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    Feb 24, 2020 3 minutes
    ANDREW EVERETT

    THE WAY WE USED & ABUSED ESCORTS

    There is always a flurry of interest around ex-Works competition cars, and I’m pleased to say that I once had one. Well, sort of. In 1987 I fancied building a Mk2 Escort. I really wanted a Mexico Mk1, but most were absolutely rotten while the ones that weren’t were at least £2000 and I couldn’t afford one, plus the insurance was insane. So I scanned Motoring News (as it was then) and the Thames Valley Trader (as it was then) and found a 1975 Escort 1300 Sport,

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