1991 Ford Escort GT from North America - Comments

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I have had the car from new and it has been the best car for the dollar yet and it keeps on running. We drive it kind of hard like a small race car...

We have had no problems, just tiny ones like the speakers blowing out, the seal in trunk leaking and the seat belts went at 200 thousand miles - what do you expect.

We have all original drive train, frontend parts, exhaust, etc. I wish Ford would take this car and do research, it is the best investment I ever made...

Hello, my name is Carlos Grangeia and I have a Ford Escort GT. I agree with you, it's the best car that I have ever had in my whole life, I mean I am 20 years old and me being a teen going out and picking up girls in my Escort, it's great.

I have my car all suped up, new rims, lower suspension, and did I forget to tell you that my dad bought the car in 1991 new and shipped it to Portugal, yes Portugal for 4 years and had it there and it never had any problems. He brought it back in 1995 and I bought it of him when I was 17. I love my car, it has 140 thousand kms on it and I love it.

Thanks for having me, if you want any more information email me at grangeia@home.com and I will be glad to help you out or call me 9057166183 Ontario, Canada.

Hello my name is Carlos Grangeia and I am writing again to tell you that I have a Ford Escort GT 1991 and it's in mint condition. I just got it appraised and it's worth 10,300.00 Canadian believe it or not because I have new rims, lowered suspension and an amazing stereo system.

Let me tell you, that if I ever have to buy another car it will definitely be a Ford Escort GT. I am 20 years old and that car is like a watch, working no problem. Sweet, all the girls love it, I get a lot of comments because you know why that was the best car of it's time. I love it and people who try to tell me that it's not good, it's because they are jealous because they don't have one.

Once again thanks for having me on and if you have any questions you can call me in Canada, Ontario 9057166183 or you can always email me at grangeia@home.com

Hey I had a 91 ford escort GT pony. As far as I knew when I got it it had been in one wreck. i loved it to death, but traded it in on a truck, but I am now in the process of getting it back.

My name is Josh, I just turned 20 this august 2002, I have a 1988 ford escort GL, with a 1988 ford escort GT back bumper and side skirts with a really nice euro-style front bumper. before getting my car beginning of 2002 I had never paid much attention to escorts. but after I got my GL it's the only car that I like (well, my dream car is the viper, but till then) my gl is sort of like a project car, I can't really do much with my car right now, although I have a new engine in it, it's still a 1.9l, you know the ones with out a throttle body (series 9 instead of J), so I can't even put turbo on it. believe it or not, I can get a lot of girls with my escort, and not because it's fast, because it's not really that fast, I can easily get whooped by an eclipse. but my car looks a lot better cuz I have one of the nicest body kits and easily the best sound system in town, because since it's a hatchback you can get way better acoustics then any accord or civic. I have a all out Jensen sound system with 5 speakers for the mids and high freq. and one twelve for the hard bumps one ten for the hard rumbles and one eight on my driver side door for the soft lows. I love my car so I plan to make it really fast upgrading it to a 2.0l engine with h/p rods and pistons 4 speed automatic cuz you can't really cruise a standard with your lady. well, headers flow master exhaust, and everything high performance like the shift kit torque converter turbo (or a supercharger depends on which one messes up your engine less) and if I find it possible I want to make my escort 4WD like the feared escorts from europe. when I got my car it already came with alarm key less remote entry and sound system wiring (but not a single speaker in sight) I'm the only one in town with such an old escort with key less remote entry and alarm, bweep-bweep!!!

I had 2 GT's The first one I gave to my son recently. He wrecked it in 23 days. It had 255,000 miles on it. It still had original clutch, cv joints, exhaust, alternator, water pump. The timing belt had only been changed once at 90,000 miles. It hardly used any oil. The body and paint were still excellent. Absolutely the best car I ever owned. The other one I have has 120,000 miles on it. I'm looking forward to having many fairly trouble free miles.

If a 1991 Escort GT is worth over 10 grand, the stereo must be worth about $9000. LOL.

The Escort GT is a fabulous car, no bones about it... great peppy little engine, great hot-hatch looks, and it's economical to boot! I had a 1995, but I had to trade it for the ZX2...I don't regret the trade, but I do miss my old 1995. :)

I just recently purchased my 1991 Escort GT, it is a great car it sounds real good going down the road and is super fast and looks very good to. Ford really did it this time, right on Ford!!

Thanks: Josh from Michigan

My first car out of college was a new 1991 Ford Escort GT. It was fantastic. I drove it across the US several times. I lived in Arizona, California, and Wyoming with this car. I remember cruising through Arizona and Utah at greater than 125 mph. Wow. Unfortunately, some idiot in Denver decided he didn't need to stop at a red light and T-boned by car - it was a total loss.

Fast forward to 2005. I was driving around the used car sale lot on a military base and there sat a white 1991 Ford Escort GT just like the first one I owned. I bought it for $750. I have so far put in armor-coated headers from Pacesetter, a new catalytic converter, a Pacesetter Cat-Back exhaust system, all new struts and springs (the originals were busted up badly - apparently something common in Ford of the era), a Sony XPlode stereo with Kicker speakers in the front, and Xplode speakers in the rear, which I had to mount on the deck, and 18 inch Forte rims with some seriously low profile tires. It is pretty fast, though I think I'll get some more performance out of it with a new ignition system. It has been reliable, but I am going to check the timing belt pretty soon. I have a cross-country trip coming up. I'm confident it will go well. Next up: a new paint job - probably white with Ford GT style blue stripes. Oh, I also have a new valve cover on the way that has been powder coated red. One more thing, all the suspension bushings are shot - urethane replacements are on the docket as are new suspension pieces in the rear, and maybe a new steering gear up front.

This car is fun, easy to work on, and cheap to drive. My SUV is sitting and collecting dust.

Dan

Colorado Springs, Colorado.

I must have bought a lemon because my escort would only go up to 59 MPH and it shook so badly that driving or riding in it gave everyone a headache. Also overheated after countless repairs...