HMC WBOD news

[Marm Toastsmith]

Looks good to me!

[gadgetgricey]

Auto roof?

Button behind window switches?

[HMC]

Escort news… living up to its dire reputation, the rear spoiler fell off today. Either the downforce levels were epic, or it was stuck on with crappy sealant.

I think ill leave it off as it looks less fussy/ slightly less tragic.

[grogee]

We are down in Tavi 17th (ish) July. I wonder if the Escrot will still be your daily by then? 

[HMC]

8 minutes ago, grogee said:

We are down in Tavi 17th (ish) July. I wonder if the Escrot will still be your daily by then? 

Might be although it will be in North Wales at shitefest that weekend.

[HMC]

We got in and amongst the tavistock pride procession  on out way back from swimming today. Our theme presumably was to represent the hairdresser contingent..

[Marm Toastsmith]

Spoiler is back! Looked better without I think.

I think someone asked before, is it a manual or auto roof?

Never been able to work out why these were so derided compared to other escorts, they always seemed no more or less shit than the mk3 and mk4 to me, just more of the same really…

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, HMC said:

Escort news… living up to its dire reputation, the rear spoiler fell off today. Either the downforce levels were epic, or it was stuck on with crappy sealant.

I think ill leave it off as it looks less fussy/ slightly less tragic.

Doubt it'll be slower without it...

[brownnova]

I’m not really Ford person at all… but an escort convertible of that age always appeals. I think it must be an association with pretty young female drivers of these from my teenage years.

Anyway, well bought… if I’ve managed to resist buying anything else by the time you sell I’ll have sit hard on my hand… before typing the PM so it feels like someone else has done it. 

[hairnet]

7 minutes ago, brownnova said:

I’m not really Ford person at all… but an escort convertible of that age always appeals. I think it must be an association with pretty young female drivers of these from my teenage years.

Anyway, well bought… if I’ve managed to resist buying anything else by the time you sell I’ll have sit hard on my hand… before typing the PM so it feels like someone else has done it. 

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[egg]

Has been welded at the rear end a couple of times, phew, all is in order!

[AnthonyG]

The Mk3 Escort convertible was Glynis Barber’s car in Dempsey and Makepeace, and also I think featured in some Leslie Ash private detective dross named Cats Eyes from about the same time. This was when Ford’s press department knew how to get their cars into the ‘right’ sort of programmes.

I can see the Mk5 convertible featuring more in something like ‘Birds of a Feather’. I think the blonde one had a Nissan Sunny ZX  coupe with that awful factory body kit, so a flabby Escort cabby would be a perfect replacement. 

[timolloyd]

There was a bit of a storyline in Soldier Soldier that revolved around one of these.

IIRC Robson Greene’s wife was portrayed as a bit dizzy and crashed it. 

[HMC]

Escort news- 

Use has not eased the sticky brakes. I hoped they would fix themselves. Ill need get the front wheels off and see whats what.

Ive found a suitable replacment passenger door-  because of the rigourous* quality standards employed throughout the car, the current one has dissolved…

Im glad/ relieved that the main structural bits all seem pretty solid.

Im weighing up taking  it to shitefest AND collecting the door AND camping in it one night. The rear seats do seem to fold down, so it may not bequite as ambitious/ stupid as it sounds. Hmmm.

[Zelandeth]

On 7/3/2023 at 8:40 PM, AnthonyG said:

The Mk3 Escort convertible was Glynis Barber’s car in Dempsey and Makepeace, and also I think featured in some Leslie Ash private detective dross named Cats Eyes from about the same time. This was when Ford’s press department knew how to get their cars into the ‘right’ sort of programmes.

I can see the Mk5 convertible featuring more in something like ‘Birds of a Feather’. I think the blonde one had a Nissan Sunny ZX  coupe with that awful factory body kit, so a flabby Escort cabby would be a perfect replacement. 

There was a yellow one in the spy drama Bugs in the early 90s too.

Though it was the Mk I Cherokee XJ one of the other main cast drove I was always more interested in...

[stuboy]

do like this

[HMC]

Fleet news.

The escort brakes defeated me. Turns out the hoses had partially collapsed internally and at times were acting like a 1 way valve. Thats far to clever for my skill level of diagnostic ability.

Anyway, i sent it to my locaI shite friendly garage, collected it today and papped another customers heap…

I then went shopping and parked next to some chod

[HMC]

In other news the omega has gone in a shiter px deal, so

Ive got that lovely 406 coupe from the for sale ads.

 

[HMC]

Trouble is, what do i take to shitefest?

406 v6 coupe- not shite

escort drop top - shit or shite?

passat- vag shite

really it should be the escort, or should it?

[hairnet]

therell be something else bought between now and friday

 

[grogee]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Trouble is, what do i take to shitefest?

406 v6 coupe- not shite

escort drop top - shit or shite?

passat- vag shite

really it should be the escort, or should it?

Escrot please. It's the shitiest of the three. Plus you'll be able to enjoy* our glorious* summer* with the top down. Don't get cloudburn though. 

[HMC]

i did look at a rover 800 limo, thought that would be ideal for the shitefest aeroplane museum leg of the trip, but i was concerned a 43k 23yo KV6 with no belt history would be asking for it being caned for 600 miles.

[Bren]

2 hours ago, HMC said:

Trouble is, what do i take to shitefest?

406 v6 coupe- not shite

escort drop top - shit or shite?

passat- vag shite

really it should be the escort, or should it?

Take the passat and give everybody respiratory issues......

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 hours ago, hairnet said:

therell be something else bought between now and friday

 

Friday? That's a bit late innit?

[edit] - take the 406, if you time it right we can cross paths on the M6 in a cloud of emissions.

[2flags]

14 hours ago, HMC said:

i did look at a rover 800 limo, thought that would be ideal for the shitefest aeroplane museum leg of the trip, but i was concerned a 43k 23yo KV6 with no belt history would be asking for it being caned for 600 miles.

Come now sir, where is your sense of adventure? You have breakdown cover don't you?

[HMC]

34 minutes ago, 2flags said:

Come now sir, where is your sense of adventure? You have breakdown cover don't you?

I did look at this cheap mulsanne turbo but ive learnt since my first hands burning experience- buy a good one, or dont buy one at all 😂

[beko1987]

It's got to be the escort convertible... 

 

[HMC]

10 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

It's got to be the escort convertible... 

 

Rusty Escort convertible in welsh drizzle. YES

[2flags]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

I did look at this cheap mulsanne turbo but ive learnt since my first hands burning experience- buy a good one, or dont buy one at all 😂

You are quite right about the Bentley. Get a really good one or simply don't bother. I don't think there are enough brave pills out there to convince me to get a cheap one. 😂

[grogee]

7 hours ago, 2flags said:

Come now sir, where is your sense of adventure? You have breakdown cover don't you?

He's blacklisted from all UK breakdown organisations.