The Ford Appreciation Thread

[DaveDreads]

You've got some serious projects to be getting on with.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

And a few of my previous Ford buckets from over the years. As you can tell, I like some of the slightly less popular stuff...

Orion 1600E. Yes, those door cappings are REAL wood:

RS Stylee Orion:

Orion Equipe:

2.0 Zetec-powered Escort Mexico:

RS2000:

ST220:

 

[NorthloopCup]

I can have a go at this too. These are the Fords that I currently own...

First off is this MIGHTY 1.4 Ford Escort Equipe (no it's not an Orion, they changed the naming convention in 1993). Was in the same family all it's life and has done about 70k. I had one of these as my first car and had to have another. One day I will get round to restoring it and fitting a naughty engine.

I am also currently rebuilding this MK5 RS2000 stage rally car. I've owned it about three years. It looked like this when I bought it:

I didn't like the wheel arch extensions, and it is getting some upgrades, so it currently looks like this:

I also own all this:

Which used to be this; an Escort F2 Kit Car. I have a lot of work ahead of me:

Ah mate! Genuine mountune rs2k engine!! You never said you had one of those!!

 

[Fraserb]

And a few of my previous Ford buckets from over the years. As you can tell, I like some of the slightly less popular stuff...

Orion 1600E. Yes, those door cappings are REAL wood:

RS Stylee Orion:

Orion Equipe:

2.0 Zetec-powered Escort Mexico:

RS2000:

ST220:

Loving the 1600E, mate of mine sadly killed his with a tree a number of years ago

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Ah mate! Genuine mountune rs2k engine!! You never said you had one of those!!

Yeah, sitting in waiting. It's not been apart for a few years but has apparently only done a handful of miles since being rebuilt. As I said in your thread, it uses standard size valves, but ported head, Piper cams (unknown spec), solid lifters, Omega pistons, H-section rods and heat treated crank. It has slide throttles too, so a bit unusual. I'm trying to get the build file from Mountune but it's a forest spec engine, so has bigger trumpets and different cams to tarmac engines. My friend runs one in his car which I think is the same spec and that was about 220bhp. I know another guy running a tarmac one and that is 250bhp, but it's hard to know exactly what the differences are and Mountune are still a bit cagey about giving details away.

I've probably got some pictures somewhere of my mates one in pieces, so can send them over some time if you like! They're a heavy old lump really, but fairly tough.

Loving the 1600E, mate of mine sadly killed his with a tree a number of years ago

Cheers, was in really lovely condition. I didn't keep it long because I was just going to ruin it, but it did end up getting some light restoration work. I have heard that it might have died now though

 

[NorthloopCup]

Yeah, sitting in waiting. It's not been apart for a few years but has apparently only done a handful of miles since being rebuilt. As I said in your thread, it uses standard size valves, but ported head, Piper cams (unknown spec), solid lifters, Omega pistons, H-section rods and heat treated crank. It has slide throttles too, so a bit unusual. I'm trying to get the build file from Mountune but it's a forest spec engine, so has bigger trumpets and different cams to tarmac engines. My friend runs one in his car which I think is the same spec and that was about 220bhp. I know another guy running a tarmac one and that is 250bhp, but it's hard to know exactly what the differences are and Mountune are still a bit cagey about giving details away.

I've probably got some pictures somewhere of my mates one in pieces, so can send them over some time if you like! They're a heavy old lump really, but fairly tough.



Cheers, was in really lovely condition. I didn't keep it long because I was just going to ruin it, but it did end up getting some light restoration work. I have heard that it might have died now though 😧

Yeah get them sent over mate! Interested to see those pics for sure.

 

[Gally]

Epic list of cars there!

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

You've got some serious projects to be getting on with.

Sorry, missed this. Yes, too many really!

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Epic list of cars there!

Thanks bud!

Only scratching the surface really, had no end of Fords over the years

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

As I've already posted a million times on this thread in the last 24 hours, it can't hurt to do a little more. Looking through my photobucket for the pictures above and I found a few other random ones...

