RS Motorsport :: Classic Speed Restored

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

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

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.

I luv a clean Mk1 and this looks lovely mate.

Mark

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

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

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).

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