Look At This Stunner, Bit A Blue ;)

Just spoke to my brother and he says that the old Ford speedo's only go upto 99,999, then reset back to 0 again - fordfan, might know more

The link below has pictures of an '85 Escort speedo

1985 FORD ESCORT RS TURBO WHITE on eBay (end time 23-Sep-09 21:51:52 BST)

I'd forgotten that; it's one of the reasons why Sierra diesels were very popular for minicabbing back in the day; you could do 250_000 miles, whack in a new driver's seat and pedal rubbers, and sell it as "genuine low mileage".