HMC architecte britannique

[brownnova]

I saw one of these in the dealer I went to view a Saab in… the towel on the parcel shelf suggested it might not be fully water tight… 

[tooSavvy]

But, to do it with 'style!'....

🚙💨

[Schaefft]

A mate of mine just bought one of these with the 1.6 recently for 700 quid I believe. Considering his daily driver is a 106 that's even slower he sees it as a huge upgrade for long distance traveling, especially with the leather seats etc. The roof naturally didn't work on his but it only needed a little soldering action in the door module to be functional again. As long as nothing leaks it's usually just a simple to fix electrical issue.

[Hertz]

Your dog looks sad the Roller is gone...

I like the Focus CC, must be bottom of the curve bargain motoring.

[bezzabsa]

Rare to see a Galaxy / sharan/ alhambra these days

[HMC]

Growing up there was one of these down my street. a 1.3 GL 4 door. Aged 10 you could keep your ferraris etc, what i really wanted was one of these. I absolutely loved them.

Back then they were cheap first cars (around 1990) couple of hundred quid and scrap it when the mot was up. That is assuming it hadnt dissolved already, or been crashed.

Then a strange thing happened. They vanished overnight and then slowly they started getting expensive. By the time i started driving they were not mega expensive, but just hard to find.

My route to a mk2 escort was avoid 2 door (££££££) avoid uk RHD (££££££ plus most heavily welded or rotten)

So here we have a solid LHD import 1.3GL which is being delivered next week…

 

 

 

 

 

[wesacosa]

bloody hell. nice. my first car was a mk2 Escort 2 door in Sahara beige which I used to drive around thinking I was Ari Vatanen. If you had told me I'd be 46 and never have owned another I'd never have believed you 

[wesacosa]

of all the cars I ever owned this is the one I'd love one more drive of

[Bazfr69]

It’s amazing to think you couldn’t give these things away when I passed my driving test. 
I know I knocked the idea of one of them back for an 850 mini when I started driving. 

[egg]

Oh great, well done - I posted on the Tat thread that I thought it was a 'good deal' within the context of the RWD Escy madness.

[HillmanImp]

25 minutes ago, Bazfr69 said:

It’s amazing to think you couldn’t give these things away when I passed my driving test. 
I know I knocked the idea of one of them back for an 850 mini when I started driving. 

I sold a 2 door one for £50 once. There wasn't even much wrong with it, just needed a tiny bit of welding for the MOT but with what they were worth it just wasn't worth the bother. 

[garbaldy]

I've still got two full rhd dashes left if you want to convert it,   I bought 5 as done a few now,  

They're very easy to convert and the mk1 is  easier again. 

[hairnet]

badges need to FRO

looks good tho

 

[Bazfr69]

8 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

I sold a 2 door one for £50 once. There wasn't even much wrong with it, just needed a tiny bit of welding for the MOT but with what they were worth it just wasn't worth the bother. 

Madness. 
I love to see one on the road now but back then I thought they were an old fellas motor. 😄

[captain_70s]

It's interesting that Ford tax on these is largely a UK thing, for most of Europe boggo spec cars aren't worth much more than their contemporaries.

[danthecapriman]

I love that! Very well bought. Pretty much exactly what a mk1 or 2 Escort should look like.

If it was mine, the badges and spoiler would go in the bin, and I’d sell the Capri alloys in favour of a set of dartboard steels… but that’s just me!

Well done👍

[grogee]

My cousin had a Mk2 3-door estate in full pov spec with the 1100cc engine, appliance white. Perfect AS spec. 

I'm curious as well, is an RHD conversion on the cards? It must be one of the simplest cars to do it on. 

[garbaldy]

1 minute ago, captain_70s said:

It's interesting that Ford tax on these is largely a UK thing, for most of Europe boggo spec cars aren't worth much more than their contemporaries.

That's not as true as it used to be the price has shot up quite considerably nowaday as well as the poor exchange rate,   Think some countries have realised the cost of classics elsewhere and are rising accordingly. 

The Croatian dood that sold the galant said he's upping his prices accordingly as plenty traders are fishing in his waters.  

[Bazfr69]

2 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I love that! Very well bought. Pretty much exact what a mk1 or 2 Escort should look like.

If it was mine, the badges and spoiler would go in the bin, and I’d sell the Capri alloys in favour of a set of dartboard steels… but that’s just me!

Well done👍

Surely slot mags need consideration?

[D.E]

51 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

It's interesting that Ford tax on these is largely a UK thing, for most of Europe boggo spec cars aren't worth much more than their contemporaries.

This used to be true, but traders have also noticed the higher value of old Fords in the UK though, which has affected the market.

[HMC]

I remember in the next street another 1st car for someone. It was 2 door, in black, black bumpers, black vinyl seats, IIRC it was a 1.1.

Uncle Henry’s povvo dream.

[egg]

Here was my 1.3 GL, sold for £300-400 in 2004 with a whiny diff. My Mondeo is older now (31) than the Escrote was then (28)

[N Dentressangle]

1 hour ago, captain_70s said:

It's interesting that Ford tax on these is largely a UK thing, for most of Europe boggo spec cars aren't worth much more than their contemporaries.

It's a very strange phenomenon.

A mate had one - a 1.1 Pop Plus. It was really shit, apart for the ability to tail slide at will on its rubbish old cart spring rear end.

[wuvvum]

1.3 GL is a nice spec - a mate had one about 20 years ago, in navy blue with a red interior.  

My last Mk2 was a red R-reg 1.6 Ghia - lovely car until I melted a piston cruising at 100mph on a private section of the A47.  I swapped it for a Vanden Plas Allegro - with hindsight not one of my smartest financial moves.

[HMC]

I somehow missed out on them - i qualified in 97 but only had my own car from about 2004.

[Burnside]

Nice looking Escort there. I really like the wheels and spoiler personally, as it reminds me of how I use to see them as a kid back in the early 90's.

A friend of mine restored a original UK 1978 MK2 Escort 2dr 1.1 about 15+ years ago.

He brought it from another friend of ours for just £150, it was full of the usual glass fibre and paper mache repairs. The only two panel that weren't rotten, was the roof and boot lid! The bulkhead was the worst panel on it, as the dash and heater box  just came off without any fixings being removed.

 

[Schaefft]

2 hours ago, garbaldy said:

That's not as true as it used to be the price has shot up quite considerably nowaday as well as the poor exchange rate,   Think some countries have realised the cost of classics elsewhere and are rising accordingly. 

The Croatian dood that sold the galant said he's upping his prices accordingly as plenty traders are fishing in his waters.  

It really depends on the car I think. I don't think anyone really cares about Opel Vectra As/Cavaliers outside of the UK so values are appropriately low. Same with Fiat Barchettas which were borderline worthless everywhere while they somehow held their value fairly well in the UK. As usual, supply and demand. I haven't looked up prices for either in a while though.

Another great purchase. Only on Autoshite you will find someone go from a Rolls Royce to an Escort in a matter of weeks.

[camryv6]

Which cost more to buy the Shadow or the Escort ?

[Peter C]

I know a bloke who bought a four door old Ford that was supposed to be a good ‘un. 

Best of luck!

[sierraman]

I remember my brother having a 1.6 Sport, peco back box on it, it seemed much cooler than an XR3 at the time. Like a fool he swapped it for a Lada, probably from reading this you’d be a good judge to say he is not a rich man these days.