bangernomics Posted February 26 Posted February 26 No not that bloke. This one. During this evenings bowel empty laps we spotted this amazing bit of work. Anyone top this? coachie, Lacquer Peel, Peter C and 12 others 10 5
D.E Posted February 26 Posted February 26 I've seen Mk I and Mk II Mondeos with bumpers covered almost entirely in tape... bangernomics 1
bangernomics Posted February 26 Author Posted February 26 I've seen Mk I and Mk II Mondeos with bumpers covered almost entirely in tape...More mk2 personally but yes a great look.
HMC Posted February 26 Posted February 26 Not my spot, but getting to be structural tape. 1971 daytona 24h IIRC coachie, RayMK, Dan_ZTT and 16 others 16 2 1
Datsuncog Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Saw this in Tesco carpark a year or two back. I think, by area, there's more tape used here than on the Astra! Stinkwheel, Lacquer Peel, coachie and 14 others 13 2 2
Datsuncog Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Not quite within the parameters of the OP, but this delicate electrical tape latticework on a Mondeo is surely worth an honourable mention: Or indeed, parcel tape on this Mk3 Cav: And you don't see Sierras like this anymore: CaptainBoom, Tenmil Socket, mercedade and 13 others 10 5 1
Datsuncog Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Special bonus points to whoever went to the trouble of covering up all the rust holes on their ex-BT Bedford HA van with gaffer tape before giving it a quick blowover in Appliance White, for that seamless* look: Unbelievably, it still ended up being scrapped. I know! bramz7, adw1977, Tenmil Socket and 8 others 7 4
bramz7 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 My personal favourite was this Vectra I saw in Brixton in 2011. GMcD, GrumpiusMaximus, Tickman and 21 others 8 16
goosey Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Aqui hay uno de Espana inconsistant, coachie, morrisoxide and 7 others 10
twosmoke300 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Many years ago when Ducati 916/996s were the hot snot sportsbikes to have , I was at Pembrey doing a track day on my SV. Watching the fast group go round I spotted a ducati with full carbon bodywork absolutely flying round. At the end of the session i wandered round the paddock to take a look at this beast . That's when I found it wasnt full carbon at all. It was 100% covered in gaffa tape 🤣 Cavcraft, Stinkwheel, Lacquer Peel and 4 others 3 4
sierraman Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Having had many many Mondeos you can imagine I’m a dab hand with gaffer tape. For a professional finish spray over the gaffer tape for that ‘invisible seamless repair’. Ideally in not quite the correct colour and hold the aerosol still occasionally so you can get the runs in indicative of a repair done and completed on a Wednesday night in February while an Iceland Chicken Tikka lasagne is being microwaved. tooSavvy and puddlethumper 2
captain_70s Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Easy to spot a cherished automobile... bangernomics, N Dentressangle, sdkrc and 3 others 6
Timewaster Posted February 27 Posted February 27 I bet sales of gaffer tape have plummeted since all the MK1 and 2 Mondeos got scrapped. Sigmund Fraud, horriblemercedes, sierraman and 2 others 2 3
EyesWeldedShut Posted February 27 Posted February 27 1 hour ago, Timewaster said: I bet sales of gaffer tape have plummeted since all the MK1 and 2 Mondeos got scrapped. Nah - Silver SLKs still abound..... N Dentressangle 1
Pieman Posted February 27 Posted February 27 8 hours ago, bramz7 said: My personal favourite was this Vectra I saw in Brixton in 2011. That made me remember this... Yvan Muller at the 1999 BTCC opener - he'd hit the back of (I think) Rickard Rydell which broke the bonnet catch, did a couple of laps with it flapping more and more loose before it fully flew up over his screen as he was about to enter the pit lane, leaving him to crawl slowly to his pit completely blind. The meeting (and I think the same race) was most memorable for a certain Matt Neal's first victory in his privateer Nissan beating all the factory teams. Lacquer Peel 1
grogee Posted February 27 Posted February 27 6 hours ago, sierraman said: Having had many many Mondeos you can imagine I’m a dab hand with gaffer tape. For a professional finish spray over the gaffer tape for that ‘invisible seamless repair’. Ideally in not quite the correct colour and hold the aerosol still occasionally so you can get the runs in indicative of a repair done and completed on a Wednesday night in February while an Iceland Chicken Tikka lasagne is being microwaved. In Rhyl?
Rustybullethole Posted February 27 Posted February 27 9 hours ago, bramz7 said: My personal favourite was this Vectra I saw in Brixton in 2011. daytime mot m9 horriblemercedes and Dave_Q 1 1
Rustybullethole Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Really appreciate the colour coding on some of these. Neat trimming gives extra points in my book. An internet find here though great work even if you can see they got bored when it came to making the sill join seamless. Datsuncog, Lacquer Peel, sierraman and 2 others 5
motorpunk Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Makes my emergency efforts look amateur bangernomics, morrisoxide, Dave_Q and 2 others 4 1
Supernaut Posted February 27 Posted February 27 privatewire, Lacquer Peel, morrisoxide and 4 others 4 3
catsinthewelder Posted February 28 Posted February 28 This was all fixed with gaffa tape 2 years ago and its still there. Latest accident (not bike, snapped rope) a couple of weeks ago gave me a fractured finger so I'm currently working with it gaffer taped to its neighbour! Do I get bonus points for doing this to a 5 year old car? Not guilty, this is what the next owner did to my 214. privatewire and Lacquer Peel 2
sierraman Posted February 28 Posted February 28 14 hours ago, grogee said: In Rhyl? No Runcorn. grogee 1
Dobloseven Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Tape is alright if you've got a black or silver car.Someone needs to start making colour coded stuff. eddyramrod 1
Verysleepyboy Posted February 28 Posted February 28 1 hour ago, Dobloseven said: Tape is alright if you've got a black or silver car.Someone needs to start making colour coded stuff. I'm sure Ford used to sell colour matched Motorcraft tape in all popular Mondeo bumper colours............. 😜 sierraman, eddyramrod and privatewire 1 1 1
Verysleepyboy Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Saw this a while ago in Warrington, could barely believe how well they managed to blend the repairs in.... Supernaut, Lacquer Peel, Dave_Q and 3 others 4 2
inconsistant Posted February 28 Posted February 28 6 hours ago, Dobloseven said: Tape is alright if you've got a black or silver car.Someone needs to start making colour coded stuff. Ta Da..! eddyramrod and EyesWeldedShut 1 1
morrisoxide Posted February 28 Posted February 28 I spotted this years ago, it still makes me chuckle. I must have looked like a right weirdo getting into the passengers side just to get this picture. bangernomics, mk2_craig and grogee 3
sierraman Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Once they’d had a bash those bumpers were irreparable. Sometimes on a minor split you could stop the split drilling a hole at the end then backing it but it never took filler to any acceptable standard. Another bumper time… £50 pattern bumper then spray it yourself. Done loads of them in my time. mk2_craig 1
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