mk 1 Escort prices

Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:08 pm

^^^ did we get these in Blighty?

Both of those have the incorrect cabin configuration.

Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:11 pm

Diplomat FTW though

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Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:11 pm

TouringTash wrote:^^^ did we get these in Blighty?

Both of those have the incorrect cabin configuration.

We did indeed. I don't think we got the injected one but Broadspeed (iirc) did do a turbo conversion which was quite gnarly for an early 70s turd.
How anybody bought a Firenza when you could buy one of these for similar dollars, god knows ?

Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:16 pm

Isnt the Manta A more of a Capri rival though?

Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:20 pm

bss325i wrote:Isnt the Manta A more of a Capri rival though?

Capri/escort, same scrap, different clothes/ badge

Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:26 pm

my sister had a P reg Magnum 1800 as a first car it was my Grans for years before that in white. My dad couldn't give it away back in 2000 ish when she bought a new car. It was sadly scrapped and it wasn't a rotton pig, they only built 2000 iirc? She bent a wheel on it once, Vauxhall found one at a dealer in N.I for it!

Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:44 pm

pacerpete wrote:

had to show that again, I had a lowly Berlinetta many moons ago, 2nd owner 43K on the clock, garaged every day of its life.
Slow and handled like a boat but thouroughly enjoyed every day of ownership.
Hmmm

So Pete did they do a S.A model?
I'm not gonna learn to weld as life's too short.

Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:47 pm

The much overlooked Hunter GLS with its 1725 Holbay engine.

Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:50 pm

Rodderz wrote:The much overlooked Hunter GLS with its 1725 Holbay engine.

Powellys dad has one, which explains everything !

Post Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:57 pm

rh306 wrote:Diplomat FTW though

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I want! How cool would it be to cruise about in that.

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:02 am

there are some sick freaks on the zone !

Pete the manta A is indeed a nice chariot, i have an SDI powered chariot in gold/maroon metalflake complete with jacked up rear suspension/leaf extensions and chromed jag IRS/mickey thompsons festering in my old mans garage..

i will one day exhume the sorry turd and get some pics up ! it WILL make you moist !

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:16 am

FTMFW!

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:31 am

^^^

I've always thought the MK2 looks better then the MK1.

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:51 am

e30topless wrote:there are some sick freaks on the zone !

Pete the manta A is indeed a nice chariot, i have an SDI powered chariot in gold/maroon metalflake complete with jacked up rear suspension/leaf extensions and chromed jag IRS/mickey thompsons festering in my old mans garage..

i will one day exhume the sorry turd and get some pics up ! it WILL make you moist !

I'm already wetter than an otters pocket.

M/T's

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:55 am

Opel Bitter Diplomat.

http://tinyurl.com/cwfhzsm

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:14 am

Do have a soft spot for old Escrotes, and they dominate in the Jersey Rally, the sorted E30's don't even hold a candle to them

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:22 pm

I have an old 1980's Lancia Beta 1300 under wraps on the drive, I bought for 500 squid. If you thought mk1 escorts rotted quick you have seen nothing. I love it though and even thinking of tearing it apart repairing rust and rebuilding it with a paint job. I think I have been hit over the head with a brick too many times!

I find it quite bemusing seeing sh** old cars being treated like a rolls. I love mk1 escorts and I think the reason they go for silly money is the rally boys bought em for cotton buds and built them into mean machines so the unmolested ones are collectible.

That'll make you wet as an otter

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:14 pm

I remember those well - and the rot!

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:40 pm

Andyboy wrote:I remember those well - and the rot!

Can't wait to peel back the body.

I think I will be violently sick. Along with fits of laughter. What's not love about an old Lancia that destroyed the Lancia name?

at least the ford escort got stronger from mk to mk.

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:00 pm

I love how the Betas look, especially the HPE which I suspect is now more or less extinct.

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:01 pm

Does it have the legendary Aurelio Lampredi twin-cam?

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:14 pm

Cloggy Saint wrote:I love how the Betas look, especially the HPE which I suspect is now more or less extinct.

That's why I bought it, I went round to this elderly gentlemans house to do some work. he said he had an old Lancia he never used (30,000 miles on the clock) and said he'll give it to me for the work I'd done for £500 it looked stunning and I bit his hand off for it, shame the gold wheels though. The 1300 is a very rare beast there are a few 2000's about though.

