Darylc.

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This could be interesting.

What first got you into Fords? For me it was my dad taking to the International Ford show at Donnington park on my birthday a few years back. After setting my eyes on a MK2 RS2000 I was hooked.

How about you?

wirralphil

Liked fords since i was a young kid, 1st Ford to hook me was a Scalectrix car as it was a Mk3 3i, then a couple of years later my brother got the same shape but in Black.

Plus the fact the next door neighbour had a Moonstone RS500 when i was around 1989.

botters

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when you was 1989? i feel old at 26 god knows how you feel at 1989!

wirralphil

That was ment to say age 9 in 1989

scottyrs

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my uncle had a moonstone 3 door never came out of the garage was left on axel stands all the time with wheels off ect done hardly no miles was always covered up but could just see the massive wale tale then 1 day i saw it driving past so ran out hoping to go in it and he had just sold it! lol was gutted so idecided from then id get a cosworth when i was older enough and working ect.. im now on my second saff cos, ill have a 3 door when i can afford one in moonstone blue..

cameron2

My brother being a ford/ car pervert got me in to it.
Like most decent cars, going to Tatton Park, Cheshire today. Taking the mrs and baby out, coincidently there will be a bmw show on when we get there! What a surprise!!!!

gingeRS

my neighbour had an aeropack delete escort cossy back in 1996....then a uni mate took me out in his erst in '99 and ive been hooked ever since

COCHYN

My dad always had fast Ford's, but after seeing home built monsters killing the Jap opposition for half the price, you can't help but love them. Driven plenty of fast cars, but nothing that gives you the raw satisfaction a lumpy, unrefined Ford can. Their a working man's car.

tabetha

I got into fords for the ease of tuning and the amount of tuning parts you can get for most, but like others too such as mini(proper ones), earliest ford I can remember was me dads transit 1700 cc of raw V4 power, was awsome, long wheelbase twin wheel, used to take me bultaco on the moors at catterick every weekend.
Had loads of fords not regretted a single one, cooked a few HG's on me mk2 escy etc but worth it.
tabetha

Ad4m RST

Old memories of a Mk2 Escort Mex my uncle had, but properly it was when I got my first S2 at 18, never got over the shitboxes since

xr_craig

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Dad always had Fords so it was always going to happen. But probably the biggest thing was my uncles Mk1 Mexico and Mk2 2k, both them cars were stunning and i just remember seeing them as a young lad and thinking i want one. Not got one yet though

Paulo P

It was the mark 2 Escort RS2000 for me then the 3 door Cosworth in touring cars. I always said I'd have an RS2000 but I never did and I really regret that now I still want a 3 door but good ones are getting harder to find

the saint

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my dads been playing with fords sinse the late 60`s and when i was growing up i used to go to work with him and all i remember is fords. xr2`s and my uncle had a 3year old xr3i and it seemed like everyweek my dad came home in different fords.

i bought my first car with my 16th birthday money (mk2 xr2 for 80 quid) and all i ever wanted was an xr2 and a cossie and between em ive had 8 lol and had two crystal blues at the same time

Gazzonator

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My dad was a big Ford nut and I guess it rubbed off me!

Always used to watch the RS500's in the the touring cars and my old man always used to bang on about them and since then I've always wanted one.

Now I do own one and I've never been more skint!!! Lol!

ajamesc

my mate whos dad is rod tarry said come and go out in my dads cosworth lol had to have one after that!

ROBnoTOP

My dad always had Fords, and as a kid I helped him working on them.

So my first car was a Ford Cortina, and in the meantime had several Fords.

Drove 5 and 7-serie Bimmers, nice cars but Ford was always a drivers car for the common man. Especially the RS ones...

Mark_

ive always liked them since a very young kid.
most my family had them when i was growing up.
my cousins always had cortina's and escorts which had been fettled.

i like them as they are easy to play with, pretty straight forward to repair.
great for tinkiering with.
spares are easily availble most the time.

they are just great toys

BRAMMER

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Through my school years in the early 90's reading Max power, Revs etc i used to dream about driving and what would be my first car - for a time i wanted a white Metro Turbo then Mk1 XR2 then after seeing a Citrine Yellow 3dr Cossie lookalike for sale in Revs i knew i wanted a Ford - when i was old enough to drive i was kind of influenced more when mate started buying Sierra's, S1, S2, FRST's so i got a Mint Orion 1.6 Ghia and the rest is history...........

erjones

First car was a Sierra so loved them ever since

turblower

i just love to fix them daily....

