This is one tastefully done Ford Escort XR3 restomod

Thank Tolman for this gem

The ‘Tolman’ name will be familiar to most petrolheads these days, what with its reputation for offering restomods of various classics such as the Peugeot 205 GTI and Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. And now, it’s taken those learnings and applied them to a restoration of one of the Ford Escort XR3.

The whole thing started with a specific request from a customer, who presented Tolman with an unfinished project from another restorer who presumably abandoned the job because, well, headache. It’s estimated that less than 200 carburetor cars are left standing on UK roads, so sourcing parts for an XR3’s restoration is no easy task.

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Chris Tolman, the company’s founder said: “We have to be more innovative, drawing on different networks and ways to find the harder-to-find parts and reproducing or restoring the ones you simply can’t buy. But it’s really satisfying to restore a car to factory specification, hunting down the near-impossible-to-find parts and ensuring it looks like we remember them.”More photos of the Tolman Ford Escort XR3:NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.

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