what really is old skool?

[mk2 stu]

I've read alot recently about people claiming certain mods aint old skool and certian looks dont go, too bigger wheels, wrong engine, carbon fibre.

 

Surely its the car itself that counts, the look and feel of a classic ford, the shape of the sillouette.

 

I bought a mk2 escort coz i love the rwd drift, shape of the car and coz i love it!

Surely it dont matter what engine i put in, especially as its fooking quick! does it matter that it comes from a vauxhall ? and if i want to put carbon fibre bits on its my choice?

[davreeve]

This could end up being a long thread me thinks.

[mk2 stu]

This could end up being a long thread me thinks.

late night questions usually do! just got me thinking!

[Posse]

mk2 escort old skool end of, what ever engine or panels it has stu

[Posse]

This could end up being a long thread me thinks.

late night questions usually do! just got me thinking!

 

Or are you bored?

[mk2 stu]

ha ha ha, she's in bed and i cant sleep, getting my parts list put together, watching road wars and pondering old skool life!!! yer i'm bored!

[Posse]

you better stand in the corner then And hold your head in shame

[mk2 stu]

you better stand in the corner then And hold your head in shame

[Guest MK1gaz]

Fit what you like but don't moan if people don't like it when you ask them . Old cars look best with period mods so 17 inch chrome wheels , tv screens in the dash , F1 style aero-foils and mesh front grills is a bad move . Engines don't really matter though because a fast car is a fast car weither it's got a vauxhall engine or a B.D.A in it but people will always like it more with a Ford power plant .

[mk2 stu]

Fit what you like but don't moan if people don't like it when you ask them . Old cars look best with period mods so 17 inch chrome wheels , tv screens in the dash , F1 style aero-foils and mesh front grills is a bad move . Engines don't really matter though because a fast car is a fast car weither it's got a vauxhall engine or a B.D.A in it but people will always like it more with a Ford power plant .

I'm with you on that, cars that look like they ram raided halfords and all the bits got stuck on look kack, jus some geezer came past the garage today and asked what lump i'm puttin in, minute i said 16v vaux he done the usual "why dont you put a xflow in it?" ! just bugs me thats all!

[mk2 stu]

i have got f1 style mirrors tho!!!!!

[Rick]

if its old skool 90% of the poeple will point and say wow look at the old car

 

if its got blinging rims and spoiler its gonna look more like anew car and they prob wont notice.

 

personally i couldnt give a shit

 

im gonna get me some chrome spinners for under my bubble arched and bolt a sharks fin on the roof with led's in

[bomber1]

m8 they have been swaping engines out of one make into another since cars moved. u will always find some jealous twat that will put down ur car.

as long as u dont ram raid halfords its all good in my book

[Gareth]

I really couldn't give a flying fook what people

think of my cars...

 

If they tell me the 17" alloys I put on my Cortina look pants

then thats their thing. Never did it to please them anyway... **

 

But on the other hand if I dont have anything constructive/good

to say about someone else's car then I keep quiet

 

** It's still on the 13" steels, but I'd like some 17's

[bronze4door]

doesn't really matter as long as it does not have chav stuff clued to it

 

my four door is about five different colours has one alloy a different colour and the rear arches are falling out of it but

 

I LOVE IT

[Retromotorsport]

Fit what you like but don't moan if people don't like it when you ask them . Old cars look best with period mods so 17 inch chrome wheels , tv screens in the dash , F1 style aero-foils and mesh front grills is a bad move . Engines don't really matter though because a fast car is a fast car weither it's got a vauxhall engine or a B.D.A in it but people will always like it more with a Ford power plant .

 

So that Zaksped and Broadspeed supersaloons of the early 70's wernt period with their spoilers and 12X15 inch wheels

 

Or the Later Zakspeed Mk2 Gp 2's with 11x15 wheels and arches and spoilers in 76-78

 

or the Gp5 monster Zakspeed Capris and Escorts with 14x19inch wheels arnt period either ..

 

all of the above cars won more world class events than the rally cars ..

 

or this car, which is a replica of Nick Whitings mk2 isnt a period car.. its was the only car taking the fight to Jerry Marshalls Vauxhall

 

 

perhaps i should go and drag some pics of Terry sangers mk1 cortina in here .. with ist huge wheels or any of the other supersaloons of the day

 

If its shell is old school then its old school ... done deal

[Mr Sam]

doo what you want,,,,,,,,,,but nitrous is cheating yea?

[Guest MK1gaz]

We're talking about street cars though not thunder saloons that you need to drag about on a trailer everywhere . If you put all the road bits back on a car like that then it would look a bit weird

[thelastbandit]

I asked this question when I got my Pop 'cos it had a Rover V8, Vauxhall HA Front and Jag IRS, in fact the only Ford bit is the body, but everyone said that it's about as Old Skool as you can get, so yes, as others have said, it's the body shape that counts.

 

I'd love a 289/302ci Muzzie V8 in me Pop but it's not going to happen any time soon...

[Daggle]

Fit what you like but don't moan if people don't like it when you ask them . Old cars look best with period mods so 17 inch chrome wheels , tv screens in the dash , F1 style aero-foils and mesh front grills is a bad move . Engines don't really matter though because a fast car is a fast car weither it's got a vauxhall engine or a B.D.A in it but people will always like it more with a Ford power plant .

 

Sorry this should read IMO, Old cars look best.....

[dssean]

IMO

its the body that counts. aslong as it looks like the original car then its old skool.

APART from white mk2's with vauxhall engines. they're nothing like old skool and should be burnt along with the owners

hows it going stu? finished yet???

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

do what you want its a mk2 escort and will always be oldskool

[aled]

Surely it dont matter what engine i put in, especially as its fooking quick! does it matter that it comes from a vauxhall ? and if i want to put carbon fibre bits on its my choice?

 

I think mine looks nice and old skool.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even if it does have this in it.............

[beedz]

as a fairly new person to this site, here's my thoughts for what it's worth

 

oldskoolford.co.uk cars are those that the creators/owners of the site (that we have chosen to be part of) consider to be oldskoolford - end of that story

 

as for what's 'old skool' - how long is a continually rolling piece of string?

 

and what you want to do to your own car, hell go for it and have fun

 

i'd stick an electric motor at each hub if I was clever enough and a bj machine under the dash

[Posse]

It doesnt matter what heart it has in it on here as long as its osf