https://mk1escort.org/builds/Recent content in Mk1 Escort Builds on Mk1 EscortHugoen-GBMk1 EscortThu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0800https://mk1escort.org/builds/retropower-gordon-murray/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0800https://mk1escort.org/builds/retropower-gordon-murray/<p>Between 2017 and 2019, the UK restomod workshop Retropower turned an original Mk1 Escort shell into a road-going restomod for Gordon Murray, the engineer behind the McLaren F1. It was filmed episode by episode, from the first meeting to the rolling road, and in 2022 The Late Brake Show filmed the finished car on the road. This page pulls the whole series together: what went into the car, how the build ran, and every episode with our own write-up.</p>