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slappy

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  1. leave the wheels on paint the car matt black and the wheels matt black, and go out and scare some granys
  2. did you have a fixed grin on your face like a cheshire cat when you first took it out, if so you will get used to it and the grin will get bigger, all you need now is to swap it for a late model injected camaro v8 and realy scare yourself
  3. Hi Toby yes, when I used to be the area rep for the owners club, but I have left the club now, love you car it's one of my favorites, my cars going to be on similar lines, but won't be that quick me thinks.
  4. nice dancing yoda, thanks might get away from work early one day to do some work in the garage.
  5. Hi guys thanks, Ratman it has progressed a little since it was pulled out of the barn six months worth of welding, after being stood for 21 years, I managed to get it to a rolling sheel in time for the 40 anv of the estate being launched, it hasn't had any more done since then the two door will be finished first, Love the Cortina mk1 mark
  6. This was my Corsair estate as it came out of the barn in cambride, one owner the farmer, but what a mamouth welding task, once striped out and put on its side if it had not been one owner hand the history tax disc ect all from the same garage and been serviced by the same mechanic, I wold have scraped it 6 months worth of welding, more pictures later
  7. Thanks Nettles, or should I say captin Chaous I will have to dig out that film now, here are some more pics, thanks Toby spoke to you at classic ford this year in the pit lane, what a car.
  8. Hi Vista, thanks mate but I have got more spares than you could shake a stick at at the moment, the blue one came with 30 years worth of spares, plus what I allready have, Ratman I will try to get some pics of the Estate on over the weekend
  9. Thanks Deltamal, my first car after passing my test was a Chesnut brown and bronze with a tan vinly roof and tan folding sunroof, fantastic car, I will see if I can find a pic.
  10. Try Aion risk they deal with modified cars hot rods ect.
  11. cheers Twinkle, are they all your motors in the pic, you are going the have to open a Ford dealership.
  12. you either love them or you hate them, I had just sold my last yank and it was a toss up between a mk1 lotus or a corsair, thought the corsair would be different, on the deck with cream lotus rims and a sorted lump with a barking set of 40's.
  13. I think I have got the most in bedfordshire, around 40 two doors left now
  14. hopfully welding will start within the month, not much to do it has a nearly perfect shell, but still loads to do when back from paint.
  15. engine mock up staying precrossflow but with 1660 bottom end
  16. Hello all I thought I would stick a few pictures on of my goodwood green two door that was on the road a year ago doing all the events, I then chose to change the engine and it has snowballed, engine has been built by throbnozzel racing and the car is nearly back to bare metal
  17. Hi hotrodholty, they are only jelous twats, they must drive german cars or hot hatches, I have a spare pair of bullet mirrors new in the box, Slappy
  18. got there, just have to look at getting the size wright, thanks everybody, even old farts can do it Slappy.
  19. think it is done, I will get there.
  20. thanks again paul see if it works
  21. thanks Paul I will give it a try
  22. Hi Joe, yes that's the one, a bit new to forums ect, spouse Ive spent to long in the garage
  23. ok guys I am an old fart who has built cars for years, but when it comes to pc's I am not to hot, my son has made me a background hopefully something like the ones on the site, how the hell do you load it on, Slappy.
  24. thanks Chris
  25. thats the car, just need to find the company, then I will have all three cars with lotus steels
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