Mk1 Escort progress

[Howitzer]

Well in 3 years it has gone from this....





To this....



Not exactly the fastest progressing car on the planet but at least the chassis work is pretty much all done.

I'm all excited as I know it will be coming home soon so I can build me an engine with some power!

Dave!

[peterwalters]

Looking good.......ive got a mk1 escort road car...cant wait to get started on!

good luck with it...

Pete

[anonymous-user]

Looking good, keep us updated. I used to have a Mk1, a '69 pre-facelift, I've always had a soft spot for them!

Lee

[Furyous]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

Looking good, keep us updated. I used to have a Mk1, a '69 pre-facelift, I've always had a soft spot for them!

Lee

Hey Lee, how come your chassis is up for sale ?



sorry for the thread hijack

[F.M]

Nice gonna be a winner there...love the Mk1`s ...rare.

[anonymous-user]

[quote=Furyous
Hey Lee, how come your chassis is up for sale ?



sorry for the thread hijack
[/quote]

Time to move on I'm afraid. After nearly 13 years with the Camaro, now we've won the title she's kind of achieved everything she can. We need a full tube car now if we're to successfully defend our number 1 plate, she's a big girl to try and get away from the startline and after the performances shown in recent events by a certain yellow Scorpio we're going to need to be deep in the 7.50's next season.

It'll be gut wrenching to see her go though

If anyone wants a piece of drag racing history, a proven winner and the quickest and fastest non-tube car in Europe though give the old man a bell ([e-mail])

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 8th October 05:33

[Howitzer]

F.M said:

Nice gonna be a winner there...love the Mk1`s ...rare.

It's going to be a road car mainly, i'll do a few runs on the strip and try and improve my times but I don't intend to do any racing or compete with it. A project more than anything.

Still want to get into the 9s though if possible.

Dave!

[cougarracing]

NICE!....its wierd, ive never liked escorts but the old mk1s really do make nice little drag cars...just look at mr bernadetis car for example

[Flying Toilet]

cougarracing said:

NICE!....its wierd, ive never liked escorts but the old mk1s really do make nice little drag cars...just look at mr Bernadine's car for example

[cougarracing]

i never said i could speel!

[Furyous]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

Furyous said:

Hey Lee, how come your chassis is up for sale ?



sorry for the thread hijack

Time to move on I'm afraid. After nearly 13 years with the Camaro, now we've won the title she's kind of achieved everything she can. We need a full tube car now if we're to successfully defend our number 1 plate, she's a big girl to try and get away from the startline and after the performances shown in recent events by a certain yellow Scorpio we're going to need to be deep in the 7.50's next season.

It'll be gut wrenching to see her go though

If anyone wants a piece of drag racing history, a proven winner and the quickest and fastest non-tube car in Europe though give the old man a bell ([e-mail])

Edited by Rat_Fink_67 on Monday 8th October 05:33

Oh thats good, I had thoughts you mayhave been retiring !!!

Howitzer, sorry, meant to comment earlier, the 'scorts looking good.How long to completion ?

[Benni]

Hi EscortHeads !
This just got imported from sweden to germany,
did 9secs on a "not for the RWYB" non-prepped track.
The driver will enter it into S/G, maybe S/C next year.
http://www.racedriving.de/images/rudi/index.html
Regards,
Benni

[anonymous-user]

Furyous said:

Oh thats good, I had thoughts you mayhave been retiring !!!

Nah, not til I've had a go at least!

Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 10th October 05:13

[moparmick]

Anyone remember DLT's Tender Trap

[Howitzer]

That escort is awesome, but I couldn't change the shape of it like they have, doesn't look right. I'd love to see it run though!

Any idea of the rough horsepower, spec of the car?

Dave!

[NitroWars]

moparmick said:

Anyone remember DLT's Tender Trap

I remember The Stones' Tender Trap that DLT drove...

[moparmick]

Sorry, i meant the stones car, they ran 3 cars at the time if i'm not mistaken and they were all light blue.
Mick