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    CLASSIC TAILS

    Aug 13, 2019 3 minutes
    ANDREW EVERETT

    AN ESCORT MEXICO FOR PEANUTS?

    LOOKING AT THE PRICES being asked (and achieved!) for RWD Ford Escorts just makes me laugh. Even the most hopeless four-door 1300 seems to be worth more than a decent ten year old Mercedes, and the old adage of ‘it’s only worth what someone will pay for it’ makes me think that the someones could be a bit soft in the head. Certainly it doesn’t make sense to me because I’ve been there and done it, albeit 30 odd years ago.

    Of course, Escorts were once everywhere and to

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