Great video again Mark, pleased to see a really eclectic mix of cars, it looks like a cracking show for sure. Great to see the Escort mk5 XR3i getting some airtime, remarkable that so few survive! I’m personally fascinated by the ADO16, often forgotten that it was the best selling cars for much of the late sixties and proof badge engineering could pay off. The Prarie.. wow and wow… hens teeth and unicorns are more common place and quite innovative for its time.
I'd say my car of the show would be a toss up between the Gordini and the XR3i. You don't often see Mk5 escorts and certainly not in that condition, it was as though it had just left the show room for the first time. The Nissan really was a surprise, a neighbour had one for many years but you never see them these days and again in such great condition. Imagine how strong a door structure would have to be today to pass all the regulations to mount the seat belt on it. ADO16 was badge engineering on a huge scale, the likes of which is now far more common but certainly wasn't back then.
@@markonmotoring back in the late nineties in my Nissan days I recall people desperately trying to keep them going as they rotted away back then, incredible that this one survived another 25 years!!
Another great put together video Mark! Shame about the tripod, old man syndrome like me 😂 FYI, the XR badge continued here in Oz up until the demise of Ford Australia about 6 years ago. 5 cylinder turbo Focus and Mondeo ( the ST) were the XR5, and the Falcon 6 cylinder turbo and V8s, the XR6 and XR8 respectively in both sedan and ute form. But all said and done I'd love a little XR2 ...
Thank you. That's fascinating to hear how the XR branding continued so long after it was abandoned in the UK. I bet an XR badge in a Focus ST would certainly confuse the youngsters over here. 😅
