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    there was a black one up the road from me last summer, i sure wish i would have had the 700 bucks to have snagged it up
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaceFever79 View Post
    Here's a picture of the EXP

    Pretty sure that is a turbo exp, it looks exactly like my 84 turbo exp. By the way I am looking for a turbo escort to park next to it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KCoker View Post
    Pretty sure that is a turbo exp, it looks exactly like my 84 turbo exp. By the way I am looking for a turbo escort to park next to it.
    Yep, it is a turbo EXP, and I sure would love to see some pictures of yours. I know the location of a GT Turbo, but it is pretty rough.
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    All the good deals on them are a million miles away from me.

    That's when a $700 car gets $1300 tagged on for shipping and becomes a $2000 car.

    Wah wah wah.

    But EXPs / LN7s are uber cool.

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    I had a Dove Grey one for a Demo back in 85. It had aftermarket wheels and the full front spoiler, it was a cool little car that was a ball to drive.
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    No exp GT! I owned a 1984 1/2 exp turbo I bought in 1990, car was mint and came from California, I had a friend with his dealers license buy it at an auction in PA had factory tinted window, grey top half, bottom came with a low profile black shirt packaged wrapped around whole car with grey turbo on sides. Car was pretty quick for only having a 1.6 the turbo made the car move, weighted in at 2000 pounds, blow away a few small block v8's with it no problem. Wish I had or could find one like it now, can't find any info on a 84 1/2 the title states it to be, all I find is either 84 or 85 years no halls, and one even look like the one I owned.

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    Here's an old Motorweek road test on an 84 EXP turbo from back in the day..

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    Edelbrock Intake/Holley 600
    8.8 w/FMS 3.73s
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    2010 GT 5 Speed DIGITAL
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    Pypes Violator axle back
    Airaid Cold Air

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    I'm confused. I drove one when they were new for a day. Didn't think it was a very good car. Is it love just because it's a Ford?

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    They werent bad cars. I drove an 82 for a while and it was pretty reliable, got awesome MPG and handled really nice. I had the worlds slowest drag race with this car against my buddies Honda CRX lol. It was funny cos no one knew we were drag racing . The EXP had independent rear suspension and could corner better than my buddies CRX (CRX had a solid rear axle). It was a fun little car to tool around in.

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    i have slowly been looking for a turbo exp, to put beside the mustang turbo gt

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    Quote Originally Posted by StangerGT View Post
    They werent bad cars. I drove an 82 for a while and it was pretty reliable, got awesome MPG and handled really nice. I had the worlds slowest drag race with this car against my buddies Honda CRX lol. It was funny cos no one knew we were drag racing . The EXP had independent rear suspension and could corner better than my buddies CRX (CRX had a solid rear axle). It was a fun little car to tool around in.
    Yeah. What I remember most was it was slow and I got teased because of it. Only drove it for a day to let my friend use my pickup. Guess I'm just not into cars that don't have much punch.

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    I love the EXP Turbo, and its brother, the Escort GT Turbo. They were designed by the SVO team at the time. They were made from 84 to the first half of 85. Here are some pictures of mine.
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    wow, nice cars.
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    Quote Originally Posted by StangerGT View Post
    They werent bad cars. I drove an 82 for a while and it was pretty reliable, got awesome MPG and handled really nice. I had the worlds slowest drag race with this car against my buddies Honda CRX lol. It was funny cos no one knew we were drag racing . The EXP had independent rear suspension and could corner better than my buddies CRX (CRX had a solid rear axle). It was a fun little car to tool around in.
    I had a 85 CRX si, (in 85)I raced a Turbo Escort once, not even close, the biggest problem was removing his doors from the back of my car. Handling, well that may be a different story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bullittm3 View Post
    I love the EXP Turbo, and its brother, the Escort GT Turbo. They were designed by the SVO team at the time. They were made from 84 to the first half of 85. Here are some pictures of mine.
    That is an awesome collection! Are they all in good running condition?
    1984.5 GT 5.0 5 Speed ANALOG
    BBK Long Tubes/H pipe/FM
    Edelbrock Intake/Holley 600
    8.8 w/FMS 3.73s
    Steeda Shifter

    2010 GT 5 Speed DIGITAL
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    Pypes Violator axle back
    Airaid Cold Air

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    Quote Originally Posted by P51-Sled View Post
    I had a 85 CRX si, (in 85)I raced a Turbo Escort once, not even close, the biggest problem was removing his doors from the back of my car. Handling, well that may be a different story.
    Two totally different animals. The CRX was a tiny little go cart with only one thing in mind, the Escort EXP/LN7 turbo was a larger, heavier, more comfortable and much more useful car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by P51-Sled View Post
    I had a 85 CRX si, (in 85)I raced a Turbo Escort once, not even close, the biggest problem was removing his doors from the back of my car. Handling, well that may be a different story.
    I think the CRX I raced was an HF model. It was unbelievably slow, but got awesome MPG. It was a great fight for my EXP, both only made around 70hp lol. Weren't the turbo EXP/Escorts rated to be around 110 hp? I suppose thats pretty close to a crx si.

