1971 FORD ESCORT MK1 1300 GT DRIVEN - MORRIS LESLIE MOTOR AUCTION

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• DA

  @davidsimpson8192 · 1 year ago

  Great little car .. love the simplicity.. and sound of that engine ❤

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• CH

  @chrisblay · 1 year ago

  I had two Mk2 Escorts years ago. With age, I now prefer the lines of the Mk1, although they’re both basically the same car.

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• PA

  @pauljeffries · 1 year ago (edited)

  The 1300GT had a twin choke weber carb, larger valves in the cylinder head, higher compression ratio and a 4 branch exhaust manifold with a different exhaust system over the standard 1300 escort.....the GT also had a close ratio gearbox.

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• TW

  @twelvereasonswhynot · 1 year ago

  I had a 1300L (59 bhp) that was really nippy. It would happily sit at 80-85, and still return about 38 mpg. Great engines.

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• CH

  @ChristopherAllen-du6dw · 1 year ago

  Owned one of these two door in sunset red, 1973 lovely car never broke down in seven years ,72 bhp sounded great sold for £ 200 in 1986 insane. Now fetching  silly l money wish I still had it!.

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• WE

  @welshhunter7284 · 8 months ago

  Lightweight and eager engine=Fun

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• JO

  @johnmull59 · 1 year ago

  Good to see you back.<br>I think MK1 is the better looking, but all personal taste.

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• TR

  @trevordicks3341 · 4 months ago

  I had one of these a 1968 2 door version back in the day. 4 branch manifold. &nbsp;It was light metallic blue with black gloss roof. &nbsp;Twin choke Weber. Had several escorts later but this was my first and I loved it !

• SK

  @skylined5534 · 1 year ago

  Mk1 escort... gorgeous! Love that this is a 4 door GT as well.<br><br>To be fair, the mk1 and mk2 Escort is definitely the Marina&apos;s spirit animal!<br><br>P.s. I still have a rear montego door which was in good condition when stored in the garage in 2003... let me know if you&apos;re interested!

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• MI

  @MikeMartin-j6x · 6 months ago

  The rev counter &nbsp;has an adjustment &nbsp;within the instrument &nbsp;sometimes &nbsp;accessible &nbsp;by removing &nbsp;thw panel illumination bulb holder , or by unscrewing &nbsp;the housing &nbsp;to reveal &nbsp;a yellow slotted potentiometer- turn it &nbsp;so the speed corresponds to an accurate &nbsp;tachometer &nbsp;on a timing &nbsp;light or dwell/ tach &nbsp;connected to the coil!👍

• KI

  @KiwiStag74 · 1 year ago

  Funny - I had a 1300GT exactly that colour (Vermillion Fire), same rostyles, same pinstripe, same interior, so this was a bit of a nostalgic blast from the past for me. &nbsp;I&apos;d pulled this thing from an uncle of one of my mates&apos; garages, covered in dust and full of water where the rust hadn&apos;t eaten the floorpan - and gone through it with new hoses, brakes, 205/60x13 BF Goodrich tyres, reconditioned steering rack, fluids, filters and a set of carpets and plenty of sound deadening once I&apos;d patched the floors....although I must admit I started it up and drove it home 8 miles from it&apos;s resting place of many years. &nbsp;I put a set of chrome beauty rings on the rostyles, fitted a set of factory MkII Sport spotlights so I could see better on my night time country driving stints, found a number of missing trim pieces and fitted a centre console from a MkII Escort Ghia so I could mount a stereo without putting holes in things. &nbsp;I eventually gave it a BCF731 cam and twin 40mm Dellorto side draught carbs with a set of 4-2-1 extractors and 2&quot; exhaust with low restriction mufflers so she didn&apos;t drone but didn&apos;t choke either. &nbsp;Magnificent on gravel roads, I loved this little car and did 20k miles in the year I had it before I was forced to sell it to sort out debt that an ex had incurred and left me with. &nbsp;I had the chance to buy it back two years later, but it wasn&apos;t the same car to drive any more due to the thrashing it had had by a boy racer or two in the interim, so reluctantly I passed. &nbsp;The last I heard of it, it was parked in a field on a farm about 40 miles from here - painted black with rattle cans and used as a paddock basher to carry tools or feed about on the farm. &nbsp;That was 22 years ago. &nbsp;Nowadays, I&apos;m looking at 20 times what I paid for it to buy another one, so I&apos;m glad I had the chance to own one when I did. &nbsp;<br><br>MkI vs MKII - my parents were always of the opinion that the MKI was the better looking, but they eventually owned two MKIIs - including a 9 month old 1980 MkII Escort 1600 Sport in Chrome Yellow. &nbsp;Me? &nbsp;I love them both - the MkI having that beautiful sweep over the back guard like the MKIII Cortina got and it&apos;s smart rear end and the MkII with its very understated styling. &nbsp;They drive very similarly too, so I have no real preference....except I&apos;d truly love my old GT back as it was when I owned it.

• DI

  @DillonSykes-b4g · 1 year ago

  Any updates on the Maestro Turbo mate? Would love to see it on a dyno

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