Mk1 escort square headlights?

4VCLEVO · 13-10-2007, 07:59 PM

My brother has just bought a mk1 escort coupe, it was a decesed estate and is in top condition with 50000 orignal miles on the clock. The question i have is this car has the square headlights as oposed to most I see have round headlights, what does this mean, was it an option.

R0BD0G · 13-10-2007, 08:49 PM

um....square lights were on everythin in the povo packs.. round hl on twin cam/rs

whooligan · 14-10-2007, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Kermit 73

um....square lights were on everythin in the povo packs.. round hl on twin cam/rs

Sorry to correct you Kermit but, all Australian spec Mk 1 Escorts had square headlights.....Including Twin Cams. Sorry, it really annoys me every time someone says round headlight/twin cam grille, because there's no such thing. Most UK mk 1 Escorts had round headlights except the TCs and 1300Es

4VCLEVO · 14-10-2007, 10:29 AM

no worrys, I know nothing about escorts, but his one is a 1300 XL 2 door, yellow body with black trim and an auto.

outback_ute · 14-10-2007, 07:21 PM

I have a car in the same configuration except manual gearbox & I would prefer if it had round headlights too!

R0BD0G · 14-10-2007, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by whooligan

Sorry to correct you Kermit but, all Australian spec Mk 1 Escorts had square headlights.....Including Twin Cams. Sorry, it really annoys me every time someone says round headlight/twin cam grille, because there's no such thing. Most UK mk 1 Escorts had round headlights except the TCs and 1300Es

.....bugger

caprispecial · 15-10-2007, 06:00 PM

Dont foget that 25 rs2000 mk1 were imported here these having the round headlights.
I actually prefer the square lights it matches the grille. The round lights are like a round peg in square hole.

whooligan · 15-10-2007, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by caprispecial

Dont foget that 25 rs2000 mk1 were imported here these having the round headlights.
I actually prefer the square lights it matches the grille. The round lights are like a round peg in square hole.

Yes, Ron. But they weren't Aust. spec. They were built at AVO.

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Round headlights are a tradition with all the Ford RS cars (upto the Sierra Cosworth) except one....The Twin Cam Escort. Best looking Escort would have to be the red & gold Alan Mann TCs with fat arches and square headlights. When I started doing Classic Ford Artwork, this was the first one I did, and some old Escort stalwart picked my up on the headlight issue, back then, so I'm always quick to reitterate it.