I used to have an avo MK1 Mexico in Daytona yellow until it was stolen and never seen again which absolutely broke my heart but Daytona yellow is the best choice of colour in my opinion but others will think otherwise. A mate of mine had a lovely MK1 in a sort of very light diamond blue which looked amazing too 😁👍
Either a nice crisp orange or gunmetal grey with either some Mexico stripes or RS2000 stripes ghosted faintly onto the car that mearly hint at a performance heritage in certain lighting ❤️ This is awesome, keep it up, oh and more classic fords in the future please 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Make it look easy you guys!! I’m in the middle of putting together a mk 2 similar spec to yours. Would have to go with Olympic Blue personally as that’s one of the best colours on an Escort! Alan.
It’s gunna be epic whatever the colour. Speaking of colour I reckon either like a metallic white with a blue strip Or sky blue with a white stripe and definitely gold minilites. 👌
Nice to see it as a rolling shell. Mk1 with bubble arches and fat mini lights screams out fast and furious / Paul walker tribute car to me. I can't unsee it now. Dark blue, white stripe and bronze wheels. It's a lovely combination. Nice touch offering it to the viewers!
Paused video so as to comment on the colour. Like you kept changing my mind. But now having seen the rest of another fantastic and entertaining video and seeing the gold wheels. I think a nice blue, similar to the Jack's you have the car on with appropriate black decols would look really good. Brilliant as ever guys. Looking forward to seeing the next instalment.
Paused it Leemans green (could be spelt wrong) nice bright colour. Ok cracking job mind and bend handbrake lever over to drivers side 🙄 Another cracking episode 👍👍👍😜🏴🦕🦄😁✌🤞
BGH Geartech do a 5 speed box with a shortened tail housing to save having to alter the gearstick hole on the tunnel, done mine a few year ago and best mod for a Mk1, gears 1-4 are like standard ratios for mexico and 5th is great for motorway stuff, cracking build so far though fellas
I hate myself for saying this but Le Mans green really pops and would look stunning, a mate has his in white with a tartan stripe (Audi RS6 engine conversion), if I was fortunate enough to own one I’d go with Hitman Grey with the beagle black stripe.
It's coming along superbly now - hugely enjoying this series. I reckon it would look great in the new Porsche GT3 RS Shark blue, complete with matching satin dark graphite stripes and wheels 🙂 👍👍
Said it before, my favourite channel, Red main body, with same red but matte finish stripes, then gold wheels but more Pearl to give them a lift they look flat, possibly same gold for a little pin striping, it’s gonna be great whatever you go with, can’t wait 😜🇮🇪
I mounted the engine and box onto the crossmember then dropped the shell onto the assembly, much easier and no risk of scratching Keiths lovely paint job on the final build. Looking good, great work guys.
Daytona yellow But tbh any colour because a Mk1 Bubble arched Escort is about to be let loose on the Roads an that can’t be a bad thing.Can’t understand why this Channel hasn’t got more Subscribers because it’s easily the best on TH-cam thanks Guys 👍
ford sebring red (orange), my uncles Mexico as a kid was this colour and it just suits the coke bottle shape and dog bone grill…don’t know why, it just does.
Nice work I am in to motorbikes. When I make a bike I do the same dry billed. A lot off people don’t do that. Looking forward to seeing all your videos
Ford Signal Yellow 👌💯 Gunmetal wheels 👍 Please don't put Mexico stripes on, everyone and their cat has a "Mexico" replica 🙄 Are the rear springs too wide? Mk1 springs were narrower than Mk2s! Are you fitting the skid plates to the forward rear spring hanger too? Definitely fit the anti tramp bars 👍 And as others have said.. Engine, box on the crossmember then lower the car down 👍 those world Cup engine mounts are just lovely to fit in situ aren't they!! 😂😂 Excellent work boys, it's coming together great now.... Wish our Nova was coming on as quick!!
Sebring Red is the way go, at least that way I can see how it looks before I paint my 73 mk1 4 door that colour(in about 10 yeasts time at my current work rate!) love the build, keep up the the great work 👌
gr8 build , i think signal yellow with a black stripe would be excellent , keep them vids comin , my rs2000 has now been dragged out ready for me to start the resto shortly
Monte Carlo Blue on my Honda S2000 is a lovely colour.Also had a mk2 Cortina in Dragoon Red which was nice as well.Keep up the great work lads,can't wait to she's finished 😀
@@ODDAutos ha ha, saves that horrible banging noise as the cart springs wind themselves back and forth like in the film Bullet when he overshoots the turn and reverses back up the hill 😬
I reassemble the engine and gear box, mount it to the front cross member on the floor. Lift the body high enough to slide drive train underneath the body and use engine lift to raise assembly into place. Once cross member is located to body, I then reassemble suspension and you've got a roller again. I found its heaps quicker and I've yet to damage anything so far.
