Mk1 & 2 escorts - what are my options?

[yogi-bear]

10 hours ago, Carmine A said:

A BISCUIT!!!?? 😳  Not so here. Of course I had two of the only 3 years that the Monte Carlo WASN'T a FAT, slow PIG!!!🐖  I had 3, 1971s, and 5, 72s! 😁   From 1973-on, I'll agree... THEY were Biscuits!! 😖 

I'm embarrassed!!! 😳 You're AUSSIE!! All this time I'm thinking you were British!  Sorry Mate. 😜😊👍👍 

All good, but you should try a Monte Carlo, they are nice biscuits, and go well with tea 

10 hours ago, Carmine A said:

And I no longer feel bad for you, missing out on on some Cars...  You're Australian - YOU'VE got the bleeding BARRA!!! 😁😲😲  And those COOL AF UTES!! And Falcons!   AND, you can Import a 180SX... Us Yanks can't even LOOK at them! 

yeah the 180Xs are pretty cool. I'm more keen on 70s Aussie Muscle cars. Unfortunately neither Ford or Holden make cars here anymore, a shame really.

10 hours ago, Carmine A said:

And we only get quick looks at R32, R33 and R34s.... BRIEF - before they're IMPOUNDED and either deported or DESTROYED!! 😭😭😭

So then, I've got no idea what 2cyl Car you used to have. 😉😖  I hope you know that I wasn't trying to insult you with the BUTTUGLY little French Car... I just don't know of too much about 2cyl Cars.

this is the car I was talking about, its called the Daihatsu 55 wide, I think its 55 inches wide.

[topforcein]

5 hours ago, yogi-bear said:

All good, but you should try a Monte Carlo, they are nice biscuits, and go well with tea 

yeah the 180Xs are pretty cool. I'm more keen on 70s Aussie Muscle cars. Unfortunately neither Ford or Holden make cars here anymore, a shame really.

this is the car I was talking about, its called the Daihatsu 55 wide, I think its 55 inches wide.

itssssssss a sooty van 

[ploots]

4 minutes ago, topforcein said:

itssssssss a sooty van 

As soon as I saw it I thought sooty van, we hired a vehicle in majorca many years ago whilst on holiday and it was a diahatsu 4 seater van luckily our 2 kids were very young,that was a slow drive around the island

 

[Carmine A]

HERE'S the Monte Carlo (not the Biscut!!). Still my favorite.

That 70's built for business interior!

This was very similar to your Holden Monaro

Different lines, but built on the same Chassis.

[ploots]

3 hours ago, Carmine A said:

HERE'S the Monte Carlo (not the Biscut!!). Still my favorite.

That 70's built for business interior!

This was very similar to your Holden Monaro

Different lines, but built on the same Chassis.

I love classic american cars the sound of a V8, if only our fuel wasn't so expensive here I'd have a classic muscle car in my garage along side a mk1 escort 

[Carmine A]

52 minutes ago, ploots said:

I love classic american cars the sound of a V8, if only our fuel wasn't so expensive here I'd have a classic muscle car in my garage along side a mk1 escort 

I have one in SPITE of high prices!!!  .... Just don't get to drive her very often. 😞

[Carmine A]

Beastly.... 510hp in a good mood. Sounds like an ANIMAL! 

FUEL EFFICIENT? No Sir!! 😜

[ploots]

3 minutes ago, Carmine A said:

Beastly.... 510hp in a good mood. Sounds like an ANIMAL! 

FUEL EFFICIENT? No Sir!! 😜

Very nice 👍

[Carmine A]

Just now, ploots said:

Very nice 👍

Thank you!! Admittedly we've always been a bit spoiled with relatively inexpensive HP Car parts here... 

I'm just glad I got most of her done before 2006...  Besides losing all my money - Car flippers have DRAMATICALLY increased the prices on these cars since then. 😡😞

[rich_f]

On 8/26/2020 at 11:49 PM, Carmine A said:

I have one in SPITE of high prices!!!  .... Just don't get to drive her very often. 😞

You have to remember that 'high' prices in the USA are still half what it costs here in Europe. We haven't had fuel as *cheap* as you have in America right now for over 30 years!

[Carmine A]

1 hour ago, rich_f said:

You have to remember that 'high' prices in the USA are still half what it costs here in Europe. We haven't had fuel as *cheap* as you have in America right now for over 30 years!

I've got 2 close Friends in England, and one in France...  I know. 😞  We Yanks aren't NEARLY as isolated as we used to be.