My family has a strange relationship with the Ford Escort. On one hand was the black 1998 station wagon that my stepmother drove all over God’s creation, putting the little sewing machine of an engine to the test in the process. It got good gas mileage, ran like a top and had to have been pushing a legit 400,000 miles on the clock when it was finally sold off to a family friend. Then there was the other car, the 1980s Escort Pony that once again, was my stepmother’s car, the one that the whole family got to experience a rollover accident with in 1987 when a guy in a Dodge van slammed the back of the car and sent it into a ditch. Whether it’s really worth it or not, the Escort is a permanent part of my background and every time I see one, I look it over longer than I probably should. So I was intrigued when I found this video…we’ve seen V8 Escorts before. But those cars were purpose built and were treated to a show-car finish. This thing is as ragged as it gets just on visuals. It looks like a King of the Heap contender just waiting for it’s set of Uniroyal Tiger Paws and next winter. But the video plays a different tune, one of evil small-block Ford that just on soundtrack alone, that would leave the Blue Oval faithful salivating like Pavlov’s dogs. So what’s the truth and what’s not? We don’t know for sure ourselves, but you can click play on the video below and try to determine that for yourself.