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arrggghhhhh shit!!!!

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dhekalia

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What the red van or that dodgy looking MK3? Cortina, doesn't even look like the 2000GXL, Well I suppose somebody has to like it. For my sins I like the Escort RS2000:eek:

Cheers Dhek'
 

ianrobbo1

good looking AND modest
I had one of them!! :eek: drove from london to sheffield doing 70/80 all the way up the M1, got to the house turned into the drive and the front suspension collapsed and the engine fell out of the "rotten" mountings onto the floor, :eek: was only the rust holding the heap together!! g0551p
talk about "lucky" :bow:
 
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R2B2

Guest
OMG Andy. Prob the worst car Ford ever made, alongside the Mk4 Zephyr :eek:

Handled like a rhinoceros on a wet clay bank, both of them :xm
 
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dhekalia

Guest
Lumpy MK2
I had a DIY MK1 2L BDA engined beast in 70's Brown. a hoot in the dry, but could whip round in the wet
Dhek'
 
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marcella

Guest
go on wolfie,,,,you know you want to:p
i'd sooner own a 1980's skoda8l1nd :rolleyes:
 

Wolfie

Is a lunp
should of been a 1.6 pinto yes, is an xl model. but has had a x flow bunged in it.
 

ianrobbo1

good looking AND modest
Wilf said:
it is a mk2 with a 1700 x flow lump 10 months ticket ?500
actually the heap of shite in your first picture is a MK 3 the MK2 was the square one the MK1 had the "peace" tail lights, :dunno: just thought you'd like to know!!
 
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bitontheside

Guest
Pile of crap Cortina - I had one go on fire while I was driving the bloody thing! Ended up as a scorch mark on the A51 out of Chester!
 

Wolfie

Is a lunp
ianrobbo1 said:
actually the heap of shite in your first picture is a MK 3 the MK2 was the square one the MK1 had the "peace" tail lights, :dunno: just thought you'd like to know!!


yes you are right, top prize to you, i fecked up.





anyways it dont matter cause i aint allowed it. :bang: :bang: :bang:
 

ianrobbo1

good looking AND modest
shit heaps 1through 5, 1 being the best of the lot!! :eek: BTW early mk2 used the rear lights from the first capri's and they nicked em from the mk1 escort!!
 

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ianrobbo1

good looking AND modest
the "true" MK1 capri, :bow: next to the "best" capri!! :dunno:
 

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bitontheside

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Steady lads - this is turning into Lumpy's car forum! :lol:
 
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