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  1. Ray
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    12 points
  2. Ben Perry
    Since she’s still in my possession..
    11 points
  3. Rallye
    Recent purchase, September 71 Mexico in Le Mans green
    10 points
  4. Cooperbloke
    Well, it's new to me! My name is Steve and I'm from Mildenhall in Suffolk. Hello! I bought a Mk1 Escort on Saturday, which is my first OSF since 2001. Its a '74 2 door in Sunburst Red imported from South Africa in 2016. The previous owner - an amazing guy called Jack - is a master coachbuilder and he restored the car over lockdown. The car is absolutely flawless (other than needing a new rear betacloth rear seat cover - which I've ordered from Aldridge) and I consider myself very lucky to be the new owner. All the OSFs I ran on the 80's and 90's were less than great, but were still a lot of fun. This one has a Harris 1700 Xflow. I'm looking forward to getting out to shows and events in '23. I will be asking daft questions, so please humour me! Thanks!
    10 points
  5. Luke97
    10 points
  6. DaveF72
    10 points
  7. XjamesX
    10 points
  8. steve caf577k
    I’m struggling with this technology
    10 points
  9. colr6
    10 points
  10. Vista Estate
    The NEC classic car show 2023 has been busier than ever. Hot on the heels of their stand success over the the 1300E club we thought we would do a group photo. No pets were harmed in the taking of this photo but rabbits were allowed 🤣.
    8 points
  11. BIG G
    Mine is a 1926 Bullnose Morris. I try and use it at weekends and have covered approximately 500 miles this summer which doesnt soud a great deal but at 25-30 mph takes some hours 🙄😁.
    8 points
  12. Jerrytom161
    I had a great day yesterday at the NEC it was good to catch up with Ray, Nick and Ian ….. nice stand as well as lovely cars as always . It was nice to meet some new faces at the show and also good to put a face to name on a few other stands i have had dealings with over the years . it was a painful journey home back to kent but was worth it .. cheers guys 👍👍. Heres a few photos i took not all Fords .
    8 points
  13. Monza
    Bit late with this... Brilliant day! Fantastic route, especially down on the coast. Loved the beautiful little villages and beaches. Weather couldn't have been better. Although it pissed down as we arrived back at the camp....at about 8 [emoji854] Because Colr6 and myself kept stopping for tea and scones, most of my pics only have the Escort and Cortina in them!! Well done Vista and Mexican Gerbil for again putting an awesome route together for us. Round trip of about 800 miles inc tour. Brilliant weekend...[emoji109][emoji106][emoji106][emoji3060] Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
    8 points
  14. nosher 64
    On track at Brands Hatch.....
    8 points
  15. deltamal
    Pic taken just outside Cortina d' Ampezzo.....
    8 points
  16. Munch
    8 points
  17. styut
    Here's mine
    8 points
  18. Nick Heer
    Here's a collection of classic fords at The NEC 2019 classic car show including the Sweeney Car enjoy
    8 points
  19. Jerrytom161

    NEC

    Heres a few of the club stand
    8 points
  20. Herr Doktor
    As its completely finished now, I've had to take some photographs for my insurers to give a guaranteed valuation so thought I'd share with you I've removed and kept the old basket wave seats. They are in amazing condition so sourced some replacement ones and had them recovered in leather. Same with the dashboard. The original one is in storage and this one recovered in leather The only "gap" that winds me up is the bonnet. When viewed from the left hand side, it's slightly raised on one side. My OCD goes into melt down!
    8 points
  21. John escort mk1V6
    Here are a few picture`s from the ford their were at this ford parts day.
    7 points
  22. Rally Pack 2000
    Fathers Day Car Bash Funny thing happened today while at the show. A Fire Engine with lights and sirens comes driving up with an announcement to stand clear that there was a car on fire. With 200 oldies we all look around to see what classic was smoking but the fire engine just drives past into the multi story car park to put out a Tesla! 🤣
    7 points
  23. skeeter
    We are going to the local classic car show tomorrow, so today I thought I would get Tina out and check she was running ok. As the sun was shining I popped for a quick drive around. It is a while since I was out and I had forgotten how much fun an old car is.
