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I suspect they've seen what MST ( https://mst-cars.com/models ) are doing and want a piece of the action!
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Think the MST are a bit more sensibly priced too
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As I worked on the assembly line at Halewood in the late 60s perhaps I should apply for a job.
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My father in law had one of the first Escorts off the line as a company car, the family were off to Germany to stay with friends the following week, so the dealer said “run it around for a few days to let it settle down, bring it back so we will give it a check over before you go” he took it in, got it checked, the mechanic took it out to test & promptly ran up the back of another car! The body shop worked all night to sort it out as best they could & sorted it properly when they got back. When they were in Germany people were all over the Escort as no-one had seen one yet, I don’t think it had been introduced there yet. I still remember the car, 2 door in Saluki bronze, a step up from the Angleboxes he had previously.
Not an Escort but a Capri.
Very similar to my experience as a young boy, summer of 69 Dad was one of the first to purchase a 2L GT Ford Capri, very few had seen one, we took it to Spain and caused 2 accidents, drivers eyeing/admiring the car instead of on the road.
Later that year in Paris, same thing but a 3L GT, could it shift, happy memories.
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That would have been the same V4 2 litre lump as the one in my 2000E Corsair. But the 3 ltr version was quite a beast in it's day!Not an Escort but a Capri.
Very similar to my experience as a young boy, summer of 69 Dad was one of the first to purchase a 2L GT Ford Capri, very few had seen one, we took it to Spain and caused 2 accidents, drivers eyeing/admiring the car instead of on the road.
Later that year in Paris, same thing but a 3L GT, could it shift, happy memories.
Did they put the asthmatic old v4 i the capri did they? Never knew that..
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I hope these escorts are better than the 73 1300 E I had. 9 years old and rotten….when I grew up a bit I had a 280 Capri, fabulous car
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Apparently so.
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It certainly was.
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Spin the wheels in 3rd in a wet day, top as well if it was a bit greasy, the old Essex engine had loads of low down grunt! A customer where I worked had one & let me have a drive in it, it was a bit lethal in the wet, we used to joke 125mph going out, but 20mph in the hearse coming back!
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I remember going to auctions as a kid with my old man in the early 80s you could buy them for peanuts , i had a mk2 when I was 18 and it was a rusty knackered heap when it was only 9 years old with 70k on the clock at least it taught me how to weld
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Although classic Minis and Landrover's are my thing, the first car I ever drove was my mums Mk2 Escort so have a lot of love for old Escorts too. Crazy money but fantastic that they are being built. 
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I GAVE AWAY a rot free / never welded F reg MKI two door - which had 12" wheels ! Clearing out mates numerous lockups after he went to live permanently abroad and didn't have anywhere to store it !
