Most Rusty Fords you’ve seen

[Boreham]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Andrade]

 

[mk3tina]

in the flesh, my car. i still fume to this day the lies i was told about how solid it was, when actually the inner sills were pieces of aluminium street signs chopped up and riveted over the rotten through originals. along with fibreglass chassis rails.

 

Sorry did you just say FIBREGLASS CHASSIS RAILS???

 

some people have got no morals, what if u crashed that?

 

if i crashed it, i can only assume that i wouldnt be here to tell you about it lol. i bought it from a member on here who has or had a couple of cars on the go and a few for sale, so i thought id be safe buying from him. it WAS awful, what i was told was a solid car that just needed a little touch up here and there ended up needing the following:-

 

chassis rails front to rear, inner and outer sills, both footwells and kick panels, boot floor, rear wheel tubs, front and rear valance, both wings, rear arches, subframe to chassis mounting points repaired, all 4 doors. and none of it was just a little rusty either, it was either completely rotten or bodged with fibreglass and filler and covered in underseal.

[.pete.]

 

if i crashed it, i can only assume that i wouldnt be here to tell you about it lol. i bought it from a member on here who has or had a couple of cars on the go and a few for sale, so i thought id be safe buying from him. it WAS awful, what i was told was a solid car that just needed a little touch up here and there ended up needing the following:-

 

chassis rails front to rear, inner and outer sills, both footwells and kick panels, boot floor, rear wheel tubs, front and rear valance, both wings, rear arches, subframe to chassis mounting points repaired, all 4 doors. and none of it was just a little rusty either, it was either completely rotten or bodged with fibreglass and filler and covered in underseal.

 

I thought people on here only spend money and time on 2 door cars.

[5hane]

I thought people on here only spend money and time on 2 door cars.

 

Thats a bit of an arsy comment?

 

gwann the 4 doors

[tootman318]

me got 4 doors and proud!!

[bigglesmk2]

 

if i crashed it, i can only assume that i wouldnt be here to tell you about it lol. i bought it from a member on here who has or had a couple of cars on the go and a few for sale, so i thought id be safe buying from him. it WAS awful, what i was told was a solid car that just needed a little touch up here and there ended up needing the following:-

 

chassis rails front to rear, inner and outer sills, both footwells and kick panels, boot floor, rear wheel tubs, front and rear valance, both wings, rear arches, subframe to chassis mounting points repaired, all 4 doors. and none of it was just a little rusty either, it was either completely rotten or bodged with fibreglass and filler and covered in underseal.

 

Wasnt my old four door was it

 

It was pretty bad and none of the repairs where mine

[Silverback]

in the flesh, my car. i still fume to this day the lies i was told about how solid it was, when actually the inner sills were pieces of aluminium street signs chopped up and riveted over the rotten through originals. along with fibreglass chassis rails.

 

Sounds like mine too. Very solid and looked after..... Then I uncovered this:

 

 

 

All very well hidden under top plates and waxoyl of course.... Apart from that, Johns Mk1 Cortina is the rustiest Ford I've come across, although no pics of that yet.

[mk3tina]

no biggles it wasnt you i bought it from, i got it in june 2007 ish, i wont name who i bought it from mind on the open forum, unless someone really wants to know so they can avoid them, in which case id say pm me. anyhoo with regards to the possible arsey comment of spending time and money on a 4 door, its my car, i choose to spend MY time and MY money on it, and now it has the structural strength of a battleship since ive given it my magic touch, what was once a death trap, is now death proof.

[JAY PS]

my bros old one

[Andrade]

does anyone else feel genuinely bad when he sees great cars rotting away? :\

[MM77]

does anyone else feel genuinely bad when he sees great cars rotting away? :\

Its kind of like a dying dog. Always feel bad when i see an animal die, but couldnt care less about a human

[filicapri]

my mate in his mk1 escort

 

[RFChris]

Mk2 Zodiac for the win....

 

 

(no, I'm not dead)

 

Chris

[Daggle]

my mate in his mk1 escort

 

 

Is that the Lone Ranger, if so where is Tonto??

[filicapri]

my mate in his mk1 escort

 

 

Is that the Lone Ranger, if so where is Tonto??

