My Orange Mk1

[Damion Parkin]

I bought this in October last year with the intention of cruising it and having a bit of fun while I sorted out my mk2 again, although unfortunately on the trip home I discovered that the 1600 had a smashed cam follower, and things went downhill from there. By the time I made it home I had a massive to do list, which got a bit out of hand as per usual

Now that I have finally got it running I thought I would take the oppportunity to take a few snaps of her. I have a bit of sorting out to do, but it is nice to finally have it running !

Unfortunately I don't know what I will use it for when it is done as I may be moving to Brisbane this year for work and this is not the type of thing that I would sleep easy leaving it parked on the street.




















It now has new floor pans as they were previously replaced and whoever did them made a hash of it !

I have put together a fresh 2L for it, 30thou over, hardened valve seats, Kent FR32 cam, Pacemaker extractors through to a 2inch system.

There is now a Mk2 front end in there, with 2L struts, RS2000 brakes, King springs and Monroes, poly bushed, Kmac 24mm sway bar, noltec adjustable top mounts etc

I changed the diff to a 3:77:1 and am yet to decide whether the rear springs need to be changed or not.

Oh and the car is a genuine 1970 GT

Cheers

[mic_rs2000]

Hi Damion,

looks like a very nice mk1 that you have there great attention to detail paint looks great no matter where your living these days any classic car is at risk i'd be getting a place with a shed and stick it on club rego and just take it out on the weekends defently a nice setup for some weekend fun

[Damion Parkin]

Cheers Mic,

The paint has some humidity blisters on the drivers side rear quarter that will need some attention eventually, but yeah it looks nice and tidy.. thats the reason I couldn't resist buying it in the first place

Time will tell what happens with it I guess, but yeah it's a good fun thing to cruise around in.

[bmw02rally]

I luv a clean Mk1 and this looks lovely mate.

Mark

[Dawson]

Thats a quality ride and i'm with you, I'd never leave that on the street

[Gary P.]

Orange MK1 Damion, I always knew you had great taste!!!

[Cat]

[Damion Parkin]

[escortmk1600gt]

Great looking ESCORT, looks even better than when I owned it. I resisted the urge to put the 2ltr in it, but you have done a great job. Nothing like an Orange "Ranga" Escort.
( the floor pans and rear quarters were like that when I brought it).

[Damion Parkin]

[escortmk1600gt]

[Damion Parkin]

[escortmk1600gt]

[Damion Parkin]

[Gary P.]

[Danny M]

[escortmk1600gt]

Yes GT is the same as twink console.
Danny, around the block from his work, broke doing a u turn. Then the ARP flywheel bolts sheared on he Dyno today.
Gary, must be too much power

[Gary P.]

[gen mk 1rs2000]

[Danny M]