Justmark

the only thing your forgetting is what to do with the other 2 or 3 of his mates. they are never on there own, a lot of cctv proves this, I have had 2 mk2 escorts stolen years ago, when the police actually found out who did it they gave me a court date, so I sent my wife in the court public gallery. This was because the guys name and address was given out, then when I had it me and 2 mates gave him a good hiding months latter at night after following him. But I can tell you I have known blokes from the track go lifting granadas 4 handed. this gave banger racers a lot of blame on cars that went and go missing in the classic ford scene. The thieves now are all clued up and stripping the cars because of there value and the more desirable they are the more thieves will become

mate forget kill switches and coils, when i was banger racing we had small switch panels with a few wires on that would run most cars, we had some wired up already with electric ignition also, the purpose of mine was to keep the same switch panel and just swap it from car to car so as to race , not theft but do you see how quick and easy it would be to take a car, just find the battery ignore everything else on the car and just plug the switch panel in and away you could go.3 wires most times,stop locks no good because the thieves either lift the car or more often drag it on the trailer after cutting the hand brake cable, i have dragged loads of cars out of gardens straight on to a trailer, they will put false plates on it , if your cars are valuable i see only the tracker as the best way and worth the money,i fitted car alarms when i left school in 1981 and kill switches did not work then so to expect them to safe guard a car that most of the country is after is not a good idea, gps ,thats how technology has moved forward.

can you put me down for 1 pass please mk1 escort

these fiestas might be quick but who cares, slow rwd or fast fwd, half the cars at the show were not actually classic cars, theres more to life than speed like style.

1979 4 door 1.6l. needs restoring plenty of welding but in all the easy places ie sills , boot floor near fuel filler neck. flat part under neath 3 doors, possible 1 front floor,, good points all arches good ,all pillars good, both valences good,both hinge mounts good,sweat engine with 2 ltr carb.will need new clutch. paint work purple / green (changes colour) would get you bye for now.inside still beige but interior good just needs clean no rips, too much to explain so if your after a project thats getting rare (contact owners club for how many left ) this would make a good project but still requires welding as is the norm for cortinas, if interested contact mark 075730275765 £995 west midlands,no tax or mot but will drive away , there are photos on gume tree if you want to see but if your serious then you can come and look. be quick as if it dont sell i will strip it the weekend and race it. i wont be making a lot of money on it if it sells but there past the sell buy date for bangers now and i have offered a couple of cars on here, the people moaning about saving the old skool fords want to see pictures but dont actually want to save them .perhaps a cortina enthusiast may be looking for one if so its your lucky day.

as for mk1 escort complete inner and outer .can collect from santa pod

how much complete looking for an 4 door

i am in dudley mate send me your number over, got a mk1 escort mk4 cortina and brothers got a capri, thinking of doing a locale meet as i know of a couple nmore escorts around dudley

still got it mate as i took it off e bay as no one was interested pm me if your interested

add me cortinabully

There are quite few members that used to be purple a while back, must be all skint now i was one who was purple a while back but stopped the membership money because administrators removed one of my posts about stolen cortinas because other people were giving me abuse and not liking what i was saying,should be free speech (as long as you are not verbally abusing another member);over the 12 months every time i replied to posts a lot of members got shirty because they realized i am an x banger driver i have helped a lot of people with information on repairing cars and helped 4 people restore old fords but still got no respect from a lot of people on here , so for me to pay again the attitude of some people would have to change after all most of us on here share the same interest but a few do gooders are spoiling it. rant not aimed at you just replying to your comment.

my mate 47 passed out at work last week went to hospital for check up given a fix of sugar went home visited doctor he said he had epilepsy now his licence has been taken away

hi if anyone is interested i have a minichamps mk1 twin cam on e bay at the moment no reserve

i am an x banger racer , drag racing down the strip don't really excite me ,(each to there own) but i have to say the sound and run from that blue escort was fantastic really enjoyed seeing it , worth the entrance fee alone. would even say i got a buzz out of that and you don't get that nower days from banger racing,

take it to the track ware they belong .they are thirsty as a road car because it will do more than a few laps.i had one to tow my bangers about before i raced it, really comfy to sit in and drive but they are better on the ovals, just my opinion mate there are some nice ones about but if i get me hands on any now my race number would come back out for the day.

Aldridge trimmers in Wolverhampton are the company to use. done 2 mk1 escorts and a mk2 now and all there seals are very good.the window seals in particular are a perfect fit so are the door seals. all the door cards come mint probably a better fit than when they came out the factory. same prices as east Kent give or take a few quid on some seals.only things that are not good are the kick panels they look a bit cheap but the main stuff is spot on.

get him to take that girl in your viewing profile and that will slow the scubby down

welcome with that budget you could get one descent better buy a 4 door with that budget and you got a good car and you can have the same fun but without the headache of welding loads buying second hand parts from so called specialists is not a good idea if you dont know your stuff as most of there second hand parts will need work or you wont get it to fit without modding it and it would cost you more in the long run just look at the prices of parts .

looking good i got a 4 door in yellow as well but prob not in such good nick as yours

if it was metal thieves they would not leave a single metal item that they could lift up so it looks to me like someone who khows what they are after

loking at the pictures above i might be tempted not to race anymore but they were the tool to use. would be nice to see a few survive but the problem you may have is that if the surving ones are shown more theres more chance of them going to the tracks now that they are running out.

add me to the list mk1 escort or capri

i will start the cars off by bringing a fresh built mk1 rs2000 i am not too far away and used to race bangers at barten under needwood so would be nice to return to the area and a very good cause i may also be able to bring a capri (need to speak to brother in law about his) dont see that being a problem though

i will attend in a fresh built mk1 escort my brother in a fresh built mk3 capri and my mate in a mk3 capri (if we can finish it in time) old skool fords only for us if you open it up to all types of retro cars some may hijack the meet and spoil it i think we need a good regular meet for old fords in the midlands we have enough cars just need to all get together i have spotted 3 new built escorts round my way that i will try and get in touch with as well

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