WELL IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!!!

[essexgirlracer]

Well I'm extremely happy today as I just got a call to say my baby is done and it's coming home!!!!

Just need to find the cash to get it on the road now.........needs a few other little bit's doing too but it's running and thats all that really matters..........

I'm deffo a happy girl racer today x x



Bring on the drift fun

[Chase007]

it's a limited edition escort xr31 cabby hun, mine is inca gold, not many of them about x

I bet there's not!!! LOL

[Nay]

The only thing keeping me away from an old escort rs is the FWD.

I would actually love to put a 325i engine etc into a ford, but thats not really doable for me, noway near mechanical enough to pull off a feat like that. A nice cossy would be nice, and i'm sure as fuzzy would say, a cossy engine in a Beem would be great fun! But only if it was RWD.. which it is yes?

But wouldn't ever bother with that, in love enough with E30s hence why when i return to my little rock next week i'm buying a manual 325i ! Gonna be good!

[fuzzy]

What bhp is yours running???? bet it goes well x

stage 3 so 330ish bhp and yes it goes very well and soon to go even better with a few more tweeks

[bss325i]

it's a limited edition escort xr31 cabby hun, mine is inca gold, not many of them about x

Has it been resprayed then?

All Mk4 Escort cabriolet SE 500's are pacifica blue with full grey leather, RS turbo body kit and wheels.

[Nay]

I thought she said she had mark 3s? and my mates is an SE and its an MFI in a light silver with two-tone darker silver/grey skirts and bumpers. I know it is standard as there happened to be one in a driveway exactly the same colours and model as his right near where we worked. Was a nice car tbh, but his had a very ragged engine and f**ked steering column . Kept putting notes on the other one once a week with no reply. Saw the owner oneday (a fit female i may add) and he introduced himself... few seconds later i saw (a heard) a massive slap to the face! Hilarious... who ever said persistance pays off?

[bss325i]

I thought she said she had mark 3s? and my mates is an SE and its an MFI in a light silver with two-tone darker silver/grey skirts and bumpers. I know it is standard as there happened to be one in a driveway exactly the same colours and model as his right near where we worked. Was a nice car tbh, but his had a very ragged engine and f**ked steering column . Kept putting notes on the other one once a week with no reply. Saw the owner oneday (a fit female i may add) and he introduced himself... few seconds later i saw (a heard) a massive slap to the face! Hilarious... who ever said persistance pays off?

Thats not an SE 500 edition though.

The version you speak of was badged as an XR3i and was two tone strato silver over mercury grey. The had early mk4 XR3i cloth trim but with blue dashed lines as opposed to red dashed lines, this was exclusove to that edition. They used the standard XR3i 14" "dog leg" alloy

There were a few limited edition mk4 escort cabriolets.

The first was a white with white leather edition which had the rs turbo body kit and white 15" rs turbo wheels.

The second was the two tone silver and grey version previously mentioned

The third lot of limited editions came in three metalic colours, sea foam blue, amethist pink and a light metalic green (the colour name escapes me). These had half leather RS turbo recaros and 14" Cosworth syle lattice alloys

The fourth limited editions came in two different colour schemes. Metalic gold over flint grey and the other was metalic maroon over silver. These had half leather XR3i type seats and a 14" cross weave style alloy similar to BBS (These were also used on the Orion 1600E limited edition)

The fifth limited edition is whats comonly known as the "Tennis". This was white with a white roof and had half leather Rs turbo recaros along with the 14" Cosworth style lattice alloys.

The final was the SE 500 which was pacifica blue with Raven leather, RS turbo body kit and 15" RS turbo alloy wheels.

