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Random # 313: Mk 2 Escort Van


It's pretty clear that uppermiddleptrolhead.blogspot.com.au was destined to do a shaggin' wagon special, even if I hadn't seen last week's magnificent HK van (https://uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com/2022/02/random-312-hk-panel-van-not-boring.html)!  Seriously, how could this awesome little Escort not kick start the late 1970s and early 1980s' nostalgia and set me down that path?


This particular example - a tribute to "The Purple One" or, as said artiste was also known, Prince - is an absolute riot!  It really, really ticks all the classic evolution of the shaggin' wagon boxes, including, but not limited to: 
  • a custom metallic purple paint job (yes, proper 1970s'  p u r p l e  duco !!);
  • all-over body murals (of Prince, musical notation - presumably of his work - and purple rain drops);
  • a pop-up sunroof;
  • mags (wider on the rear);
  • a front spoiler; AND
  • bubble windows! 

Prince Rogers Nelson, aka "the Purple one"!

Unfortunately, those bubble windows and a strategically placed sun-shade on the windscreen foiled any attempt at determining if there was an "arch" separating the driving and partying ends of the van!  I couldn't imagine that there wasn't; it'd be like Bon Scott without tattoos, Bundy without Coke or a Chiko Roll without a couple of potato cakes!  Just not done, mate!





So how about it?  Time to find your raspberry beret and party like it's 1999?  Oh!  That was 23 years ago.  Seems like yesterday to me.  






U M P H

(uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogsp[ot.com.au.)

iPhone images.
 



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