Bit of a 90s flavour there wasn't there. Standing up for the unloved MK5/6 Escort.

 

[Scrooge]

I really shouldn't but I love that burgundy mk5!!!!!

@Daniel you'll love these updates

 

[banther]

So because I'm a pov I can't post my own thread on the topic.
Fiesta ST or Focus 182PS Zetec S? Thoughts?

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

I really shouldn't but I love that burgundy mk5!!!!!

@Daniel you'll love these updates

You should like it, because of the 1840cc 240bhp turbo Zetec it was fitted with! Long dead now though.

 

[Mork of Ork]

Is that pink Escort the Max Power project car?

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Aye it is. It's still about too.

 

[Mork of Ork]

I had a poster of that on my wall as a youth.

 

[Bluebeard]

Got sleeper?

 

[Bluebeard]

I really shouldn't but I love that burgundy mk5!!!!!

It's lush!! (Apart from the daft bonnet lifters)

Proper proper lush.

 

[Gally]

Got sleeper?

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Ooooft!

 

[Scrooge]

Dribbling.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Turbocharged MK1/2 Escorts genuinely upset me. They should have a rorty naturally aspirated engine under the bonnet and nothing else.

I visited the Ford Heritage collection today (I love my job), I'm not even going to post pictures, it was too much lol.

 

[Gavin.]

I can't wait to see the new Ford GT in the WEC next year, it looks amazing and that defuser is just crazy!

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

It's ok lol.

 

[_Tom]

Offt. Bit of blasphemy but still -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK2-Ford-...547907?hash=item419e68e1c3:g:YKcAAOSwA4dWIrtb

 

[DaveDreads]

Lazy bugger just posting the link, those pictures belong in here, looks so much better on Minilites than whatever the hell that other crap is.

 

[Gally]

f**k my bum!!! That looks hella purposeful!!!!

Oh and RS1800 buying guide.

 

[rob_clio197rs]

These really need to be in here

 

[rob_clio197rs]

 

[Bluebeard]

@DaveDreads !

 

[Gally]

f**k! I would hardly call it a John player special!

 

[DaveDreads]

Might aswel just draw a tash on the Mona Lisa.

 

[Jekyll]

Tbf, if that had all the stickers, spoiler, diffuser, louvers, and crappy rear lights removed and was sprayed in a satin black, that would look badass.

Not a lot of work to make it look good, but on the flip side it does look s**t with all that on it.

 

[Christopher.]

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[DaveDreads]

I was at the Classic Car & Restoration Show today, there was too many cars to get photos of them all, so I just stuck to the Fords, they are a bit sh*t as I took them with my potato phone and it was extremely busy so I couldn't far enough back for some of them.

 

[Bluebeard]

That mk2 cortina with 'outlaw' on the number plate is f**king badass!!

 

[DaveDreads]

Yep, triple barrel carbed V6.

 

[DaveDreads]

 

[172Oz]

Some cracking fords here. My focus rs mk1 i sold recently

 

[RS Charlie]

I've had a few Fords over the years. Some were OK, some not so great but then some did cost as much as a night out these days!

I started off behind the wheel after getting a driving licence in a Ford Ka Sun Collection. I ended up converting this to close to Ford Racing spec. Well, apart from the engine, wheel arches and horrendously expensive but lovely Sparco seats. Ford Racing going bust however did make the wheels and suspension very easy and cheap to get hold of, and of all all of the items came with the Ford stamp on them. The exhaust was probably the priciest part but at least I knew it wouldn't go again under my ownership. It was sold on to another KaKlub member who I think converted it to a 1.6 and put a questionable bodykit on it :

A Focus 1.6 I bought off a friend with a few mods. It was a good car and I only sold it to chase more power:

A very faithful Ford Mondeo Ghia X 3.0 V6. It was on 110k and I took it up to 262k until some fool wrote it off. It was a good car and I'd have happily have kept it.

However, this is the other car I own:

ATM I am in the process of reinstating the original interior. It came to me looking like this!:

Thankfully most of it has gone!

 

[Gally]

Someone made a S1 into a track car?