HMC Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 34 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: Are you planning on keeping long term? Lets be honest, probably not 😂 egg, BorniteIdentity, AnthonyG and 11 others 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 A small detail…… Tax due back when a scruffy looking escort mk2 was often seen at the supermarket car park…. Ive removed the spoiler which had been stuck on (not very well) just need to tidy that. One supermarket related bonus is that the extra weight having gone from the boot lid means it now holds itself up. Burnside, Tickman, MorrisItalSLX and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Must admit that's very nice looking. I bet there's a queue for dibs! (If not, I'd best start one) Shite Ron and egg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Just now, loserone said: Must admit that's very nice looking. I bet there's a queue for dibs! (If not, I'd best start one) I was thinking the same thing egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Just now, Tenmil Socket said: I was thinking the same thing Get the the back of the queue 😂 Matty, wesacosa, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 30/04/2024 at 21:34, Joey spud said: Yep we sure did. Generational thing. We used to speak of "15s" as the Holy grail 😁 Marshall2810, aldo135 and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 @HMC. I really want to believe that the old ford thing is bollocks (as can't afford). Please tell me that it's a miserable wooden old thing to pilot. HMC, egg and Shite Ron 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 Gregor just dropped off the wheels. I had them next to a neighbours car, and they look like little toy wheels by modern standards! Ill fit them tomorrow so for now its the last of the MOTORSPORT vibe on the old rims Wibble, Dannyk, Dick Longbridge and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 30/04/2024 at 17:55, Jenson Velcro said: How about the chrome trim rings as well? Or was that an aftermarket thing? Standard on Ghias, dealer accessory for anything else. Aftermarket things always looked shit, often plastic. egg, Jenson Velcro and Shite Ron 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 fictional friend: 'what have you got planned for the weekend??' me: 'looking forward to an internet man putting wheels back to standard on a Ford Escort' Tenmil Socket, Shite Ron, Carl1981 and 29 others 9 18 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 48 minutes ago, egg said: fictional friend: 'what have you got planned for the weekend??' me: 'looking forward to a internet man putting wheels back to standard on a Ford Escort' I hear you man 😄 egg and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 12 hours ago, egg said: fictional friend: 'what have you got planned for the weekend??' me: 'looking forward to an internet man putting wheels back to standard on a Ford Escort' MorrisItalSLX, tooSavvy, Yoss and 42 others 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Not driven anywhere yet, i presume the wheel bolts need to be different steel vs alloy wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Dentressangle Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 3 minutes ago, HMC said: Not driven anywhere yet, i presume the wheel bolts need to be different steel vs alloy wheels? Looks that way, yes. Much nicer on the steels - good choice! Shite Ron, Carl1981 and Matty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Wheel nuts. No farting about with bolts on a proper Escort. Matty and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 42 minutes ago, HMC said: Not driven anywhere yet, i presume the wheel bolts need to be different steel vs alloy wheels? That looks a million times better than the Capri alloys! There are different wheel nuts. The alloys nuts are a bit bigger and usually have a tapered washer type thing on them. Nuts for steels are usually a longer closed end type nut without the washer. These are usually chrome plated and sometimes come with little plastic nut shaped caps for the ends. This sort. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360511576949?fits=Car+Make%3AFord|Model%3ACapri&itmmeta=01HX1BFEE905NX7RZJRRHK7HZR&hash=item53f02a1b75:g:05QAAOSwQQRjoFl6&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0B0uzuxOssX%2B8tvxmRnrEi17JQW%2BSEWIcRvY7yT7eSHUPnatzHmuOuSxlnr7Jz8DwYutC18LCpQBioVvBML%2FXDKtLHcgjthIn00%2BJdo%2F3I5bn3IF8ym2fs0753i7Flq0Wa%2FCQzyFARAz03u%2FLZWmqc7hgcrsgjBLXukVqJA5qOnlM31TYfxSGCCwTZ0vBe47M7sGK4UdtqpQ9EpVR3jSWXjieYfD%2F2JP2dK62y6OgoFTZp%2BkxVLWsBRFBa1z4oTSP8Hu2l%2FgnGBCcVOXel2adjo%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6DnvavoYw Im not sure it’s absolutely essential to use them though, as long as the taper and thread is the same it shouldn’t matter. The proper steel wheel nuts are slimmer though and do look better. egg, Tenmil Socket and HMC 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 is that mudflap drunk? Burnside, egg and AnthonyG 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggy Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Lovely Escort that. I was brought home from hospital as a newborn baby in a brand new signal yellow Escort 1.3GL 4 Door. YVN882T. Think it soldiered on to the early 90s. Dad traded it for a burgundy Polo breadvan, but was soon back in Escort (car) after that. Shep Shepherd, mk2_craig and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 This 'Scrote is like the plain girl in glasses and unflattering clothes in a Hollywood flick. The new wheels are the equivalent of the glasses being removed... BorniteIdentity, catsinthewelder, egg and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 8 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: This 'Scrote is like the plain girl in glasses and unflattering clothes in a Hollywood flick. The new wheels are the equivalent of the glasses being removed... 'Plain Jane Superbrain' from Neighbours? Essex V6, Burnside, BorniteIdentity and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 7 hours ago, N Dentressangle said: Looks that way, yes. Much nicer on the steels - good choice! I really wasn't sure but not my car so kept my gob shut. But by God you're right! Looks more mint than colgate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Spiritual successor model ranges, 30 years apart… Technically a 1979 4 door saloon, and a 2009 2 door saloon. Sort of. mk2_craig, aldo135, danthecapriman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 8 hours ago, smoggy said: I was brought home from hospital as a newborn baby in a brand new signal yellow Escort 1.3GL 4 Door. YVN882T. I brought my eldest home in mine in 1998, here it is in the hospital car park. She's 26 this year Shep Shepherd, Zie, egg and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 I'm not sure I can recall ever seeing a MK2 with an oversized rear plate... Now that I have, I can say it suits it! Shep Shepherd, egg and bunglebus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 3 hours ago, bunglebus said: I brought my eldest home in mine in 1998, here it is in the hospital car park. She's 26 this year You took a pic of the car there? 🤣 Is that silver fox metallic? Rear door shuts look iffy but I like the wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Paint was a bit patchy but what do you expect for £150? I repainted the front wings as they were dented Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 Steers much more lightly now! It also sits lowers. Jr_HMCs are suprised how “low” it is to the road as usually they are in a toureg or a big skoda equivalent when with ex-frau-HMC bunglebus, captain_70s, Dannyk and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 You need a toffee wheel for that bootlid HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Dentressangle Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Bloody hell, you still got this? 😉 HMC, High Jetter, mercedade and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 That looks so much better on those wheels. coachie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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