I used to have an avo MK1 Mexico in Daytona yellow until it was stolen and never seen again which absolutely broke my heart but Daytona yellow is the best choice of colour in my opinion but others will think otherwise. A mate of mine had a lovely MK1 in a sort of very light diamond blue which looked amazing too 😁👍
SAVAGE VIDEO AGAIN Lads White with Blue pinstrip down the side
I'd love to see what an ST Orange would look like. Love that colour..
Its coming up a beauty that new mazda soul red 46v awsome color
Cosworth Moonstone Blue with black wheels, black mirrors ect
Fern green 😁👍
Which was the colour of my first escort MK1 back in 1978
Ermine white with a blue stripe,like the AVO Escorts looking good guys
Gulf colours are always good and would be a good “period” choice
Looking good
Metallic brown was a rare original colour that looks Fab
Olympic blue with royal blue accents 👌🏻
Enjoying this build. Olympic blue.
Either a nice crisp orange or gunmetal grey with either some Mexico stripes or RS2000 stripes ghosted faintly onto the car that mearly hint at a performance heritage in certain lighting ❤️
This is awesome, keep it up, oh and more classic fords in the future please 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yellow with a cream strip. 👌👌. Love your videos.
Make it look easy you guys!! I’m in the middle of putting together a mk 2 similar spec to yours. Would have to go with Olympic Blue personally as that’s one of the best colours on an Escort! Alan.
Porsche peppermint green with black wheels would be my choice. Top work awesome build. 👍👍👍👍
Tawny brown metallic with black stripes boys , proper old school that’s what colour it would be if it was mine 😜👌🤪
Nice choice 👍👍
Radiant Red 👌
Great work lads I’d do it like the Alan Mann race car red bottom gold top 👍👍
It’s gunna be epic whatever the colour. Speaking of colour I reckon either like a metallic white with a blue strip Or sky blue with a white stripe and definitely gold minilites. 👌
Ford Purple Velvet with a satin black bonnet :D
FORD RS ultimate green. Never seen a classic Ford in a modern RS colour
white with blue stripes gold wheels cracking job guys
Cheers Gary, I noted down the colour too 👍👍
White car with a black stripe, silver wheels 👌👌
Nice! Cheers 👍
I say white with a blue stripe stripe down the side and with the Union Jack on the flat on the roof the full Union Jack 🇬🇧
white with a red stripe. great channel btw
Imperial blue, gold Mexico stripe, gold 15” wheels
Ford escort Bermuda Blue would be a great pick!
Loving the progress and think light blue with a darker blue stripe
I reckon paint it Gulf livery, baby blue for the car, orange for the traditional style striped / lettering.
Really enjoying the build fellas, If it was mine I’d paint it British racing green, like the one I had back in the 90s cheers 🍻
Nice to see it as a rolling shell. Mk1 with bubble arches and fat mini lights screams out fast and furious / Paul walker tribute car to me. I can't unsee it now. Dark blue, white stripe and bronze wheels. It's a lovely combination. Nice touch offering it to the viewers!
I had one in signal yellow in the 80 s I loved it but grey with gunmetal stripe would look awesome 👌
Paused video so as to comment on the colour. Like you kept changing my mind. But now having seen the rest of another fantastic and entertaining video and seeing the gold wheels. I think a nice blue, similar to the Jack's you have the car on with appropriate black decols would look really good. Brilliant as ever guys. Looking forward to seeing the next instalment.
Ha ha, yellows a more popular choice than I thought 👍
Grey sounds great
Nice! Cheers 👍
Arizona gold or Allan mann red and gold or baby blue ! Nice build, keep up the good work and always funny to see you guys working on cars.
