Just bought a MK2 Escort.....hmmm.....
 

Yesterday after casually browsing ebay at mk2 escorts, i wasnt really looking to buy one, i found a little mk2 4dr ghia which i thought looked cool as fu*k and after a few phonecalls i picked it up. I have no idea what im gonna do with it but its got a few months tax and mot, id love to actually use it if i can get insured but being 20 doesnt really help getting classic insurance.
On the plus side it was an auto so that means bigger g/box tunnel :content:
The bodywork isnt bad its had some dodgy spraying in the past but seems ok few holes in the floor but nothing i wouldnt expect being 34 years old!!
Its not very fast and its not mint but it was cheap and it is cool so thats good enough for me lol! MK2s aint really my strong point ive always been into mk4s but always nice to try something different so some pointers might be a start but havent got the time or money for big changes due to still building up my mk4 van!
Cheers, Neil
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love the wheels are they 7j or 8j?

i really like that!

Theyre 8j mate.
Thanks i thought it was nice too end of the day its a 4 door mk2 on superlites its been done to the death really hasnt it lol

Very tasty little car !!!!
Was watching it on ebay and very tempted but having a mk1 and also doing a mk4 van i thought it was wise to pass.
Enjoy it mate.

I'm sure this was at £10,500 the last time i looked at it on friday.............

Completed listing says 10.100

What did you pay for it, if you don't mind me asking. Quite fancy something like this myself.

hopefully not 10100 as you could get an rs200 for that surley

forgot to say love it so retro

Lol yeah i should have said about the listing i bought it outside of ebay but there was less than a day left on it so the seller run it up but my mate thought it would be funny to try and outbid him. But no i didnt pay that at all!!
I paid £1,998 as i found £2 under the seat!
Cheers. Neil

Ha ha ha, i was very tired in the middle of a nightmare train journey at the time, i had to get my mate to confirm i wasn't seeing things!:cry:

looks lovely on the minilites :)

Nice one looks tidy not keen on those bullet mirrors though.Is it a std 1600 or cam"d and carb"d up??

Nice mate :top:

Very nice, retro cool

love it mate..... ave got a mk1 and mk2, and both 2 doors, i realy want a more door:banana:

them wheels look the bees :top:

Love it, just text my mate as thought it was his old car, he had a blue Ghia same colour 4 dr in the early 90s. His was VCL 676S tho!

did you get it from leicester?

Thats well cool.

wow awesome mk2 bud....

Very nice.............

mk 2 ghia on minilites/superlites
 

Of course it's been done to death but that's coz they look so cool on the cars , here's mine , best of luck with her :top:

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love mk2's with the vinyl roofs ,both look spot on

I owned VCL 676S do you know if it’s still around?
 

I owned VCL 676S do you know if it’s still around?

Nope, as I posted before a mate had the car in the early 1990s, it was crashed into in his drive and he had it repaired.
He was from Gedney nr Long Sutton. If I remember correctly he was only the 2nd owner of it, an old bloke used to bring it into Leesons garage (I did my apprenticeship there)
When did you own it?

It was around 96 97 I live in kings lynn not far from him 👍

I can't remember the exact years he owned it but was obviously before then. Was a tidy car.

edit - no mot history and not taxed since 2000 so doubt it's still about.

Any idea what the ET is on those wheels, I'm looking at a set at the moment, but there listed as -7 and I'm not sure if they'll go on ?