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my mk2 escort shes not mint but runs well and has been a reliable daily driver for the 5 or so months ive owned it there is a patch of rust bubbling that I think ill need cut out and welded back up for next wof in November im hoping to sand it back and prep for paint early next year so if anyone has any tips that would be very helpful sometime next year I would also like to put a 1600 in it but im happy with the 1300 for now will post more pics and what not when shit gets done its a slow process tho lol Discussion Thread //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40977-1979-ford-escort/

Hey guys, I've decided the next thing my car needs is a better carb. It's a 1300 mkII escort currently with the stock carb. I'm planning on eventually dropping in a 1600 so don't want to get too carried away now, but could definitely do with a bit more power and a carb seems like a cheap and easy upgrade which could eventually bolt onto the new engine to begin with. I've done a bit of research and it seems that a Weber 28/32 or a 32/36 is probably my best bet. Anyone got any advice on this? Do I need a new manifold, or could I get an adaptor milled up to bolt onto the existing one? If I do need a new manifold, is just any crossflow Weber downdraught setup suitable or do I need a certain type? I was hoping to spend somewhere in the region of $200-$300, is this a realistic figure? If anyone has anything suitable for sale pm me please. Any guidance or tips would be awesome.

Hey guys, been lurking for a while and thought I should get around to posting a build thread. I bought my Escort about 6 months ago. Previous owner had bought the car from new and drove it until he died. Only 136,000kms, a lot of which were at highway speed between Chch and Rangiora. Interior was in great condition, body had a few scrapes but nothing major and was basically rust free. Probably going to be pretty slow progress to lack of funds, but will hopefully get painted over this summer. Discussion thread

Bought this sport back in September 2011. With it needing a few jobs to bring it to standard.

Well I got me another van Plans are bright yellow, chrome bumpers, Mexico front lip, fishnets, 13x6 superlites and a 2lt Pinto + 5 speed type 9.

this is how i got it, i did some work on it for the old owner a couple of years ago and have finally talked him into selling it, going to change the front back to a escort round lght Discussion Thread //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/23879-esky-73-new-toy-mk1-escort/?hl=esky

Exscuse the story but background reading rules: So here i was somewhere around 2 years ago when i joined os contemplating pulling my mk1 escort off the road for the full on rebuild with 6 link and adj susp and 200hp xflow and shit and i was going to need a daily driver. so i thought how about a escort wagon they look sweet. i knew of where there was one that could be had for cheap so after a very short time saving i went out and bought it. initial plans were to use it as a daily so i thought id rebuild the 1300 with my 1100 pistons stick my mild cam and webber on it with a set of my extractors a sierra box for economy dump it on some minilites with a home job paintjob and some sounds. cheap and easy and a sweet daily. insert workmate whos been f#$king with cars for years. just put a pinto in it ffs 200hp is way easier out of a pinto and the boss has got a couple of sc-14s upstairs you could get one for cheap and supercharge it for a real easy 200hp. me = i wanna keep the mk1 x-flow but the wagon could get a pinto... so anyways bought the blower and while reasearching shit on manifolds etc and talking about hp the idea i could maybe have 250hp out of the blown pinto made me quite excited. and maybe a lil hp hungry so then it was suggested that it would be "easier" to turbo efi the pinto and possibly cheaper for the same hp... yeah right everyone here said hard to do real expensive etc so i thought fuck it as id decided i wanted 250 hp that was that id use a diff engine at this point alistar made like 190kwatw out of a 4agte and that was that i had to have one 18psi and anitlag and xternal sounds fucken sweet. anyways i have to scan in the pics from before i started pulling it apart but we started like this poos arse 1300 out poos arse 4spd escort box out empty escort engine bay http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3830 ... db65a9.jpg sweet lowering springs starting to pull interior apart

