I thought that it was the Ford Prefect in Britain, and the Galaxy. <G>
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 3:45 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > I hadn't thought about Ford using the "Escort" name in Europe/Asia for > many more years before they used it in the U.S. > > I suspect yours was an earlier model with a more robust engine than my > 1995 U.S. model. > > On 8/10/2018 19:53, John Coyle wrote: > >> I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: >> it wasn't a lucky car >> though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British >> Racing Green! Suckers must >> have thought it was a fast car! >> >> John in Brisbane >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PDML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Sessoms >> Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 3:23 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Automotive fun >> >> The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to >> pin the gauge, you were >> looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer >> advised me it would be cheaper >> to replace the engine than to try to repair it. >> >> Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the >> new engine to block coolant >> flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. >> >> YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. >> >> >> > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
