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[wesacosa]

they were good fun to drive, Low grip at the rear, direct steering and a brilliant gear shift.  They also have a Motorsport heritage too which makes them cool

Yes the Ford Tax is a joke and they are not worth the money for sure but I don't think they are any shitter compared to any mid 70s mass market B car and better than a lot

Disclaimer: May be rose tinted spectacles as it was my first car 

[Tenmil Socket]

On 15/04/2024 at 09:14, cort16 said:

Remember there was a thing for a while with people welding up the back doors on 4dr mk2s to make them look like 2doors but they just looked really stupid ?  I wonder how long until this starts happening with 2000’s Imprezas?

 

That must’ve looked proper shit!

[Bazfr69]

14 hours ago, HMC said:

Its being dropped off at the weekend.

I found a pic of when it first arrived on uk shores about a year or so ago.

So it turns out they added sporty tat to it after it arrived in the uk to emphasise the heritage / boy racer/ motorsport aspect that makes the 2dr models that bit more expensive… make it look a bit more like@egg ‘s old one in original guise….

 

Im unsure- keep the tat or go original? part of me likes the late 80s chav vibe as @Burnside mentioned

Keep the spoiler, bung on a set of slot mags and drive. 
I hardly ever see one of these on the road in NI, plenty at shows though. I think most of them live in carcoons over here only to be seen during peak bling season. 
 

Possibly the only thing over here more popular than the AE86. 

[Stinkwheel]

On 15/04/2024 at 12:09, Peter C said:

Sticking with the Escort theme, shortly after I turned down the Harrier, I was planning on selling my Guards Red Porsche 924 for £3.5k with a view to buy a Mk4 Escort cabriolet. Trouble was, my mum wanted the Porsche for herself but due to logistics, I had to wait a couple of months before she could give me the money. By the tine I got the cash, spring had arrived and Mk4 convertible prices increased to the point that £3.5k would only buy a Mk3 convertible. I missed out and bought a Citroen AX GT but that’s another story.

Honestly, think you probably came out better with the AX GT, i love the way those things drive

[Morris 63]

On 15/04/2024 at 09:14, cort16 said:

Remember there was a thing for a while with people welding up the back doors on 4dr mk2s to make them look like 2doors but they just looked really stupid ?  I wonder how long until this starts happening with 2000’s Imprezas?

 

Kits exist for the Impreza - ABW in Essex do several, such as this: https://www.abwmotorsport.co.uk/product-page/superiwde-22b-4dr-to-2dr-conversion-bodykit

I've even seen the 5 door (wagon) converted to 3 door - it looks just as good as you can imagine!

[cort16]

6 minutes ago, Morris 63 said:

Kits exist for the Impreza - ABW in Essex do several, such as this: https://www.abwmotorsport.co.uk/product-page/superiwde-22b-4dr-to-2dr-conversion-bodykit

I've even seen the 5 door (wagon) converted to 3 door - it looks just as good as you can imagine!

That looks just as shite as it did on the Escorts.

 

[Peter C]

5 hours ago, Stinkwheel said:

AX GT

Flimsy, slow, cramped, shit. Never again.

[Stinkwheel]

1 hour ago, Peter C said:

Flimsy, slow, cramped, shit. Never again.

Yes, but quicker, better handling etc in standard form than a 1.3 escort  and catching them in price terms as well, we all like things in different flavours 

[BorniteIdentity]

That's brilliant.  Tatty and honest - just the ticket.

I remember in 1999 I was 16 and me and my mate knew another guy who was a year older than us and he'd just passed his test.  Lovely guy - Christian family - and his NAN insisted that her car went to him.  Robert therefore had a brown Mk2 Escort on a V plate and everyone (other than me) felt sorry for him.  His contemporaries had Clios, Fiestas, the odd 205 and Novas - and he had to park his Mk2 Escort around the corner to avoid getting RINSED by his mates.  

Nowadays, he'd be everyone's hero.

Same with Cortinas.  Our caretaker had a brace of MK5 Cortinas and by 1999 I remember marvelling at them in the school playground thinking 'Fucking hell they look shit nowadays'.  They were both 17 years old, my daily is now 25.  

Crazy how things change so quickly.

Anyway, enough bumbling of the insane - well bought @HMC

[HMC]

1990 just arrived with someones first set of wheels…..

