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Old 24-03-2009, 12:11 PM   #1
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Default MD Conversions Escorts, where are they now?

I am trying to figure out where the other Mark Dall'Acqua built Escorts now reside, and if they still exist.

I know that Mark has two of the them -- the red and green ones.

I know a white one with a sunroof is now turbocharged and currently for sale.

Does anyone know about any others?

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Old 24-03-2009, 12:31 PM   #2
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Got any more info on them?
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Old 24-03-2009, 01:42 PM   #3
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Well another one may have a toploader and a sunroof, it was featured in Performance Street Car in this spec in the late 1980s, but this may also be the one I know about with a turbocharger.
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Old 24-03-2009, 09:01 PM   #4
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Got any more info on them?
i think there was 10 or 11 v8 Escorts built but NSW laws got changed preventing anymore V8 Escorts from being able to be road registered.
so these things are bit of a rarity.
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Old 24-03-2009, 09:06 PM   #5
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Mark still owns the escorts

He was at a burnout comp the other week with the green escort
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Old 24-03-2009, 09:16 PM   #6
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Yep this one..
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Old 24-03-2009, 10:14 PM   #7
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I may be seeing mark this weekend so if u need any info i can get it for u and get back 2 u
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Old 24-01-2017, 05:20 PM   #8
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Default Re: MD Conversions Escorts, where are they now?

i know where 3 of these escorts are
1 white 2 door one that has a sunroof and is now turbocharged gavs
2 orange one which is 4 door and 351 micks
3 green one which is 2 door and is 351 zans

all live in the distance of sydney to wollongong
ps and mine which is not marks it is my own that i built in 1980..

Mark still owns the green 2 door blown escort
and the red 2 door blown escort as well
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Old 24-01-2017, 10:06 PM   #9
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What beasts! love them, in particular that last dark one with the shaker - I want
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Old 31-08-2017, 03:48 PM   #10
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Default Re: MD Conversions Escorts, where are they now?

I like to know what the original colour of the green one was?

Rs2000s came in mainly red, white and yellow but also came in orange, midnight blue and a few in black....silver was a rare factory colour too.

Can anyone ask Mark?
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Old 31-08-2017, 04:09 PM   #11
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Default Re: MD Conversions Escorts, where are they now?

Both escorts were at the AFD July this year
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Old 31-08-2017, 04:47 PM   #12
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Yes a friend from Sydney told me
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