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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 07:27 PM
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HI, CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW MANY MK III ESCORT 16 GHIAS WERE MADE IN YELLOW? I HAVE ONE & SHE'S A BIT POORLY AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO SAVE HER OR NOT ( NO SARCASTIC COMMENTS PLEASE!), JUST EVERYONE I MENTION IT TO SAYS " HAVEN'T SEEN A YELLOW ONE" AND I DON'T WANT TO SCRAP HER REALLY - ANY EXCUSE NOT TO! CHEERS
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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 08:14 PM
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No Idea mate , perhaps one of the escort registra's may be able to help ,

Go to the RS owners website and put a similar post up , someone will be able to help im sure .

oh and good luck.

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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 08:16 PM
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Go on save her
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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 09:23 PM
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they make some xr3's in yellow. best chap to speak to would be jojo on the xroc board.
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Old Nov 30, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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xr3 was made in a pale yellow
they were rare years ago
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Old Nov 30, 2005 | 06:51 PM
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they also made a load of small cvh(1.1 or 1.3 IFAIK) engined escorts in yellow a long time ago. I have a yellow S1 does that count
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Old Nov 30, 2005 | 08:48 PM
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oh yeah , my brother in law had a early carbed Mk 3 xr3 bright yellow ,

The pale yellow ??????? not seen any of them but they did another very early ( 2 bolt front strut) mk 3 in a colour called Fawn beige ish !!
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Old Dec 1, 2005 | 07:12 PM
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Default Yellow MK III 16 Ghia escorts - how many were there?

Thanks everyone who's replied so far. I shall try all advice out. If further info would help she was registered April '82 and the reg no begins "COO" and I think she came from Kent area. Any more info gratefully received. Sarah
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Old Dec 1, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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keep us informed
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Old Dec 1, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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prarie yellow was the colour of the xr3s
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