Ford Escort Popular Plus - 20,000 miles from new

[LondonTom]

Recently acquired this, purely as an investment as it is far too original to change / crash.

Family owned and kept in a carpeted garage since new.





Found some random sunshade in the boot and gave the old nail a clean.

[bss325i]

My grandad had a base spec (pre popular) 2dr N reg 1.1 mk2 escort in the same colour.

It was scrapped in 1995 when he gave up driving at 80 due to poor eye sight.

I have many a fond childhood memory of that car.

[bss325i]

His had chrome bumpers and FORD on the grill instead of the blue oval.

[bss325i]

The GO in that BGO number plate denotes it being a south London car when registered new.

Any idea which dealer sold it new?

[csl]

Like that a lot.

[LondonTom]

The GO in that BGO number plate denotes it being a south London car when registered new.

Any idea which dealer sold it new?

Peacocks I think it was in Balham - it's been in Stockwell and then Clapham which is where I bought it from.

This one is an auto too! Managed to get it running and took it up the road, struggled to get it over 40mph!

My previous mk2 was even more basic than this one - it had drum brakes on the front and 12 inch wheels when I bought it.

[pacerpete]

Go on, shock us, how much does one have to pay in the current mad market for something as horrid, albeit admittedly minty as this ?

[DanThe]

Investment indeed, I mean its not like you would want to drive it

[LondonTom]

Pete - can't disclose figures, but for the same price I would struggle to pick up a birmingham spec sport.

Dan it's an experience...but not particularly exciting!!

[rh306]

...this one looks good, is that you bidding Pete

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Escort-2 ... 5d4cc72532

[pacerpete]

...this one looks good, is that you bidding Pete

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Escort-2 ... 5d4cc72532

That is in my 'watch' list . I am intrigued to see how much some freak pays for what is basically £60 of light iron with a pair of number plates and an ID.


My last 'scort was a 49k one family owned white V plate Popular with the gnarly 1100 mill, front drums sans servo and a foot pump screen washer. It was bought for £40 with a short test and needing some welding . I served it for £600 to some paddys. It must have been seven /eight years ago. Leaving it in the passage waiting for it to be worth a fortune would have been futile, it would have dissolved. These sorry spastics were failing MOTs at five years old !

[Andyboy]

His had chrome bumpers and FORD on the grill instead of the blue oval.

Ford changed the FORD grille letters to the blue oval in August 1977 for the S plate, as well as deleting the FORD letters on the bootlid. They chasnged the Escort script on the steering wheel centre to the blue oval at the same time - yellow instrument needles aswell iirc.
N reg was an early one and there was no Popular or Popular plusuntil early 1976 whereupon the black bumpers arrived.

The white one is rubbish but the blue S plater is very nice. Looks like Midnight blue, a fine hue that arrived in late '77 - a 1975 car would have been Royal blue, slightly lighter.

[jimbom30cab]

Mine was a Miami blue 2 door 1.6 Ghia. It had 40odd thousand miles, old boy owned from new and had never left chichester in its life. Cost me £400.

It was a P reg so had the chrome ford letters and the Ghia "extras".

They were ten a penny back then, wish I'd kept it but needed the money at the time.

[LondonTom]

Pete - can't disclose figures, but for the same price I would struggle to pick up a birmingham spec sport.

Dan it's an experience...but not particularly exciting!!

Bit like shagging a fat bird then........

A Birmingham spec sport? Yes, you just wouldn't no matter how desperate!!

[bss325i]

His had chrome bumpers and FORD on the grill instead of the blue oval.

Ford changed the FORD grille letters to the blue oval in August 1977 for the S plate, as well as deleting the FORD letters on the bootlid. They chasnged the Escort script on the steering wheel centre to the blue oval at the same time - yellow instrument needles aswell iirc.
N reg was an early one and there was no Popular or Popular plusuntil early 1976 whereupon the black bumpers arrived.

The white one is rubbish but the blue S plater is very nice. Looks like Midnight blue, a fine hue that arrived in late '77 - a 1975 car would have been Royal blue, slightly lighter.

Yes was deffo slightly lighter blue than the one pictured.

My granddad bought it from Fry's of Lewisham after my dad put a deposit on it for his first car and when he realised he couldnt afford the insurance (lol!) to save my dad losing the deposit, my granddad bought it and my dad had my granddads old L reg tawny bronze 1.3 mk1 estate which he later smashed up buy hitting a dustbin truck up the arse.

[bss325i]

The GO in that BGO number plate denotes it being a south London car when registered new.

Any idea which dealer sold it new?

Peacocks I think it was in Balham - it's been in Stockwell and then Clapham which is where I bought it from.

Peacocks of Balham was an RS dealer.

As a kid in the 80's going to school in Streatham i often passed Peacocks and they always had some lumpy tackle in the showroom!

There were soooo many Ford dealers back in the day of which most have gone.

Croydon alone had 5 sites up until the mid 90's and now there is one.

[bss325i]

Went to school in Streatham Tulse hill actually, lived in Dulwich though.

Yank place does not ring any bells.

[Andyboy]

Our local RS dealer in the 70's was Whites of Taunton who occasionally had a Boreham rally car in the showroom, but local regular Ford dealers were Douglas Seaton in Yeovil, Yandles Garage in Martock (still going) and Portcullis Motors in Langport. Misterton Garage near Crewkerne are still Ford dealers after 40 years as well.
My Old Man's Mark 1 Mexico came from F English Ltd in Bournemouth - owned by Colonel Ronnie Hoare who owned/started Maranello Concessionaires. Very proper.

[tom325ise]

You grew up in Streatham, what was the name of that dodgy Yank place with the Elvis impersonator had a cut out car on the roof if I remember rightly?

There was an Italian Restaurant in Streatham called La Pergola that had a Chinese Elvis Impersonator for years. Can't remember a Yank place.

[jimbom30cab]

is it easy to buy spares for these still ? are they still readily available ?

[LondonTom]

is it easy to buy spares for these still ? are they still readily available ?

Loads of parts available - not that I'm buying anything for this old nail.

[mattIS]

You grew up in Streatham, what was the name of that dodgy Yank place with the Elvis impersonator had a cut out car on the roof if I remember rightly?

There was an Italian Restaurant in Streatham called La Pergola that had a Chinese Elvis Impersonator for years. Can't remember a Yank place.

is that whats called a multicultural experience?ahead of its time clearly

[LondonTom]

Change in plan - getting shipped off to Gartrac tomorrow morning!!

[pacerpete]

Change in plan - getting shipped off to Gartrac tomorrow morning!!

Sold for loads of money to a tatted Ford type I hope ?

[LondonTom]

Change in plan - getting shipped off to Gartrac tomorrow morning!!

Sold for loads of money to a tatted Ford type I hope ?

Not quite, but to Gartrac themselves - couldn't be bothered with all the agro of advertising privately so fired out a few emails and had an agreeable offer within a few hours.

Didn't want to sell it, but want to waste some money sticking an s52 in the e30 ; )

[pacerpete]

Go on, shock us, how much ?

[LondonTom]

Go on, shock us, how much ?

Not loads - 7k, but if I could buy and sell one of these a month at the same figures I wouldn't need to work!!

[LondonTom]

Go on, shock us, how much ?

Not loads - 7k, but if I could buy and sell one of these a month at the same figures I wouldn't need to work!!

But but you paid £6995 for it

Knock off the 6 and you're getting closer ; )

[bss325i]

Nice!