Just thought Id share a couple of pics of my sisters freshly restored mk1 escort. Been on the build for 3 or so years and is now finished and on the road. I did the panel and paint for her ( good ol' big brother eh ) and runs a 1600, weber, headers, cam etc. Everything is either brand new or reconditioned. Owes her a fair bit but well worth it I say. She chose the colour Wild Plum since she saw my xa gt and loved the colour and her escort had to be painted that colour. Cheers, Brendon

Hey everyone have been a member for a couple years now but never really posted all that much so i thought i mite finally show off my pride and joy. Its a 1972 escort that i have owned since mid 2002 and is my first car. HAha I bought it mostly standard apart from tha paint job who the previous completed as he was a panel beater. Since ive owned it me and dad have lowered it on mk2 esky front struts with compressed springs and two inch blocks, its running 4 pot princess callipers on ventilated capri rotors and 13 x 7 hotties. The engine is a 711M block with a lightened and balanced bottom end bored out to 1700cc, 1300 pistons, ported and polished head, kelford cam and 40mm dellorto sidies. Its also running a dellow bellhousing and t50 gearbox converted to cable clutch. Sorry bout the ave photo it was on my cell phone.... Future plans are tidy up the body, suspension and cage it plus buckets seats mayb so will hopefully post more soon

Hello everybody, writing from SENEGAL in west africa. I have just found in an automobile breakage this escort MK1 4 doors. Each one has its project and me for the fun of it I will try to remake it to roll with any means I have . All the difficulty in this rebuilt will be the lack of parts for this car. As much in Europe or anywhere else it is easy, here in senegal that will be real struggle at least impossible. Then do not be suprised to see certain things which will occur during this restoration... occurs what will be able...

Yep this is my first car i no its a bit late but i was holding out for somthing special and here it is a mkll escort wagon the engine is a 4age tvis bluetop all certed. I got this baby for 1700 just needs a wof. whats need for wof is: right hand indicators to work remedy play in front right lower outter ball joint fit clutch pedel rubber reduce brake pedal travel align head lights rear number plate light to be shielded I kicked mum out of the shed cant get this baby wet.

hi all just picked this ner death 2 door up for my full rebuild its not to bad a fer bit of rust. but its perfect for what i need. so heres some pics Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 hhhhmmmmm let the build begin. cheers all

This car, i bought for $180 when i was 15, and thrashed around an orchard for a week, then parked it up. 3 years later (now) i decide i need a daily, so the escort has steped up from being an eyesore on the front lawn of one of the rentals, to being my gangsta daily ride. plans: fix all rust, theres a lot. keep primered. lower it hard. chuck a set of mags on it. keep it all legit, whilst retaining its rugged look. i plan to not spend much time/money on this, reason being i want a car that i dont care about so much, which i can park dodgy places/ let people sit on the bonnet without having a fit etc etc

Hi all, im new here and thought i would give you a look at the car im working on at the mo, hopefully she will be legal in the next week or so, so i can get some driving in before school starts again lol.... 1980 mk2 escort coupe -Just painted in gloss white with mettalic silver racing stripes with black pinstripes -Fibreglass front spoiler -Satin chrome powder-coated bumpers (matches colour of racing stripes) -13inch pollished tridents with brand new 215/50/13 toyo directionals (mean looking tread!) -2L 205 block pinto and 5speed, running on quad 42mm throttle bodies and injec racing link computer -2 1/2 inch straight through exhaust with single pollished race muffler on back -Has prelude seats in front, escort sport in back, interior is next priority after WOF After sorting out a few ignition problems she runs sweet as now and sounds awesome Heres a few pics from assembly after paint, is alot more complete atm but just to give you an idea....if i can figure out how to put the pics up haha Great site guys, i hope to see some of your rides one day! oh and btw how do i get a dirty big oldshool sticker for the esky??

heres some pics of my '80 escort panelvan. got a 1600 motor in it with a 3.54 diff to go in shortly. she had a bit of rust and dents and shit when i got her... all of the rust has been taken care of pics at the panel shop... got it back today all primered up. no rust at all now and is looking minnnnt should be mint when its all done

i am the new owner of a 1979 escort wagon estate powered by a blue top 4a-ge tvis motor diff has been tightened diff, exhaust system, electric fan, 5 speed toyots gearbox, 14inch Superlyte alloys and Interior has Fishnet Recaro seats in Grey pics:

