mk 1 escort

356mal · 22-03-2006, 07:49 PM

could some one tell me if the mk 1 escort was available in australia with a 1600 cc motor (apart from the twin cam ) and if so what carby was used?

also was the mk 2 2ltr ever avaliable with twin side draught caries?

thanks

eskyboy · 22-03-2006, 08:29 PM

yea mate it was i got one with the engine out at the moment. i got a new sidedraft 40 webber goin on there but not sure wat the came out with. all mine have had webbers.

bad_mk1_escort · 22-03-2006, 08:35 PM

nah they didn't they came out with the1300 and 1300gt 1 has standared carby and the other had a weber and i dont think there was a factory 2l that had the twin webbers on them and there were also the 1100 mk1's as well

fpv_escort · 23-03-2006, 01:22 PM

Nah I don't think they ever came out with 1600's but I know mk2's did. It might be a 1600 out of a cortina or a mk2 escort.

12 · 23-03-2006, 07:31 PM

No 1.6 for Mk1. Only 1.1, 1.3 and 1.3GT.

whooligan · 24-03-2006, 09:28 AM

They did come out with 1600's but not in Australia. The "Mexico" Escort was put together to cellebrate the London to Mexico rally in 1970. It was basically a 1600GT in a Type 49 Mk 1 shell. Was so popular it carried over to the Mk 2. Came in wild colours with a stripe down the side and over the roof, and "mexico" decals over the doors. Original Mexicos are fetching 3-5000 pounds in the UK nowadays.

R0BD0G · 03-04-2006, 09:23 PM

i thought it was a 1300cc inline 4 used inthe mk1

turbo_rocky_boy · 13-04-2006, 04:26 PM

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