Love the MK1 Escort. As a seven year old kid I remember going with my Dad to pick his brand new Escort up from the showroom in 1974. He let me have the day off from school to go with him as he knew I loved cars. He kept it for two years, them put it in for a brand new P reg MK2 Escort from the same dealer. Happy days. Thanks for the video Adam.
Yes me too, I’m a dyed in the wool Ford boy but I did buy a left hand drive Mk1 Golf GTI quite cheaply off my cousin who worked abroad back in the 70s, (didn’t keep it long but it went like a scalded cat!)😁
What a stunning car!! love the mk1s but this looks a1 love the interior 👌 think I'd have to put seat belts in it tho 😜 massive credit to the guy 👍 Adam keep the cars coming man great video 👌
I had a 1969 twin cam years ago loved driving it. Very low geared 85 in top max. No good on motorways. But quick on A and B roads I love this build but I do prefer the standard twin cam without the big arches. The best escort in my opinion is the Murray escort by Retropower.
What a belter .. just around the corner from me. I actually had to pull over the other week and parked exactly where your parked in that little car park lol… and they are my local back roads blasted up many many times oioiiiii 😊❤
Mint car that Adam, my brother had a 1300GT bubble arched mk1 Alan Mann replica in Blackpool in the 90's - You could open the locks with a tea spoon handle lol. His was the earlier one too I remember it needed a reverse light for an MOT and no seat belts !!!
This car is awesome! I remember it actually flying past when I was playing golf at the beamish park course just down the road from that car park you were in, also the black horse pub is really nice for munch if your ever about again! Top lads
Wow mk 1 golf was lovley but the mk 1 escort is next level whst a good solid build love the noise over it he’s done good job restoring amazing love it 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
My cousin had a white mk1 Mexico in the mid 80s with the webasto sunroof,the car went like stink but it was full or body filler,It ended up in the back garden and parted out,the shell was rotten
The surge in interest and demand for classic Fords is astonishing. I’ve been a devoted fan since 1969 and still am now. I had a lovely bubble arch escort as my second car (back in 1972) modded from a 1300 GT with the six dial dash, with a 1600 cross flow lump on downdraught Weber. Great looking but not too quick. Sold that for my first of six Capris, as the girlfriend found them “more comfortable” …😊😁
I've never seen one so square ⬛ and solid under the bonnet, and I've been under more than I can remember ,not one kink or dent ,factory mint, no plates welded on strut/shocker tops 😂5:20
American , never seen one of these . I see the charm in these . Looks tidy in the engine bay , love the wheels . Like to know what it weighs . 195 is healthy for a small car , not terrible sound for 4 cyl and kind of rowdy sounding . Very clean all around, I cant understand the English but I believe like they were talking about lack of seat belts or only lap belts, at least the seats are high , looks like fun to wind up on back roads . Yeah , very nice, alien to me but very nice.
Mk1 Escort RS2000 weighs around 925kg (2039lb). This car may weigh slightly more with the extra doors and new engine and gearbox etc. but still a healthy 200ish bhp/tonne. These guys have North Eastern accents which even people from Southern England can struggle to understand so you’re not alone. Good guys and a lovely car though.
Apparently the 5 door is lighter and stronger than a 3 door, there's a 5 door with an S2000 fc20 engine 800bhp absolute weapon was on motor addicts channel (mk2)
Aye that’s quality mind and the golf was 👌🏻aswell but the escort is definitely the better choice he has done a mint job and deserves 🤑🤑🤑when he does decide to sell it👍🏻
Borderline perfection, I should Zetec my Capri but the 1.6 pinto is absolutely singing with the hot cam and Weber at the moment, unbelievably around 90 bhp feels really nice, not super fast obviously but even after driving my other daft 300 bhp car the Capri still feels great
In the 80’s we called them rear lights a Twat Light ..when some tosspot was up ya arse gettin too close or didn’t turn their high beams off ya give em an eyeful of Halogen 😂😂😂
Lmno ,all the yanks will be thinking a geordie is an Australian 😂,I had the rear spot for the coppers eye's 😮 real nice motor ,I'd love and cherish it for years.
I own the mk1 golf (have done for last three or four years but didn’t buy it of this guy ) bought it from down Leichester any info on its history would be of interest cheers lee
One of the best looking mk 1 escorts I have seen , well done .
Love the MK1 Escort. As a seven year old kid I remember going with my Dad to pick his brand new Escort up from the showroom in 1974. He let me have the day off from school to go with him as he knew I loved cars. He kept it for two years, them put it in for a brand new P reg MK2 Escort from the same dealer. Happy days.
Thanks for the video Adam.
What a absolutely stunning car ! A credit to its owner indeed 👌👌👌
Now….I’m not the biggest Ford fan, even though I’ve had couple, but that’s simply stunning, it just looks right👍🇮🇲💪
Love these type of one off builds. Credit to the lad. 👍
My Dads first ever car in the '70s was a Mk1 Escort. Have to say that is one of the best looking escorts i've seen for a long time!
