bj928

don't kniow much about it, but hope to go look at it next week, what i do know is, its ford escort mk1 2.2L Turbo,Full restoration in pristine condition, has all the bells and whistles- and is said to have 715hp, i take the last bit with a pinch of salt, whats the thoughts on it being Jap and not cossie

Cossie.jack

That's stunning

ajamesc

Very nice looking car

GVK.

Looks a Jap engine, but not sure which yet, it's not a Nissan SR20.

bj928

think it could be a mazda

GVK.

If you Google "2.2 715HP ESCORT MK1"

Loads of South African results come up, but none of the links work?

bj928

1 link still works i found it last night, it was for sale before, but the link i found that worked had a lower price, so guessing it is still for sale, will contact the guy in the week when i get over there, go view it if its still for sale

GVK.

Sorry if stupid question, but is the car in South Africa?

Google Images -

http://imgeu.trovit.com/img2za/1GRd_7r18O.jpg



But if you click 'visit page' it takes you to...


http://car.trovit.co.za/used-cars/ford-escort-mk1

bj928

at the moment, but thinking i might ship it back, i fly out to cape town on wednesday

GVK.

Fook, that is dedicated...

Pockets2012

A car like that man would be worth the trip look dam right sxc

wattie

My mate was working over there and sent me a few links to mk2 escorts for sale, rust free 1600 sports for under 2k, would be epic to fly over buy one and drive it back to the uk but I'm guessing you'd have to drive up through some dodgy places to get home

bj928

stick it a container, its easy

Lambchop

iTrader: (1)

England isn't so bad. Stick to the major motorways and you'll get home safe and dry

Pockets2012

To ship a motor gotta be expensive ??

stevieturbo

Shipping wouldnt be that bad really...not sure about how easy it is to register heavily modified vehicles though ?

CrOwSoN15

Looks like an early GTS-T 4 cylinder lump.

Less.

Monte's escort sells mk1600 sports mimported from south africa

botters

iTrader: (2)

that looks stunning
there is a mk1 from africa bieng restored on turbosport, it looked in decent nick when he got it but now its having inner wings, bulkhead, floorpans, splashshields etc as it was just fillered to death lol

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Stunning car but to much power imo.You wont be able to drive it properly with that power.

Sinbad

iTrader: (1)

Dealer in Mansfield ships them in from South Africa, they reckon its still quite a popular model out there ?

scoooby slayer

iTrader: (4)

if its still rwd will definitely be an animal assumeing it is actually making that power....

bj928

spoke to the bloke and he has sold the engine, but going to look at the body, it would look so nice with a cossie engine under the bonnet

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Yeh a proper ford engine in a proper ford.

Lambchop

iTrader: (1)

VERY! I spent time in Johannesburg twice last year and was amazed at how many old escorts were smoking about and clearly being used as daily drivers!

bj928

well i been to look at this beast, it has coilovers on the front, lsd toyota back axle, rear defuser, the dash has been butchered, and the engine bay needs a repaint, dash pic didn't come out well, but u can see whats been done. engine bay has been cut to allow the engine to sit way back, maybe a foot back from its normal position.

cossie4i+

iTrader: (15)

So is it worth buying ?

Steve

bj928

if i can get the price down a bit, would be perfect for a cossie engine, sat back to help balance the car, seemed nice and clean, engine bay would need everything pulling out, and a respray, but other than that i seemed very nice, he has some spare paint for the engine bay and a spare new pair of front discs, shame about the dash, but it does look ok.

CrOwSoN15

Would be perfect to keep Jap powered you mean? Balls to the YB, far better engines to stick in it.

Mk4 Rick

It looks well apart from the dash.can you still get hold of a good dash board

CZWRTH NZ

That looks like a Toyota 4age engine to me. or probably (looks the same) 4agze supercharged engine originally. Tuff little motors but must have some trick bits for that HP.

bj928

it was a mazda 2.0 stroked and bored out to 2.2, the jap engine scene down here seems big, but then they never got the cossie engine, so they have had to use jap

zippyobrien

iTrader: (2)

Chuck a mr2 turbo lump in there. Readily available and much lighter than a yb

Vedran

there is also a S2K powered Escort mk1