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On 05/11/2023 at 18:23, adw1977 said:

Yes, generally speaking it was only the lowest trim level that didn't have reversing lights.

The oldest Escort brochure I have, from 1971 shows "Standard" (lowest trim) and "Saloon" (second lowest) doing without, while L, XL and GT did get them.

Flickr : March 1971 brochure

I’ve never actually seen an Escort Standard, single sun visor and no temp gauge etc. I think I’ve only ever seen one basic rubber floored saloon and me and a couple of mates must have had 30 or 40 between us in the early 80’s. Even then the best condition ones always seemed to be 4 doors, usually XLs. But at £40/50 a throw we didn’t really care , a set of Capri struts with discs and either a 1600 Kent or 2.0 out of a Mk3 Cortina if we were feeling flush enough to buy a sump and mounts from European Motorsport and we were away.