Introduction

[Paul]

Hi everyone have been visiting this site on and off over the last couple of years and thought it was about time I introduced myself after posting my first thread.

Mk2 Escorts have been my favourite car since I was a kid and my first 4 back in the 90's were right bangers, sold my last in 97 which was a minty sport. After a 6 years of fwd nothing special and 2 children later and a bit of spare cash I needed another.

I currently have a MkII Escort 1600 Sport which I have owned for the past 3-4 years. It has changed quite a bit since I have owned it, mainly improvements to bodywork and quite alot of welding etc after a big MOT failure.
It is an on going project as I don't like to take it off the road for any amount of time so if I said, "I will soon be putting the stripes on." 18 months ago, or fitting my front spoiler, 12 months ago I wasn't lying its just I haven't got around to doing it yet.

Here is my car.



Cheers Paul

[RS2000&MEXICO]

welcome mate.....your car looks very nice.....

[Trickster]

Hello

[grum]

welcome aboard Paul

nice mota

[Dave1800BDA]

hello and welcome,

the car looks great btw

cheers Dave

[topaz]

best colour

[Paul]

Thanks for the welcomes and nice comments.
My car always looks better in pictures, it's not a show car more in-between daily driver to rotbox standard compared to alot of the cars on here.
Main thing is I would rather drive it any day compared to the more modern jelly moulds, accept for when its snows and I can't get a grip on the road, torrential rain when the wipers dont move quick enough and my feet start to get wet, and frosty mornings with a barely warm demister. Roll on the summer

[topaz]

we like jelly moulds too

[Trickster]

torrential rain when the wipers dont move quick enough and my feet start to get wet

I had a centre console full of water because of the rain the other year i wouldnt have minded but my fags was in there as well

[Paul]

That reminds me of one day I was driving through the lanes in an ex mk2 and had some fags in the drivers side parcel tray. After going through a small flood not too slow it wrote off the whole packet.

My old stereo which was in the car at the time had rust around the bottom edge when I removed it.

[marky4]

hi Paul welcome to the site

nice looking mk2 you got there

[Nipper]

Hi Paul. welcome. . I like yellow.. .
Where abouts in Bucks are you? Am a Bucks boy myself .

[ian parker]

Hi Paul, and welcome, i think i saw you a couple of weeks ago, may have been the weekend pulling into The Caldicotte ??, was it you ?? by the way ive returned your pm.

[vinny]

hi paul, welcome m8

[stu37025]

Hi Paul, love the car