FORD ESCORT MK1
Ford had for years been behind the game in its quest for Light Car dominance. Then in 1968 came the Escort.
The car it replaced was the Anglia; an honest toiler but a child of the 1950s still with the tailfins that were so fashionable back then.
The Escort was light and modern and exciting. Engineering advances included a new all-synchromesh gearbox, MacPherson strut suspension plus rack and pinion steering. The cheapest versions, seen in Britain from January 1968 and in Australia two years later, had 1.1-litre engines and very basic trim. Even in the ice and snow of their homelands (the UK or