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:22 pm

Speedtouch wrote:Does it have the legendary Aurelio Lampredi twin-cam?

Oooooh yes and does it sound sweet!drove it before the carb packed up and just love the sound it makes at high rpm. Need to rebuild that carb,just having time is the problem.
This is the standard exhaust sound while she was parked on the drive: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri= ... Nd26PL_CBY

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:28 pm

Touring_IOM wrote:
Speedtouch wrote:Does it have the legendary Aurelio Lampredi twin-cam?
Oooooh yes and does it sound sweet!drove it before the carb packed up and just love the sound it makes at high rpm. Need to rebuild that carb,just having time is the problem.
This is the standard exhaust sound while she was parked on the drive: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri= ... Nd26PL_CBY

get a few of these http://www.keihincarbs.com/

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:30 pm

I have a Fiat twin cam in a Minor and it sounds great too.

I had to rebuild the Weber on mine.

If you can't find a rebuild kit on E-bay, try Autostoria:

http://www.autostoria.fr/

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:53 pm

TouringTash wrote: get a few of these http://www.keihincarbs.com/

I would in a heartbeat but I want to be all OEM with this car. If I refurb the carb then if I have any loose change I might stick a couple of those carbs on.

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:55 pm

Speedtouch wrote:I have a Fiat twin cam in a Minor and it sounds great too. I had to rebuild the Weber on mine.

If you can't find a rebuild kit on E-bay, try Autostoria:

http://www.autostoria.fr/

Did you get yours from fleabay or autostoria?

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:01 pm

aaaah.. it's sad when old bangers go 'cult' and suddenly rocket in price.. I used to buy opel manta coupes (b/cc's) like it was going out of fashion, I bought a nice black GT/e once for £100 and just took the recaro's out and weighed it in! at one point I had four (the neighbours must have loved it!) and now look at them, if you can find a rotten shell with no chassis rails it's 2 grand.. and that knobhead 'nutty nik' with his turd of a v8 snotter want's 30 large for the thing! (woo hoo hoo).. it's a shame, cos I'd love another GT/e

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MegaManta-v8- ... 918wt_1185

think I'll stick to my cheapo E30..

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:06 pm

Touring_IOM wrote:
TouringTash wrote: get a few of these http://www.keihincarbs.com/
I would in a heartbeat but I want to be all OEM with this car. If I refurb the carb then if I have any loose change I might stick a couple of those carbs on.

There is a couple of guys in the US that will 'play ball' in sending these over. But steer clear of madmike the offroad trader on the bay, you'll get hit for the dreaded.

Then again 6 38mm FRC's on an M20?

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:06 pm

sorry 39mm

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:24 pm

I sold a lancia fulvia 1.3s rolling shell for a monkey and the 90 year old welder at our place had put the wings on ,it was a right sight

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:31 pm

Tom_Maverick wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MegaManta-v8- ... 918wt_1185

think I'll stick to my cheapo E30..

What a sack of shit!

This however f*cking rocks!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Opel-Ascona-4 ... 890wt_1395

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:34 pm

Cloggy Saint wrote:I love how the Betas look, especially the HPE which I suspect is now more or less extinct.

Ahhh fond memories of learning to drive in an HPE

Clutch control at 15 trying to master a 2.0L engine at the same time whilst seeming like one is sitting on the floor of the car- awesome fun

Post Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:40 pm

Touring_IOM wrote:
Speedtouch wrote:I have a Fiat twin cam in a Minor and it sounds great too. I had to rebuild the Weber on mine.

If you can't find a rebuild kit on E-bay, try Autostoria:

http://www.autostoria.fr/
Did you get yours from fleabay or autostoria?

Autostoria. Approx. 50 Euros delivered.

Post Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:04 am

Where I used to live in 81-83 (Crewkerne, Zummerzet), a local scrapyard took all the Betas from Lancia UK to crush them. There were always about 100 of them in there stacked in neat rows, 4 cars high. Beta saloons, HPE's, Spyders and Coupes - plus the odd MonteCarlo which was a sorry rust heap. You couldn't buy any parts from them - radios and wheels came off before they were crushed whole. Most of them looked very tody and some were T-V plate which was only 2-3 years old.