In 1970 Ford converted this former parts stores in to “Advanced Vehicle Operations” or AVO for short. Responsible for taking body shells from Halewood and adding the bits to make Escorts in to RS’s. The plant fell out of fashion in the mid 70’s as the Mk2 Escort came along …

The UK home of the Escort and other models, Halewood started production in March 1963 and built Fords through to the last Escort in July 2000 before moving on to build Jaguars.

One of the the many special edition Mk2 Escorts the Huntsman This car was supplied new by Phoenix of Sutton and registered on 6th January 1981. The history file is extensive with every receipt in the file, a complete mot history from new to date, a lovely handwritten book of …

The first Oval Owners club meet at Rudyard following the relaxation in Covid19 restrictions saw a great turnout with some amazing cars. With  the sun still shining and a full carpark the Local Oval owners meet at Rudyard brought out some new and exotic Fords, both road and competition cars. …

For its first long run out Julian took the Mk1 to the RSOC day at Croft with the Oval Owners & South Staffs RS Owners This was its first long distance outing and I must admit I had more than a few concerns, not least with the weather forecast giving …

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This is from a past auction but seeing the previous Mikkola Mk1 reminded me of it, not quite as shiny but still looking very cool. This rare and historically interesting ex-Ford Works rally car was driven in period by Hannu Mikkola at the Rally of Cyprus in October 1970 and …

Things seem to come in pairs at the moment! so this is the for the first of two amazing Ex Hannu Mikkola Mk1 Escorts that caught our interest! It looks and probably sounds amazing! For Sale on behalf of a Private Collector is an Ex Works MK1 RS1600 VVX958L.This car …

Dropped on a nice find while picking up some NOS bits for the Mk5 4×4 build…Ford workshop wiring diagrams for all Mk5 and Mk6 Escorts!! with some added extras thrown in. Now that we are able to travel a bit more I popped up north to collect some bits purchased …

With the sun trying to push the snow and frost out of the way its time to start thinking about some driving! To get ready for summer Ju dropped the car off at Dave and Scott at The FC…  for a 1000 mile service, spanner check, MOT & rolling road …