Photo Request: MkII Escort and MkIII Zephyr/Zodiac

[Andrew Metford]

Hi Steve.

I can take some photos of my Dad's immaculate MK1 2 door Escort for you. It's a 1968 1300 Super, which has been in our family since 1974, and it was made in the first 3 months of production, as originally it had drum brakes all round, compression struts, and 12" wheels. Once Ford had used up all those parts, presumably left over from the Anglia / Cortina, all the rest of the Escorts got front disk brakes, a sway bar front end, and 13" wheels. Dad has changed the brakes to disc and the wheels to 13", but kept the compression struts. 12" tyres are almost non-existent unless you get them from India or some other place where quality control hasn't made an appearance yet, which is a shame, because Dad had some original 12" Dunlop alloy wheels on the car. You can buy 13" modern copies, but for $$$$$$ from England, and only painted black. I asked them if they would sell us unpainted wheels so we could paint them to match the car, but they said no, so we said ok, no thanks then.

Anyway, when the weather picks up hopefully later this week, I'll take some decent pics and post them up for you.