Just bought

[daveb47]

Ford escort finesse turbo diesel estate,1996

Body fairly tidy,couple of odd bits need sorting.needs rear wheel bearing,tailpipe and tlc.

Bit smokey on hard acceleration but been standing.

Short mot/tax

Has power steering,remote locking,electic windows and air con.

Going to take good look at it in morning maybe some pics.

[Cheggers]

A Ford diesel called "Finesse"...oh, the irony

 

Seriously, it sounds like a nice old bus, looking forward to pics.

[daveb47]

Thought it said funniest when i first saw it lol

[wackywacerwill]

Sounds nice, luxury items too. Guess that means your not wanting the golf then?

 

Could cut you a mean deal on some waste veg oil if your interested, needs filtering mind as it's fresh outta maccydees.

[daveb47]

Saga wouldnt do insurance on it will.

But got escort for £300.00 and insurance was £260.00 so not too bad a deal

[daveb47]

Some pics.It actually 1998,think that makes it a mark 6 ???

 

[scooters]

quality! as mid 90's as Gazza's haircut!

 

complete with the eggshell bumpers get some gaffer tape on those pronto!

[warren t claim]

Escort Estates are quality vehicles for WINNERZ!

 

I recently bought a similar vehicle from CAVCRAFT of Chester. Does yours have the special edition rear arches made from chicken wire and an August 2011 copy of the Chester Chronicle hastily covered in Tippex?

[daveb47]

Does yours have the special edition rear arches made from chicken wire and an August 2011 copy of the Chester Chronicle hastily covered in Tippex?

 

Amazingly enough it doesnt,only rust i can find is a hole about size of a 1 p in both front doors.

[Cavcraft]

Are the backbox exhausts the same for petrol and diesel on these? If so my neighbour has one here, only done about fifty miles then he scrapped the car apparantly. Said it's been in his garages for ages 'but looks fine'.

[daveb47]

Think it is the same,Does he want to sell,if so where.

Dave

[daveb47]

done both rear wheel bearinngs,changing cv joint,got everything undone but bloody drive shaft wont come out of gearbox in spite of inventing multiple new swearwords......

Have another go in morning.

No rust underneath at all though so well pleased,

looks like it has recent new disks and pads as well.

[retrogeezer]

Escort Estates are quality vehicles for WINNERZ!

 

I recently bought a similar vehicle from CAVCRAFT of Chester. Does yours have the special edition rear arches made from chicken wire and an August 2011 copy of the Chester Chronicle hastily covered in Tippex?

 

 

Ha, so you ended up with it in the end anyways!! Cool..

[Cavcraft]

Just like to add it must have been the Crewe Chronicle as I didn't wob the arches!

[retrogeezer]

are they wobbed??

[Cavcraft]

No, they'd been welded and to be fair whilst it wasn't pretty they certainly looked solid.