2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[Jeremy McCreary]

The best Escort ever produced, sadly the car was having issues on Sunday but it looked amazing! I had one in the 80's and although it ran like a dream it was a rust bucket... Shame it didn't have a 2 litre Cosworth like the stunning white one!

What made these Escort models so special?

 

[RabH]

What made these Escort models so special?

It was one of the best rally cars ever and a great family car also, over 2 million were produced between 1968 and 1975!

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

It was one of the best rally cars ever and a great family car also, over 2 million were produced between 1968 and 1975!

Question is, why so good a racing platform? Always thought of Escorts as family, not performance cars. But reality is apparently more complicated than that.

 

[Chargeride]

We were obsessed with them, Brian had an arched mk1, Stan had a mk2 Mexico with a 2 litre dropped in, I had a mk3 Turbo, Nibby had the Cosworth, Mark had a fully prepared mk2 arched 1700.
We spent everything on them.
Ford Escorts were our lives.

This guy built my car.