SAF_Capri Posted December 7, 2008 Report Posted December 7, 2008 THEY NEED TO SHOW MORE OLD SKOOL FORDS!
Savvi Posted December 7, 2008 Report Posted December 7, 2008 THEY NEED TO SHOW MORE OLD SKOOL FORDS! They do like their Fords .............................. Mays been trying to buy the barn fine Mexico my mate has What sort of thing would be good to do to them ? Most of the stuff they have they break or blow up !!!!
Grey Crayford Posted December 7, 2008 Report Posted December 7, 2008 Was cool to see a mk2 'tina on the best car show going, go on the 'tina!!
JAY PS Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 Bet the Marina owners club were crying !!!!!!!!
john_3.0s Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 Bet the Marina owners club were crying !!!!!!!! yeah shame about the marina, looked a minter too. not to my taste but cant be many left now. I had a marina coupe i a few yrs back and a bloke drove about 300 miles to buy it off me when i sold it as he said they are lijke rocking horse now days
FredTransit Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 Here's a tip. Never sell them anything. You know there will be damage...... Renting to them is fine, cars and vans on camera are insured if they are not owned by the BBC.
countrybumpkin Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 Bet the Marina owners club were crying !!!!!!!! yeah shame about the marina, looked a minter too. not to my taste but cant be many left now. I had a marina coupe i a few yrs back and a bloke drove about 300 miles to buy it off me when i sold it as he said they are lijke rocking horse now days i had a tc coupe for a bit aparently it was one of only 28 left, i ended up selling it due to not being able to get bits for it
caprinerd Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 i didnt get to see it because of a road trip i had to make i also had the 1.8tc coupe, years back pxed it for a manta
richie_stix Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 and the new fiesta was down in 'blasing-smoke'... it's always been a dream to hoon around a shopping mall! shame the new fezza looks so shite, cos it seemed a pretty decent motor to me!
bortaf Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 I've had a few Marinas, TBH i know exactly why there aint many left, they were fooking awfull ! trunions any one? especialy seized ones that seized mid roundabout and made you crash rear springs that snapped for fun and front torsion bars that slipped and gave great rake but terrable handling (not that it was any good before the unwanted rake appeared) That shell will still make it round a track so no worries, it wernt waisted
D4N Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 Using the new fiesta for WRC next can't rember when for though. That fiesta would be f**ked now all that salt Oh well was good to wacth.
john_3.0s Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 I've had a few Marinas, TBH i know exactly why there aint many left, they were fooking awfull !trunions any one? especialy seized ones that seized mid roundabout and made you crash rear springs that snapped for fun and front torsion bars that slipped and gave great rake but terrable handling (not that it was any good before the unwanted rake appeared) That shell will still make it round a track so no worries, it wernt waisted yeah they were pretty bad, worn trunions were known to actually drop out if you went over a bump a bit hard and i loved the radio angled towards the passenger who drempt that one up????!!! Just consider this, in 1978/80 you could have bought a new marina or a new mk1 golf.....and we wonder why the british car indistry went down the $hitter!
lotusless Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 i had a marina coupe too + can you imagine fords emails to the show now its aired!! "so thats why there was a crab in the footwell when the car was returned to us!"
mk14dr Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 i had a marina coupe too + can you imagine fords emails to the show now its aired!! "so thats why there was a crab in the footwell when the car was returned to us!" To be fair, I bet ford couldn't give two hoots. That fiesta vid was basically a 10minute advert on BBC2's most widely watched programme. More coverage than ford could ever pay for, especially with the current financial climate The marina was, by all acounts, an ex-show car. Im not sure about that, but it looked bloody tidy. Its one thing to play banger racers in it, but to set it on fire destroying the mint interior and mint unobtainable glass... thats just silly. On top of that, what about the FSO polenza pick-up. Probably unique in the UK, dead for, what, 10seconds airtime.... again, just silly. Oh, and apparently the black 11's left by the 'vette in BHS are still there. D
Savvi Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 i had a marina coupe too + can you imagine fords emails to the show now its aired!! "so thats why there was a crab in the footwell when the car was returned to us!" To be fair, I bet ford couldn't give two hoots. That fiesta vid was basically a 10minute advert on BBC2's most widely watched programme. More coverage than ford could ever pay for, especially with the current financial climate The marina was, by all acounts, an ex-show car. Im not sure about that, but it looked bloody tidy. Its one thing to play banger racers in it, but to set it on fire destroying the mint interior and mint unobtainable glass... thats just silly. On top of that, what about the FSO polenza pick-up. Probably unique in the UK, dead for, what, 10seconds airtime.... again, just silly. Oh, and apparently the black 11's left by the 'vette in BHS are still there. D The 3 Fiestas used in the program were donated by Ford as they were ear marked for destruction because they were deemed unsafe. When i worked at the Bmw factory we did the same for the Itailian Job film, they had around 8 cars that had been jigged incorrectly and would normally have been destroyed without having touched the road instead they were used for filming then returned and destroyed. Most of the cars that are destroyed have been sourced from scrap yards or the BBc have used them in previous shows and again are deemed un-roadworthy. Any cars we are involved with normally get stripped of any good usable parts before they are set on fire etc When you see them close up you can usually see they are no where as nice as they look on the tv As for Bhs they asked for the tyres marks not to be cleaned up and even wanted them signed, they said it was the most exciting thing to have happened to that store since it opened.
Mr Sam Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 we need to get the likes of Kev Jenkins and J Elvy to have a drag race with some of the super cars they do a half arsed drag race with especially when they did that one with Z germans
JAY PS Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 That indoor stuff was awesome ! Where was it filmed ? Another thing the marina repairs it self twice in that chase watch it again !!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... new_series)/
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