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Originally posted by freddy686868
Up untill recently i have owned a 106 rallye but the escort bug bit me when i was 13 so after 8 long years thought it was time to buy an mk1 escort for my 21st birthday. I set out looking for a two door escort car but i seen this van on the net and after veiwing it i had to have it so i bid for it on ebay.
Soon the 13/07/2010 i went to pick it up. Shortly after sorting out the paperwork and money side of things i started the van up from cold with out the choke and drove off. I was just joining the A13 thinking god this van runs very well considering it has been standing a year since it's rebuild. Then all of a sudden the van looses power and comes to a stop. Totaly gutted isn't the word! So i get out make sure the choke isn't stuck open and all the leads to the dizzy were secure and tried to start it again. Oddly enough it started, so off i go again with my brother in his 106 following only for the same thing to happen again! Then for a third time. By now i was getting pritty pissed off with my newly aquired pride and joy UNTILL i remembered what the seller told me. The last thing he told me was the petrol is seriously low but you should have enough to make it to the petrol station 10miles away so i sent my brother to buy a jerry can and petrol which he returned with very quickly. So i put the petrol in and started the engine thinking this is going well so for the forth time in half an hour we set about continuing on our 200+mile trip home. I was really nervous about the van stopping again as i thought the carb wasn't set up correctly and was causing it to cut out when hot.
I can't explain how relieved and how happy i was when the van made it to the petrol station for more juice and wind in the tyres. From there on it drove brilliantly apart from the wheels needing balancing and the tracking. It trundled along the motorway with out any weird noises being made at around 80mph returning around 35mpg whih isn't bad for a 40year old car.
So after looking at the van more and spending over 4 hours in it i found that there are some simple jobs to be done to finish it off lovely. The only update i have apart from the journey is a picture of it outside my house. It will be off for M.O.T tomorrow as i got home too late today to carry out a full one. So fingers crossed.
I thought it would be hard to enjoy a slower and even more basic car than the rallye but i was totaly wrong apart from the 4 speed box it is very comfy as it has retrimmed mk2 rs2000 roller top seats and it's so fun to drive and i look forward to driving it a hell of a lot more! They also say the first long distance trip is the biggest test for any old car.
Soon the 13/07/2010 i went to pick it up. Shortly after sorting out the paperwork and money side of things i started the van up from cold with out the choke and drove off. I was just joining the A13 thinking god this van runs very well considering it has been standing a year since it's rebuild. Then all of a sudden the van looses power and comes to a stop. Totaly gutted isn't the word! So i get out make sure the choke isn't stuck open and all the leads to the dizzy were secure and tried to start it again. Oddly enough it started, so off i go again with my brother in his 106 following only for the same thing to happen again! Then for a third time. By now i was getting pritty pissed off with my newly aquired pride and joy UNTILL i remembered what the seller told me. The last thing he told me was the petrol is seriously low but you should have enough to make it to the petrol station 10miles away so i sent my brother to buy a jerry can and petrol which he returned with very quickly. So i put the petrol in and started the engine thinking this is going well so for the forth time in half an hour we set about continuing on our 200+mile trip home. I was really nervous about the van stopping again as i thought the carb wasn't set up correctly and was causing it to cut out when hot.
I can't explain how relieved and how happy i was when the van made it to the petrol station for more juice and wind in the tyres. From there on it drove brilliantly apart from the wheels needing balancing and the tracking. It trundled along the motorway with out any weird noises being made at around 80mph returning around 35mpg whih isn't bad for a 40year old car.
So after looking at the van more and spending over 4 hours in it i found that there are some simple jobs to be done to finish it off lovely. The only update i have apart from the journey is a picture of it outside my house. It will be off for M.O.T tomorrow as i got home too late today to carry out a full one. So fingers crossed.
I thought it would be hard to enjoy a slower and even more basic car than the rallye but i was totaly wrong apart from the 4 speed box it is very comfy as it has retrimmed mk2 rs2000 roller top seats and it's so fun to drive and i look forward to driving it a hell of a lot more! They also say the first long distance trip is the biggest test for any old car.