HMC- XK8 Starts!

[HMC]

34 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Are you planning on keeping long term?

Lets be honest, probably not 😂

[HMC]

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.

[loserone]

Must admit that's very nice looking.  I bet there's a queue for dibs! (If not, I'd best start one)

[Tenmil Socket]

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 

[loserone]

Just now, Tenmil Socket said:

I was thinking the same thing 

Get the the back of the queue 😂

[Matty]

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 😁

[Matty]

@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]

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

 

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

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]

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'

[Matty]

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 😄

[HMC]

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'

 

[HMC]

Not driven anywhere yet, i presume the wheel bolts need to be different steel vs alloy wheels?

[N Dentressangle]

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!

[Mally]

Wheel nuts. No farting about with bolts on a proper Escort.

[danthecapriman]

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. 

[bezzabsa]

is that mudflap drunk?

[smoggy]

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.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

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...

[egg]

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?

[Matty]

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!

[HMC]

Spiritual successor model ranges, 30 years apart…

 

 

Technically a 1979 4 door saloon, and a 2009 2 door saloon.  Sort of.

[bunglebus]

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

 

[500tops]

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! 

[High Jetter]

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

[bunglebus]

Paint was a bit patchy but what do you expect for £150? I repainted the front wings as they were dented

[HMC]

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]

You need a toffee wheel for that bootlid

[N Dentressangle]

Bloody hell, you still got this? 😉

[captain_70s]

That looks so much better on those wheels.