My old cars No Saxos Part 4

[davidharvey]

Ok, decided to do a history of my car ownership. I will try and put them in order of ownership, but didn't even remember them all til I dug out the pics.

First up a mini 1000
Unfortunately this is the only pic I have, taken not long after I bought her. First job I ever done on a car was changing the head gasket. She got a fibreglass front and repainted red with a white roof. Had her for a while, no idea what happened to her.


Next up
Mark2 escort 1100L
This is her not long after I got her, with my bird at that time.
I removed the grill and painted the car red behind it. Painted the bottom of all round the car with silver hammerite

Then I fitted a 1600 engine, keeping the 1100 box and axle. Some cibie oscars and cut down bumpers

Finally some mesh, spoilers, harnesses, RS alloys and a paint job

This car was sold to a guy in London and was aparently still around in fairly recent years. Not sure now though.

Then I seen this for sale.....

I had to have it, and when i found out that insurance (although the highest category at that tiome, group 8b), wasnt much more it became mine. It was a full spec RS 1600 rally car.

I changed the diff to make it better for the road. It did 70mph in first, but only about 4 miles to the gallon. What i didnt know was it was built as a rally car by Ford, today would be worth in excess of £20k

More to follow........