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Originally Posted by grantp
Umm, how many 70's Mk1 Escorts had a turbo? Hmm?
Lovely looking thing though. Doubt it will be as fast as the Mk 1 1300GT I had in the day.
Just youth thing, of course.
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Nothing was as fast as my Mk1 1300 GT I owned in my yoof!
It was a pseudo rally car with works style arches, roll cage, bucket seats, two-tone paint job and I stuck a pair of side-draught Webers on it which I suspect did little for the performance, but they looked impressive when opening the bonnet, and they sure as hell made it
sound fast!
Needless to say, as with most of my cars in those days, it met a sticky end...
But if I'd had a fuel-injected, turboed Pinto motor, like the one pictured, I reckon I could have really terrorised the neighbours. Well, at least, that is, until I wrapped it round a tree, which I'm sure wouldn't have taken me long...
Probably a good job I couldn't afford such a beast back then. Actually, come to think of it - who am I kidding? Couldn't afford such a beast as that today! £40K perhaps?