The state of our hobby !

[mk1super]

we are being shafted end off

[baz105e]

things like this lol

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-anglia-/ ... 500wt_1413

 

this makes me piss, because of the metal these are made from they are barely chromeable, if you're going to rip someone off atleast do your research first lol

[Toby]

Absolutely right Puddy - You're better if you can buy off like minded mates, especially if their cars are keepers. It annoys me when I get rid of stuff to people, that I've kept for this very reason, and they then flog the shooting match for a hefty profit with my bits on!

 

That said - if you want some very short half hafts or a gear box and diff that won't wear your tyres out you know where to come!

[Toby]

Anyone else feeling a bit sick about all the stuff you've skipped?

 

I remember diffs at £15 and Mex wings at £45

[Slammed]

Anyone else feeling a bit sick about all the stuff you've skipped?

 

I remember diffs at £15 and Mex wings at £45

 

 

pmsl thats cause youre old matey and mex wings dont fit mk1 cortinas

 

but yeah get told stories by dad and mates how you could pick a 2 dr mk1 tina without rot for about £200...

 

makes me sick lol

[Savvi]

Anyone else feeling a bit sick about all the stuff you've skipped?

 

I remember diffs at £15 and Mex wings at £45

 

 

pmsl thats cause youre old matey and mex wings dont fit mk1 cortinas

 

but yeah get told stories by dad and mates how you could pick a 2 dr mk1 tina without rot for about £200...

 

makes me sick lol

 

 

I got given one of those, been parked in a garage for 20 years, spent a few weeks on it got it mot'd and used it for a year, then sold it for £150 as it had signs of rot coming through.

[BaileyMex]

I remember throwing away un cut black MK2 front and rear door cards when I had my 1600 Sport and bumpers and all sorts.........kicking myself now, wish I was a hoarder sometimes

[w p e]

lets just say been there done that and still got two lock ups full of it

[herb capri]

i am without doubt a hoarder, i had to squeeze another motor in my garage and needed space,reasoning and result went like this,,,,

three piles of stuff,,,,,keep maybe,,,,,,ditch

ah i may need that,that could save,and that,,,,,,,,,,,,

well ill take a bootfull to the tip,,

THEN SQuEEZE ALL THAT BACK REALLY WELL STACKED! yea thatll work!

no still cant get the car in.

answer! build a second floor!

great more room now,i can buy more stuff

yep, hoarder, i confess

though i am down to

3 essexes,5 pintos 2 crossflows and 11 boxes!

mike

[frankthefencer]

I am fairly new to the oldskoolford scene and have witnessed some rip offs already.However if you use your noddle and research properly and talk to people you can get parts reasonable.I have used the guys at Escort tec and they are great guys running a business but still giving sound advice for free and selling good priced parts.(Love the Tran X diff I picked up today whoopeee!!) There are rip offs on ebay and I see some at the show at Donington the other week.I have found items cheaper new than secondf hand ones at times as well so research does pay off!!

[Posse]

this is cheap roll up roll up lol.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-escort-m ... 500wt_1413

[tim]

just because you want to buy this darren

 

http://www.allsportscars.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=562

[Posse]

just because you want to buy this darren

 

http://www.allsportscars.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=562

 

Yeah lol the rea shelled twin cam saw it at the NEC like i said some poor fooker will buy that

[quickrack]

£65,000

 

For an Escort??

Thats not takin the piss thats knifing your way in and nickin the kidneys FFS

[rallyesport04]

that twinky has been for sale for a very long time no wonder really with a price tag like that you could buy a very very sorted escort with history for that

[tim]

that twinky has been for sale for a very long time no wonder really with a price tag like that you could buy a very very sorted escort with history for that

 

you could buy a real one for less

[Slick53]

Hay welcome

 

[rallyesport04]

 

you could buy a real one for less

 

very true

[Toby]

Anyone else feeling a bit sick about all the stuff you've skipped?

 

I remember diffs at £15 and Mex wings at £45

 

 

pmsl thats cause youre old matey and mex wings dont fit mk1 cortinas

 

but yeah get told stories by dad and mates how you could pick a 2 dr mk1 tina without rot for about £200...

 

makes me sick lol

 

Lol. Yeah bought one of my escorts for 200 Quid. Mex wings would have fitted that. They won't now cos of the shape it is!

[Toby]

lets just say been there done that and still got two lock ups full of it

 

Just in time to be your pension!

[puddy]

lets just say been there done that and still got two lock ups full of it

 

Just in time to be your pension!

 

You must have a lovely big garage to keep your tina collection

 

and spares in by now mate,surely !

 

puddy

[sambo]

Yep, of course these old fords, Escorts in particular have risen in price.

Try getting a half decent escort shell for under 1800 quid. It wont happen. Thats just a bare shell too.

 

Its simply supply and demand.

We can moan about the prices of parts until we are blue in the face but things are only worth what people are willing to pay.

Who would pay £150.00 for a knackered gearbox? No-one, he'll sit on that ad for ever. Simple.

 

I have seen people get ridiculous amounts of money for thier cars recently and so have i seen some cars change hands for next to nothing.

Ebay has no doubt hiked the prices up in recent years but I have also seen cars simply not sell as the owners are asking too much.

[MK2Ed]

lets just say been there done that and still got two lock ups full of it

 

Just in time to be your pension!

 

You must have a lovely big garage to keep your tina collection

 

and spares in by now mate,surely !

 

puddy

 

I heard it's now a house...

[rusty82]

years ago i brought a 1100 mk1 2dr for 400 quid as a run around and a rolling shell of a mk1 1300 xl 2dr for 50.use to get mk4/5 cortinas for 50 with short t&t, take all the good bits off and give the rest to the banger boys the one i regret was a manual 2.3 ghia mk5 that had every option one owner s/h mega low miles brought for 150 nicker and i sold it to a so called mate for 500, or the 1500 gt that i found in a barn....the farmer gave me it, new tyres fresh fuel cleaned all the chicken sh!t off real nice car sold it after 3 years for the sum of 550.the cheepest car i got was a black 2.8i capri with 15" brookland wheels for the price of a pint....if i had kept just afew of the fords that passed through my hands ild be a very rich man......who i feel sorry for is the next generation of ford nuts,these cars are going tobe so rare and somuch money they will never hear a old ford on twin 40s giving it large....for example i know of a mk1 cortina one owner and steve who has just turned 18 inherited it when his grandad passed, stored in a garage will never get driven because steve is scared of how much it would cost to repair it.

[Toby]

lets just say been there done that and still got two lock ups full of it

 

Just in time to be your pension!

 

You must have a lovely big garage to keep your tina collection

 

and spares in by now mate,surely !

 

puddy

 

I heard it's now a house...

 

It's getting there.....

 

It's a Cortina house. Well, it will be when it's finished!

 

Have you sorted your gearbox Mr Puddy? And will it be at CF tearing up the strip?

 

I say strip, I mean diffs, shafts, and engine mounts. Ah the joy of the boot being on the other foot!