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Oct 17, 2011 20:30:58 GMT
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Not a Mk1, Mk2, Mk3, Mk4 or even Mk5. Say hello to possibly the coolest Mk6 Escort I've ever seen:   Wheels, colour, stance. Me likey. |
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Very cool Escort.DarrenW
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Oct 17, 2011 20:32:11 GMT
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Finally! One I like! Always my least fave car ever... This is interesting ;D
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speedy88
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"Nice Cortina mate"
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Very cool Escort.speedy88
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Oct 17, 2011 21:29:06 GMT
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I LOVE it. Always disliked these. The setting of the picture is spot on too - run down housing estate
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Oct 17, 2011 21:41:00 GMT
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 I thought I had a better quality photo of it in my photobucket account from a few years ago, but alas, it's the exact smae image  TH Lines, that smoked colour and that stance put it straight to the top of my WOW list when I first saw it. My opinion hasn't changed since! Thanks for the pics Si, nice to see if from another angle - it also confirms that it's not a p/shop which makes me even happier. ;D |
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sumpcracker
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Oct 17, 2011 22:08:09 GMT
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Less is more, we know that, but not many mk6 owners do.
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Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Very cool Escort.Dez
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Oct 17, 2011 22:09:07 GMT
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i quite like mk6 escorts. there, i said it!
id have one over a mk3 golf every time.
only issue with that one for me is the colour. i like it, its probably the best colour for em, thing is my mum had one for 10 years up until about a year ago, so when i look at it i just see her car!
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skinnylew
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Very cool Escort.skinnylew
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Oct 17, 2011 23:44:30 GMT
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Surprised no one has tried to claim it is an Orion yet ;D lol
Once again it reinforces the ethos of slamming over decent wheels. Bodily it's stock (well excluding clear lights etc) but the colour coded bumpers and package as a whole works so damn well.
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sorry to curse word on your fire... i hate it :/ it's just wrong, if it were a 3 door gti then maybe but the fact is it's just a newer orion (i know its technically an escort) and they've always been ugly.
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^^
It just goes to show that, even if you've just put together a super-cool Escort that the people-in-the-know like, there'll still be some bloke standing next to it at a show saying 'should've been a two-door' no doubt followed by somithing like 'a cossie rep'.
When I was looking for a diesel daily wagon recently late Escort estates (the hi-spec run-out models) made it into the top three candidates. I was thinking a drop over some Lenso BSX would've made for quite a nice car.
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qwerty
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Very cool Escort.qwerty
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All that needs in my opinion is stock rear lights!
Where did all the Orions go? My cousin had a couple of modified ones in the late 90s when I was growing up because they were cheaper to insure than the equivalent Escort.
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sorry to pee on your fire... I hate it :/ it's just wrong, if it were a 3 door gti then maybe but the fact is it's just a newer orion (i know its technically an escort) and they've always been ugly. *Cough* See item number 2) in this thread. Thank you. |
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ZXRob
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Thats bloody nice escorty right there, it is just my style! I used to always get the "why not just modify a 3dr Golf" comments when I had my Vento. Now every man and his dog modifies Vento's. Anyhow have a cool orion   |
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Well I wasn't expecting that when I opened the thread, and I can say that I do quite like it. Always reminds me of the taxis I used to see when growing up, needs a taxi sign FTW.
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crazymonkey
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Oct 18, 2011 10:59:22 GMT
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I'm not keen on the rear lights. I agree that they should be standard/red but apart from that its pretty nice, don't see many mk6s done tastefully. I had a mk6 5dr hatch and it is actually quite a nice car. (well for £150 with 8 months MOT it was lol)
oh and is it just the light or is the front bumper a more silvery colour than the rest of the car??? come to mention it the back bumper looks slightly lighter as well think it might just be the light but knowing what escorts and mondeos are like for bumpers lol ;D
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whoever said dogs were man's best friend....obviously never heard of cable ties
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Oct 18, 2011 12:15:46 GMT
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very cool.... have another one.   |
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crazymonkey
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Oct 18, 2011 14:36:56 GMT
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^^^^^^^^^^^^ Now that I like  |
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whoever said dogs were man's best friend....obviously never heard of cable ties
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When I was looking for a diesel daily wagon recently late Escort estates (the hi-spec run-out models) made it into the top three candidates. I was thinking a drop over some Lenso BSX would've made for quite a nice car. One of my colleagues drives a diesel MkVI estate in silver, on those soft line 7 spokes that quite a few seemed to come with. Kind of like soft line RS 7 spokes but not the 17" Cosworth ones. Anyone, always thought it could like quite cool with deleted/colour coded rubbing strips and some cleaning up, get rid of the roof rails, maybe satin black the B- and C-pillars so the glasshouse isn't broken up so much. They're a fairly smooth shape which evidently suits the kind of cleaned Euro style. |
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary. |
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stealthstylz
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Very cool Escort.stealthstylz
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sorry to pee on your fire... I hate it :/ it's just wrong, if it were a 3 door gti then maybe but the fact is it's just a newer orion (i know its technically an escort) and they've always been ugly. I think your need to drink more it's not even dampened the edges. That looks awesome, I also thought I had better pics but they were the same ones. The saloon stance is much better than the convertibles - I think the big side skirts on the 'vert are stopping him lowering it enough. Matt |
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luckygti
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Oct 19, 2011 19:52:46 GMT
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Works for me, a mate had an estate from new, did nearly 200k before the suspension collapsed/rusted away. I always really liked it and it was the same colour as the Cossie from a recent thread, that weird kind of aubergine colour. now that lowered over schmidts, that would look cool  |
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Last Edit: Oct 19, 2011 19:53:28 GMT by luckygti
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