article

markymarkthree

2,235 posts

170 months

Saturday 30th December 2023
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roamer247 said:
Johnnybee said:
A friend built this mk1 GT. It's pretty much one of the cleanest mk1s you will find.








Brand new zetec engine

With that engine thats not a GT
Why not?
I have a V6 Essex in my Mk3 Cortina GT. Its still a GT.