The Mk 1 golf was nice but the mk1 escort is next level👍🏻
Definitely, I would 100% pick a rusty Escort over a clean golf 👌🏼
@@Adam151082 💯👍🏻
Yes me too, I’m a dyed in the wool Ford boy but I did buy a left hand drive Mk1 Golf GTI quite cheaply off my cousin who worked abroad back in the 70s, (didn’t keep it long but it went like a scalded cat!)😁
aye, the southerners are deffo gunna need subtitles tonight man
such a beauty takes me back to being a kid in south end drooling over Mk1s and 2s and Rs2000 cruising along i morn for this time
Man that is a dream build, props to the owner.
Absolute quality Adam that sounds takes me right back 2 my old mk1 amazing
What a stunning car!! love the mk1s but this looks a1 love the interior 👌 think I'd have to put seat belts in it tho 😜 massive credit to the guy 👍 Adam keep the cars coming man great video 👌
Must be great to see your own build featured in a mag. What a car......feel alive batting along in that.
Nice to see you up in Stanley
Perfect and sounds proper... more of this mate pls... 😎😎👌👌👍👍
I had a 1969 twin cam years ago loved driving it. Very low geared 85 in top max. No good on motorways. But quick on A and B roads I love this build but I do prefer the standard twin cam without the big arches. The best escort in my opinion is the Murray escort by Retropower.
Im in my late 50's and grew up seeing lots of banded wheels, they look great.
Quite simply the best Mk1 Escort I have ever seen. Almost fresh from early 1969.
What a belter .. just around the corner from me. I actually had to pull over the other week and parked exactly where your parked in that little car park lol… and they are my local back roads blasted up many many times oioiiiii 😊❤
That’s class that. Should have popped into Beamish whilst you were there mate
I bought Classic Ford last week just because this car was on the cover. Didn’t know its from County Durham
Scam
Mint car that Adam, my brother had a 1300GT bubble arched mk1 Alan Mann replica in Blackpool in the 90's - You could open the locks with a tea spoon handle lol. His was the earlier one too I remember it needed a reverse light for an MOT and no seat belts !!!
This car is awesome! I remember it actually flying past when I was playing golf at the beamish park course just down the road from that car park you were in, also the black horse pub is really nice for munch if your ever about again! Top lads
Simply the best mk 1 I’ve seen ! Love it.
Wow mk 1 golf was lovley but the mk 1 escort is next level whst a good solid build love the noise over it he’s done good job restoring amazing love it 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
We used to put large single lights on the rear of mk1 GT Cortinas and Anglias
@AdamSmithGiveaway.. what's the DM about?
My cousin had a white mk1 Mexico in the mid 80s with the webasto sunroof,the car went like stink but it was full or body filler,It ended up in the back garden and parted out,the shell was rotten
How cool is that, could do with subtitles tho😂
Also did you check out the collection of classics in the car barn as I notice you drove past the entrance to it
Just two blokes saying “aye” the whole time
Cannie lads eye
Aye !
Once I read yr comment u just cannie unhear it , so many Aye !😂😂
Mint aye
The surge in interest and demand for classic Fords is astonishing. I’ve been a devoted fan since 1969 and still am now. I had a lovely bubble arch escort as my second car (back in 1972) modded from a 1300 GT with the six dial dash, with a 1600 cross flow lump on downdraught Weber. Great looking but not too quick. Sold that for my first of six Capris, as the girlfriend found them “more comfortable” …😊😁
1300GT's are a rare car now. They were great cars! I had a 1968 1300GT in the eighties cost £125.00 with 12mths MOT!
I Love mk1 escorts but this is really nice love the banded wheels with the bubble arches awesome car👌
Lovely MK1 Escort! I love the rocker cover.. 👌
Wow,really love the MK1 Escort amazing car
Great sound from older cars even with modern engines
That is fucking Sick! Awesome build and so clean
Another great video, keep 'em coming Adam !
Mint,love them seats
Brilliant...Nice work buddy..Great noise!
I've never seen one so square ⬛ and solid under the bonnet, and I've been under more than I can remember ,not one kink or dent ,factory mint, no plates welded on strut/shocker tops 😂5:20
@AdamSmithGiveaway.. 🖕🤡
Absolutely perfect! Dream to owning one treasure like this. Cheers from Hungary!
Lovely motor , sounds good too 👍
Top guy. Top interview. Top car.
That is such a beautiful car. So tastefully done too.
Wow he done a good job, wot a beautiful car that is , not goin to lie but that golf looks mint , but I'd go for the old ford's eny day
Proper classy with hot rod old school feel. Love it.
Stunning Mk1!
