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Car of the Day: August 23, 2015; Guisval '81 Ford Escort
Topic Started: Aug 23 2015, 05:28 AM (655 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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Today's car of the day is Guisval's 1981 Ford Escort 5-door.


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The Ford Escort is a small family car that was manufactured by Ford Europe from 1968 to 2004. The Ford Escort name was also applied to several different small cars produced in North America by Ford between 1981 and 2003. Codenamed "Erika", the third generation Escort was launched in September 1980. The car, Ford Europe's second front-wheel drive, was originally meant to be called the "Ford Erika", but ended up retaining the Escort name. The North American Escort introduced at this time was a derivative.



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Once upon a time, this Escort casting was a holy-grail for me. For years, I struck out trying to find one. But then, some years back, I was able to buy two at one time: this blue one and an orange one with rally stickers. I've been intending to feature this car for COTD for quite some time, but finally got that extra push of inspiration after being able to add a third Guisval Escort to my collection. I just recently was able to secure a red one, which should be in my grubby hands soon. There is no doubt in my mind that this blue one will remain my favorite among the trio, however.


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Unlike the Mark II, which had essentially been a reskin of the original 1968 platform, the Mark III was a completely new "wheels-up" design, and was conceived as a hi-tech, high-efficiency vehicle which would compete with the Volkswagen Golf – considered at the time the class benchmark, and indeed the car was launched with the advertising tagline "Simple is Efficient". The Mark III was a departure from the two previous models, the biggest changes being the adoption of front-wheel drive, and the new hatchback body. The car used Ford's contemporary design language of the period with the black louvred radiator grille and straked rear lamp clusters, as well as introducing the aerodynamic "bustle-back" bootlid stump (trademarked by Ford as Aeroback) which would be further developed in the forthcoming Sierra and Scorpio; the stump was proven to reduce the car's aerodynamic drag co-efficient significantly, which was a class leading 0.37 at launch.



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pjedsel
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:thumbup: Nice looking little car from Guisval. Opening doors and a little tow hook and a nice blue color. Looks like you are in the zone for finding these little Escorts now!
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Ethanator
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Nice, love, this color fits pretty well
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juantoo3
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Good looking econobox. This is the Escort I remember.
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JustDavid
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Nice! This is a great little casting.
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JeepXJLover
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Very nice. Not a fan whatsoever of Ford Escorts, but I do like everyday, plain four door castings.
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Hobie-wan
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Lovely older Guisval casting of a plain but useful old econobox. :thumbup:
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