Well here is my mk1 esocrt! after our big trip to blenheim we bought her back on the trailer we investigated further and found more rust. e.g. floor an, both guards, wheelarchs, and sill. Finally i sent her of to the pannel beaters and she is currently rust free and bogged in the shed. Any suggestions on the colour a very much wellcome as i have no idea as of yet. lol. I have striped the engine and am currently rebuilding it now. I plan to convert the front struts and steering collumn to hte mk2 disk breaks and chuck in a booster in there to. will keep photos ubdated. Next job put the engine back together and put the new struts and and get it painted! Not sure if i should paint it my slef or get a profesional to do it! your thoughts?

Since i am new i thought i would post my plans for the old escort. It is a 1974 MK1 1300l It was on trademe for a long time and eventually i went for it and bought it off an old lady down in whakatane! absolutely mint condition 1300 AUTOMATIC ohhhh yea bigger trans tunnel That same day we detoured to Otorohunga and picked up: the good old 2 litre Sierra 205 mill along with Celica 5 speed box bell housing to fit sierra 1 piece drive shaft diff and diff housing from sport model radiator extractors holey fuel pump and regulator and all ignition and components to get it to run apart from intake and lines and cables The block has been bored 40thou i think ported head new rings and bearings and reconditioned alternator! and all for $2100 and not run at all! So at the moment shes on stands taking up our whole garage and i am stripping all parts as i am putting on bubble guards and respraying in the near future will keep you posted on progress with body work!

Cut and pasted For Sale speech: Body: predominantly rust free, a few surface specs etc. Was resprayed in arcrylic laquer just over a year ago. Tailgate has been debadged and someone had put bonnet pins on the front at some point. tint strip Motor:1300 xflow with ported head, hot cam, new valve guides, ramflow, coby extractors, performance leads etc. Blows no smoke and sounds awesome. Drivetrain: Rebuilt low mileage gearbox with new thrust bearings etc. Low mileage diff. Suspension: New kyb shock inserts in the front, monroe adjustable air shocks on sedan leaves with 12mm lowering block in the rear. Standard wheels with good to new 175 tyres all round. Interior:MINT dash, racing steering wheel, cream ghia seats (thanks josh) Good carpets, mint customised centre console, white dials etc. Rear seat has been removed and a custom platform is in place with a single mattress. All new wall panels in the rear. The mint rear seat and original seats can come with the car. Probably forgotten shit. Give opinions on what its worth. Or die.

haha PWN'd!.. suckers ill take pix tommorow and host them up so you can give me shit on how rangi it is

Thought I would post a pic of my Escort, I finished it in December 05 theres still a few things to tidy up but here's what I've done so far. Rebuilt 2L OHC Twin 40mm Dellortos Extractors 2 1/4 inch exhaust Ported head Big cam Mk 2 sport brakes Lowered 2 inches New springs and shocks all round Re upholstered seats New carpet Re covered dash ][/url] ][/url] This is my project Prefect Van, this is in storage and is only a bare shell. ][/url]

