the funny thing is, the quality of escorts out there now is far superior than ever... 6sp seq boxes with 300 brake NA engines
some people are chucking 50k plus into mk escorts and in the right hands can beat wrc cars. There was one mk2 escort with a mazda wankle engine which sounded fooking amazing. Ive seen totalled mk2 escorts rebuilt as there are loads of parts still available for them these days
oh and yeah many have died, but for a good reason though