Herr Doktor

Any information you need ask away. These are a top lot of folks

Are your brake pipes under the arch or something?

Savvi, are these "invisible" from outside the vehicle or do they have a separate key hole? I'm looking for something that appears as "normal" from the outside so as not to interfere with the external appearance of the car. Also, if the price for the kit is about £200 how much would you estimate fitting to cost in a 2 door Mk1 Escort? Cheers

.... loving this opening gambit

I must confess, I have never heard of an exhaust "settling in" before. I'm assuming it's something to do with the muffler baffling?

Phew! I'm glad it might "settle" . I was a bit concerned tbh. AS always, thanks for the help folks

First firing up of the Apache after having the engine blue printed. I'm not sure if I like the exhaust tone with the stainless exhaust. Maybe remove some of the muffler baffling? Thoughts? http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k180/WarrenOrgan/th_IMG_4086_1.mp4

Are the batteries relatively easy to replace? Also, how big is the unit? Cheers

Is it self contained with an internal battery?

I hear what you're saying accord83. I get it with my Mk1 Apache and VW splitscreen. I always say the VW is worth about £5k as it's so heavily customised that it is nigh on impossible to sell and it's a real ball ache to maintain. I say the Escort is quite badly rusted in the chassis so it's worth about £4k and I wouldn't sell it as it's bordering on being dangerous. NO WAY, I'm telling them their true values!!

ooh. Is it wrong to like it in Matt Black

Mine is a '68 with nowhere to mount a drivers shelf

https://www.Retards Club.com/377233752350846/videos/856626664411550/?fref=nf

I'm loving that

Certainly no longer blue and red, just shades of grey!

Clearing my cookies would be a baaaad idea! In my infinite stupidity I've forgotten most of my passwords for various sites etc. Clearing them would open up a whole can of worms

Since linking my Retards Club account to this forum, I have to log in each time I visit the site even though the "Automatic Login" checkbox is ticked. Any ideas? Cheers

Hi Colin, by "too big" it's not specifically the general dimensions of the image per se but the actual file size. Oh, welcome to the site

"The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified that every choice might be the wrong choice"

^^ What he said ;p ^^

Fingers crossed

This might sound a little too simple but as the wobble is something you've always encountered; have you had your wheels balanced? Are they warped? I've tried to prevent a wheel wobble in the old mini for quite sometime having them balanced on many occasions. I bought new wheels because of a body colour change and now there's zero wobble.

Cheers Del. I find myself none the wiser whether to strip the Escort Apache back to bare metal or "fill and paint" as-is. As mentioned I've been bitten on the ass before! In late 2002, again, whilst browsing the web, I spotted a 1965 SO42 VW Splitscreen campervan in Washington USA. Prior to spotting it, I knew absolutely nothing about campervans and hadn't really given much thought to getting one. Anyway, cutting a long story short, I flew to the USA and bought it. It turns out the SO42 is a much sought after variant so I decided to "do a proper job" and take advantage of the handsome £:$ exchange rate. Consequently I had it dipped to remove all paint and rust. Fortunately the bus originated in Texas so the only rust was on the battery tray. I then decided to pay quite a bit more and have the whole thing zinc plated. In my mind this bad boy was going to be with me for a very long time and be ever rust free. After the zinc was applied it went to a well known body shop in the USA [West Coast Custom] where it was given an absolutely stunning mirror finish paint in the exact same colours that attracted me in the first instance. Due to the age of the panels, very few were perfectly straight so had to have an element of filler applied to facilitate the smooth mirror finish applied by West Coast Customs. Even with the £:$ exchange rate I still spent somewhere in the region of £10k for dipping, zinc plate and paint and that was 12 years ago! Zoom forward 10 to 11 years of Great British weather. Late 2012 I noticed some bubbling appearing low down on the sills, bottom of the drivers door and the front nose cone. Gentle prodding with a screwdriver revealed a rather large hole down the long side sill resulting in the need to have it cut out and painted again. Sometime next year I'm scheduling to have it repainted. When I saw the VW in 2002 it seemed solid enough. Indeed, the dipping proved it thus. I could easily have saved myself £10k back then and used that money for the repairs I now face. £10k for 10 years rust free seems quite excessive. £1000 per year in fact! Similarly, a friend bought a VW camper from Ohio 5 years ago. Lacking the funds to have it dipped he spent every waking hour of every waking day rubbing it back to bare metal a panel at a time and painting a panel at a time. Guess what? He also has rust bubbles! In principal, it seems a good idea to rub back to bare metal and I'm not 100% sure I won't do it with the Escort Apache but wonder if something different could/ should be done to facilitate a longer life span of rust free driving?? Granted, storing in a carcoon or the likes might help but storage space is at a premium for me. Maybe I should sell some vehicles!

Cheers Del. This suggests it's something you do quite a lot? Are you in the body-shop business? [Not the cosmetics and make up type ;p ]. I'm curious to know as my bodyshop mates do not advocate going to bare metal due to the potential can of worms it can raise

I wanted one like this but sure-as-hell ain't paying £95 for a gear knob!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK1-MK2-ESCORT-CORTINA-CAPRI-GT-V6-GENUINE-FORD-NOS-GEAR-KNOB-/221680567569?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item339d310511 But bought one like this instead for a pittance! It looks mighty similar http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-E-Type-Series-1-4-2-Series-2-Series-3-Daimler-V8-Gear-Knob-C23007-/271826946229?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f4a2608b5