[SPADGE]

Barry you should hang your head in shame being such an expert on those rag top bean tins

essexgirlracer have we met as your name rings a bell as does your posting (very essex girl style

[Nay]

F**king hell Barry. Fair enough! I'm a beemer fan, not a ford fan! Well i like escort RS and Costworths (Sierras and Escorts) but dont know anything really. Would like the latest model escort (Mk4, or was it 5, think it was 4, the curvey one) in a RS Cossy 4x4. Theres two white ones in Jersey and one was recently up for sale/sold. Loved the whale tail and the black leather seats. Also the wider wings with a grille at the back! Also orignal escorts (the ones always used in amature rallys) they're great, and i think the series 2 RS2000... Some fast fords are nice, and i'd love to own a really nice example!

Ok, i'm a bit of a fan, but not an enthusiast or wont go out of my way to by one!

[bss325i]

F**king hell Barry. Fair enough! I'm a beemer fan, not a ford fan! Well i like escort RS and Costworths (Sierras and Escorts) but dont know anything really. Would like the latest model escort (Mk4, or was it 5, think it was 4, the curvey one) in a RS Cossy 4x4. Theres two white ones in Jersey and one was recently up for sale/sold. Loved the whale tail and the black leather seats. Also the wider wings with a grille at the back! Also orignal escorts (the ones always used in amature rallys) they're great, and i think the series 2 RS2000... Some fast fords are nice, and i'd love to own a really nice example!

Ok, i'm a bit of a fan, but not an enthusiast or wont go out of my way to by one!

Mk5 fella.

[bss325i]

Barry you should hang your head in shame being such an expert on those rag top bean tins

essexgirlracer have we met as your name rings a bell as does your posting (very essex girl style

Not so much rag top bean tins, more like all mk3 and 4 escort/orions.

[essexgirlracer]

it's a limited edition escort xr31 cabby hun, mine is inca gold, not many of them about x

Has it been resprayed then?

All Mk4 Escort cabriolet SE 500's are pacifica blue with full grey leather, RS turbo body kit and wheels.

No not said I had mk3's hun alway's mk4's

No hun the pacific blue cabs are known as the all blue se for obvious reasons........and they didn't all came with the turbo kit either.

Mine is a se500 in inca gold over flynt grey, they also done them in red over grey and blue over grey and I think there was also another colour too but I'm not 100% to be fair They are called the se 500 as there was only 500 of them made through out the colour ranges, No one knows exactly how many of the seperate colours were made.I do have the se500 booklet indoors.........I will try and get a pic of it uploaded on here x

[essexgirlracer]

I thought she said she had mark 3s? and my mates is an SE and its an MFI in a light silver with two-tone darker silver/grey skirts and bumpers. I know it is standard as there happened to be one in a driveway exactly the same colours and model as his right near where we worked. Was a nice car tbh, but his had a very ragged engine and f**ked steering column . Kept putting notes on the other one once a week with no reply. Saw the owner oneday (a fit female i may add) and he introduced himself... few seconds later i saw (a heard) a massive slap to the face! Hilarious... who ever said persistance pays off?

Thats not an SE 500 edition though.

The version you speak of was badged as an XR3i and was two tone strato silver over mercury grey. The had early mk4 XR3i cloth trim but with blue dashed lines as opposed to red dashed lines, this was exclusove to that edition. They used the standard XR3i 14" "dog leg" alloy

There were a few limited edition mk4 escort cabriolets.

The first was a white with white leather edition which had the rs turbo body kit and white 15" rs turbo wheels.

The second was the two tone silver and grey version previously mentioned

The third lot of limited editions came in three metalic colours, sea foam blue, amethist pink and a light metalic green (the colour name escapes me). These had half leather RS turbo recaros and 14" Cosworth syle lattice alloys

The fourth limited editions came in two different colour schemes. Metalic gold over flint grey and the other was metalic maroon over silver. These had half leather XR3i type seats and a 14" cross weave style alloy similar to BBS (These were also used on the Orion 1600E limited edition)

The fifth limited edition is whats comonly known as the "Tennis". This was white with a white roof and had half leather Rs turbo recaros along with the 14" Cosworth style lattice alloys.

