Ford Escort Mk3 van turbo

my van, ive owned 15yrs,restored and sprayed lifeboat Orange,in Marine two pack paint with 5 mile visibility,which is why it has "Impossible to Ignore" on it(From The Cranberries song Dreams) and i fitted it with an XR3 Turbo Technics kit.the van spent most of its life as a delivery van & has clocked up 282,000 miles so far. This van rolled off of Fords production line on New years eve 1984.

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[kevrs2]

i take it you got the idea for an XRV from a book that was out years ago called escorts 123&4 ,a still have the book and remember seeing a ford mock up of a van they were thinking of putting in to production but never did ,cheers

[mk3stargazer]

@kevrs2 Correct!

Book was by Jeremy Walton i think?

Yes, was a shame they did not mass produce the XRV i think it was to be like a sports utility vehicle, if you remember they made a Mk/43 Fiesta van XRV in the early 1990s, that is a rare beast now!

[mk3stargazer]

@mk3stargazer Ooops i mean Mk3/4 fiesta!

[iwazshot]

loving it mate, just bought myself a MK1 gonna resto that looking forward to it. yours turned out ACE

[mk3stargazer]

Mk1! a rare beast! hope you will upload some vids!

[iwazshot]

yeah, got it cheap too, im thinking of painting her a shade darker orange than this, mate hate to think how much you spent on this, but cant get over how tight this is, best job ive seen on a MK3

[mk3stargazer]

Cheers! cant really put a price on the whole resto as it has been done gradually over the years to make it excatly how i want it! But it has got to be around £1200 with the new panels,and buying a welder,engine rebuild and turbo kit,and buying a couple of scrappers for interior,brakes and suspension.

It was all done on a budget,my mate gave me the paint and charged £30 to spray it so that saved a huge chunk!!

[mrpunisher123451]

1000% love it, "scoob dooby dont" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nighthawk006phoenix]

kewl! *****

What bastard marked this down? Freeman or zorac I bet.

[iwazshot]

hey mate just brought it home today have a look at my vids, she will take a bit to be how i want her but should be good fun

[iwazshot]

ah fair enough, im saving a shit load on paint to cause my uncle is giving it to me and im spraying it myself, is the turbo worth it? because im gonna be doing a little bit of body work and putting a CA18det through it and wondering bout the turbo