CossieRich

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I don't like Ford's. I like Cosworth, and as Ford chose Cosworth to design an engine for the Sierra I have no choice. If Vauxhall had chosen Cosworth I would be driving a Vauxhall Astra Cosworth

opposite lock

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i like fords because no other company has made such good looking fun cars
When i was about 8 two brothers up the road from me used to pinch the ol mans brand new silver 2.8injection Capri, 13 and 16 yrs old the dodgy fukers!!

Still recall the emotions when you saw it reversing out of garage with that un missible 6

jammerrs

i have no idea...i just cant think of one model i dont like, yes i like some more than others but i like them all.

dads only ever had 1 for i think and im too young to remember that so its not from there, i really have no idea, never been in a hard tuned one so its not from that, quickest ive been in is a fiesta st with an exhaust and induction kit but that was after i started to like them so i have no idea where my love for them comes from

bubs_rsturbo

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i friend of the family took me a run in his red series 2 turbo, when i heard the dump valve and sat in the recaros i fell in love instantly, i was 10 then im 26 now an have finally bought myself a black s2 turbo she will be on the road 1st of september i really cant bloody wait !!!

GrimV8

Working in a Rover/Jaguar garage I was used to chucking around big wallowing beasts, I found it fun
I hit 18 and fancied a Trans Am or that type of thing so still a V8 burble like the Rovers
I looked at several over a few weeks, and they were all rotten or scruffy for my budget
My mate spotted a MK 1 Capri with a Rover V8, Holley and Offey, cage, buckets etc and I had to have it once I saw it
Couldn't believe how much fun it was after all the heavy weight stuff I'd driven previously.
Unfortunately met my 1st wife through the Capri club though but I escaped eventually
Ran it for a few years as my daily, after sorting out the conversion correctly. It was a regular at all the shows and cruises back in the day but then the one in my avatar came up for sale which was a far better car, I'd known the owner for a while. Bought that, sold mine, had it ever since. It's not seen the road for many years although I've had various Capris and Escorts along the way once I'd got the bug
It'll be back soon

Joshy

i thought the vauxhall c20xe did have some cosworth input?

ajamesc

it did but they forgot the turbo

Pardeep

My Dad owned a lovely red Escort Mexico. And then when i was about 7/8 years old, i remember seeing my first Escort Cosworth on the A406.

Rod-Tarry

We did close to 180 & munched an R1 if i remember correctly Andy .

Rod-Tarry

Much the same with me. Give me an Audi anyday .
Went to the launch of the Sierra rs Cosworth the most beautifull car Ford ever made. Cant stand their latest stuff the new Rs is so ugly it makes me chuckle.

GAZ W

Noooooo you cant say that...the new focus rs just looks stunning in white

Darylc.

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agreed

Joshy

even better in panther black

Pardeep

Hell Yeah!

Rsmat

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dont talk utter bollox.

for me it was when i was at school i allways wanted a rs turbo and when i reached 17 i owned 1....and the bug continued...

Glenn_

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ive always had fords since i was little. My grandad always had them. I love fords cause of the racing heritage. They arnt that many car companys that have won loads of races in motorsport. Ford have made some cracking cars over the years too.

Glenn_

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Nice to see this is a popular thread,thats right cause its full of people who dont own fords lol.

dingla rs

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my old man had capri's when i was a kid and me brotherin law rallyed mk2 , my first ford was a mint mk2 fiesta van 24000miles on the clock one owner ,shuda never sold it ,second at 17 was a rs turbo had it ten years always liked fords

capri

Would have to be a trip to Falmouth I took in the back of a 3dr Cosworth when they were brand new. I was only two or three years old at the time and while my memories of the trip are a little hazy, I can plainly remember the car: gleaming white and looking like nothing else I'd ever seen in my short life. It probably got me hooked not only on Fords but also on cars in general. My next memory of Fords is a seeing a Signal Orange Capri 3.0S flash past on the way to school one day later in the '80s; I thought it was just the most epic and amazing thing I'd ever seen, and I decided I had to have a Capri one day. When I was 19 years old, I realised that dream, buying my very own Capri 2.8 Injection. From then on, really, I became hooked on first old Fords and then new ones too. Part of it is the 'everyman' thing - they're all accessible, and you don't have to spend buckets to get a really fun Ford; part of it is the fact you can take, say, a £400 car, put a £200 engine in it, add £150-worth of suspension and another £150-worth of brakes, and end up with a truly capable, fun car for under a grand. Those kinds of cars really float my boat - especially when they have the capacity to blow away bigger, 'better' cars that people might have spent tens of thousands buying. Oh, and I also happen to reckon the Mk3 Escort is one of the coolest retro shapes on the road today. Not too many reasons, then...

Less.

my family mainly had fords and when I was at school all my mates older brtothers had them too,and remember seeing a S2 in white one day and saying one day I will own one of them and I did