Not a Ford Escort: The MST Mk1 | Henry Catchpole - The Driver’s Seat
In his first film for the Hagerty channel, Henry Catchpole (a tall, slightly scruffy but award-winning motoring journalist,) introduces us to his passion for cars with the MST Mk1.
For his first review, Catchpole could have reviewed a supercar, or a hyper car, or even his own Mk2 rally car (that doesn’t have an engine in it at the moment) but no--he chose a MST Mk1. The curious thing about the MST Mk1, which looks exactly like a Ford Escort Mk1, is that it isn’t actually an old car from the 1960s - it is a brand new car. Not a restomod created from some poor donor car, but a car built using a brand new Ford Escort Mk1 body shell, with a freshly minted number plate. Which is why, to keep Ford’s lawyers happy, it doesn’t have a single Blue Oval badge anywhere on it and you won’t find MST (which stands for Motorsport Tools - https://mst-cars.com) calling it a Ford, or an Escort.
Semantics aside, all that really matters is that it has the wonderful induction noise of a naturally-aspirated BDG engine, the tactility of a manual gearbox and the sort of glorious rear-wheel drive handling balance, that makes you think of rally cars in a forest with Clark behind the wheel, or Mikkola in the driver’s seat.
We hope you enjoy the film as much as Henry clearly enjoyed the car. And even if you’re perplexingly indifferent to red cars with gold wheels, we suggest you check it out anyway just for Glenn Winhall’s stunning editing, and jaw-dropping drone shots of Wales.
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