The final was the SE 500 which was pacifica blue with Raven leather, RS turbo body kit and 15" RS turbo alloy wheels.[/quote




The colour that escapes you is auqafoam blue hun, my mate has 2 of them........

The fourth limited editions in your list is the se500's which mine is......as said before inca gold over flynt grey, it does have the half leather seats and the bbs style wheels which are called snowflakes, they did also come with the baby cozzie alloys too

The 5th limited editions in your list was indeed the tennis which was brought out for wimbeldon tennis in 1990 it also had the green body stripping in the bumpers and limited edition light grey half leather recaro's

And the final was the know as the all blue se as I previously said.......they did also do a left hand drive version of the all blue which was done by karmann if I'm not mistaken......

If you look on the escort cabriolet club site it will tell you all the models hun x

[essexgirlracer]

Barry you should hang your head in shame being such an expert on those rag top bean tins

essexgirlracer have we met as your name rings a bell as does your posting (very essex girl style

As far as I'm aware we have not hun.......Your name does not ring a bell lol.......I'am on a few other sites too though.....(and I don't mean porn before anyone makes the comment lol)...

[Rav335uk]

As far as I'm aware we have not hun.......Your name does not ring a bell lol.......I'am on a few other sites too though.....(and I don't mean porn before anyone makes the comment lol)...

Who metioned PORN???

[bss325i]

I thought she said she had mark 3s? and my mates is an SE and its an MFI in a light silver with two-tone darker silver/grey skirts and bumpers. I know it is standard as there happened to be one in a driveway exactly the same colours and model as his right near where we worked. Was a nice car tbh, but his had a very ragged engine and f**ked steering column . Kept putting notes on the other one once a week with no reply. Saw the owner oneday (a fit female i may add) and he introduced himself... few seconds later i saw (a heard) a massive slap to the face! Hilarious... who ever said persistance pays off?

Thats not an SE 500 edition though.

The version you speak of was badged as an XR3i and was two tone strato silver over mercury grey. The had early mk4 XR3i cloth trim but with blue dashed lines as opposed to red dashed lines, this was exclusove to that edition. They used the standard XR3i 14" "dog leg" alloy

There were a few limited edition mk4 escort cabriolets.

The first was a white with white leather edition which had the rs turbo body kit and white 15" rs turbo wheels.

The second was the two tone silver and grey version previously mentioned

The third lot of limited editions came in three metalic colours, sea foam blue, amethist pink and a light metalic green (the colour name escapes me). These had half leather RS turbo recaros and 14" Cosworth syle lattice alloys

The fourth limited editions came in two different colour schemes. Metalic gold over flint grey and the other was metalic maroon over silver. These had half leather XR3i type seats and a 14" cross weave style alloy similar to BBS (These were also used on the Orion 1600E limited edition)

The fifth limited edition is whats comonly known as the "Tennis". This was white with a white roof and had half leather Rs turbo recaros along with the 14" Cosworth style lattice alloys.

The final was the SE 500 which was pacifica blue with Raven leather, RS turbo body kit and 15" RS turbo alloy wheels.

The colour that escapes you is auqafoam blue hun, my mate has 2 of them........

Its the metalic green that i couldnt remember, not the blue. Its something jade but i cant quite remember. I'm not going to start digging out original sales brochures to find though. All the ford stuff is packed away now E30's have taken over!

The fourth limited editions in your list is the se500's which mine is......as said before inca gold over flynt grey, it does have the half leather seats and the bbs style wheels which are called snowflakes, they did also come with the baby cozzie alloys too

None of the two tone limited versions came with 14" Cosworth style latice wheels either. Only the pink/blue/green editions and the tennis came with these wheels. As used by 89 spec XR3i's.

The 5th limited editions in your list was indeed the tennis which was brought out for wimbeldon tennis in 1990 it also had the green body stripping in the bumpers and limited edition light grey half leather recaro's

I know thats basicly what i wrote in my post apart from the green stripe but i wanted to keep the post relatively short and not go to indepth.

