I got my 1990 van for €100, a year and a half ago. It was a 1.1, L trim.
I'll be 17 in Feb. and will have my license and will have the car for two years then. Changed the engine at the start of the summer this year.
The front wings and front panel are to be changed and rust patches to be fixed in the passenger sill, under the windscreen and under the petrol cap. The boot has been changed and the two doors are to be changed coz they are bent and it's getting a complete respray in sexy imperial blue

Anyhow, this is the run down on the engine:

'97 Mondeo 2.0 Head+Block
2.0 Throttle body with 1.8 Escort Linkage and TPS
Mondeo engine loom and and ecu
Mondeo Airflow Meter
1.8 Escort Sump, oil pump, Oil pickup, Baffle and Dipstick + tube
1.8 Escort Inlet Manifold with 2.0 brown injectors
Modified 1.1 engine mount
1.8 Escort Flywheel and Clutch
1.8 Escort Exhaust manifold + Downpipe with standard xr2i exhaust system and de-cat
1.8 Escort water pump
1.6 Fiesta Si Radiator with random hoses to hook it up

I got the Mondeo Ghia at the end of a demolition derby. The fusebox got smashed and it cut out. I got a friend to bring it home on a transporter as all the cars were being scrapped anyway.
I put a new fuse in the next day and it started straight up and I got a half tank of petrol and a set of alloys as well.

That means I got a 2 litre engine for the fiesta, a set of alloys and a day driving in the forest all for free!!!