"Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert" (joshuagilbert)
04/13/2015 at 14:08 • Filed to: None
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"Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert" (joshuagilbert)
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Can we marvel over the existence of this?
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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert
04/13/2015 at 14:18 |
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Not a thing where you're from? It's awesome mate, no doubt... but.. ;)
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/13/2015 at 14:27 |
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I had a look about on UK eBay and elsewhere a while back, and for a vehicle that was registered in such ridiculous numbers, there aren't really that many (comparatively) of the Mk. 1 Escort still around.
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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/13/2015 at 14:30 |
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Oh for sure, I don't claim they are plentyful :) I was just wondering if you never had them.
Cé hé sin
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/13/2015 at 14:36 |
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Nope, disposable. It was a van, bought for a purpose and scrapped when used up.
Lots of cars have vanished too. Toyota Carina, Nissan Bluebird, Lancia Trevi, Fiats with numbers other than 500, Talbots, Renaults with numbers, Peugeot 305 and anything before and on and on...
Mazda 323 and 626, Nissan Sunny...
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/13/2015 at 14:39 |
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The Mk.1 Escort is virtually nonexistent in the US in any form - it came out right when federalizing the bumpers/emissions/etc. would have been a huge pain, and unlike the gray-market Mercedes, there wasn't a huge demand for economy cars that would have to be imported through hoops at the time.
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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/13/2015 at 14:41 |
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I know, I was talking about bread vans :)
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Cé hé sin
04/13/2015 at 14:43 |
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The same thing very much happened with my Ranchero. Being a two-door wagon unibody with the roof cut off, it was the cheapest pickup in America and treated as such. Falcons in general have survived in dramatically fewer numbers than their successor first-gen Mustangs, despite nearly as many having been built - they were driven until dead and thrown out, without the cachet of cool the 60s Stangs enjoyed in recent memory through the 70s and 80s to make people salt them away. Falcon Rancheros are scarce, and sedan delivery models and two door wagons equally or more hard to find, in greater demand, but only now.
Edit to add: someone I know owns a race-modified Bluebird from years ago, but I hardly ever see them driving around.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/13/2015 at 14:45 |
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Well, we've had a few, but they're not terribly common on car platforms. The Falcon one was one of the last of that sort before they nearly all were on short wheelbase trucks.
Brian, The Life of
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/13/2015 at 14:45 |
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We never got any of the cool delivery van-ettes you guys always got. :(
At least we get the Transit Connect now.
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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> Brian, The Life of
04/13/2015 at 14:48 |
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That's a Fiat 127 :) They are awesome. Slow as fuck though.
Edit: Wait, what.. you get the Transit Connect now? Awesome.
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Brian, The Life of
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/13/2015 at 14:54 |
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Yup! Since the last generation. I came soooo close to buying one when I was shopping for my Fusion. So close. I fell in love with how wildly practical they are.
One of my daughters said she would "never ride it that thing" if I bought it.
I first encounterd the 127 delivery when I spent the summer in the UK after graduating high school. My friend and I stayed with his mom who owed one. It was our trusty whip while we were there. Such a neat little truck thing!
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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> Brian, The Life of
04/13/2015 at 14:58 |
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Awesome.
I always find it cool how cars we see as big/large here in europe are seen as "small" cars in the US. The regular Ford Transit or the Mercedes S-Class comes to mind :)