HD - 1988 Ford Escort MK4 - 1.3 L OHV

http://www.newoldcar.co.uk

So there it is, your new Ford Escort !

Completely standard example, my first and current car.

At the time of this video I've managed to clock 17000 miles on this car without a single problem.....cannot fault at all, very fun to drive even for such a small engine and I can highly recommend, great on fuel too !

The 1.3 L was considered the value buy of the 80's.....its value shines ever so more today. Mint examples with low miles are rare these days but can be picked up for under £1000.

I hope one day to own a standard Mk4 RS Turbo. Nice examples are still out there but you must be prepared to pay the £££'s if you want a non abused low mileage example as they are becoming future classics.

Comments are much appreciated, thanks for looking :-)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• ford
• escort
• mk4
• 80s
• retro
• car
• rs
• turbo
• 1.3
• ohv

[EgoShredder]

I used to have one on a 1990 G plate in medium blue (forget name but was most common blue around). I had this between 1993 and 2005, when I then scrapped it and got a 1996 N plate Peugeot 306 2.0 XSi 8v Ph1. The Escort was great on fuel economy and ride comfort, but lousy on passing MOTs, understeer like crazy, noisy tractor engine (tappets needed adjusting constantly), build quality was terrible & could even bend the doors with your bare hands! Brake drums & h/b cable always seizing up. LOL!

[ClassicGamesRoom]

@EgoShredder Sounds like you had a bad experience lol.

Luckily I haven't had any problems with mine yet, been though 3 MOT's with no advisories and had 30,000 miles of trouble free motoring, mileage is almost at 50,000 (16.1.12) runs very well and with great fuel economy as you say, I'll continue to look after it and plan to take it well over 100,000 over the next few years !

I have a Honda Prelude now also so the Escort is garaged between 1st March - 1st November.

Ty to all for comments :-)

[BadBoyEz90]

For A While I Always Wanted To Drive A MK4 Ford Escort. Actualy Am Gnna Look Around To Buy One.... My Opinion: The Best Mk4 Escort Ford Produced. Very Simple To Operate...

[EgoShredder]

@ClassicGamesRoom

I bought my three year old Escort with 54,000 on the clock and it had been a hire car, with a deep rip in the back seat and rust / bubbling paint around the rear wiper joint. Actually it did sail through plenty of MOTs as well, including one year when I was the MOT inspectors assistant by accident! He was on his own, so I stood at the rear saying 'yep the light came on fine', while I tapped the rear indicators so they came on (crap connections of Ford lights). Memories lol!

[micrasupers557]

my dads escort is low mileage also its a 1995 n reg with 47,000 on it and also its going on ebay soon. anyone interested?

[jaggass]

The engine was tappety if not coorectly adjusted. it sounded like the tappets were correctly set on this one. its a minter of an escort. always buy an old car from and old person most of the time garaged and not used alot.

[expiry0209]

Nice car mate :) Was is quick?

[Toyotacamry1993]

@guitarnashelter Your ford orion was also scrapped. it was scrapped on 28/ 07 /2004

[guitarnashelter]

@Toyotacamry1993 really? then that was a truly sad day...took us lots of places with that car.ended up trading it in for a h reg orion-h374 wfv,hope that exists still:)

[Toyotacamry1993]

@guitarnashelter  No it was scrapped in the year 2000 1/8/2000 Hope this helps. :)