Description
1979 Ford Mk2 Escort L
Clifton Sand
Four door
South African Import
Long range fuel tank and reinforced strut tops
Historic vehicle
Mot and Tax Exempt
I have owned this car since June 2020, (it’s had 1 previous owner in the UK) and I have basically rebuilt this car from the ground up, using either brand new parts that are available or refurbishing the original parts. No expense has been spared
Body
Full exterior repaint in Clifton Sand
Engine bay painted
Interior floor painted
Underneath done in black gravitex
Still has original front and rear full length chrome bumpers
Square headlights genuine Ford
Ford lettered grill
Pressed metal black and silver number plates
Wheels and Tyres
13x7 JBW (John Brown Wheels) RS4 Et+6 (unmarked)
Yokohama A539 tyres 175/ 50/ 13
Suspension Brakes and Running Gear
Front shocks converted to coilovers
Front brakes Austin princess 4 pot calipers with 257mm discs, mintex pads
Rear axle is English Axle with an RS 2000 3. 54 diff ratio all done by Kejja Motorsport
9 inch rear drum brakes
Gaz Rear shocks
Single rear leaf springs with 2 inch lowering blocks
Single piece propshaft
Steering rack has been refurbished
Rs2000 green track rod ends
Front anti roll bar, leaf springs polybushed
New Rear leaf spring saddle pad kit
New handbrake cable
New fuel line
Interior
New chocolate brown one piece carpet from Newton Commercial
New brown dash top
New brown rear parcel shelf
New door rubbers
New Securon seat belts
Deep dish steering wheel
Escort Sport clocks with Rev counter
New leather gear gaitor
Brown centre console
Front seats and rear bench have new Aldridge trimming seat covers on
Seat frames have all been stripped down and powdercoated
Original doorcards (with no speaker holes cut in them) Original headlining
Modern Racetech Oil pressure and water temp gauge fitted under drivers side air vent
No radio (not really needed with the Twin 40s barking!)
Engine and Gearbox
1600 Xflow engine rebuilt by Jeff Harris at HPE (Harris Performance Engines) bored out to 1700cc and built to their fast road specification, Kent 234 camshaft, 1300 pistons.
Set up on their in house engine rig before it went in the car and then I’ve had it rolling roaded twice since (Sanspeed and BD Engineering)
Twin 40 Weber Carbs with angled inlet manifold to clear the servo tower
Samco hoses in OE matte black
Piper 2 inch stainless exhaust system
Piper exhaust manifold with Vulcan Engineering thicker exhaust manifold gaskets
Battery is still in the engine Bay Area and not the boot
Electronic ignition
Master cylinder and servo tower have been overhauled
Tudor windscreen washer bottle
Custom satin black oil catch can
Big chrome topped aluminium radiator with electric fan, Stant Rad cap
Wosp starter motor
Brise alternator
1600 sport 4 speed gearbox rebuilt and new clutch
Engine has covered less then 3k miles
Shell has covered approx 53k miles (came over to the UK on 79, 000 km but I’ve since changed the clocks as mentioned above)
I change the engine oil every 500 miles and use Valvoline 20w50 oil
It’s also recently had new plugs, alternator belt, gearbox oil and the rear diff oil within the last year. The engine oil was changed again 3 miles ago.
I also check the valve clearances each time I do the oil and change the cometic rocker cover gasket each time.
Edelbrock fuel pump mounted in the boot
New brake pipes
The whole car has also been rewired and the fuse box has been moved into the glovebox area and there is a fuel cut off switch and switch for the electric fan wired in. Engine bay has also been wire tucked.
This car is very clean and looks amazing, it took a lot of time to build and it took a look of thinking about how I wanted things. It wasn’t just cobbled together over a weekend.
I have driven it to many Classic Car shows and meets around the South East and it always gets positive feedback.
It has only been run on Shell V Power or Tesco 99 Momentum fuel throughout my ownership.
It’s always been garaged.
There’s probably bits I’ve missed and I’ll be sad to see it go as it makes a cracking noise, the sound from the twin 40 carbs is unreal!
I am asking 26k
Please to do not hesitate to ask any questions, no Timewasters.
I have a walk around video and also a rolling road video that can be sent over. I don’t have any History for the car when it was in South Africa, although I do have the original SA number plates which are a nice touch.
I have invoices for all the work I have had carried out, from HPE, Kejja Motorsport, Mot Certs etc.
