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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: scottambrose on 15 October 2012, 16:19:06
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for some reason i recently have a craving for a mk3 escort ghia for a project. am i mad. :o
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Yes, very....right rot boxes.
Welded loads when they were still on the road!
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you cant beat a good Mk3. expensive though, like capri's now. Wish i'd kept all mine
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i found one with 12months ticket and 2 months tax for 575 on the net was very tempted.
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Incoming PM :y
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Yes, very....right rot boxes.
Welded loads when they were still on the road!
I remember welding the boot floor on one to get through its FIRST mot test :D ::)
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Yes, very....right rot boxes.
Welded loads when they were still on the road!
I remember welding the boot floor on one to get through its FIRST mot test :D ::)
;D
Have you seen how KA's rot ::) ;D
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used to love my mk3 rs 1600i regret getting rid was mint in white with the blue decals
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they rot worse than mk2 consuls.welded a few in the past-used to see a few near me but over about a year not seen one
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Yes, very....right rot boxes.
Welded loads when they were still on the road!
I remember welding the boot floor on one to get through its FIRST mot test :D ::)
Yes, welded the floor pans on a 1.6, used an old road sign (honest your honour), when it was being sold on the owner was hoovering it and put the vac through the sill......that took a quick bit of fixing.
That and the crappy gearboxes with the diff bearing play (clunking, oil leaks and the speedo jumping), horrific engines which were black death citadels and the vinyl dashes that split (like most cars of that era!).
Add in the K jet fuel injectionssetups on the 1.6 with the fuel pump relay and fuel pump issues there was not much in thier favour. Its funny because the Mk2 Fiesta was as bad as well when the Mk1 Fiesta and Mk2 Escort where so much better.
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Yes, welded the floor pans on a 1.6, used an old road sign (honest your honour), when it was being sold on the owner was hoovering it and put the vac through the sill......that took a quick bit of fixing.
That and the crappy gearboxes with the diff bearing play (clunking, oil leaks and the speedo jumping), horrific engines which were black death citadels and the vinyl dashes that split (like most cars of that era!).
Add in the K jet fuel injectionssetups on the 1.6 with the fuel pump relay and fuel pump issues there was not much in thier favour. Its funny because the Mk2 Fiesta was as bad as well when the Mk1 Fiesta and Mk2 Escort where so much better.
You're not a fan of them then ....... ::) ::) ;D ;D
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The 2's and 4's were better :y
The three's were very very very bad!
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The 2's and 4's were better :y
The three's were very very very bad!
I lost interest in Escorts when they became FWD :y :y
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The floor fell out my Mk2 escort , i must of had a bad one but it was an ex builders van ::) ;D
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my xr3 was certainly better than my Mk2's, but then it was newer.
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i also love mk5 cortinas. but again would have to be a top spec one. let me guess they're rot boxes too ;D
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i also love mk5 cortinas. but again would have to be a top spec one. let me guess they're rot boxes too ;D
The old screwdriver poke on the bodywork will test it , the inner front wings fell off my mk5 cortina and front corner chassis rails suffer ;D had them all repaired on mine , still like the cortina mk5 but fancy a Mk1 :-*
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i also love mk5 cortinas. but again would have to be a top spec one. let me guess they're rot boxes too ;D
The old screwdriver poke on the bodywork will test it , the inner front wings fell off my mk5 cortina and front corner chassis rails suffer ;D had them all repaired on mine , still like the cortina mk5 but fancy a Mk1 :-*
Rear chassis rails above springs on the mk5 used to rust like an old tin bucket
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i also love mk5 cortinas. but again would have to be a top spec one. let me guess they're rot boxes too ;D
The old screwdriver poke on the bodywork will test it , the inner front wings fell off my mk5 cortina and front corner chassis rails suffer ;D had them all repaired on mine , still like the cortina mk5 but fancy a Mk1 :-*
Rear chassis rails above springs on the mk5 used to rust like an old tin bucket
I must of had a good one for that then :) Mine was a white car , not very good at hiding the rust especially on the sills but a neat body kit dealt with that ::)got rid of it when the electrics started to rot and cause havoc :( Id have another one though :-X