i had 1 mk2 escort and two mk1 escorts.
my first car after i passed my test (1987) was a mk1 rs 1600 in castrol racing colours (yellow with green stripe running down the side)
i then bought a mk rs2000 avo with the droop snoot bonnet/front end in midnight blue, it was written of by a muppet in a bmw who tried to overtake a tractor on a bend
i then bought my last escort a mk1 rs2000 in white
i love the old school escorts plenty of rear end sliding fun
my mates dad had a mk1 with a rover 3500 v8 in it, there a few around when i had my escorts as the cossie hadnt been out long engines were hard to come buy and expensive