*YARN THREAD*
Walking around the Kumeu car show 2015, the old man was telling how one of his mates at work had two Escorts he wanted to sell, a Mk4 convertible and a Mk1. But seeing as I was knuckle deep into turbocharging my MX5 at the time I merely shrugged it off as I didn't have anywhere to keep another project.
Two years down the line I was eating a tuna steak at The Esplanade in Devonport and all of a sudden "Boy, remember that Escort I told you about a few years ago, would you like to go and see it after lunch?" "Sure why not".... you can work out the rest
Beatrix is a November build 1969 Ford Escort 1300 Sport assembled in Lower Hutt. When I brought her in March she hadn't run for about 15 years and her rego has lapsed. I got the engine going with a bit of fresh fuel and some new plugs and did a few laps around the block. I then pulled her apart to have a look at what we got and got a few good surprises,
Some spring adjustable front shocks
4 pot AP racing front calipers
a 711M 1600 block
and the biggest surprise apart from the battery tray, no real rust to speak of.
The plan at the moment is,
rebuild/replace all that's perished over the years of sitting still.
Rebuild the engine.
Reregister her.
Replace the seats with something less offensive.
Repaint it back to its stock color, Ford Diamond Blue.
