Very early 1.8 dead in a field:(

[Morris McKinnon]

My girlfriend showed me this when rolling through old Facebook posts. I don't have a Facebook account so not sure if it's already known.

Where is it and have parts been saved? Still has it's cross ply tires so probably wasn't on the road for long!

[JoshWard]

Not sure where it is but I have a few other pics of it. 1.8s never had crossplys so must have been fitted at a later date.

[timspencer]

The tax disc is still in the screen and there's a rear lamp cluster on the roof!

Now there's a challenge!

[david painter]

Good weekends work will see back on the road !!!! Now if it was a Ford Escort the asking price would be £5K and advert will state to bring a broom !!!!!!!!!!!
Dave

[Morris McKinnon]

Be interesting to get the body number see how early it is! You thought your early 1.8 was bad Josh

[JoshWard]

Looks like the slam panel has dissolved so not much chance of a body number It looks more Glacier than Bedouin so won't be one of the first 5000 built before launch. In the pics I have there are two front wings sitting in the engine bay so must have been removed for spares.

[timspencer]

Why not just read the reg number off the tax disc? I can then get the chassis off Experian if you wanted.

[Morris McKinnon]

Slam panel still has the body number plate, the panel is just twisted around. Chassis plate side is long gone though.
Oh well, it may not be one of the first 5000 cars Josh, but like PTH it could tell you something about that point of production
I can see why early cars are so interesting