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Brown Dogs 1980 Ford Escort Van


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seems there is a bit of an Escort van thing going on,  so here are a few pics of mine, that I bought this week. Has a 2.0 Pinto and type 9 5 speed,  and goes pretty much like you would expect one to (now that it gets full throttle and not just the half it had!) Someone has spent a lot of money on it (not me for a change) and it is quite a nice old thing to drive. Thinking about panelling over side windows, and converting to "proper" panel van.

 

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Not sure I am sold on the 14" Minilite replicas though. I think I like these old 13x7 Cheviot Tridens with BFG's better, for a bit of 70's style bling! Longer term plan is to fit Mk1 bubble arches, and 15x8 Miniltes. Also sport quarter bumpers, and a couple of big Cibie driving lights. And basically anything else that you did to an old 2.0 Escort!!

 

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Conrad

 

discussification thread:

 

//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/43967-brown-dogs-1980-escort-van/

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playing around on the computer, thought I would see what it would look like with side windows removed:

 

with:

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sans:

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I quite like the "window delete" option, if only it were that cheap and easy to do in real life :)

 

Conrad

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Had a bit of a close call last weekend, driving around a two lane roundabout near Kumeu, in left hand lane, dad ,mum and kids in Rav4 in RH lane beside me,  both of us taking same exit (two exit lanes off). Dad decides to switch lanes at the exit, only problem was I was there alongside him and muppet dad did not look or see me! I am hitting horn button while turning left to avoid him, and damn horn is not working! Anyway, I ended up with both LH wheels on the grass, and RH wheels climbing up the kerb before he sees me and moves back.I wound down the window and gave him a burst, he looked quite shocked, obviously in la la land and didn't see me there.

 

Got home that night, repaired the horn only to discover it was a pathetic "beep beep" single tone horn that would'nt  wake a spider sleeping inside it, so  I  found the LOUDEST airhorn I could find on TM and hit the "buy now" button.

 

Stebel Nautilus Compact Truck Horn, 139DB at 300HZ of badness. Hooked it up to a battery, it is LOUD :evil:  

 

 

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And picked up these today as well for a it of extra "added noise", a pair of RS2000 44 IDF's on original Ford manifold:)

 

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Got the Cheviot Tridens back from polishing last week, painted the centres and wells, and had the tyres fitted on.  Bolted a couple on to see how they would look. Rear arches need flaring, and front needs lowering an inch or so, but appears to be plenty of clearance.

 

What do you think, slot mags with  white letter tyres, doesn't get more 70's than that does it? Or does it?  I guess I could remove the rear lowering blocks and jack the back right up with airshocks, and paint the diff yellow, THAT would be the 1970's look!  :badgrin:   

 

Now where did I put that brown leather jacket and those flares?   :geek:

 

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