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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 07/19/2015 at 18:13 • Filed to: Ford, Escort Mk3

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It’s somewhat alarming to go to a vintage day and find cars that you remember being in daily use.

Meet a Mk3 Escort. It’s the L model so it has posh things like a rear wiper. It doesn’t say 1.3 L so it’s the 1.1. It had nothing by our standards - four speed box, manual everything including I think the choke and so on. Like all versions of the Mk3 sold in Europe power steering was never offered. No, of course there wasn’t AC either. That was unheard of at the time and for many years after.

whoarder is tellurium > Cé hé sin 07/19/2015 at 18:17

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not for canada - australian in disguise > Cé hé sin 07/19/2015 at 18:20

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Heard they had HUD issues, Ford electrics, y’know?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin 07/19/2015 at 18:29

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Our family cars were such cheap junk that even though I’m only 21 I see our cars at classic car shows already. My uncle had a 1985 Fiesta until I was 11 because he couldn’t replace it for example.

jkm7680 > Cé hé sin 07/19/2015 at 18:43

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Rally car that thing.

Cé hé sin > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/19/2015 at 18:43

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I had a Mk3 Escort once and never had any electrical troubles, there not being many electrical things on the car. It was the mechanical bits that were troublesome.

Cé hé sin > jkm7680 07/19/2015 at 18:48

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Not the Mk3 so much, being fwd. Saw several Mks1 and 2, like one of these

and one of these

not for canada - australian in disguise > Cé hé sin 07/19/2015 at 18:52

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you haven’t been on much lately have you

jkm7680 > Cé hé sin 07/19/2015 at 18:52

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I’ll take the second one and somehow get it to the United States.

dogisbadob > Cé hé sin 07/19/2015 at 20:20

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Nothing wrong with that! Too bad the US Escort was lame though.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Cé hé sin 07/19/2015 at 23:25

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Saw a late ‘70’s Toyota Corona yesterday , and realised i hadn’t seen one in ages!

these are like the Escort.

disposable.

Cé hé sin > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/20/2015 at 07:05

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No, too busy.

edu-petrolhead > Cé hé sin 07/20/2015 at 13:29

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Some sweet memories of trying to turn on a Escort with the ethanol powered CHT 1.6l engine and letting it warm up while forming a huge cloud of half burnt alcohol in the winter. You could get drunk just by sniffing this vapor