    I also had a 77' Datsun 280z with an 80 ZX turbo engine in it at the time. That car would eat supras and crap out Del sols!

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    I think the truly original EXP/LN7 suffered most from the lack of Ford marketing. I remember when they came out, they just landed on Ford dealer lots like some alien car with no explanation. For whatever reason Ford did not get out front with a kitchy cool marketing campaign to create a culture around the new EXP/LN7. Something like the marketing for the VW Bug would have gone a long way to making young people buy EXP/LN7s. And so they suffered from that point on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaceFever79 View Post
    I think the truly original EXP/LN7 suffered most from the lack of Ford marketing. I remember when they came out, they just landed on Ford dealer lots like some alien car with no explanation. For whatever reason Ford did not get out front with a kitchy cool marketing campaign to create a culture around the new EXP/LN7. Something like the marketing for the VW Bug would have gone a long way to making young people buy EXP/LN7s. And so they suffered from that point on.
    Another thing that hurt the EXP/Escort Turbo was that it was pretty expensive in its day. I have the original window sticker for my black Escort, and it stickered for $10,500. That's getting into Mustang GT money back then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by P51-Sled View Post
    I had a 85 CRX si, (in 85)I raced a Turbo Escort once, not even close, the biggest problem was removing his doors from the back of my car. Handling, well that may be a different story.

    I had a Turbo Escort GT in college in 87, and I never had anyone blow my doors off. It was a quick little car in its day. They were a little lighter than the EXP Turbo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StangerGT View Post
    I think the CRX I raced was an HF model. It was unbelievably slow, but got awesome MPG. It was a great fight for my EXP, both only made around 70hp lol. Weren't the turbo EXP/Escorts rated to be around 110 hp? I suppose thats pretty close to a crx si.

    I also had a 77' Datsun 280z with an 80 ZX turbo engine in it at the time. That car would eat supras and crap out Del sols!
    I believe the 1.6 Liter Turbo was rated at 121 HP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KCoker View Post
    wow, nice cars.

    Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bullittm3 View Post
    Another thing that hurt the EXP/Escort Turbo was that it was pretty expensive in its day. I have the original window sticker for my black Escort, and it stickered for $10,500. That's getting into Mustang GT money back then.
    True, I bought my first new car in 1983, it was a Mercury LN7 GS with 1.6 HO. I recall it being fairly expensive, but it was also pretty cool compared to the run of the mill economy cars of that time, and gas was expensive. I got mine because it was sporty, it got good mileage, and I even liked the way it looked (in an odd way). I loved that car and drove it all over the country for 4 years chasing my dream with all my junk in the back. It went to the Rockies and plowed its way through a 2' snow blizzard, it went all over the south, I got my first speeding ticket with it (112 in a 55, lost my license, now I don't drive). I had put 60k glorious miles on it when I finally parked it here... still has the original paint and TRX tires!

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    Quote Originally Posted by vxr500 View Post
    That is an awesome collection! Are they all in good running condition?
    Thanks. They are all in rust free, running condition. My EXP has been repainted and has 92,000 miles. I have the original wheels, which I am trying to find someone to refinish them. Once I do, I will put them on the car.

    The gray Escort has 63,000 original miles and has about 80% original paint.

    The black one has 39,000 original miles and has been repainted once. I have all the original paperwork including the original window sticker.

    My first car was a black 84 EXP 1.6 Liter H.O. auto. It is in the background in this picture. The black Escort GT Turbo pictured was my brother's back in 85. In 87, I bought it from him and put an orange pinstripe on it, and drove it to college. The 85 red T-Top Mustang GT was my Dad's at the time. Picture was taken back in 1985.

    I wanted to relive my youth, so I found cars just like these and bought them. Same color and everything. Only difference was that I wanted a black Turbo EXP, which is what I wanted back then, but my Dad wanted me to have an auto for my first car. Also, his Mustang was an auto and I bought a 5-speed as a replacement.
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    Something else I remember being impressed with was how solid that car was. It just felt substantial compared to other small cars. Even though I took good care of it (always changed the oil, washed and waxed it, never wrecked it) I drove that car with the Gusto of a 20 year old, but that car never gave a whimper. It never once broke down. Not one part or accessory ever failed. Even the trim is completely in tact. It was a well engineered little car.

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