Factory-Original Sporting Mk1 Escorts - Hardcover

Williamson, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906133220 ISBN 13: 9781906133221

Publisher: Herridge & Sons Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

The originality guide to the sporting versions of Ford Europe's Mk1 Escorts, including the GT, Sport, Mexico and RS versions. In hundreds of pictures, the book gives you all the detail of correct factory specifications and equipment, including body panels, external trim and badging, paint colours, interior trim and colours, dashboard, instruments and switches, under-bonnet components, engine and transmission, lamps and all other features right down to the tool kit, from the beginning of production to the end. All of this information is vital to any buyer, owner and restorer. Each section opens with a brief text introduction followed by specially commissioned colour photographs with extended captions. For quick reference to accurate and comprehensive information, this formula is hard to beat.

About this title

About the Author:

Buying fast Fords has been an addiction for Dan Williamson since getting an Escort Mk1 at the age of just 15. His subsequent career as a motoring journalist started in 1997, covering new cars, classics and performance machines for magazines including Fast Ford, Classic Ford and many others. Dan is the author of several books about sporty Fords, with a lifelong passion for everything with a Blue Oval badge: his collection includes Fords from the 1970s, '80s, '90s, 2000s and '10s, including an up-rated Focus ST. Simon Clay is a freelance photographer specializing in cars, people, and architecture. He trained at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art, and from 1990 to 1996 was employed full-time as the photographer for England's National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.

About this edition

• Publisher: Herridge & Sons Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1906133220
• ISBN 13: 9781906133221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200