what got you into the ford scene

[Mark King]

sitting here board just got me thinking what got people into the ford scene
mine was when i was an aprentice,one of the mechanics had a mint grey series 2 which was always spot less and i always said to my self i would have one of them one day so my first ford was a grey s2.

what got every one else into the ford scene

[hughy]

probably taking after my father, i have my sister into fords now to, but when i was at a car show some ten years ago more and seeing an ecos take of thats what i wanted lol, Mark you done a bit of mechanic'n too same as myself.. i suppose its all needed when we have cosworths lol

[Mark King]

yes hugh i was i mechanic for 10 years

[99 JON]

Similar story to above..........i was apprentice mechanic and one of the guys that started the year before me at same garage had as his first car a MK2 cortina with Lotus Cortina type wide steel wheels............yeah i know not much to get excited about but i was 16 and this was 1979,i bought that car when he had finished caning it and after 2-3 more years i had a MK2 RS2000 ............35 odd cars later i have a

edit......also older sisters boyfriend had a Ford Consul Classic ,quite cool then [they have been married now for nearly 30 years and he drives boring cars now LOL ]

[bluebones]

my mate brought a s2, and came and picked me up in it, the rest is history as i had to have one, so brought a frst and moved up to the escos. once you had turbo power there is no going back

[cosworth1]

watching bodie and doyle on tv had loads of capris then worked my way up , the old man worked for ford also

[FletchCossie]

My brother loved his Ford's and I followed him

[cosmagedon]

It got beaten into me from a young age that it was all i was aloud to own Seriously its all weve got at home and on the farm about 40 ford cars and another 25 ford tractors

[cookiemonster]

My dad always had fords,but it was my uncles 3000E Capri when i was about 11 that really got me interested in fast fords,went out for a ride with him,the sound of the v6 and being thrown into seat when he floored it made me think i gotta get one of these,years later i had 3.0s capri then a 2.8inj ever since then ive been ford thro and thro,and even work at ford garage,and 11years ago i got my dream car ,my eso rs cos,

[hughy]

i forgot to mention about the s2 turbo escorts love the look of them.. same as Marks just love them cars in that color

[georgie1]

work for them but always like the rs fords

[andyrs]

brother always had fords so i just followed him an driving his just made me happy

[Tore_TJ]

my father had a mk3 escort when I was a kid. And you know the "my father is stronger than yours" mentality led me to belive the 1,3 orange lightning was the best car in the world. In love with them since.

[SCS j1mbo]

i cant quite put my finger on why im into fords

[Craig H]

my bro in laws had a few rs turbo's loved them then my cousin bought a sapphire cossie that was about 3 years old at the time to me at a young age it looked like a done up sapphire but then he took me out in it was only doing 8 mile to the gallon it was sitting at about 450bhp when he went sid ways from the standing start and got onto the motor way i felt the power after that i says iam DEFO going to get one then a few years later me my dad and my bro in law went looking for a car for my sister and there was a brand new black escort cosworth with the talking clifford alarm then that was it I HAD TO HAVE ONE so as the years have went past had a loads of rst's and few sapphire's cossie's,3 door and now my all time fav dream car an escort rs coswortheven though sometimes it pisses me off i still love it and takes me back to that moment that i will never forgetnow my cousin says iam a lucky count haha but he was the one who got me hooked on the cossie drugeven though i could have paid a house nearly off what i have spent on them in the last few years