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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:43 pm Approach angle isn't best suited for off road driving. Bloody Chelsea tractor.

I think it mainly stuck to the autobahn...

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:45 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:43 pm 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.

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.

It looks shit.

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

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

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

ChrisW wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:29 pm 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?

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/

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:36 pm 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.

KungFooBob wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:42 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:36 pm 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

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:22 am

KungFooBob wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:42 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:36 pm 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.

That would make the car more neutral...

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

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.

Old shape NSX.

Now you're talkin'.

Druid wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:06 am 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.

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

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:36 pm 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.

Potter wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:32 pm 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

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.