Ford Escort Mk1 body with 605mm wheelbase

[JariV]

Hi guys,

a friend of mine shares great passion for this European small passenger car classic with me. He has both a 5B and a 5T Baja and started from scratch. These are made of fiberglass and windows are included. I got myself two of these.

[Muddy]

Hi Jari, How have you been?

Those tyres look dangerous
Great job on the escort

[JariV]

Thanks for asking Muddy, could be better but am just glad it's not worse. Lot has happened and things seem to be a mess now in personal and professional life. Kept me from starting a new large scale build. Been mostly doing small stuff for my existing toys, big and small.

How have you been?

[eightman]

always happy to see a new body born! mostly if it's a Ford! i'm a Capri fan!
not sure theses wheels make this car look nice, but body is cool with it's wide sides!
i would like to see one painted with rally scheme color...
is he selling this?
Stef

[JariV]

The body is just on top of my Baja in the pic, not mounted in any way, just to give you an idea. I didn't mean to use those wheels or tires with this body.

Yes, my friend is willing to sell these bodies. Anybody interested, send me a PM about it.

[K]

Hi Jari: Great to see you here ..... we've mossed you ..... you should stop by more often! I really like the Escort body, a true classic. Now, if only it was available in 1/4 scale

Kevin

[JariV]

-wheelbase 605mm
-body width front 470mm
-body width rear 480mm
-total body length 960mm

[eightman]

-wheelbase 605mm
-body width front 470mm
-body width rear 480mm
-total body length 960mm

hey that's 1/4 scale!

[K]

Hey ... now we're talking .... thanks Stef.

Jari, where do we get these Escort body shells from?

Kevin

[eightman]

if you want to have idea to paint this car here is a nice collectors place

[JariV]

You can get them through me. The builder doesn't speak English pretty much at all. There are two of you who have contacted me about buying these bodies and one already sent money through PayPal and Jani (the body builder) will send one body to this person.

Please Note:
The guy who is actually doing the laminating of these bodies is a super professional for repairing fiberglass boats and the working season for him is starting. Therefore if you are thinking of buying one of these bodies you need to hurry. There will be delivery delays in the near future.

Other thing:
In the future the bodies will not be offered with Lexan window inserts. You will need to do them yourself. I will discuss this with Jani to post instructions here on how to bend them and templates for that.

Eightman:
Just took a look at your link, CHRIST those paint schemes look GOOD !!!!

[Mike Casey]

very nice work. Quite amazing craftsmanship. Good addition to anyone's collection!

[JariV]

BTW QSL, are you ok with this that I'm offering the body here? I mainly wanted to share this with you gentlemen and have 3 of these for myself now. I'm a great fan of Mk1 Escort.

[JariV]

Here's a link to the entire lifespan up to today for this Mk1:

http://pude.kuvat.fi/kuvat/HPI%20Baja%20Escort/

[ceyhun34]

Here's a link to the entire lifespan up to today for this Mk1:

http://pude.kuvat.fi/kuvat/HPI%20Baja%20Escort/

perfecet works.....brawoooo