mk1 escort boy, if you want your dream to come true, make sure its standard and you drive it like a girl. otherwise your going to be in for a shock.
i ran a highly modded Mk1 Escort 1300GT as an every day car. i loved every minute of owning it, and miss it big time now (only gone a few months back). i built it to drive it hard, and in doing so, every part of the running gear got replaced as it broke. the fucker spent more time on the drive than on the road. i'd get another one, but only as a second car.
i was paying about £400 with liverpool victoria under my old man with 6 years NCB, that was with no mods declared. i'm 18.