Absolutely mint,massive compliment to the owner,class
He’s done a fantastic job with that. Those wheels are ace like OEM on steroids! 😂
And that escort is just about perfect I’m my eyes, stunning car👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😍😍
I love a mk1 golf over most things but this is class! Love everything about it
Yes please 👍👍
Lovely car a good twin cam recreation even tge right year , very nice that’s a keeper would not sell that 👍👍👍
Awesome Awesome mk1 way better than a golf 😊
This is on par with Gordon Murray's Mk1.
Excellent!!
Looks well strong under the bonnet like 👍 🤟💯🤠 190bhp is perfect for 🇬🇧,I'd only change the steering wheel for an rs 3 spoke and paint the rims black.
American , never seen one of these . I see the charm in these . Looks tidy in the engine bay , love the wheels . Like to know what it weighs . 195 is healthy for a small car , not terrible sound for 4 cyl and kind of rowdy sounding . Very clean all around, I cant understand the English but I believe like they were talking about lack of seat belts or only lap belts, at least the seats are high , looks like fun to wind up on back roads . Yeah , very nice, alien to me but very nice.
Mk1 Escort RS2000 weighs around 925kg (2039lb). This car may weigh slightly more with the extra doors and new engine and gearbox etc. but still a healthy 200ish bhp/tonne. These guys have North Eastern accents which even people from Southern England can struggle to understand so you’re not alone. Good guys and a lovely car though.
Apparently the 5 door is lighter and stronger than a 3 door, there's a 5 door with an S2000 fc20 engine 800bhp absolute weapon was on motor addicts channel (mk2)
Had that exact reverse light on my Lotus TwinCam mk2 cortina😆back in the 70’s
That’s wicked great video Adam
Smart piece of engineering
Absolutely stunning !😍
Ive never seen that reverse light or thise seats before. 😮 thats awesome
Bangin' Whip
A beautiful looking car and I bet it flies, what a great bit of engineering/
Nicely done. The ported head sounds pukka on itb’s
Great car mate. I remember them new. I guess in all the excitement you must f forgotten to put the seat belt on,👍👍
Great car....brave man with no door mirrors 👍
I never noticed that 😮
Visibility in older cars is really good though with the slimmer pillars, only takes a sec to glance over your shoulder.
Wow car is ace .I had mk 2 escort wish I had kept.and I had a mk 1 golf to.gutted.great video Adam.
Aye that’s quality mind and the golf was 👌🏻aswell but the escort is definitely the better choice he has done a mint job and deserves 🤑🤑🤑when he does decide to sell it👍🏻
You know it's old when the light says _"Lucas"_ on it 🙂
Lucas boxes all over my garage and in the boot/trunk of my 1962 Hillman Minx 😂
Borderline perfection, I should Zetec my Capri but the 1.6 pinto is absolutely singing with the hot cam and Weber at the moment, unbelievably around 90 bhp feels really nice, not super fast obviously but even after driving my other daft 300 bhp car the Capri still feels great
Fair play mate...she's a stunner 👌🏾
Fantastic job and sounds epic
This MK1 is done right
Used to love driving down that road between beamish and causey
Very nice. Lovely car 👌
In the 80’s we called them rear lights a Twat Light ..when some tosspot was up ya arse gettin too close or didn’t turn their high beams off ya give em an eyeful of Halogen 😂😂😂
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay……………………Ooooooooo ay………lol
Well aye man!
I was gonna post the same thing 😂😂😂
@@dannym670 lol, ay ay ay
Lol, says translate to English underneath ha ha lol
Nice job that 👌
lovely stuff.
Lmno ,all the yanks will be thinking a geordie is an Australian 😂,I had the rear spot for the coppers eye's 😮 real nice motor ,I'd love and cherish it for years.
Awesome that 👍🏻
Almost need subtitles 🤣
That's sunning a credit to him
A nice alloy strut brace would look mint under the bonnet
Absolutely mint👌🏻
Both nice. But wow escort so buetiful for me. Lines it has.
I own the mk1 golf (have done for last three or four years but didn’t buy it of this guy ) bought it from down Leichester any info on its history would be of interest cheers lee
Looks very similar to Gordon Murray's (designer of the Mclaren F1) Escort.
I……. Ya nah…….I. Ya nah…….mint.
No seat belts or harnesses ! 😮 That is just madness. Not a fan of the Pierre Fandango wheels but has some potential for a Ford 😊
Silly grin time leek… 👍😁
Adam have you heard about that white 3 door cosworth doing 103mph in a 30mph zone in Manchester? I thought it was you 😅
car looks amazing, I reckon it could come down a few inches tbh
Awesome car mate. 👍
That’s lovely
What a car 😍
that is spot on!
Love it. Sell it, but i wouldnt. Not many around now.
Not to sure bout back wheel flare. But bro. Thanks