Vehicle Owner

Member ID: supervanman

Location: North Branford, CT

Vehicle Info

1991 Ford Escort

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed133mph
  • HP127
  • Weight2100lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Aug 15, 2007

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This is my 1991 Escort GT.... 87,000 original miles, 5 speed, cloth interior... this car was pretty much all stock.
here's how it looked when I first saw it: supervanman's 1991 Ford Escort

I'd been looking to buy a new car for the last 5 months, and I looked at pretty much everything. I was on my way home from a car show, and I was supposed to go look at a 1984 FILA edition Thunderbird later in the day.
When we were driving through Durham, I saw it on the side of the road. My dad didn't know if I was serious about buying it, but I knew that I had finally found what I had wanted.

I'm going to be driving it 60 miles a day starting in the fall, so I'd need good fuel economy, and I like to drive fast, so I didn't want a car that would be a "slug", so I knew this was going to be PERFECT.

I'm really into customizing it, just subtle touches, like my seats, and re-doing the stereo, and the shifter area.... I'll eventually be on to bigger and better things, like a TURBO kit, and something tells me that I'll probably have this car for quite some time to come.

I even returned my XBOX 360 that I had, just so I can have more money to spend on my car.

here she is after I cleaned it up a little bit(had to wash it TWICE to get the dirt off!): supervanman's 1991 Ford Escort

The stock fog lights STILL WORK!!!!
supervanman's 1991 Ford Escort

then about 6 days later, I went to the junkyard and found seats that I REALLY liked... they were in a Celica GT-S, but I'll make them fit.... not bad for $100:

supervanman's 1991 Ford Escort

They're a lot more comfortable than the stock seats, at least in my opinion, and I was going to get Corbeau buckets down the road anyway, but this saved me a FORTUNE on them...

I took off where it says, "TRD"... that was only on with tape striping.... and here's a picture of the car that I took them out of...

supervanman's 1991 Ford Escort

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ffwhiteboy  

Posted by: ffwhiteboy

08/14/2007 12:58PM

Whats your plans For the scort? looks good. check out my ride sometimes

wasthatawagon  

Posted by: wasthatawagon

07/31/2007 07:24PM

They are 17" Motegi RT-5's,I miss those rims.I got them cause no one has them,I traded them for an engagment ring,but then I got the 18's so I'm happy,but if they made those in 18's I would get them again in a minute.And for the stero its very simple.

wasthatawagon  

Posted by: wasthatawagon

07/30/2007 01:20PM

Nice find,those seats were a good deal.Come check out my scort and let me know what you think.

1701e  

Posted by: 1701e

07/29/2007 01:18PM

Looks great! I have always liked the GT Escorts. What other plans do you have for your GT?

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Member ID: supervanman

Location: North Branford, CT