Engine or bodywork ???

[Mk2Jo]

Let's face it .... money is tight for most of us and there just never seems to be enough to cover all the things that you want to do to your Old Skool Ford ... so, if you had to make a choice what would it be:

 

Bodywork or engine ..... would you build a car to look good or go well ??

 

Discuss ......

[Tom]

i tried for a mixture of both. i'm tight as when it comes to spending money i always look for the cheaper option. i think i only spent a grand on the body work inc paint but that was over 8 months.

 

then with the engine, that was a bargain too - got a whole car for 200 quid with the engine then slowly added go faster bits as time went on.

 

love a sleeper but, with my car, i want it to look presentable too

[MightySprocket]

bodywork! even the most standard cars get respect if they are turned out well enough and you don't need to drive fast if your cars sharp enough

[Wessie]

sleeper look ! make it go and scare all the chavs @ the lights but do some bodywork so it dont rust

[mk2_escort_chick]

Sleeper all day long baby!

I'd rather have the power

[RETRO_AL]

i went for bodywork first, my engine will be last to get some goodies

[paulfl]

Get body work done and slowly put some horses into her as time goes on!!!!

[Burns]

i'd go for the engine first, then the bodywork.

 

the other half on the other hand would have me make it look pretty first

[105Nick]

I got pissed off with all the ripples in the escort which put me off for a while, as I wanted a car to look as smart as it goes (this was pre-OSF days so my only reference to other OSFers at the time was what was on the cover of classic ford - quite de-moralising) especially when I had a break in by gyppos who dropped my generator on the boot, denting the straightest panel on the car just to add insult to injury

 

When I saw the Anglia in its original, sun bleached paint I just thought it'd look so cool slammed with a hot x-flow, for a ratty sleeper, with 2000E internals in the stock box to keep the old 'magic wand' gearlever, until I saw the prices of suspension gear for anglia's which are crazy. The engine gave up, so it got a mandatory rebuild - twice - top end when the head gasket went, then again when the rings sent the whole lot south. Ah well live and learn. I've put too much into it to fit a x-flow now, and the rot in the pannels needs attention, so it looks like it'll end up being the complete car being redone in time but for now, I'm trying to get it up and running and then do a quick strip down to get the body tidied up.

[ZetecVan 2.0]

You could actually apply the same thinking to women. And my vote wouldn't change!

[Mk2Jo]

You could actually apply the same thinking to women. And my vote wouldn't change!

 

and what did you vote?

[Mr Sam]

id have something like mick rodgers mk3 cortina if i could afford it

[bomber1]

id have something like mick rodgers mk3 cortina if i could afford it

 

just got that dvd A CENTURY OF FAST FORDS between micks mk3 and the 170mph yellow mk1

[Dom]

I'm biased towards performance since hardly any of our OSFs are very pretty lol. Both appearance and performance impress people but I don't think there are many things more satisfying than having the last laugh

[Vista]

With a modern car I'd spend my money on making it quick and handle better, but looking largely standard. But with an OSF I'd be making sure it wasn't going to fall apart on me first, we all know how they rust! So whilst I may not spend all my bucks making it look the dogs danglies, it'd certainly be structurally sound of bodywork brakes and suspension before I uprated it mechanically.

[Johnson]

power not paint! As Mick rogers would say

[deluxe]

would do it sequentally as money pile up

First weld all the rot and primer so it wont rust

Then a decent engine

Finally a respray

[Guest M.Bird DOHC]

Dont think i need to answer

 

Snotter that goes well everytime the feeling you get when you do a modern GTi is the nuts!

 

 

Any arguements ask Tom bmw M3 M25

[tazrocks88]

With a modern car I'd spend my money on making it quick and handle better, but looking largely standard. But with an OSF I'd be making sure it wasn't going to fall apart on me first, we all know how they rust!

 

i agree but i also want to have my car look like a mex then when i have the money to insure a modifyed car i will put a bigger engine in it

so i will technically have a 1300 4 door mex lol

[deluxe]

If you mean making it look/sound faster than it really is, not saving it from the tinworm, than I definitly against doing that first.

[kms]

This is a topic that we discuss on a regular basis - we have certain friends who just don't get the idea of a sleeper

 

I think we have come up with a comprimise for all of our osf. The Cortina is a sleeper. Rust in places, looks a bit of a shed but it's so much fun - not quick but it's getting there - and we only buy things for the running of the car - shocks, springs, big valves, cam, airfilter etc.

 

My mk1 escort will probably look the part and the engine and stuff will come later - I've got a friend who builds engines - so not all that expensive! But I do want it painted before it goes back on the road.

 

And the mk2 escort. Well that's a different story all together. Until we have the money to do everything that we want - exterior / engine then that will sit and wait - not going to do half a job on that - she deserves the best.

 

I get sad and excited when I think about them like this - stuck in storage and not being driven, but then they're mine all mine (and his!) so one day I will be in them.

[ZetecVan 2.0]

You could actually apply the same thinking to women. And my vote wouldn't change!

 

and what did you vote?

 

As Blackadder once said 'Goes like the privvy door when the plagues in town'.

[Rich Sav]

i think u got 2have a bit of both even the money out

[Fiesta Steve]

I voted for the look like shit go like stink option.

 

I love building engines and trying to extract every last ounce from them. I love racing weather its on the road (private of course) or the strip.

 

My XR2 looks a proper heap (it is) but love to pull up at the lights and embarass evo's and such like. You can't beat a traffic light grand prix

[LUKE261]

good question, normally i'd say sleeper all the way however i must admit i have chosen 2 spend money on my bodywork on my car first, followed power afterwards. not normally the choice for me!!! i have proved myself wrong