    7 points
  24. Vista Estate
    It was great to meet up with the OSF team at NEC yesterday, thanks for the great welcome. I drive a 1974 Mk1 1600GT Estate in Vista Orange. There are very few estates still around so its often a magnet at shows. If any other members see me around, come over for a chat. Hope to be on your stand at some point next year.
    7 points
  25. Johnny Boy
    Out for cuppa and cake with the misses this morning, had to take it easy , as she doesn't like me giving it the bean's. I still managed a few flat out , and fast corners though.
    7 points
  26. Rallye
    Coffee and Classics at The Classic Motor Hub
    7 points
  27. Rallye
    New tyres with wheels blasted and painted original Strato Silver
    7 points
  28. colr6
    All you people making me jealous, my other street burning neighbour terrorising vehicles :::::::::::
    7 points
  29. Vista
    You must have seen mine on here before @BIG G? Not enjoying it massively at the moment mind. Temperamental complex Italian B'stard!
    7 points
  30. BIG G
    Why would anyone want that? having a car with low milage and not using it is like not shagging the wife because you're saving her for the next bloke?
    7 points
  31. colr6
    What weekend that was 😍 we managed the tour in record time 😂😂😂 Got to the 12-30 lunch break at 15-15. We had more stops than the number 3 bus route! Tea here tea there, cream scones the lot. Consequently we got back to base some 3 hrs after everybody else. A big thanks to the team for arranging such a top drawer event. Weather fantastic, scenery fantastic and as usual great people. 10/10 from me 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Just a note, we managed the 340 ml trip home quicker than the 108 ml tour, not so many cups of tea on the way home….lol We knew we would be last so we took our resident photoman MONZA who will know doubt put up some great pics. His new name is MONZA the KODAK man !!!!
    7 points
  32. Vista
    For all our members in the run up to the Christmas break As you sit upon the throne, With everything prepared, You're feeling quite excited but a little bloody scared! That huge amount of Christmas nosh has turned into a log, And now the fateful time has come, to flush it down the bog!.. But first you must expel the beast and so you start to strain, You bite down on a piece of wood to take away the pain. But oh my god, it's bloody huge it's like you're giving birth! You sweat and push and swear and shake and strain for all you're worth. And then that magic moment comes, that fills your soul with cheer, A turd the size of King kong's arm emerges from your rear. And like a bomb it hits the pan thus lightening your mood, And making room inside your guts for lots more Christmas food! Have a great Christmas y'all And no drinking and driving or these guys will be after you!
    7 points
  33. notenoughtime
    Picked up a better spot welder which has a selection or arms aswell inner arch cut out engine should look nice in the bay, way off that going in though 😂
    7 points
  34. deltamal
    A few pics of the Tour of Exmoor.....
    7 points
  35. mk2 ben
    My very talented step daughter has painted my mk5 tina from a photo from the last totm i think its fantastic thought id share
    7 points
  36. Daniel13
    Parked at the side of a road in a ditch. The natural stomping ground of many old Fords 😆
    7 points
  37. Milkybow
    My 4-door 1300E
    7 points
  38. DT36
    7 points
  39. esscynutter
    Hi all I have not posted on here in a very long time, thought I would post a pic of my latest escort up which I have owned for about 9 years now 😁
    7 points
  40. BIG G
    Some people like the clean look, others like the standard look but for me it's the Rally look. 👍
    7 points
  41. colr6
    Another one for the organisational skills of Chris and Scott. A bloody good weekend !!! Only things I could bring was the car and the weather 🥵🥵🥵🥵 Big thanks to Scott for letting me leave the car for safe keeping. ( shame the valeting service was shite ) but suppose you can’t have everything. Fantastic collection of cars attended and I think most got round the trip ok without any major disasters. Certainly a big thanks from all took part I would think. Didn’t take any pics as I usually have my personal Mr Kodak man with me ( MONZA ) who seems to discover ways of taking pictures stood on walls on hump back bridges and stops the flow of traffic 😉
    6 points
  42. colr6
    Don’t suppose you could call this a Chrissy present…………. I got a text off one of my lads saying, head gasket/ bolts/ cam belt/ oil and filter will be coming to you before Christmas 🤔🤔🤔🤔 thought the crossflow don’t need them 🤔🤔🤔🤔 second text……when can you fit them, anytime after Christmas dinner will do !!!! So you lot getting nice things, all I get is more work. Have a good Christmas chaps. Hope you drill through a pipe with your cordless drills, your body panels are for the wrong car and your hydraulic press isn’t strong enough for its first job Best wishes Col.
