5tox Posted June 23, 2013 Report Posted June 23, 2013 Been doing my escort now for a couple of years and flicking back through my pictures there are some things i'm proud of and others i'm really not so proud of, what are yours? Right at the very beginning i thought it would be a good idea to chop out a rotten inner wing and replace it (it looked far better in my head than it ended up looking in reality) Luckily i saw the light and realised what a complete cock up i had made, and ended up buying a pair of inner wings to do it properly I reckon one of the things i was most proud of was re-covering my dash and re-conditioning my clocks
over_head_cam Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 Back in the old days I've been guilty of the usual patch up jobs which look shit but get the job done. I'm not really ashamed of them as such because there was a reasoning behind it, but some of them were quite hideous! I suppose I'm most proud of the bit's I've done on Members cars, most particularly Posse's, Willsy's, Greaser's and most recently KJ's where I'm most pleased with myself with the interior panels and bit's of fabrication. Dash looks good BTW 2
5tox Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Posted June 24, 2013 Could have done with cleaning the air vents before taking the pics lol
aden Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 Owning this, a genuine mk2 harrier with history bill of sale the lot, and doing it as a mex rep and flogging it for £800 massive shout of w**ker to me if u please
5tox Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Posted June 24, 2013 Cooor blimey that's one big regret i bet
aden Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 Lol @ bigfish thanks for your sympathy!!!! That was 2001 as well not that long before everything rocketed in value, it was already pinto'd and had a 5 speed but could have easily put a crossflow back in it, oh well lol
5tox Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Posted June 25, 2013 I know what ya mean, i sold my absolutely mint saph cossie 2 years back and now they seem to be fetching bloody silly money
aden Posted June 25, 2013 Report Posted June 25, 2013 Everything seems to be fetching ridiculous money these days, it was a bit of a shed tbh but it was the 1st escort I done, would of done a proper job if I had it now mind you, oh well lol
2litreScapri Posted June 25, 2013 Report Posted June 25, 2013 One thing I am proud of is running the Surrey Capri Club. As anybody who runs local clubs or organises meets & events, it takes a lot of planning, dedication & organisation. Ok, so I have a co-chairman to help me, but for a lot of the admin required I do it, & coupled with the fact that since we took over in 2011 I've had many close family issues to deal with which frankly added to me losing my job & bringing me almost to breaking point, i knew I had a purpose to run the club & keep myself together, and the club has grown a new member database whilst keeping most of the original members. Things I'm not so proud of: crashing cars. Had a few crashes in my time years back, worst ones being my Fiesta RS Turbo, and then my orange P100 (formerly Rob Griggs of Ooh Ooh). Get it featured in Fast Ford, crash it one day after the magazine gets released. Write off. Is still sitting in my drive with a different chassis cab waiting for all the usuable parts to go back on & the chassis to be cleaned up. 7 years. Unfortunately, money, the running of the club, and family issues have just halted everything. The dedication to complete it is still there though.
Quico Posted October 17, 2013 Report Posted October 17, 2013 Wow, the clocks look mint. I'm planing to restore mines and was searching about so I found this thread. Can you give some details how about you done that? Thanks in advance.
deltamal Posted October 17, 2013 Report Posted October 17, 2013 I've had a few regrets, but I have a mate who sold his Mk1 Lotus Cortina for £250! it was in the 70's!....
john123 Posted October 18, 2013 Report Posted October 18, 2013 anything in the 70s with 2 carbs were expensive to run so no one wanted them
rallyesport04 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Posted October 20, 2013 to over head cam its those shite patch work mot jobs form years ago that teach you an give you the trained eye to knock out the beutifull fab work you done on kj's car 1
rallyesport04 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Posted October 20, 2013 my first attempt was pretty poor nearly 6 years later i blew the dust off it an find myself cutting out the first attempts an replacing them for something that looks better 1
over_head_cam Posted October 20, 2013 Report Posted October 20, 2013 Nice one rallyesport04 Looking much neater And thanks for the compliment
rallyesport04 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Posted October 20, 2013 credit where credits due if people on here havnt seen the ally work im talking about next time your at a osfdc take a look inside the car its not the usual welded or riveted upright firewall found on e bay another very good fabricator on here is retro motorsport his work an ideas are fantastic enough to inspire most people to pick up the welding torch after giving up 1
over_head_cam Posted October 20, 2013 Report Posted October 20, 2013 Behave lol. You'll make me blush :lol:
lead foot Posted October 20, 2013 Report Posted October 20, 2013 Proud ...... Painting Kj s escort Makes me smile every time I see it
lead foot Posted October 20, 2013 Report Posted October 20, 2013 Proud ...... Painting Kj s escort Makes me smile every time I see it 1
dacar Posted October 20, 2013 Report Posted October 20, 2013 Regret buying and fitting silver dials for my escort! Jeez total nob.
rallyesport04 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Posted October 21, 2013 there is some stunning paint out there too lead foot loved the subtle union jack mags' work is bloody crackin tooo
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