Adding other 80's Fords to Old Skool Ford, please vote

[colr6]

The football teams tend to get a bit irate when two looneys go flying around chewing the land up !......no sense of fun some people.

[preacherman]

Mk3 escorts are old skool.mk4 escorts are not.

Think about all those great cars xr3 xr3i RS turbo and even rs1700t

[eeb43]

5 minutes ago, colr6 said:

The football teams tend to get a bit irate when two looneys go flying around chewing the land up !......no sense of fun some people.

ive got a key to the gate

[colr6]

23 minutes ago, eeb43 said:

ive got a key to the gate

Could be time to buy some knobbly tyres for the box then !

[eeb43]

lol

 

[stephens_xpack]

I have to agree with the pre 80's i think, otherwise it just keeps getting stretched out. I do like the other motors mentioned, it is a tough call. And seeing as I sport a Capri, mine being 78 they do go up to 87 .....and they got plastic end caps on their bumpers?

But a Capri is Old Skool to the bone and you know it.

The mk3 escorts rs1600i, rsturbo's are fooking lovely cars, just not sure they will ever fit the description Old Skool......

[eeb43]

6 minutes ago, stephens_xpack said:

I have to agree with the pre 80's i think, otherwise it just keeps getting stretched out. I do like the other motors mentioned, it is a tough call. And seeing as I sport a Capri, mine being 78 they do go up to 87 .....and they got plastic end caps on their bumpers?

But a Capri is Old Skool to the bone and you know it.

The mk3 escorts rs1600i, rsturbo's are fooking lovely cars, just not sure they will ever fit the description Old Skool......

they stopped making capris in 1965! yours must be a mk2/3? that 4th or 5th late edition thing!

[khanlad]

2 hours ago, colr6 said:

We will have to have a meet up at cadwell one day, unless you've got anywhere off road. Don't mind a bit of rallycross for fun.

Whats wrong with the m25?

[RWL81P]

2 hours ago, colr6 said:

We will have to have a meet up at cadwell one day, unless you've got anywhere off road. Don't mind a bit of rallycross for fun.

dont think i'll be off roading mine col, unless i have a moment

[RWL81P]

1 hour ago, preacherman said:

Mk3 escorts are old skool.mk4 escorts are not.

Think about all those great cars xr3 xr3i RS turbo and even rs1700t

i do love rs1600i and mk3 xr3i, but not old school! maybe they could have there own site. new old skool ford.

[RWL81P]

7 minutes ago, khanlad said:

Whats wrong with the m25?

cost 100 quid to get there n back!

[voodoo57]

On 29/10/2017 at 10:16, RWL81P said:

i do love cossies, rs1600is, xr3s, supersports but theyre not old skool and too new for this site. there are many sites for plastic cars such as Alcoholics Anonymous. lets keep this rwd metal bumpers.

Pardon me for the intrusion guy's, but where do you stand regarding the Gartrac rwd Escorts? I Love RWD, i don't care how fast a fwd car can be, it could do a 3 second quarter but i would be more content watching a beaten up mk2 Consul run a 12 sec all day long... (only until i could predict it's time to a 10th!) but with regards to mk1/2 Fiestas, they do indeed have a place but i would guess they def' do not fit in the more modern clubs consisting of Mondeos, RS and ST's etc etc... i would welcome them here rather than not at all?  However, as it is, rules are rules and i have no intention of bucking the system.

[RWL81P]

33 minutes ago, voodoo57 said:

Pardon me for the intrusion guy's, but where do you stand regarding the Gartrac rwd Escorts? I Love RWD, i don't care how fast a fwd car can be, it could do a 3 second quarter but i would be more content watching a beaten up mk2 Consul run a 12 sec all day long... (only until i could predict it's time to a 10th!) but with regards to mk1/2 Fiestas, they do indeed have a place but i would guess they def' do not fit in the more modern clubs consisting of Mondeos, RS and ST's etc etc... i would welcome them here rather than not at all?  However, as it is, rules are rules and i have no intention of bucking the system.

my favourite fwd drive cars, mk1 supersport and mk3 rs1600i. and ive had a mk1 xr2. but for me there are many other forums for those cars. nothing against them, i just dont like moving with the times and think OSF should stay as is.

[voodoo57]

duly noted, however, what are your thoughts to the RWD Gartrac Escorts?

[colr6]

A nice piece of kit, but not a production RWD

[voodoo57]

Understandable.

[Mexican Gerbil]

I belive the OSF Drag racing team have included newer models now. 

[RWL81P]

21 hours ago, voodoo57 said:

duly noted, however, what are your thoughts to the RWD Gartrac Escorts?

im a rally fan, and to be honest there were a lot better rally cars. rs200, 3 door cosworth, and the ultimate rally car mk2 escort! was never really a fan of the mk3 rwd although it never really made it as by the time ford got it ready for use the mighty 4wd quattro kicked every car into touch and the gartrac escort was just too far behind.

[colr6]

19 minutes ago, RWL81P said:

im a rally fan, and to be honest there were a lot better rally cars. rs200, 3 door cosworth, and the ultimate rally car mk2 escort! was never really a fan of the mk3 rwd although it never really made it as by the time ford got it ready for use the mighty 4wd quattro kicked every car into touch and the gartrac escort was just too far behind.

Have you ever looked round a RS1700T phil ? They are one serious piece of kit. Had the pleasure getting a real good look round one at Gaydon last year. They are a bit rough and ready but obviously built for a purpose.

[eeb43]

front wheels are for steering rear wheels are for driving anything else is for shopping!

[voodoo57]

ah, now the age old question rears it's ugly head... RWD V FWD  in a sentence  'horses for courses,' i could say more but for fear of death threats and far too many people to fight at once! (my limit is 3 at a time!)

[RWL81P]

10 hours ago, voodoo57 said:

ah, now the age old question rears it's ugly head... RWD V FWD  in a sentence  'horses for courses,' i could say more but for fear of death threats and far too many people to fight at once! (my limit is 3 at a time!)

rwd is much better until it snows!

[RWL81P]

11 hours ago, colr6 said:

Have you ever looked round a RS1700T phil ? They are one serious piece of kit. Had the pleasure getting a real good look round one at Gaydon last year. They are a bit rough and ready but obviously built for a purpose.

ive never actually seen one in person col. but yeah most rally built cars are rough around the edges. such as 6r4 metros

[voodoo57]

1 hour ago, RWL81P said:

rwd is much better until it snows!

There you go, Horses for courses, then again, when it does snow... you could always drive in reverse ????? (you would be braver than me!)

[turnover]

I’ve said this before but mk3 escort was around in 1980 same as last of mk2 escorts,well there are some 1982 mk2 escorts ,mk3 escort was discontinued in 1986 yet capri mk3 was still being registered up until 1988,so realisticly a mk3 escort is fairly oldskool similar bumpers to mk3 capri anyway metal an plastic ?