Thought I'd finally start a thread as im turning this into a bit more of a project than just a daily. Known by all my mates as "the scrot", I bought it in april 2003, one owner since new, fairly tidy apart from a couple of dents and some minor surface rust, interrior was mint, engine ran... Got her home and gave her the cleaning of a lifetime Found out that the airfilter was still in its cardboard packaging and the old 1300 engine was running richer than Bill Gates. It probably didnt help that I'd only recently got my licence, we had alot of fun doing stupid things in this car haha, but one night mission I was chugging along and noticed a rather loud knock, I'd rooted the big ends. I intended on rebuilding the 1300 but once we got it apart it was looking to be a rather expensive task, new pistons and bore the block, head was stuffed etc etc. Found a 1600 for $150 and came with extractors, weber carb and manifold and a spare crossmember-turned engine stand, score So rebuilt the 1600, did simple things like new rings, gaskets, ghetto valve grind etc, bearings looked ok so left them... Got a 28/36 weber off a mates dad who reckoned they were a better carb than the 32/36 I got with the engine, so put that on, stock exhaust manifold for awhile due to not being able to weld the extractors on. Went way harder than the little 1300 used to, could drive anywhere without running into steep hills Needed new tyres so got all new wheels instead, $400 thanks trademe. old new Had to take a strut out after failing a warrant and found out I had monroe gt gas shocks in the front, so when I saw some matching rear ones on trademe for $40 I thought I'd get them. Went to raglan for a day, lots of coolish places to take photos... Put an electric fan in, trademe again, $70 Next thing must have been exhaust, had a muffler split open so Got two coby resonators and some 2" pipe and a mate helped make up a new system, including the extractors this time. Seem to have lost the phots but its nice and straight apart from the one smooth curve over the diff. Its nice and high under the rear of the car and doesnt hang out like some of the rice cannons you see, not deafening but still roars when you floor it, so I was happy. Raced around Taupo with it like this, did about a 1.05 on an incredibly wet track, great fun Got some new Brembo discs as my old ones were warped and undersize and had various other problems, Bendix Metal King Plus pads, stops alot better now A year of thrashing later I was getting slightly bored of it, wanted something different, was looking at a few options but anything newer was quite expensive and another oldschooler I would have to go through all the same kind of repairs as I had already done on the escort, so Ive decided to keep the car and do a few more things to it First up, I could recently hear the faintest knock when you put your head under the bonnet, so rebuild time... again. New bearings and possibly even a cam grind... I started on it yesterday. how the engine looked after I'd stripped a few things off my two helpers ran out of height on the lifter unit and had to use mang power no engine... ...oh there it is and all nice and tidy ready for the next effort Looking at getting a double swaybar or something to lessen body roll, and some stiffer front springs, do something to the rear springs, and put another diff in, which I picked up the other night, as my one was on its way out. Got a dished steering wheel, on the lookout for a bucket seat of sorts. Want it to be a bit more competitive so I will eventually be able to use it for trackdays and rally events Thats all I can think of for now, mean

Project Discussion:http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5045 I thought i better show you guys what i have been up to for the last 3 months. This is my brothers car but he has moved overseas so ive been left to finish it. BODY: It is a 1969 Mk1 Escort Panel Van

Hi all, Just thought I’d stick some info up about my current car, she’s a 1972 MK1 Escort Mexico, I’ve had her since June 04, So far I have had all of the body sorted and re-sprayed, Blown up my engine!!!! Had my engine fully rebuilt, balanced and lightened etc. I help to run a UK based web site dedicated to keeping the love alive for all of our Old Skool Fords. http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk Here is a link to my car. http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/vi ... php?t=5033 • 1700cc X Flow from BOSS RACING ENGINES • Bored to +.090 & new AE pistons with valve cut-outs • Competition main and big end bearings • Competition front pulley • Lightened flywheel • Full Balance crank rods, pistons etc. • Big Valve cylinder head • Kent 244 Cam shaft & Kent cam followers • Kent double valve springs • Oil Cooler • Fully lightened and balanced • Twin 40 Webber Carburettors & K&N’s • Sport Sump • Facet silver top fuel pump & filter king • H&H Performance Distributor • Custom electric ignition & matched coil • Battery in boot • 4 speed 2000E Gear Box • Milton Race Preparation quick shift gear kit • Lowered approx 2” all round • Single rear leaf springs • Rear roll cage • Full re-spray by Davies Panel Works with ‘Sprayed on plates’ • Original Webasto style sun roof • 7” x 13” Minilites with 175/50/13 Tyres • MK2 RS2000 Front Recaro’s Anyway, hope you like Colin