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Escorts quite nice but again wouldn't swop it for my mk1. Maybe i'm in a timewarp but like the mini ,beetle etc i prefer the originals,Old skool everything !!.

Like it but given choice would have original tina all day long.

Do i take it nobody was clambering to try and win it at the end then

I have 13x7 on ,(175x50x13) they are either ET-6 or ET-7 can't remember which but fit fine. Car is lowered 2". The 7.5 ones are ET-19 ,that's the rs 4 spoke ones.I assume millies would be same. I was told that they would stick out about 10mm so i would have to either roll arches,put bubble arches on , chop the axle or put an Anglia van axle on (don't think Anglia saloon axle works)but i may be wrong. So as far as i'm aware if you don't want to mess about and want to put some straight on you want ET-6 or ET-7. Get more advice in case i'm wrong though, would hate for you to spend money then find their not right.

I'm a mr , well i was last time i looked

I joined osf in february and turned purple about a month ago. The reason was not down to feeling pressured ,obligated or having my name in lights to feel elitist ,it was because the information that is available from posts of others and help from people when i've posted is valuable to me for my car. I could have not contributed and still got that information , and i do not have a problem with anyone who wishes to do so. My thought in contributing was simply that to keep a site of this magnitude going costs a small fortune because of server size needed etc. If this site were no longer where would i get my help,information from ? i know their are other sites but this one is purely osf and the people are dedicated osf. How much would it cost me in phone calls to ring round dealers etc for help ? A lot more than twelve pounds a year i'm sure. For the people in red : Would deleating old posts that have not been read for a long time ,say over a year or two (ie; having a clean up) be an idea for keeping costs down,making the server usage smaller ? , Just a thought or am i talking crap again !!.

Is the tune same as that one that lily allen did. Can't remember name of it.

Watched horse racing and footie and my sofa and i became one

I must be missing the point on this or maybe i'm just thick. I have a mk1 escort modified (red top, bike carbs etc ) But it's been said their not banning modifiing. It is a 1969 model. This is classed as an historical vehicle so is tax exempt. It went for it's mot and passed. This made it fit to use on the road. How exactly does the new proposal / law affect any of us, what will make our cars illegal for road use.

I do it was one of the first escort video's i saw, nice cars. Thought at the time same as you about what steve berry said on rs2000. Mind you he once did a feature on how good the scooter scene was biging it up ,then in another episode he did the same with bikes and trashed a scooter on the show. All seemed a bit hypocritical to me.

It's all not very clear, what does it mean by "cars that are not of original type" and if they are not banning modifying , what are they banning. Think i'll just plead my escort is part of my religon and it is my human right to do as i please with it.

Hello and welcome to osf.

cheers mate thanks for reply.

Will you be making an offer

I have 7's on my saloon and wanted 7.5's deep dish 4 spoke on ,i was told by shop offset was wrong and they would stick out and had to either chop axle,get an anglia axle or roll arches. Still got 7's on at minute.

Was this a silly question then or does nobody know.

can anyone tell me what are the smallest/thinest lowering blocks you can get and where i can get them from please.There for a mk1 escort.

A Pretentious f***wit the godlike genius award winner noel gallagher maybe but from oasis to his solo stuff he's written some cracking songs,lyrics,music,chords, and the spices have wrote er ? and played instruments like the er ?. As for looks their even getting a bit long in the tooth there as well. But then music is about music surely. Agree with rest of your comment on young athletes though.

Welcome to osf , what nice cars they are ,and to see young un's getting the bug, better meccanic than me !!, love the parking sign on the dash as well.

Nice capri mate and welcome , your in the right place.

Congratulations to all GB competitors in the olympics. So now the billions which would have been better used elsewhere has gone we come to the grand closing featuring iconic buildings etc of london proberly built out of paper mashy , but charged the country for stainless steel !!. Also is a trip through GREAT british music. The SPICE GIRLS. Now i'm not a lover of many of the acts that are on but can tolerate them,but The spice girls must be (along with boy bands,haircut one hudred and kajagoogooooooooooooo ) the worst there's ever been. What's left of the WHO are on ,Madness,Blur ,great ! . Weller and stone roses probably wouldn't do it (anti estableshment) , Noel Gallagher was asked but wouldn't because apparently all bands/singers have got to mime . Tell you what i want what i really really want.........is to go in my garage and talk to my escort ,it's more entertaining !!!. Rant over , down off my soapbox. So who do you all think should be on to celebrate Great British music ?

Well the guy i bought it off said it was throwing out about 180bhp (don't know if it is or not ) and that with a bit of tuning would get 200 or more but i'm happy as it is. I mentioned putting a pinto or x flow in to couple of mates (meccanics ) and they said the red top was better,was just thinking of making car more fordy !!. Not that bothered as long as it goes.

Thanks everyone, i shall get in touch with Paul shortly. Don't want cheap crap that doesn't fit properly.

Cheers stox , i was all for getting rid of it and putting something else in but couple of mates who are meccanics said stick with it because their a good engine and wasn't actually the engine that was the problem as it turned out.