mk2 stu

This is two days ago, jus waiting for new alloy expansion tank and to fit oil catch tank. Test fitting rear bumper, gonna re spray it when i do the pair of rs door handles i got from escort tec (cheers mark!) Got to get front bumpers. . . or not? Hopefully gonna fire it up over next two weeks!! Oh and Tom i'm keeping the olympic blue!! But got something planned for the vinyl work!

check out the rear section proper!!

The car is finally (nearly ) finished!! got to weld exhaust and finish wiring, bar gettin a spoiler and some interior bits i should be ready for the L2B!! yer baby! 4 years of building and i'm so close, just got to find a couple of hundred quid to sort a dodgy wheel (thanks tom ha ha) and get a few odds and sods and shes there!! Pics will be arriving shortly as will the bidding war from all the big mags wanting a new cover car (erm perhaps not!!) So fekking chuffed i'm going out on piss tonight to celebrate!! Big thanks to- SBD / Mark for the clutch cable spacer / gary at prep and paint for the awesome paint job / southern carbs / Tom for stealin his ideas / sean for geein me on / and anyone else who's been a massive help. Its about time, took long enough but hey cant rush perfection (or a decent lash up!)

Who you insured with at mo? I'm sure my missus little bro is insured under his dads name but still gets a no claims bonus at the ned of the year, someone big like churchill? Its a bastard mate and the fookers never pay up when you want to claim, but just keep ringin around smaller firms and brokers, try to get them to compete against each other. Good luck mucka

mate your opening an absolute truck load of worms trying to do bits here and there, honestly if you want it to look right get down to a reputable bodyshop and work out a plan to get them to do bits as and when you can afford. Honest mate i see so many bodge jobs and diy repairs that really let cars down, think of it this way you wouldnt rewire your house if you wasnt an electrician, leave it to a pro and then you've always got someone to go back to. Hope this helps mate and if you still wanna do it yourself then, good luck, take your time and maek sure everything is prepped properly. Haynes repair manual isnt too bad.

over 21s Oh to be young again, bet its still exciting to get into a club on a friday ! most exciting thing in my life is trying to get in my missus on a friday night ha ha I'll ask him tommoro see if he's had any luck with his bug and let ya know!

my apprentice has the same problem, he's 17 got a little 1300 beetle but cant get insured for love nor money! Try these www.lancaster-ins.co.uk i got a good deal but then i'm knockin 30

Fancy setting up the carbs on my Xe install?

M3 4 pot would be good Fook me gaz thats a little eccentric for you! have to admit tho if i wasnt a ford nut the only car i'd own is an E30 M3, drove a couple and they handle like they're on rails, the 4 pot is an amazing lump too! be a shame to waste the car but a mk2 tina on 13's wouldont be a bad 2nd home

Now you got to say!! as long as it aint anything involving ferret smuggling!

Just to really upset the apple cart (I Done xe install after all!!) What about using a honda s2000 lump or a rotary mazda ?

Tell more por favor

lesson learnt........... do filters up only hand tight!!

FOOK!! they're well cheep cheep! well done mate, jus done £50 on a rear bumper on fleabay and that needs paint and bolts ha ha

Cheers gents, yer i know they're a shitbag to fit but couldnt get anything else for my xe conversion, no worries about hitting leaf springs as i went 5 link, big worry is my mig is in pieces after my small write off incident in my truck!! Anyone got a descent mig!!

Just took delivery of my lovely new 2.5" ashley twin box system to mate up to my Xe manifold, theres only one mountin point on the system at the back box, is this ok or do i need to weld on another mount somewhere else? Also whats best way to mount it? i was gonna bolt it to boot floor and space it out using rubber bushes to give it some movement?

Yer i know i was hoping someone had already made something to suit!! had a shocker today mate, never go down garage with a hangover! so pissed off with it, jus want it on the road!!

Ok wanted to spend all weekend doing car, its all gone wrong, had a nightmare, but does anyone know what to do about a clutch cable thats too long? I've adjusted it out fully as far as it will go before coming out of bellhousing. Its a bias box with type 9 and xe clutch, was gonna weld a tube onto some nuts and add it to the cable to give me more length? what with my bias brakes not working even tho i've pumped it all through, wirings not done, exhaust cant be done coz my welder flew up the road when i wrote the truck off!!! not having a good weekend

Go on!!! have a pukka time!!

got mk2 golf headlamps crystal on my mk2 escy, just needed to play around with my bowls and get some m6 nuts with self locking nuts to adjust the beam, nice

Ha ha missus has jus called from jamaica ( she stayed extra week with family) its raining!!!

Just got back and had to tell you, the first car i see as i leave the airport in jamaica................. mk2 cortina in brown yer baby!! and then i see a mint 4 door mk2 escort at salems car rentals, the missus wouldnt let me rent it out tho!! something about drivebys and gang warfare!! its the new place to import from, i was on the lookout the whole time, they drive on the left out there!!

Cheers peeps, yes feeling a little battered today but luckily nothing serious, so glad it wasnt the mk2 or the missus car, now i've got to convince my boss to buy me a new motor!!!

mate one was a range rover, claret everywhere put things in perspective for me. jus glad it was the truck i was in and not the miss's mx-5 i was gonna take, dont think i'd be here now if it was.

Ta bud, yes very lucky, caught me out, count myself a good driver but i guess i should have seen it ahead. Supposed to be flying to jamaica on tues morning, hope the neck is ok by then, dont fancy 11 hr flight with a brace on!