ONE OF THE BIGGEST DECISIONS IV HAD TO MAKE!

IV, what the hell is IV?

A m8 has a Landrover Defender D300 (2022). I think it is) It has, i think, 46k and just missed its last srv, and the bottom end has gone !!!! Landrover saying, sorry, not there issue as missed srv and has said over 20k for a new bottom end 😮
Poor show for a £80k vechile !!

(3.0-litre six-cylinder turbodiesel
Model: Land Rover Defender 130 D300
Engine: 3.0-litre six-cylinder turbodiesel MHEV
Power/torque: 296bhp/650Nm)

MK1. 👍

Mk1 is the way to go.

Mk1 all day long.

im currently building 2 tracsport semi-helical 5 speed boxes for customers of mine.

My garage van was a mk 2 it had the full 2litre capri running gear and suspension with escort mk 3 injection interior all sign writing it was a great advert for my garage

Every one is doing Mk1's Go the Van. and finish the beemer !

Mk1 was my 1st car, have to go with the car

The van not being ready for a year is what makes this a quandary - personally the van is better sleeper where you can show off your work, it's not as common as a car so will attract more attention

MK 1

Mk1 all day long

The MK1 has my vote could be used for track days and has a good resell value

If you want an advertising Escort it would be the Mk 2, I'm biased and would have the MK 1 as I learnt to drive in one. I never really liked the Mk 2, the only one that didn't do it for me.

Mk 1 far better option

Got to be the Mk1, it's a no brainer !

Mk 1 any day of the week 👍👍

Van is WAY more interesting!

Go for MK1, you already have 2 vans and a MK1 with the lotus engine in would be great for track and road and promotion, the MK2 van sounds good but MK1 sounds better

Hello lee, Yellow mk1, had mine for 52years, 1700 twin 40s, 5 speed, will send picture later, recovery Pete.

Invest in the business not toys.

Gordon Bennet Lee!! I think you’re going through life with a bad dose of the I wants,,,, restrain yourself!!!!!

Has to pump out 200+ ponies to make up for the power loss from all the DPF and other such gubbins. My 2.0 transit eco blue goes ok for a big van but you just know it won’t be long lived like the previous 2.4tdci transit

Do the van as a decent sleeper with traditional painted sign writing then enjoy it. eff the money pit Beemer off and rag the kit car for a bit longer.

Yellow MK1 - Drive and enjoy 🙂

Wasn’t the bmw a running usable track car 🤔😂

Mk1 !

Mk1!

MK1 all the way 😉

They both appeal to me!!! Then, I'm a project sponge. Maybe the Mk2 is a better platform for the business?

Pictures of both .

The six cylinder Ingeniums have been around from 2021. They are currently fitted to new Defender, Range Rover Sports and full fat Range Rovers. I am informed that the later fours have been modified are now a lot more reliable

Personal choice would be mk1

Why don't you do something little crazy with the mark II escort van. Go outside your wheelhouse and put a Ford Coyote engine in it. I'm telling you there's nothing like V8 power and a small body vehicle.

As long as the mk1 is two door and not four ??

Mk1 all day long, you already have a shop van in the tranny, a full steel lightened and balanced 1760 xflow screamer on twin 40's, yes please or go the whole hog and put the BDA in, rocketship

Go mkI Escort, you've got enough to do with the BMW, let someone else do the van 👍👊😎

Safe your money and put into the business stop playing with toys they don’t earn you money they cost you money

I'd have van get it all sign written up great advertising tool

JLR couldn’t design, build, source a reliable engine if their life depended on it. Now they’re going electric with their track record of shite electrics.

MK1 for me.

Mk1 2 door is a gorgeous car.

Get the Mk1!!!! Van's are ok but they are not track cars they are for rooting your missus in the back of, checkout the Sundowner Escort Van from Australia

Don't forget, MK2 Escort vans are actually MK1 Escort front ends with MK2 wings, if you look into the radiator grille you can see the MK1 "spectacles" still there so you could fit MK1 wings and front panel for a quick MK1 retrograde. What does look esp cool is RS2000 snoot, even better if you went down the route of a Burton upgraded Pinto. Of course an Essex V6 can be made to fit but you have to wiggle it in a bit and like any upgrade from the Kent build where the gear lever goes, you will need a new gearbox cover so you can fit a 5 speed type 9 which should bolt onto anything Ford engine. I remember too in the eighties a mate who shoehorned a 2.0 Essex V4 into an Escort and that thing went like liquid fire. Thats the beauty of old British Fords is you can pretty much put anything in 'em, have even heard of a MK2 Escort with a Rover K series V6 which was insane.

Go the Mk1, you don't need another full-on project, less stress more joy!! 🙂

Mk1 every time

Mk1 all day long for me.

Mk1 escort

Mk1 sold mine 10 years ago

Mk2 van go for it something different 👍👍👍