Escort: show the runners, survivors

[shagracer]

since taking the photo below,
1995 FORD ESCORT Si CABRIO by shagracer, on Flickr

it has dawned on me how few Escorts (around here anyway) are still road going dailys, i did a quick check on my last few snaps and neither have made it back to the road.
1991 FORD ESCORT LX mkV by shagracer, on Flickr
1995 FORD ESCORT mkVI 1.4 L by shagracer, on Flickr

so lets see photos of any Escorts that are still being used or are visible from the street. (no old photos please)
this one is still getting regularly used
1985 FORD ESCORT POPULAR ESTATE by shagracer, on Flickr

I can only think of one other that i pass on my journey into work, i will try and get a picture of it, but its now dark when i go, and dark by the time i come home.

[Mercdan68]

My 13 year old son George's escort,bought as a project,whilst these won't reach the figures of the earlier escorts I knew that he wanted to be different aged 17
By that time how many of these will be around? Not many I bet

[bortaf]

Ex's, still on the road, a banger racer on my estate has 3 in differing states of build ready to race and the bloke at the end of the road has a 1.8 ghia in the garage but he's in hos at the mo so it's sitting there waiting.

[Moorhen]

Mine's still going as often as possible. There's a few over here on the island that are still used daily will get some pics this week. My van will back on the road soon...
Got given this the other day too which is now back on the road

Cheers Rob.

[quasimoto]

chap down the road near me owns two which he had from new / looking a tad shabby but still going strong

[Smiler]

Mine is now back on the road after a slightly protracted (by the intervention of project 'wife & kids') 2.0ltr Zetec conversion.



Smiler.

[Mercdan68]

^^^^^ that is a really nice looking convertable you have there

[westycapri]

Here's my xr3i

Done over 10k in the last 6months so is well used.

[vulgalour]

I see this one fairly regularly doing everyday car things.


This one too.



They're not massively rare up here in the North East, considering their age, and usually in tidy order. Having said that, I've not seen this booted one since August 2014 and checking it on the DVLA sites it looked like it succumbed to rust and wasn't re-Mot'd.  No wonder it looked so tidy when I papped it, there was only 55k with the last 3,000 of those being covered over 9 years.  The thing must have barely moved.

[Smiler]

Nov 13, 2016 22:18:41 GMT Mercdan68 said:

^^^^^ that is a really nice looking convertable you have there

Tankyou, though it is taking full advantage of photo flattery. It does have a few blemishes and it needs a new roof.


There is a series 1 RST in the area and I know of another under long-term restoration. I haven't seen any cooking spec Escorts for a long time.

[shagracer]

this is the one i pass on my way to work, its regularly use to haul his mountain bike around

1998 FORD ESCORT FINESSE 16V by shagracer, on Flickr

1998 FORD ESCORT FINESSE 16V by shagracer, on Flickr

thanks for the great response to this thread so far.

[austinpowers]

There is still an mk5 van used daily at work. Some welding has been done to it MOT but apart from that it's still going strong.

[93fxdl]

Saw this thread this morning and thought it has been years since I last noticed a later escort on the road, within an hour, I am behind one in the middle of Kilmarnock, a tidy looking lx which appeared to be undertaking daily driver duties.
Ttfn Glenn

[astranaut]

Really want another mk5 van, had a blast in mine, although the 1.8 non turbo derv is the slowest thing I have ever driven. Just wish I could weld.

[astranaut]

My mk3 Orion... randomly caught fire one day while at work. Liked that car. Not got any pics of my van, saved it from scrap, tidied it up, had over 300k on it but ran like a watch, rot got it in the end.

[s1105117]

There is a ghia with added gaffa tape on my neighbours drive! Will get a picture later :-)

[dave62pb]

Didnt think anybody on here would be interested in late Escorts, I picked up this as a runaround for the family 1.8 petrol 12 month MOT = £50.

[njw]

^^ My mate had a GTI in that colour, had a 2.0 engine after the original engine died through lack of antifreeze, a set of 16" Mondeo Si alloys in place of the original 15's and a set of lowering springs, he offered it to me for peanuts when the mot was about to expire and he didn't want to spend on it (not that it needed much as far as I could see) but I had no need for it as I had just bought another Sierra, I wish I had bought it to be honest thinking back to all the work we did on it.

[shagracer]

first saw this XR3i back in July 2004, went back yesterday to see if she was still going strong and to take these photo, I cant believe how much she has deteriorated in that 2 years, the roof from the sun hatch back has a film of green slime as does the boot lid under the spoiler, a few more scrapes and all the rust spots have enlarged, it does around 1,500 miles between MOT's and only covered 750 last year, i fear for her survival as April 2017 could be her make or break date.

[shagracer]

spotted this one at a very critical point in its life, just out of MOT, could be make or break time

1994 FORD ESCORT MISTRAL 16V by shagracer, on Flickr

1994 FORD ESCORT MISTRAL 16V by shagracer, on Flickr