outlaw118

Fucking KFC drive-throughs. Anyone else find that they FUCKING NEVER supply you with any sort of implement with which to consume your freshly nuked molten beans, or any serviettes or mildly moist lemony wipe things to clean up the inevitable car interior desecration that follows? And you FUCKING NEVER remember to check until you’ve left, and are midway through consumption of your nutritious meal. Fuck sake.
Okay, you may only be parked 50 feet away in the car park and you could just go in and pick some up, but you’ve PAID for someone to place a lovingly made, carefully constructed poultry based burger into your lap, why should you have to WALK and fetch your own cleaning products like some sort of peasant?! It’s an absolute disgrace, I tell you.

How the fuck has that gobshite Johnny Vaughan still got a radio show?

You legend! I really appreciate you looking it up for me, even if it hasn't helped on this occasion, it's so annoying Carbaba has now removed that option!
With a bit of lucky the lady will find the paperwork and that will fill in the gaps.
Oh and the wheels are Oscam Windy's, it seems.

Its sadly not much use there

as its missing the crucial 2nd keeper acquisition date
 
but I think you should be able to directly ask the DVLA on which date did each keeper acquired and then disposed on the vehicle, I dont think thats considered personal data.
I know I have managed to get them to cough it up for an Invacar... (as well as the general town each keeper resided in)
 

Love the new Escort! Definitely keep the wheels. It’s had them it’s whole life and they do fit the look of the car imho.
Quite a rare colour for it too. Much nicer than the usual white etc.

The alloys fit the general styling of the bodykit perfectly. The fact they've been fitted to the car since new and you have photos of it back in the day with them just adds to provenance and will reel 'em in when you eventually go to sell. I see you've still got the Capri - that one is the ultimate find out of the lot for me. Amazing transformation. 

I am lucky, for once the timing was just right as I had sold the Mondeo and had the money to pull the trigger on it.
It's funny as the Capri came from a lady only 5 doors up fron the Escort lady, and both being on the same road as me, I did get offered a '20000 mile 3 door Escort' last year from the antique centre too but that turned out to be a 120000 mile P reg Mk5 Escort 1.6 auto Encore with terminal rust so you can't win then all!

I'd love to be that person who can make the move when he gets details of a viable old car!  When I was in Cyprus I managed it a couple of times, and it was a great feeling.
Brilliant work @trigger 

That looks fantastic. 
 
Id love to be one of those people who’s details get passed to people when they mention they have a car to get shot of. Jealous! 

FWIW the wheels are lush, keep them.

Defo keep the wheels. They're so much part of the look of the car. Love it!

Randomly we got a message of a lady down my road who got our details from the antique centre because she had her departed husbands old Escort to sell and asked if we knew anyone interested in it, me obviously being a sucker for a old Ford and having just sold the Mondeo agreed to take a look.
I was surprised when she opened the container where it had been stored since 2010!

So the story is her husband used to work for Tescos and cashed in his shares in 1989 to buy this XR3i Cabriolet from Dagenham Motors, It was his pride and joy and he used to go cruising on Southend seafront and around Romford and Dagenham in it during the 90s before getting a company van in 2000 and parked it, his plan was to recommission it when he retired but he sadly passed away in 2021 aged 59 after laying down for a hour as he felt rough and passed away in his sleep, very sad indeed.

For a car which hasn't seen the road for 24 years it seems VERY good, there no rust on the body or arches or behind the kit that i can see, the rear floor has a lot of surface rust but I'm hoping that will clean up ok.

I agreed to buy it so yesterday my mate came over so we could collect it, it was a bit of a faff as the rear brakes had locked on but we managed to drag it onto the trailer, eventually!



The first time it had seen light for 14 years! as you can see it's very of it's period! I personally think it's a Dagenham Motors demonstrator as its shows two previous owners, not one, i know his wife registered after he died but I'm thinking the garage owned it for a bit too, especially as it's all skirted up, shame that the paperwork hasn't turned up yet and carbaba doesn't give keeper change dates anymore as I'd be really interested to know if it had a keeper change in 1989.




What's peoples thought's on the wheels? they are 15" Oscam Windy alloys which have been on it since new, I'm quite tempted to get them refurbished again.

Half leather Recaros! very posh! and check out the hifi!


big Alpine speakers in the car too, just a shame the stereo isn't in it, the lady thinks it's in the loft and will let me know when she finds it. i think it's a special edition model as they only made a few in Aquafoam blue and with the high spec of leather and electric roof back in 1989.

we managed to push it into the garage, tomorrow I'll make a start on seeing what parts i need and the condition of the belt before turning it over.
and here it is in it's glory days when it was brand new

So the Mondeo sold last week, a chap from Northern Ireland contacted me before Christmas, left me a deposit asking if he could collect it mid Jan, i collected him from the airport at 7.30am, and he had driven to Stranraer port in Scotland by 4.30pm and was back home by 11pm, quite the day but apparently the car drove well and only done £100 in fuel so that's a relief.

He's already re-registered on Irish plates.

My enduring memory of that Marina estate is Hannah drifting it round the field behind the Rose pub!
That orange Dolomite really is a lovely thing - by far the best one of those I've driven, and there's been a few...

and lastly the current two, my 1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850, it was owned by a member in our car club who's father had had it new, it was looking very faded and needed 'lifting' back up again but with only 33000 miles and the most original and rust free body i'd seen i had to buy it, I paid proper money for it but i still feel it was cheap as it drives like new and doesn't even rattle or squeak.
 



I'd love to fit a set of Sprint alloys to it but they are really expensive to buy now, especially once you factor in for tyres and wheel nuts.
and last September i bought this Capri 2.0 Laser which i won't go into much detail on as it's all here.
but it's now back on the road and being enjoyed until i get bored and fancy a change again!

Transit mk3 project | eBay
Correctly engined Transit in Hereford. You could have a nice day out cheese rolling, then come back up the A49 just listening to that engine note as you thrash it between the gears.

Ridiculous price, but ridiculously clean. MINT.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/749543180064821/

VAUXHALL OMEGA HEARSE !! RED !! | eBay
'Made a lot of families very happy'

 
 

Father Ted's had a go at that...

https://www.lesanciennes.com/annonce/rover-820-si-lux-1992-a660413

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156028224860?hash=item245401c55c:g:K8AAAOSw3V1ls6QU
Jesus H Corbett on a Moped
Tye Delorean is back....

Vauxhall Corsa | eBay 
'Didnt want to drive it home so towed it '
...using the wiring as a rope, M8?

JBA FALCON SIERRA 1800 CVH BASED KIT CAR PART BUILT SPARES OR REPAIR MAY BREAK | eBay

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MG Midget 1500 Spares Car | eBay

BOHSE Eurostar?
A what now?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohse_Eurostar
https://www.lesanciennes.com/annonce/bohse-eurostar-1987-a660142
Think this one is Golf based, but also built on Lada 2105 chassis!