[HMC]

Once off loaded….

[HMC]

But first matter of business…. lets just turn the orgy of stickerage down a bit….

 

 

 

[HMC]

However- 

this one can stay

And this one ive added….

[HMC]

So the paints knackered, and its a bit accessorised. So very 1990. But then again its unwelded and original- not very 1990 at all.

 

[wesacosa]

love it. I'd be inclined to bin those red Ford badges too, even though I used to have them on my old Capri and thought they were cool 

[HMC]

Just now, wesacosa said:

love it. I'd be inclined to bin those red Ford badges too, even though I used to have them on my old Capri and thought they were cool 

My thoughts too, I remember they looked cool (in the 90s)

[dome]

23 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

love it. I'd be inclined to bin those red Ford badges too, even though I used to have them on my old Capri and thought they were cool 

Am I right in saying you used to be able to sand the back of them down to get rid of the blue paint and then spray them whatever colour you wanted?

Car looks ace BTW!

[egg]

Ah, it's great. Well bought. The only thing I prefer about the earlier models is the older style 2 spoke steering wheel.

[danthecapriman]

That is awesome! Well bought that man👍

Goes to show what a decent climate does for cars. Hopefully it’ll not rust into the ground in this wet cold salty shit hole!

 

Back when I got my Capri in 2001 all these old Ford’s were at that point of being deeply unpopular. I got loads of shit off my peers for having it. How the tables have turned! Which is a blessing and a curse in some ways.

[catsinthewelder]

I was driving back up the M5 towards Bristol last night and saw a transporter heading your way with a car that looked a lot like this but assumed it must be another one.  Was he still towing the mk2 Transit when he got to you?

[HMC]

6 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

I was driving back up the M5 towards Bristol last night and saw a transporter heading your way with a car that looked a lot like this but assumed it must be another one.  Was he still towing the mk2 Transit when he got to you?

That must have been him, he was dragging an empty trailer behind when he got to me.  Was it white/red? think i remember him saying something about a mk2 transit ex german fire dept.

[catsinthewelder]

@HMC I think it was red but I did nearly 15 hours yesterday so its all a bit of a blur 🫠

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, dome said:

Am I right in saying you used to be able to sand the back of them down to get rid of the blue paint and then spray them whatever colour you wanted?

Car looks ace BTW!

I remember that! My mate used to change the colour of his badges on his red Cortina P100 pickup every other week. Yellow seemed to be a favourite from what I remember. While I'm reminiscing, the boss at the garage at the time bought a white mk2 Escort on an N plate for the forecourt. I remember stuffing a load of p38 in the front wings to cover his shonky plates. It was an unusual one though - it was on an N plate. Has anyone seen another on an N? I remember mk1s were still being registered on N plates. 

The Escort looks really solid - well bought. I see the sticker tells the story of its Portuguese past - that would explain the rogered paint but lack of rot. 

[jonathan_dyane]

I had a neighbour with one the same colour, model and year however pretty rusty by the time it failed and MOT to be scrapped and replaced my a mk2 Fiesta by the late 90s

[wesacosa]

30 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I remember that! My mate used to change the colour of his badges on his red Cortina P100 pickup every other week. Yellow seemed to be a favourite from what I remember. While I'm reminiscing, the boss at the garage at the time bought a white mk2 Escort on an N plate for the forecourt. I remember stuffing a load of p38 in the front wings to cover his shonky plates. It was an usual one though - it was on an N plate. Has anyone seen another on an N? I remember mk1s were still being registered on N plates. 

The Escort looks really solid - well bought. I see the sticker tells the story of its Portuguese past - that would explain the rogered paint but lack of rot. 

My first car was an N reg Mk2

 

[egg]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

That must have been him, he was dragging an empty trailer behind when he got to me.  Was it white/red? think i remember him saying something about a mk2 transit ex german fire dept.

Not this one posted on ebay tat?

[jonathan_dyane]

That not a Transit it's an A series 

[HMC]

18 minutes ago, egg said:

Not this one posted on ebay tat?

more like that but red/white

[Matty]

Hasta driven it yet boss??

[HMC]

42 minutes ago, Matty said:

Hasta driven it yet boss??

Just around the block to park it up. Gearbox feels nice, but needs a bit of a serice/ tune up. Much choke and some bogging down. Much preferable to a weldathon!