    6 points
  43. Adam2678
    Here’s a couple of pics of my dads old Rs2000 for you to see where I get my love from
    6 points
  44. Steve hart
    This is my consul capri I've been building for quite a while, nearly finished, well if they're ever really finished
    6 points
  45. BaileyMex
    OK, so drained all the old fuel out and chucked in a Jerry can of V Power just to get it going again, and after standing for around 3 years and after a few attempts it coughed and spluttered into life 😁😁 The can didn't do much to the gauge, which I don't entirely trust anyway, so gingerly drove to the closest tescos and chucked in £20 of their 99 momentum Came home via the motorway and wow, I'd forgotten how lively it was. Certainly blew the cobwebs out. Needless to say I'm fookin buzzing.....oh and stinking of petrol 🤣🤣
    6 points
  46. Scortedvan
    Well, this is basically the final update to this thread! The car has within the last hour completed a setup and dyno session. It arrived with ProTuner on Friday, and they were brilliant. As promised they went through a lot of prechecks before even considering starting it, including cam timing checks, compression test, induction leaks, fuel pressure checks. This was all fine, and they proceeded to map it. This included an additional day so they could properly setup cold start. Right at the beginning of this thread i explained i wasnt chasing numbers, simply reliability, and that is still the case. However its nice to see what it is capable of... which is (drumroll please)180hp! More than enough.. and i have been told with 97-99ron fuel and a slight tweak to exhaust cam timing it would rise, however that would be unnecessary in my opinion. The spec in summary is - Standard st170 engine and standard engine timing (with Vvt obviously ), 45mm hayabusa throttle bodies and 300cc injectors, DANST custom inlet manifold, HPE Exhaust manifold and system, me221 engine management, 1800zetec flywheel modified for pinto clutch. So all thats left is to collect the car, and wait for some dry weather to see how it feels. Massive thanks to everyone for their help through this thread, lots of answered questions and hopefully this will help others doing something similar. Its crazy to look all the way back to the first page where this was nothing more than a lazy idea. I will share the power graph when i get it, supposedly its a very nice curve though👍 Cheers all!
    6 points
  47. theduck
    Mine is still a work in progress, and this photo is a few months old, but I just love how the car looks here
    6 points
  48. khanlad
    6 points
  49. Mexican Gerbil
    First of all, thank you those who came. Show stands only happen if you come along so thanks for making it happen. I made it there and back with no issues, I was reluctant to push to car however on the way home it made it flat out up Holden hill so hopefully the gremlins have gone. Back to the show. What a contrast from 2018, weather was fantastic, wall to wall sunshine. A few changes to the day with the introduction of a legends session. This was set up as a "special stage" which allowed cars to weave their way through the paddock, out the pit exit, tight turn before heading through the pits and then out on track. This was for rally car legends, including Coiln Mcrae's 97 impreza and Ford Focus, Peter Solbergs Impreza, Stigs RS200, a few works Lancia's Plus more. Drivers included Jimmy and Alister McRae, Nicky Grist and Craig Breen The stage was adjusted for the Clubmann group, with only the track being used with S bends at intervals. Some lovely motors on show. See photos below, plenty of fords including the Rs capri club, RS1700t, lancia Stratos and deltas, even a tarmac spec Ferrari ....... One trade stand was offering a kit build RS200 project known as RS RETRO, all road ready for 50K. 2020 Rally Day is set to change date and being their anniversary year it's set to be a big one. Once a date has been realised I will be in touch to see who's interested. I will go through my videos and see what's good before posting on here but my pics (mainly fords) are below. Ta
    6 points
  50. Vista
    At the top of Ben Nevis today! 😎
    6 points
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