Paused it Leemans green (could be spelt wrong) nice bright colour. Ok cracking job mind and bend handbrake lever over to drivers side 🙄
Another cracking episode
👍👍👍😜🏴🦕🦄😁✌🤞
Cheers buddy, yes deffo bend it out the way of the gearstick 🤣
BGH Geartech do a 5 speed box with a shortened tail housing to save having to alter the gearstick hole on the tunnel, done mine a few year ago and best mod for a Mk1, gears 1-4 are like standard ratios for mexico and 5th is great for motorway stuff, cracking build so far though fellas
White with baby blue stripes
Good job guys always watch your videos best colour mk1 electric monza blue. Cheers
Cheers David, I noted the colour down. Nice ! 👍👍
I would go white and whatever colour stripe you want, but do the stripe in vinyl so it’s easy to change. 👍🏻
the all new blue color of the fiesta st ..will fit amazing with gold wheels ..just my opinion!! i know is a classic car but that color is amazing
Has to be a rare colour from the original ford colour palette in my opinion - Outback Bronze takes the biscuit for me! Keep up the good work guys! 👍🏼
Cheers Matthew 👍noted it down 👍
Have a look at Mink blue, found on MK2 cortinas although if you're going to ding it much stick to a flat colour!
OUTBACK BRONZE!! It’s an Escort not a Falcon, WTF
Red, gotta be red. Here in Australia we had them in Vermillion Fire Red and Pepper Red, both are nice bright colors
Zinc oxide grey and revolution wheels
Early 80's style.
Nordic Blue! Looks great with gold wheels
Good work lads black with gold stripe to match the wheels 👌
Olympic blue with white door strips like the Mexico and love your channel
Cheers Kyran👍👍noted the colour down 👍
Alan Mann racing colour's those cars looked so cool 😎
Mega cool!
I hate myself for saying this but Le Mans green really pops and would look stunning, a mate has his in white with a tartan stripe (Audi RS6 engine conversion), if I was fortunate enough to own one I’d go with Hitman Grey with the beagle black stripe.
Daytona Yellow With a Black Mexico Stripe Down the side!
Cheers buddy 👍👍
Great work guys ,instead of Racing Green ,pick Kawasaki Green , must be pretty unique 😄
The works racing Broadspeed MK 1 Escorts were dark maroon metallic with a silver roof looked superb.
It's coming along superbly now - hugely enjoying this series. I reckon it would look great in the new Porsche GT3 RS Shark blue, complete with matching satin dark graphite stripes and wheels 🙂 👍👍
Orange with contrasting yellow stripes for me, oh and let's have more of Keith banging his head, always makes me laugh 😃
I enjoy watching you guys!
Do you have more things to show us?
I wish to watch you repair a Ford coltina lotus mark 1
Said it before, my favourite channel, Red main body, with same red but matte finish stripes, then gold wheels but more Pearl to give them a lift they look flat, possibly same gold for a little pin striping, it’s gonna be great whatever you go with, can’t wait 😜🇮🇪
Brilliant Alan, hopefully I’ll pick that one out the hat 👍
Olympic blue with dark blue rs 2000 stripe, gold wheels 👌👌love this build! Great work lads 💪👍👏👏
Ford Panther black stripe with a deep metallic gunmetal grey would look nice 👍
Nice! Cheers 👍
The mock up looks😘 If it was my car I would have either aubergine🍆 but almost black, or midnight blue 🤷♂️ . Brilliant guys ❤❤
Straight out of tin Tinter!!
Bright yellow blue strip
Kawasaki Green would look mental! Loving the build, once again excellent video gents!
I mounted the engine and box onto the crossmember then dropped the shell onto the assembly, much easier and no risk of scratching Keiths lovely paint job on the final build. Looking good, great work guys.
100% doing it that way when it’s painted 👍👍
Daytona yellow But tbh any colour because a Mk1 Bubble arched Escort is about to be let loose on the Roads an that can’t be a bad thing.Can’t understand why this Channel hasn’t got more Subscribers because it’s easily the best on TH-cam thanks Guys 👍
We are still trying to go for it lol, it’ll get there one day with the subs. I can’t wait to drive this now, going to be proper mint !👍👍
Ha! Trying to decide on the color for my MK1 Escort - interested in seeing the suggestions.
Le mans green with black stripes ❤️👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheers noted it down 👍
I think white with blue stripes or blue with white stripes ;-)
Looking good guys, pearl black with a gold stripe and gold pin stripe around the gold stripe and gold wheels, 👌
Cool cheers Martin 👍
Ideal color would be #F0B5E2 for sure! Both on body and wheels hehe
Definitely a bright yellow
We had a new ( Green Gennie) 74 Mexico Modena Green ! It looked incredible 😉👍🏻
Cheers got it 👍👍
ford sebring red (orange), my uncles Mexico as a kid was this colour and it just suits the coke bottle shape and dog bone grill…don’t know why, it just does.
