Distastefully Modified Old Skool Fords - Show us your worst!

[Rally Pack 2000]

2 minutes ago, HotRodMatt said:

And they're on the wrong way.

I like the Capri wing mirror badges that match the Ford oval. Incredible attention to detail.

[Rally Pack 2000]

[HotRodMatt]

That's been in before and I, of course, think it's lovely.

[Huge]

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1 hour ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Fits the title perfectly.....

[eeb43]

can i have the metro?

[Rally Pack 2000]

53 minutes ago, HotRodMatt said:

That's been in before and I, of course, think it's lovely.

I thought it may have been posted before but didnt want to go back through 50 pages.

What about this one, has it been posted before?

[Daniel13]

On 07/08/2020 at 18:34, Vista said:

Prize for most enormous outrageous wheels is no longer in Australia

 

I'd have that. Take off the Halfords arch extenders and put a proper set of wheels on it and you'd have a nice Capri.

[HotRodMatt]

I thought it may have been posted before but didnt want to go back through 50 pages.
What about this one, has it been posted before?

I don't think it has, but it is worthy of a place.

[meXEco]

2 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Built for a purpose-and hardly distasteful I don't think?

[notenoughtime]

On 08/08/2020 at 10:22, HotRodMatt said:

On 08/08/2020 at 10:20, Rally Pack 2000 said:

He is trying to vent something?

And they're on the wrong way.

Not that they are on the wrong way! Aren’t they on the wrong thing? Shouldn’t they be on a house lol 

[notenoughtime]

2 hours ago, HotRodMatt said:

2 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

I thought it may have been posted before but didnt want to go back through 50 pages.
What about this one, has it been posted before?

I don't think it has, but it is worthy of a place.

Plate on the front says it all!!! 😂

[Vista]

4 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

The guy that built that, and his daughter as I recall, were members on here. He called it tje RS9000 I think and got quite narked when someone was uncomplimentary about it. Built for a single purpose mind, drag racing.

[Vista]

2 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

I thought it may have been posted before but didnt want to go back through 50 pages.

What about this one, has it been posted before?

That's based near me. Quite a lot of attention to detail in the building of it.

[Vista]

48 minutes ago, notenoughtime said:

Plate on the front says it all!!! 😂

RSOC?

[HotRodMatt]

The guy that built that, and his daughter as I recall, were members on here. He called it tje RS9000 I think and got quite narked when someone was uncomplimentary about it. Built for a single purpose mind, drag racing.

Yeah, unfortunately there's a lot of people who think that Escorts should only have RS4s/Minilights and a set of cibies on the front or be RS copies. They don't like someone doing something different.

[Vista]

11 minutes ago, HotRodMatt said:

14 minutes ago, Vista said:

The guy that built that, and his daughter as I recall, were members on here. He called it tje RS9000 I think and got quite narked when someone was uncomplimentary about it. Built for a single purpose mind, drag racing.

Yeah, unfortunately there's a lot of people who think that Escorts should only have RS4s/Minilights and a set of cibies on the front or be RS copies. They don't like someone doing something different.

I have to be honest, cars that are only fast in a straight line don't really float my boat, in particular when there's little remaining of the original car and the changes have made them completely unusable for anything else......but I DO very much appreciate the engineering necessary to make it work.

Another example is that TVR with a plastic Escort bodyshell. For me, it's just not an Escort, never was, never will be......albeit I still appreciate the work that went into it.

[meXEco]

Yeah but stick this in a line up of normal RS' i know which one i'll be looking at.

[notenoughtime]

1 hour ago, Vista said:

RSOC?

Devon group 😂

[notenoughtime]

I actually quite like both the escorts 

[katana]

10 hours ago, Vista said:

I have to be honest, cars that are only fast in a straight line don't really float my boat, in particular when there's little remaining of the original car and the changes have made them completely unusable for anything else......but I DO very much appreciate the engineering necessary to make it work.

Whilst I take the point and this may not be a daily 'grocery getter' it is road legal and I believe still used. The doorslammer class it was entered for required a road 'cruise' element after qualifying, with a stop and a hot start and sometimes a fuel up at a local petrol station just to prove it wasn't a 'trailer queen' which when compared to some cars that turn up to car shows ......... is a bit ironic ! ! !

[eeb43]

1 hour ago, katana said:

Whilst I take the point and this may not be a daily 'grocery getter' it is road legal and I believe still used. The doorslammer class it was entered for required a road 'cruise' element after qualifying, with a stop and a hot start and sometimes a fuel up at a local petrol station just to prove it wasn't a 'trailer queen' which when compared to some cars that turn up to car shows ......... is a bit ironic ! ! !

road legal!!!!!!! doubt that

 

[HotRodMatt]

road legal!!!!!!! doubt that
 

One of the rules of the class it raced in was that the cars have to be MoTd, insured and taxed. It might not be practical or easy to drive but it is/was legal.

[Rally Pack 2000]

Its the bars that are holding up the front scoop to the bumpers that make me laugh, it reminds me of those 60s/70s shelves that hold glasses from the ceiling over your home bar.

[Rally Pack 2000]

Im curious now what type of rear tail lights fit in them holes?

[DT36]

4 hours ago, HotRodMatt said:

4 hours ago, eeb43 said:

road legal!!!!!!! doubt that
 

One of the rules of the class it raced in was that the cars have to be MoTd, insured and taxed. It might not be practical or easy to drive but it is/was legal.

Any idea of its Quarter Mile times and speed over the line?