And the final was the know as the all blue se as I previously said.......they did also do a left hand drive version of the all blue which was done by karmann if I'm not mistaken......

The pacifica blue cabrios ARE SE 500s not the two tone versions in gold, blue and red and Pacifica SE 500's ALL had the turbo kit and wheels

Here is one for sale!

http://www.carandclassic.com/car/C50747/?pt=pf

ALL Escort cabriolets were built by Karman as well for your information.

If you look on the escort cabriolet club site it will tell you all the models hun x

I think working for two different Ford dealers in the past and owning nearly 30 mk3 and 4 escorts over the years including several cabrios along with years of research will give me better information than a website full of inaccuracies!

[essexgirlracer]

Thats not an SE 500 edition though.

The version you speak of was badged as an XR3i and was two tone strato silver over mercury grey. The had early mk4 XR3i cloth trim but with blue dashed lines as opposed to red dashed lines, this was exclusove to that edition. They used the standard XR3i 14" "dog leg" alloy

There were a few limited edition mk4 escort cabriolets.

The first was a white with white leather edition which had the rs turbo body kit and white 15" rs turbo wheels.

The second was the two tone silver and grey version previously mentioned

The third lot of limited editions came in three metalic colours, sea foam blue, amethist pink and a light metalic green (the colour name escapes me). These had half leather RS turbo recaros and 14" Cosworth syle lattice alloys

The fourth limited editions came in two different colour schemes. Metalic gold over flint grey and the other was metalic maroon over silver. These had half leather XR3i type seats and a 14" cross weave style alloy similar to BBS (These were also used on the Orion 1600E limited edition)

The fifth limited edition is whats comonly known as the "Tennis". This was white with a white roof and had half leather Rs turbo recaros along with the 14" Cosworth style lattice alloys.

The final was the SE 500 which was pacifica blue with Raven leather, RS turbo body kit and 15" RS turbo alloy wheels.

The colour that escapes you is auqafoam blue hun, my mate has 2 of them........

Its the metalic green that i couldnt remember, not the blue. Its something jade but i cant quite remember. I'm not going to start digging out original sales brochures to find though. All the ford stuff is packed away now E30's have taken over!

The fourth limited editions in your list is the se500's which mine is......as said before inca gold over flynt grey, it does have the half leather seats and the bbs style wheels which are called snowflakes, they did also come with the baby cozzie alloys too

None of the two tone limited versions came with 14" Cosworth style latice wheels either. Only the pink/blue/green editions and the tennis came with these wheels. As used by 89 spec XR3i's.

The 5th limited editions in your list was indeed the tennis which was brought out for wimbeldon tennis in 1990 it also had the green body stripping in the bumpers and limited edition light grey half leather recaro's

I know thats basicly what i wrote in my post apart from the green stripe but i wanted to keep the post relatively short and not go to indepth.

And the final was the know as the all blue se as I previously said.......they did also do a left hand drive version of the all blue which was done by karmann if I'm not mistaken......

The pacifica blue cabrios ARE SE 500s not the two tone versions in gold, blue and red and Pacifica SE 500's ALL had the turbo kit and wheels

Here is one for sale!

http://www.carandclassic.com/car/C50747/?pt=pf

ALL Escort cabriolets were built by Karman as well for your information.

If you look on the escort cabriolet club site it will tell you all the models hun x

I think working for two different Ford dealers in the past and owning nearly 30 mk3 and 4 escorts over the years including several cabrios along with years of research will give me better information than a website full of inaccuracies!

There is no need to be so rude hun........I think we should leave this alone now as it's not going anywhere and your just being offensive........I never came on to this site to be offended to be fair..........