Love that colour 👍👍
Nice work I am in to motorbikes. When I make a bike I do the same dry billed. A lot off people don’t do that. Looking forward to seeing all your videos
It’s definitely worth it, amazing what ends up not fitting well.
Ford Blueprint Mica Pearl. Had an Escort 2L van in that colour. Enjoying the videos.
Coming on nicely now guys, it's got to be a deep yellow with black accents for me
Orange and yellow Mexico stripes!
Nice! Cheers 👍
Ford Signal Yellow 👌💯
Gunmetal wheels 👍
Please don't put Mexico stripes on, everyone and their cat has a "Mexico" replica 🙄
Are the rear springs too wide?
Mk1 springs were narrower than Mk2s! Are you fitting the skid plates to the forward rear spring hanger too? Definitely fit the anti tramp bars 👍
And as others have said.. Engine, box on the crossmember then lower the car down 👍 those world Cup engine mounts are just lovely to fit in situ aren't they!! 😂😂
Excellent work boys, it's coming together great now.... Wish our Nova was coming on as quick!!
I've always loved the Gulf colour scheme on cars from this era. Over done? Maybe but I just love it.
An original colour from the period always looks better in my opinion. Great job.
Cool hopefully it won’t be pink 🤣
Great job, coming together nicely. I think it would look great in Gordon Murray's orange with a graphite grey stripe, that's what I'd do anyway.
British racing green with gold striping and wheels
Sebring Red is the way go, at least that way I can see how it looks before I paint my 73 mk1 4 door that colour(in about 10 yeasts time at my current work rate!) love the build, keep up the the great work 👌
Le mans green in my opinion, nice period original colour!!
Cracking work as per guys! My suggestion is baby blue, don’t ask why I just think it’s look mega 😎
Hillman Imp indicator and side light units, used to be popular mod, keep it going boyz.
Cool, wondered why I had to modify the front panel 👍
Such an amazing build, my vote is for a nice glossy white (like Audi IBIS white), with gloss black wheels... keep up the good work fellas!
Great progress, colour wise, Nardo grey with yellow stripe, a bit like the Abarth combo, make it stand it from the crowd
I'd say Peppermint sea grean if the wheels weren't gold so I've got to say black or red .... flip a coin if my answers comes up. Nice progress BTW 👏
gr8 build , i think signal yellow with a black stripe would be excellent , keep them vids comin , my rs2000 has now been dragged out ready for me to start the resto shortly
White with a gold strip always looks amazing
Cheers noted the colour 👍
Just passed 7k subscribers now! It just shows that this format works and is entertaining, well done lads.👍
Monte Carlo Blue on my Honda S2000 is a lovely colour.Also had a mk2 Cortina in Dragoon Red which was nice as well.Keep up the great work lads,can't wait to she's finished 😀
Nitrous blue, just a fab ford colour! 👍
Painting the mk2 that colour! Never know might have a mk1 the same now 🤣
@@ODDAutos and not forgetting the white Mexico style stripe 😎 really enjoying the build!
Cheers dude 👍👍
Lotus Norfolk mustard yellow with a black stripe👍
Nice! Cheers 👍
I'm going for Olympic blue.. gold wheels. 😜 looking well now too.
Cheers Chris 👍👍
Sky blue with white decal polished wheels
Or Antique cream gold decal & wheels!
Doing a great job guys 👍
I'd go for a red with white stripe. Only coz I support LFC 😉
Monza Blue with white stripes.
While it’s upside down it’s worth sticking some anti-tramp bar mounts on the floor and rear axel, loads more fun off the line with them fitted
It did come with a set, might put them on. The only problem is the more I know it’s strong the harder I’ll drive it lol
@@ODDAutos ha ha, saves that horrible banging noise as the cart springs wind themselves back and forth like in the film Bullet when he overshoots the turn and reverses back up the hill 😬
I reassemble the engine and gear box, mount it to the front cross member on the floor. Lift the body high enough to slide drive train underneath the body and use engine lift to raise assembly into place. Once cross member is located to body, I then reassemble suspension and you've got a roller again. I found its heaps quicker and I've yet to damage anything so far.
100% doing it that way once it’s painted 👍
Bright Yellow would look unreal!
Cheers got it 👍👍