Why do I want this? 1995 Ford Escort · GT Hatchback 2D

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Because it has a BP in it!

I believe these are on the Mazda BP chassis (or is considered a close cousin) which gives you a ton of cars to pull hardware from.  Might be a fun canvas to work with.  And I always liked those wheels. 

I bought one of these things new in 1991, my very first FWD vehicle, and it was a BLAST.  I think it had 127 HP but revved like mad.  Really fun car, way before I had any interest or knowledge of what a good handling car was.  I bought another one in 1993 for one of my sons, who promptly totalled it.  Oh, well.....

If that was near me I'd already be picking it up. 

THats at the shop over by the interstate with all the Saab's and Volvo's. I'm surprised he isn't on here!

I have always wanted to take a FWD car that has a rwd cousin and make the FWD one RWD and make it as stock looking as possible.

This style escort and the Miata being a top contender.

In reply to chandler : Thanks, I was wondering where it was at. Still to scared to drive by as I might want it. My shop is still full on non-runners in various pieces lol  

Dang, I wish I was buying, I'd buy that one instead of the broken one currently in my driveway. 

In reply to slowbird :

I was waiting to see how long it took you to respond to this!

They are fun little cars and the asymmetrical grille is all sorts of 90s awesome.

In reply to slowbird :

Is it a transmission that you need, am I remembering that right?

BlueInGreen - Jon (Forum Supporter) said:

They are fun little cars and the asymmetrical grille is all sorts of 90s awesome.

In reply to slowbird :

Is it a transmission that you need, am I remembering that right?

Correct! Well, either an automatic transmission, or if swapping to manual, the transmission and all the other stuff to do such a swap, of which I have only a limited understanding. 

Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) said:

If that was near me I'd already be picking it up. 

Same. When I saw Ohio I was hoping Cincinnati area since that's about 95 miles away from me . Unfortunately this car is about 225 miles away. 

RossD said:

I have always wanted to take a FWD car that has a rwd cousin and make the FWD one RWD and make it as stock looking as possible.

This style escort and the Miata being a top contender.

Well then this will blow your mind. 
 

In Australia they had a BG chassis version of the Escort called a Laser, but instead of being BP powered it had a 323 GTX drivetrain underneath it. Yes...it's AWD. 
 

So if you traverse the globe you could find our pedestrian BP powered FWD cars, these oddities from down-under, or the fire-breathing Cossie AWD rally monsters from England(although they were closer to a Sierra chassis with an BG-styled body).

In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :

Oh, if only I had a way to ship Aussie Laser parts over here...or even just get 323 GTX parts for the drivetrain...

But really I just want the cheesy full-width rear reflector from the trunklid of that Laser 

There was an awd (maybe turbo too?) Tracer at the challenge some years ago. I remember it was for sale on here at one point. I wonder what happened to it

slowbird said:

BlueInGreen - Jon (Forum Supporter) said:

They are fun little cars and the asymmetrical grille is all sorts of 90s awesome.

In reply to slowbird :

Is it a transmission that you need, am I remembering that right?

Correct! Well, either an automatic transmission, or if swapping to manual, the transmission and all the other stuff to do such a swap, of which I have only a limited understanding. 

I had a thought, I’ll send you a PM

Somebeach (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to chandler : Thanks, I was wondering where it was at. Still to scared to drive by as I might want it. My shop is still full on non-runners in various pieces lol  

 

I drove by there just now, it's between a Peugeot wagon painted like a French flag and a couple 740s. He was leaving in an XC90 with a loud exhaust that sounded pretty good.

i have zero need for this.. but after my ownership of Ronald.. and my love of FWD.. i want one of these..

In reply to chandler :

I ended up sending the guy a message inviting him to check out GRM, I have also been eyeing that French wagon on FB mktplace for a while too. 
 

I need to get one of my projects done, so I can buy another one ha  

In reply to Somebeach (Forum Supporter) :

The seller might not have found us but we found him.  The Renault is mention in this thread

I know of a pair for sale stupid cheap in opposite corners of southern VA if anyone in the Mid Atlantic is looking.

I said Peugeot but it is a Renault. Oops, not that up on my eclectic French cars