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Wouldn't touch one with your bargepole mate. From what I've seen the belts disintegrate in the oil (wow, who'd have thought it?) and at best start to clog up passages with shed rubber/cord and generally strip their teeth and stop driving the oil pump, which is great for an engine also. I can't honestly think of a good reason to not have the oil pump driven by chain or gears, I'm into Frenchies too (another big offender for the moderns having wet belts) and think I've seen an oil pump or chain failure one time in the old style bottom ends (XU/XUD/DW/EW series up to about '06-09). That was an engine that had sat and somehow got varnish/residue in the oil pump, which locked up when the car warmed up after being resurrected & cracked the housing/broke the chain. Anything post-2000 kinda turns me off automatically on grounds of being too new, but especially if the mfr saw fit to include rubber belts inside the crankcase. I have heard of chain upgrades being offered, but not done much research as it's about 20 years out of my wheelhouse. Can't imagine they're any worse than the belt at least!
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Helo and welcome, Looks a good starting point, keep the updates coming as you work on it
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I am usually insulated from modern car tech given the older style cars I use even for every day transport but this past week from mechanics to newspaper articles I keep hearing scare off warning about wet belt cars which Ford apparently is a big offender. So whats the story on them? I know what they are but I was curious about user experiences and why its so expensive to replace the belts and the damage they cause? Have any members dabbled for their every day road cars?
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Looks Very nice , whats your plans with it once the DVLA is sorted . Maybe worth joining the Ford Fiesta MK1 forum too (www. fiesta-Mk1 .co.uk ) good guys on there for help and info and its free to join . 😉
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Steve Proud owner of a 950 L MK1 fiesta never owned one in my life till recently. Just waiting on the DVLA to sort out the reg as it was a import
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Yes it was Nige. Great film that. I’ve always love the Kenworth K100, from BJ and the Bear 😁
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If my old memory serves me correctly, it was a Peterbilt 351 that appeared in the film ‘Duel’, do correct me if I’m wrong 😁
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The show was sponsored by a company that deliver aggregate so have a few nice trucks including a race truck, from memory the white was a Peterbilt
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Does anyone have one of these for sale..has girling LH4 underneath
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yeah, thas a wallet basher for sure 🫣
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Have a Ring Video-doorbell but for some reason that does not work with an older smartphone (Samsung Android) anymore. Only option was to get a newer phone, now have a Samsung with latest Android OS on it (13 or 14). Wanted to download the Ring App from the Playstore, but it doesn't. Error message is that there is no internet access. But I can use internet on the mobile, I can make calls etc. Cleared cache, there is stable wifi, just doesn't download the Ring App. Help!
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What gave you that idea? 🤣
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Nice wheels @Dave Knight, are they new? 🤣
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That Sabre is odd isn’t it. MK3 end? I enjoy a yank truck, looks like a Mack, Kenworth or Peterbilt. Can’t make it out.
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Some great cars there, I had my first show on sunday, there were a couple of odds there like this mk3 looking kit based on a mini Then this mini was a little different, A series bottom end and straight cut mini gearbox but with a BMW bike head, he said its around 120-130bhp
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Actually 3 , as the 2 door mk2 Cortina is under the cover.
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Great , I love that you hate the rotaries, but get to judge them😄 I just added a random photo of 2 of mine that are on the road, as it is sunny out today 😎
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Oh dear! I see the rotaries (and more importantly hear the vile things) at shows every week. Im my youth as part of an Escort gang they were the local enemy. Mainly the Lebanese boy racer community. You dare not follow one with the flame throwers that shoot out their exhausts, and risk melting your windscreen. What a waste at todays fuel prices! RX4s which were weightier were slower than our 2lt Escorts. The later RX8s were slower than ALL Escorts. With the RX2s and RX3s When I beat them in street drags (There were no Karen criers back then) they would always claim I must have modified my car but I would always let them look it over, all was standard. What they didn’t know is I sort of cheated and always specified a set of lights just before a reasonably steep hill. They have virtually no torque so never were a match for a high torque to weight ratio of the Escort. They never did figure it out! Their shells had no rigidity compared to Escorts and with all their power they had brakes smaller than our Mk1 Escorts. They would wind the things up and never able to stop them afterwards. At shows where I judge they still always give me the Rotary Category. I asked the guy who runs it why do you always give me the Rotaries, I hate the things! He says yes that’s why I give you that group, you're very impartial you hate them all equally! LOL
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Bluebird, 4i & Horizon for me please... Some lovely motors out there, wonder if we get as good a selection at Smallwood...
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Blimey some amount of tickford capris, although one has a very brave colour scheme.......and a gt750 Suzuki (kettle) with expansion chambers......lush! Well done on some great content and pictures
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I Love an opel Manta also an Alfa GTV looks a nice selection of motors .
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I'd like a classic Mazda RX3 rotary. I keep hoping Rally Pack James will send me one over. I haven't seen a UK one for 40 years.
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First show of the year. Even the rain held off which is very unusual for the frozen north. An eclectic bunch of motors for your perusal. The BMW was absolutely stunning. Car of the show. The pictures don’t do it justice.
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Air conditioned Escort
Rally Pack 2000 replied to Dave Knight's topic in OLD SKOOL FORD CARS FOR SALE
So you mean this ........... rather than this? But possibly this? 😀
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Yes my brother... lol last I saw the police were digging in the grounds of the place (and we went for a nosey down Middlewich custody suite where they were all trying to break in to rescue the leader! Peace and light my bawsack!) Been back over to Wales again today, this time in a pug 306 & typically saw a good few old fords, Mk1 and 2 Escorts & a late Capri amongst others.
