rodssescort Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Rodds Escort mk6 finnese Passed my test not long i was 17 and bought my first car.. http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/roddszsoc/DSC00085.jpg i had this car for about 9 months.. after plenty of upgrades and repairs i thought its time to get something with a bit more go.. i had saved for a zetec s which many of my mates had.. but i noticed a escort at work which came in for ragular service, mot's and repairs.. the last service it came in for i noticed i had just 15,000 miles on the clokc.. i was amazed at the state of the car.. it was as if it had just rolled off the production line.. i enquired into the car by chatting to the owner.. it had full ford service history and had a cambelt change at 15k at my garage where i currently work.. lucky for me the owner was moving to aus and need to sell the car.. so i took the guys number and enquired to my insurance how much it would be.. 2 weeks later i was a proud owner of my second car and first escort for 1700 quid after just a week i had uprated the bulbs and bought a ghia front grille for it.. http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/roddszsoc/DSC00101.jpg i joined up to the escort evo and starting looking into what i wanted to get out of my escort.. next pay day i splashed out a bit and bought :Mongoose Cat- back systemG-max 40mm springs an uprated shocks chrome lockwood lower grilleRear ghia chrome number plate surround next month i had decided i wanted bigger and better looking wheels so i sold my rs7 spokes and invested in some mondeo 16'si wanted to make my car stand out a bit so decided to paint my wheels graphite grey.. so i set about refurbing and painting them myself.. after a long hard week of rubbing down and paint here was the after effect.. http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/roddszsoc/DSC00134.jpghttp://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/roddszsoc/DSC00132.jpghttp://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/roddszsoc/DSC00130.jpg another month on and i had big plans for my escort..searched around for a gti interior for a while and finally had some look in finding a decent condition one from Lordjc! made a treck up to him and got it fitted while we was there.. Changed the looks and feel of the car straight away! Also bought a gti leather gear knob with blue insert to add to the interior Next up for my escort was white dials.. robbed out of my mates fiesta... they looks soooo much better than black dials and a doddle to change.. Also got a protech 4 branch manifold that month.. got a bit more power and a lovely barbley sound to the exhaust Bits planned for escort in the next couple of months Uprated speakersRs2000 leather steering wheelWhite clock to match dialsSkirts and spatsside strips colour coded Will get some pics of the car in its current state tomorrow comments and any idea's are welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danj8608 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 very nice matey looks in mint condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben__mk6 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 front splitter + colour coded handles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 looks nice and tidy. where about in notts you from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodssescort Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 front splitter + colour coded handles got a goona splitter on the way and in discussion about some colour coded handles looks nice and tidy. where about in notts you from? pikey town... newark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escort_Kid Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Im liking this escort, looked mint when it was behind me too and the wheels looked great Keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 prefered it with the RS7's tbh looks in good condition though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodssescort Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 prefered it with the RS7's tbh looks in good condition though i must admit i id love the rs7's.. but had to go as they were to small for my liking.. when ice got the money im going for the 17 version of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 i know what you mean fella, i went form 16" mondies to 15" gti and wasnt best pleased, but 17" version makes snese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodssescort Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Just taken a few pics today in my interior and engine bay http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/roddszsoc/DSC00174.jpghttp://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/roddszsoc/DSC00172.jpghttp://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/roddszsoc/DSC00170.jpghttp://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/roddszsoc/DSC00171.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Not wanna swap wheels? You know silver will look better on blue when you get your colour coded bumps & handles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 lookin good fella, is that an amparo blue gear knob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Looking good mate!!! It has to been one of the cleanest escorts i've seen, paint work is immaculate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodssescort Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 lookin good fella, is that an amparo blue gear knob? yeaa it sure is:D looks awsome in the car.. adds a bit of colour Not wanna swap wheels? You know silver will look better on blue when you get your colour coded bumps & handles Thats very very tempting!! hahacould you do me a photoshop of what it would look like? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodssescort Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 just bought myself skirts, spats and a laguna splittergonna get these boshed on at the weekend!!Also picked up my colour coded door handles from mykez69 at ford fair Will get some pics when ive got them all fitted and got my side strips coloured too Bits planned for escort in the next couple of months: Uprated speakersRs2000 leather steering wheelWhite clock to match dials300mm front brakesRs2000 disc beam this shud keep me busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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