Classic Fords

[KungFooBob]

Approach angle isn't best suited for off road driving. Bloody Chelsea tractor.

I think it mainly stuck to the autobahn...

[Count Steer]

Approach angle isn't best suited for off road driving. Bloody Chelsea tractor.

I think it mainly stuck to the autobahn...

I rather like the 'eager' look of it. Long loads? Meh, I've shat 'em.

[ChrisW]

It kind of annoys me that they went to such effort in seemingly every other respect...and then slapped the merc van grille on at an angle.

[KungFooBob]

It looks shit.

I don't mind a Mk1 Escort, but that's trying way too hard.

[Bigjawa]

You can simulate the MK2 escort experience by setting fire to a huge pile of £20 notes.

[mangocrazy]

It's a Ford Escort FFS. You can gentrify it as much as you like, but it's still a Dagenham dustbin.

[Bigjawa]

It kind of annoys me that they went to such effort in seemingly every other respect...and then slapped the merc van grille on at an angle.

I think the actual truck chassis bit is a Merc, doesn't look like a big Cargo or Transcontinental.

Body is Mk4/5 Cortina estate?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Gordon Murray, him what won F1 titles, built the worlds fastest road car and now owns an eponymous supercar company, has a Mk1 Escort.

Might have been mentioned before in this thread, I can't remember.

https://www.theautopian.com/mclaren-f1- ... sterpiece/

[KungFooBob]

Gordon Murray, him what won F1 titles, built the worlds fastest road car and now owns an eponymous supercar company, has a Mk1 Escort.

Might have been mentioned before in this thread, I can't remember.

https://www.theautopian.com/mclaren-f1- ... sterpiece/

That one hasn't got ridiculous arches, silly wheels and a too modern paint job.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Gordon Murray, him what won F1 titles, built the worlds fastest road car and now owns an eponymous supercar company, has a Mk1 Escort.

Might have been mentioned before in this thread, I can't remember.

https://www.theautopian.com/mclaren-f1- ... sterpiece/

That one hasn't got ridiculous arches, silly wheels and a too modern paint job.

I expect Señor Murray goes for different things in a restomod. After all he's quoted in that article as saying:

“The reason why we went for a strut, I like the Chapman strut suspension, is that it’s got very little camber compensation.”

I mean...of course, we'd all think the same thing

[MyLittleStudPony]

Gordon Murray, him what won F1 titles, built the worlds fastest road car and now owns an eponymous supercar company, has a Mk1 Escort.

Might have been mentioned before in this thread, I can't remember.

https://www.theautopian.com/mclaren-f1- ... sterpiece/

That one hasn't got ridiculous arches, silly wheels and a too modern paint job.

I expect Señor Murray goes for different things in a restomod. After all he's quoted in that article as saying:

“The reason why we went for a strut, I like the Chapman strut suspension, is that it’s got very little camber compensation.”

I mean...of course, we'd all think the same thing

I'd have gone for that set up because the roll center wouldn't be as high as on a live axle.

[Mr. Dazzle]

That would make the car more neutral...

[v8-powered]

These boys do some cracking Escorts - https://mst-cars.com/

[MyLittleStudPony]

I think the blinged up Escort looks mint. I can't fault it except the difference in height between the front and rear wheels / arches.

I'd rather have it than a 90s Ferrari. That said, there are lots of cars I'd rather have than a 90s Ferrari but we're all different and that's cool. I'd like a new shape NSX or Lexus LC500 but due to all the bairns, I'll probably get a nine seater Ford Transit. There are times I wish I'd had the vasectomy sooner.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Old shape NSX.

Now you're talkin'.

[ZRX61]

I'm not really a classic Ford enthusiast but I stumbled across this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386329762246

My parents one was maroon.

[ZRX61]

ooh! I have a *classic* Ford now, since I bought that F350

[MyLittleStudPony]

Old shape NSX.

Now you're talkin'.

I've been tempted a number of times. I should have got one back when they were cheap. But I've always been put off by the rouched material on the door cards.

[Mr. Dazzle]

you’d have to have a strong emotional reason to chase a good one down and pay the money people want for them.

Ayrton Senna's lofas do it for me

[Count Steer]

As a modern version of a classic (I remember an absolute animal Z on the RAC Rally)....I quite liked the look and sound of the 2019 Nissan 370z (last of the normally aspirated ones I believe) that was briefly behind me yesterday - then in front for the next 5 miles as I kept catching up when they met traffic and cyclists

That beast on the RAC Rally has stayed on my mind all these years...it popped, banged and crackled like a demented firework. Can't remember which number Z though.