 

[.pete.]

no biggles it wasnt you i bought it from, i got it in june 2007 ish, i wont name who i bought it from mind on the open forum, unless someone really wants to know so they can avoid them, in which case id say pm me. anyhoo with regards to the possible arsey comment of spending time and money on a 4 door, its my car, i choose to spend MY time and MY money on it, and now it has the structural strength of a battleship since ive given it my magic touch, what was once a death trap, is now death proof.

 

if that was aimed at me then you're a bit consused. It was actually a compliment about someone taking the time to do a lot of work on a four door, which from what I can see is rare on here. Not just here but on other forums too. There are a few examples of course so there is no need for anyone to post them up to try and prove me wrong, but usually it's 2 doors which have the most money and time spent on them. That is just the way I see it. It wasn't an arsey comment pointed at anyone.

[Boreham]

my mate in his mk1 escort

 

 

nice lhd car... post 69 spec with anti roll bar.

 

 

sweet.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JAY PS]

mk1 bros mk1 cortina

[coco24v]

First one is an ex rally car i bought qbout 15 year ago, guy i got it from was desperate for money so got it for £200 !

 

2.1 with BVH, 45's, LSD, rocket box, etc etc etc, I ran it for about a month on the road then sold it on to this guy that used it for autotests and autocross, he used it for about a year then left it to rot !

 

Had not turned a wheel in about 12 or so year when this pic was taken a year ago !

 

 

 

 

 

Then this one was one of the mintiest 2dr shells i have ever came across... when i bought it it was a bream colour bog standard 1300 base model, never been welded or painted and had only done 28k miles ! I took it as a trade in and allowed £100 for it !!

 

Fitted a 1650 X-flow and painted it red then fitted the Sport decals, ran it for a while then sold it on. The same guy that has the first one pictured above bought it and never did a thing with it... ended up in the same condition !!! Such a waste.

 

 

[tazrocks88]

no biggles it wasnt you i bought it from, i got it in june 2007 ish, i wont name who i bought it from mind on the open forum, unless someone really wants to know so they can avoid them, in which case id say pm me. anyhoo with regards to the possible arsey comment of spending time and money on a 4 door, its my car, i choose to spend MY time and MY money on it, and now it has the structural strength of a battleship since ive given it my magic touch, what was once a death trap, is now death proof.

 

if that was aimed at me then you're a bit consused. It was actually a compliment about someone taking the time to do a lot of work on a four door, which from what I can see is rare on here. Not just here but on other forums too. There are a few examples of course so there is no need for anyone to post them up to try and prove me wrong, but usually it's 2 doors which have the most money and time spent on them. That is just the way I see it. It wasn't an arsey comment pointed at anyone.

 

just look around mate there are plenty of 4doors on the site having money thrown at them mine for 1 we just tend not 2 say 2 much about the 4 door 2 door thing these days as it seems 2 be a sore subject as we say an osf is still just that with 2 or 4 doors go on the 4 doors

[RossMK2]

 

just look around mate there are plenty of 4doors on the site having money thrown at them mine for 1 we just tend not 2 say 2 much about the 4 door 2 door thing these days as it seems 2 be a sore subject as we say an osf is still just that with 2 or 4 doors go on the 4 doors

 

[JAY PS]

Seen those pics before that in scotland isnt it !

[Guest chriscapriman]

there is a farm near my mum and dads with a mk1 escort van burnt out about 15 years ago that is just a pile now a mk1 transit pickup truck that had snapped in half 15 years ago it was that rotten then and a 2000E that was in a pretty bad state all those years ago farm is still there and assume whats left of the cars, but it is just over grown to death now

 

anyway, spotted these two a few weeks ago on a liverpool driveway

 

 

[BIGKEV]

First one is an ex rally car i bought qbout 15 year ago, guy i got it from was desperate for money so got it for £200 !

 

2.1 with BVH, 45's, LSD, rocket box, etc etc etc, I ran it for about a month on the road then sold it on to this guy that used it for autotests and autocross, he used it for about a year then left it to rot !

 

Had not turned a wheel in about 12 or so year when this pic was taken a year ago !

 

 

 

 

 

Then this one was one of the mintiest 2dr shells i have ever came across... when i bought it it was a bream colour bog standard 1300 base model, never been welded or painted and had only done 28k miles ! I took it as a trade in and allowed £100 for it !!

 

Fitted a 1650 X-flow and painted it red then fitted the Sport decals, ran it for a while then sold it on. The same guy that has the first one pictured above bought it and never did a thing with it... ended up in the same condition !!! Such a waste.

 

 

 

 

do you live by the sea?