White Mk1 1300 sport

[fulmine]

Hi Guys

Since i almost did a thread hijack on Stu's 1300 sport,i will start a thread with a bit of history about my car,from 1986 up to the present,unfortunately there is not many early photos,but there is 4 cds worth of resto work.

[Lee R]

Will look forward to seeing that mate

[Quickrack-Alan]

Well the more the merrier.

[mk1GTstu]

It will be nice to see some photos of your resto

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Hi Guys

Since i almost did a thread hijack on Stu's 1300 sport,i will start a thread with a bit of history about my car,from 1986 up to the present,unfortunately there is not many early photos,but there is 4 cds worth of resto work.

Well two resto threads on Mk1 Escort Sports are always better than one I should think! Looking forward to reading more about it and seeing your photos.

Cheers, Tim.

[fulmine]

Initial purchase

Well as you can see in the picture this is the original advert from the"Thames Valley Trader".dated July 9th 1987.I had just sold my Alfa Sud and my brother had a mk1 Escort estate,which he was busy modifying outside our front door,i guess you could do that in those days without some toe-rag nicking it!I saw the advert and went to guildford to view it and left a deposit and the next day it was mine.

[fulmine]

Well two resto threads on Mk1 Escort Sports are always better than one I should think! Looking forward to reading more about it and seeing your photos.

Cheers, Tim.

Cheers Tim!

[fulmine]

Owners handbook

As i purchased the car so long ago i was fortunate to get the owners handbook
intact and i've posted a few shots,j'm sure many of you have seen these before
but i thought i would show them as maybe some haven't,the owners handbook has a supplement for the 1300 Sport,it shows both forms of dashes,i've posted the early dash,also there is a shot of the Ford dealers service book.013.jpg

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[fulmine]

Early photos'

Here are a few shots of the car in the late eighties and early nineties,looking slightly sad in many ways,the car has a 1600 cc xflow,with a magnalesi inlet which in my stupidity i have since lost
The engine was built by my brother,to clever that chap!,if i find any pictures i will post his Mk1 Estate which i actually spotted around 10 years ago so it should still be out there,more on that later.but that was where the engine came out of.
Some of the photos are in Wood Steet W005.jpg

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009.jpgalthamstow where i was staying for some time.

[fox2fox]

It looks well that!!!.I must admit I do like the old car ads!!,I like looking for old auto trader magazines from the early 80s on ebay for those happy days,when my brother used to buy it every Thursday morning looking for escorts to buy,I always remember reading it and getting my hands black of the print!!!!.oh happy days!!!...

[mk1GTstu]

Great pics! Keep them coming!

[fulmine]

mk1 sport

cheers everyone,i certainly try and post a lot more!

[Rallye]

Nice car in White.

Do you have the unique steering wheel ?

[Lee R]

Whilst I appreciate excellent photography on the latest cameras you just cannot beat the nostalgia that old photos bring Keep them coming

[fulmine]

Nice car in White.

Do you have the unique steering wheel ?

Hmm i didnt realise it was unique but a short answer is no.
damn!