Mad Mex

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had a base coat of silver then the blue, transfer fitted and trimmed followed by 8 coats of lacquer

Looks good mate.

My old mans handiwork

they look lot better with the front lip cut off

Yep the do, done mine look miles better..... ill post a pic of mine later when im home.

is the ford logo painted or decal?... lines are very good if its paint

my name..... if you knew that you'd be as clever as me

Layer Cake

"shut up you f***Ing Dry Lunch"......

"call yourself a gangster, you cardboard cutout C**t"....

"its a steal, its a deal, its the sale of the f***ing century, infact f**k it i think ill keep it"....

some of my faves

142 on the GPS in my escort before running out of road... wasnt a motorway or a particuarly smooth road ill add, and run out of bottle when the windcreen wipers lifted of the windscreen and the front end went awfully light.... was plenty left in it too with a 3.54 diff... the only thing scarier was trying to stop the C**T in a hurry after my friend in the passenger seat wasnt terribly impressed either

wheels are in motion

 

Do you mean that Anglia has actually moved?

now dont be silly mate....

im game for this too Bubba, best either get mine painted or put the zorst back on dads soonish

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-302-V8-E ... 1c2b820ed9

or if your feeling flush...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-GM-LS ... 19d5a0bc2f

but tbh i agree with Vista, v8s are a bit too big and heavy for escorts as a general rule, though the LS engine above is very light for what it is...and 700-750hp is fairly simple to acheive from these engines afaik

screaming 4 pots for escorts.... big V8s for capris

fooking loving that capri looks hard as nails

Youre right..... The amount of filler that thing had in it, I couldve saved a few quid on the paint

HaHa... i see you negelcted to mention the type of chaps that bought it from you

i always thought u just put too much hardner in the filler and thats why it was all that colour

i think judging from the music thread we need to have an electro / 80s soul / rolling road day

 

 

need a dj? i'm your man

haha now that id like to see... Grumps has a special dance too

Last time mine was on the rollers, i nearly choked to death on tire smoke from wheelspin....even with a couple of fat sods sat in the boot

i quite like Golf yes shoot me now but dont knock it till u tried it, a very addictive game, that takes an hour to learn and a lifetime to master.

King brilliant beatin the yanks let alone the way europe done it, biggest come back in Ryder cup history (for europe, we equalled the biggest yank come back). Well done chaps....

to all you loud arrogant yanks that was giving it the biggun on saturday....

 

It can't be, can it?

sod the smiling.... is he actually making the Coffee?... good job im sat down!!!!

My 17 year old son has been trying to get a trainee/apprenticeship position as a mechanic (vehicle service technician is the correct term these days ) for over a year now ... he has applied for a dozen apprenticeships and not been successful (because he doesn't have the A-C grades required ) and he has contacted over 50 garages to see if they have any positions available but there is NOTHING

 

He has now done his first year at college and got his level 1 diploma and is now on his 2nd year to get level 2 but it's really disheartening Has the industry just died or is it just down here on the Surrey/Hampshire border ?

Few folks i know have had the same problems around here (croydon/surrey), truth is smaller garages are few and far between now and are reluctant to take on trainees with the economy etc, and the Major dealerships/Service stations have so many applications they can cherry pick those with the best qualifications.

or if not i get him ^^^^^^^^ to do it

im in charge of the WPE I.T Division... ive adopted Waynes approach to customer services too....BOLLO.CKS... see simples

ill have to get better pics tomorrow, if they are no good the guy i got them from is gonna get them through his front window, paid a fortune for these, as a complete kit

ive seen plenty of sets of these hillman/holbay etc carbs on the bay on xflow and pinto manifolds, to be fair i think some people just dont know the difference. they do work to a fashion but not well, Escpecially at high revs. they take alot of faffing about to get to run and they are never perfect and will never return the performance of a "normal" set of tooters,due to the way they vent, the castelled spacer replaces the normal vent hole by the left venturi

This is my albeit limited understanding of them...

Just had a quick look at ur resto, and the one blurry photo showing the tooters they do look like Hillman/Holbay ones on a brighter note your car looks fantastic, credit to you

Do u have a hole in the carbs by the left venturi?. Sounds like u might have the

Hillman type 40s, bit more agg to setup. Ask grumpy in his room he'll know

Citric Acid

Having to go back 3 times afterwards to get the car to run somewhere near right...

And being told

 

'watch what I do( adjusting twin 40's)so you don't keep coming back' !!!!

 

Excuses like ' the carbs aren't balanced'

Aint that the point of going to a rolling Road, to get the carbs setup, balanced and running right?.... sounds like whoever was doing it didnt have a clue.

RE Rolling road day at WPE, anyone whos been down there will know about the space issues, but ill see what the moany old sod says when i see him....Luv ya really Grumps haha X

i don't do laughs just moan

Good old MOANtune...

wholeheartdley agree, the Yanks, wont be so subtle in there interviewing techniques either

Why dont you organsie a day down on your Rollers Grumps? we would have to move some bits around mind.... but its possible. could use mine n the old mans yard for a bit of parking etc. Could be a laugh....