Whats Old Skool?

[AlanN]

What do you classify as "Old Skool" when I was running a Club in the late 80's early 90's, Cortina MKII's where called 'Modern Classics' 20 years +. So nowdays, what whats an OSF, is there a cut off date?

I think my MK3 Transit van is 'Old' its 21 this year but because it looks like a MK5, people don't think its that old, just ugly and out of date...

[Kieran]

i think its only mk1 and mk2 transits that are classed as old skool

[banarama]

i think its only mk1 and mk2 transits that are classed as old skool

i agree with that

[killerkerry89]

rule of thumb- if you can remove the bumpers and it still looks like a car then its oldskool.

[TILBROOK]

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thats old skool

[Vista]

The cut off date for Old Skool (in the eyes of OSF only) is 1980. Not that your specific car is registered or built before 1980 but that the model itself is in production before 1980. Hence why a 1986 Mk3 capri qualifies but a mk2 Fiesta from 1984 doesn't.

[AlanN]

Arh! right, sound sensible

[turnover]

The cut off date for Old Skool (in the eyes of OSF only) is 1980. Not that your specific car is registered or built before 1980 but that the model itself is in production before 1980. Hence why a 1986 Mk3 capri qualifies but a mk2 Fiesta from 1984 doesn't.

 

so does an xr 3 qualify as they were in production in 1980 ,,,and mk1 xr2 was 81 but people say the xr2 is old skool but the xr 3 isnt ?

[kevmk2]

I have a customer who comes in my work with a Y reg XR3, the last carbed version off the production line, its in good condition in black. He also has the XR3 from the Ford heritage museum, the old one. Bit of a rare car nowadays.

[Vista]

The cut off date for Old Skool (in the eyes of OSF only) is 1980. Not that your specific car is registered or built before 1980 but that the model itself is in production before 1980. Hence why a 1986 Mk3 capri qualifies but a mk2 Fiesta from 1984 doesn't.

 

so does an xr 3 qualify as they were in production in 1980 ,,,and mk1 xr2 was 81 but people say the xr2 is old skool but the xr 3 isnt ?

 

Sorry no, my statement reads "in production before 1980" not simply a cut off date of 1980.

 

Re the XR2 the mk1 xr2 may not have been introduced till 81 but the mk1 Fiesta as a whole was introduced in 76 so all models in the range count.

[Mk2Jo]

Old Skool on this forum is not necessarily what is recognised as old skool on other forums Alan

[ZetecVan 2.0]

If they have plastic bumpers and are front wheel drive then deffo not Old Skool

[retrorigg]

rule of thumb- if you can remove the bumpers and it still looks like a car then its oldskool.

 

[AlanN]

Old Skool on this forum is not necessarily what is recognised as old skool on other forums Alan

Very true, a MK3 Transit isn't considered old yet on the Transit forum, just an Ole banger MK3's are getting quite rare now and the MK4 even more so, but the MK5 (Smilie) is common as muck even though its the best looking of the 3.

 

The end of the eighties was the end of an era at Ford for me, starting with the Prope and they thought it would replace the Mustang in 89

 

So what would you call the period between 1980 and 1990 "Middle Skool Ford"

[bortaf]

well i spose it's been a good 9 months since somone asked this question, it's usuall a monthly thing

[AlanN]

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thats old skool

MK2 face-lift, one of my favourites, but without the hoist

If I had the money for someting concourse, MK1 petrol SWB panel with sliding doors. But Id still like to customise a MK1 bread van, like this one... V6, wheels, plain metalic paint...

Please dont ask why, coz I dont know

[oliwally]

 

The end of the eighties was the end of an era at Ford for me

 

what would you call the period between 1980 and 1990 "Shit Skool Ford"

 

There you go Alan,corrected your post for you

[GT_lenny]

i thought it was

metal bumpers=oldskool

plastic bumpers=not oldskool

[caprinerd]

well i spose it's been a good 9 months since somone asked this question, it's usuall a monthly thing

i was just thinking that as well

done well to last this long

[AlanN]

 

The end of the eighties was the end of an era at Ford for me

 

what would you call the period between 1980 and 1990 "Shit Skool Ford"

 

There you go Alan,corrected your post for you

[auldy]

heres a couple pics of my transit before and after signwriting. defo old skool!

 

 

 

auld

[AlanN]

I reconise your van from the Transit Forum, very nice

[Andrade]

i thought it was

metal bumpers=oldskool

plastic bumpers=not oldskool