[essexgirlracer]

Going back to the original topic, I went to see my car today and heard it running........it sounded well nice......it's not coming home now till next week as there are a few bit's that need doing on it like new rad as the one I had wad damaged, new exhaust and a little welding on the rear valance by the towing eye and a little on the rear drivers side inner arch......which isnt to bad to be fair...........and then I'll be set for getting it on the road x x

[Nay]

Good luck.. love of fords will soon be out the window. The straight six will burn into the brain an in notime you'll be going through 325i's

[essexgirlracer]

Yeah I hope beemers will take over hun but my love for my cabby will never die......lol......The cabby means the world to me as it is a tribute car for my cousin that died a few years ago........he was in the process of building a cabby project and never got it finished before he died.......so I got my one about 2 years later and I'm building it in his memory....as I wanted to do something that he would have liked......so I will never get rid of it.........it probably sounds stupid to alot of people but hey it's what I want to do..........but my love for the e30 is getting stronger by the day too specially as my one is now running.........yeay!!!!

[Nay]

Well thats a fair reason. TBH, i'd think something similar to that if that happened to me.

What are your plans for your 320? do you have any pics yet?

[essexgirlracer]

I really have no major plans for it at the mo, it has a twin dtm exhaust, it's been lowered and I have got a set of 17" momo arrow's for it but I think it'll look ok with just that to be honest.......the only thing we may do is a ice install as I have the stuff which I was gonna use in the standard cab but it's a mobile swimming pool as most of them are so it's just sitting in my room at the mo.......thought at least it'll sound quite good in the beemer..........I may get some door builds too from audiosport but not sure............

I do have some pic's but I cant upload them for some reason..........I can text them to you if you pm me your number.........It don't look anything special but it's ok x x

[essexgirlracer]

Well thats a fair reason. TBH, i'd think something similar to that if that happened to me.

What are your plans for your 320? do you have any pics yet?

Have you got any other suggestions then Nay????

[tom_johnston]

I do have some pic's but I cant upload them for some reason..........I can text them to you if you pm me your number.........It don't look anything special but it's ok x x

have you tried using photobucket?

[essexgirlracer]

I haven't and the photobucket site is blocked at work hun........would use it home but not really got a clue how to too be fair........I'm abit thick when it comes to things like that x

[tom_johnston]

it is quite easy. it is self explanitary so just follow the on screen attatchments. you could always send them 2 some1 as an attatchment in an e-mail and they can host them 4 u.

[essexgirlracer]

I'll have a look when I get home from work tonight hun x x thanks x x

[Nay]

Well thats a fair reason. TBH, i'd think something similar to that if that happened to me.

What are your plans for your 320? do you have any pics yet?

Have you got any other suggestions then Nay????

Plenty Found some pink badges on the german ebay (they have loads of styles...)???? But i never put forward a suggestion in the first place What would you like? Then suggestions will start following...

I may get some door builds too from audiosport but not sure............

Do you have a link... i'd like a gander at that. A mates got some good ones made of wood, but got them off ebay so wouldn't no where to look for similar things.

[oakey]

All this Ford talk is making me

[bss325i]

There is no need to be so rude hun........I think we should leave this alone now as it's not going anywhere and your just being offensive........I never came on to this site to be offended to be fair..........

How am i being offensive?!

I meerly pointed out some factuall errors and haven't insulted you in anyway.

[pacerpete]

Shame on you Barry, stooping to swapping escort cab trivia !

Haven't you got any Hartge splitrims that need polishing ?

[Nay]

thought i should post up some things to cheer up some of the people who are feeling queezy from all this Ford talk





Much better... phew.

[bss325i]

thought i should post up some things to cheer up some of the people who are feeling queezy from all this Ford talk

Much better... phew.

Despite your obvious joy of seeing samshed up Escorts, did you not think that people may have died in all three of them wrecks?

[Nay]

Yes i did actually. But its the state of the cars that makes me chuckle. My thoughts do go to those people involved. But in all fairness theres a good chance that the drivers involved could have been doing something stupid. Maybe they found a lorry or something else unfortunate, but i more think about the people who are not driving the car, and the fact they're involved in something that wasn't their fault.

[bss325i]

The two silver cars look like they've had a side impact into something like a tree.

The blue car looks like its had a head on with another vehicle.