Escort "recreations" are a sore point in the kit car community if you own a Jago, Rickman or Dutton. Many of these get bought cheaply and scrapped (or stolen) in order to put Escorts back together!!!
That was not the case when those kits were built- you would only get scrap metal value for a rusted out Escort then. A bit like Mazda MX5s now I suppose.
The popularity of Mk1s is undeniable though- you can even buy steel shells from Turkey or China.
Bright side- could make the aforementioned vehicles a lot more valuable in the marketplace. The price of crossflow engines has been rising steadily.
Just looked at the shp device- that spaceframe allows a lot of scope- however the "cooking" Mazda V6 with 200bhp in the MX5 "chassis" will produce a healthy bhp/ton ratio in a MXico.
Last edited by IanA; 12th November 2015 at 07:40..
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