the £50 mk2 escort
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the £50 mk2 escort
finally decided to do a thread on the escort! i know its not cossied but hey.
Bought her for £50 from a lady in my local town, had had since new.
The car had done 58k when i bought her and got given complete service history down to the original purchase order and receipt for the car.
She looked like this when i got her:
Fairly tidy a few scabbie bits but nothing major.
Handling like a boat, she needed slamming,
So a trip to rally design was needed.
A single box exhaust, -180lb springs and some lowering blocks improved it slightly,
After blowing the original 58k engine up, i decided to put in a 1700 crossflow, and have some body work done too!
Custom front bumpers
Due to lack of money and other issues, the mk2 got neglected for a while
However,
Last night was spent servicing the twin DHLA 40's that are going on, along with:
Bilstein Coilovers
Capri 2lt rad
Anti dive kit
Full set of poly bushes
4 point harnesses
Halogen lights
will all arrive on monday, so by next weekend the car will be completely different to drive!
Next cosmetic change, new wheels
will update next week!
Bought her for £50 from a lady in my local town, had had since new.
The car had done 58k when i bought her and got given complete service history down to the original purchase order and receipt for the car.
She looked like this when i got her:
Fairly tidy a few scabbie bits but nothing major.
Handling like a boat, she needed slamming,
So a trip to rally design was needed.
A single box exhaust, -180lb springs and some lowering blocks improved it slightly,
After blowing the original 58k engine up, i decided to put in a 1700 crossflow, and have some body work done too!
Custom front bumpers
Due to lack of money and other issues, the mk2 got neglected for a while
However,
Last night was spent servicing the twin DHLA 40's that are going on, along with:
Bilstein Coilovers
Capri 2lt rad
Anti dive kit
Full set of poly bushes
4 point harnesses
Halogen lights
will all arrive on monday, so by next weekend the car will be completely different to drive!
Next cosmetic change, new wheels
will update next week!
Last edited by l0ubie; 09-07-2010 at 01:38 PM.
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50 quid you lucky shit!!! (I am soooooo jelous right now) Nice one!
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i said to her what did she want for it and she said £50 so gave her all the money i had on me which was about 65 quid and she even gave the money to charity!
it does definitely turn heads!
most people think its my fellas/brothers/friends
i find i get 3 takes when people look at the car, one cause its a mk2 escort, one cause i'm only 22 and the final one because i'm a woman!
even the copper that gave me a section 59 for going sideways in to a meet, was surprised it was driven by a girl lol!!
this is my 3rd mk2 now! and none of them i have paid over 60quid for!
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Glad to see your finally getting into the moding bug ,but do not think about putting a cossy in it as it gets stupid expensive ,just take a look at my mk2 its got out of hand id love to have a standard,ish looking mk2 now :dd:gonna be fun when its done though .
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not quite,
i said to her what did she want for it and she said £50 so gave her all the money i had on me which was about 65 quid and she even gave the money to charity!
it does definitely turn heads!
most people think its my fellas/brothers/friends
i find i get 3 takes when people look at the car, one cause its a mk2 escort, one cause i'm only 22 and the final one because i'm a woman!
even the copper that gave me a section 59 for going sideways in to a meet, was surprised it was driven by a girl lol!!
this is my 3rd mk2 now! and none of them i have paid over 60quid for!
i said to her what did she want for it and she said £50 so gave her all the money i had on me which was about 65 quid and she even gave the money to charity!
it does definitely turn heads!
most people think its my fellas/brothers/friends
i find i get 3 takes when people look at the car, one cause its a mk2 escort, one cause i'm only 22 and the final one because i'm a woman!
even the copper that gave me a section 59 for going sideways in to a meet, was surprised it was driven by a girl lol!!
this is my 3rd mk2 now! and none of them i have paid over 60quid for!
Good luck with your new bits
Rob,
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plz what ever u do dont stick a cossie lump in it unless it going to be turbo'd sold my mk1 with a 1730 x-flow twin 45s and so on to a mate who stuck a n/a cossie in it spent ££££ on the conversion and only got 26bhp more was your car a 1600 auto by any chance if so keep the diff as its agood all rounder
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well she will be insured for about £5000, but thats what she is worth to me.
i don't know what she is actually worth.
thanks hopefully will be!
next year going to 2.1 it i think
i don't know what she is actually worth.
thanks hopefully will be!
next year going to 2.1 it i think
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my new toys delivered today
2lt Capri rad
4 point harnesses
Anti dive kit, trumpets linkage and strut tops for the billies
Billies arrive tomorrow
2lt Capri rad
4 point harnesses
Anti dive kit, trumpets linkage and strut tops for the billies
Billies arrive tomorrow
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Unbelievable! mk2 Escort for £50? you done well there, i remember a mate buying a mk2 back in the 80's and it did feel like a boat, i would love a well sorted RS 2000 but would have to rob a bank or win the lottery
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