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Thanks for all the comments. 
I did see a set of steel wheels, trims and centre caps off an XR2, but they were up for sale for £500 without tyres! Although they were like new. I've always liked the pepperpots so when I found a set with good tyres and fairly close by I bought them while I could, although the steel wheels are still in the garage if I want to swap them back.
Regards,
Matt
I did see a set of steel wheels, trims and centre caps off an XR2, but they were up for sale for £500 without tyres! Although they were like new. I've always liked the pepperpots so when I found a set with good tyres and fairly close by I bought them while I could, although the steel wheels are still in the garage if I want to swap them back.
Regards,
Matt
fantastic first car choice.
thanks for the positive comments, I'm sure an xr2 did feel quick at 5yrs old! My dad told me a story of his best friend being involved in a fatal accident years ago when he had an xr2. He pulled out in front of another car at a crossroads which sadly killed the other driver, the drivers seat in the xr2 was pushed into the centre of the cabin but amazingly he survived with only minor injuries!
iva cosworth said:
"Not many will be interested"....from the OP.
Whole lot more interesting than a lot of stuff on Readers cars and as already said a rare sight nowadays.
Keep it up.
Well said that man.Whole lot more interesting than a lot of stuff on Readers cars and as already said a rare sight nowadays.
Keep it up.
This is a corker of a car, full credit to you. Reminds me of my grandads mk1 950cc popular (brown vinyl seats and no rear seat belts). Makes me miss my first years if driving, where I had basic Mk2 golfs which were cheap and easy to fix! Goo times.
It's certainly an unusual first car these days and great to see one so well preserved whilst being enjoyed!!!!
I had a mk2 Fiesta in 2001 as my first car, paid £200 for a black 'Bonus' edition 1.0L .
I owned it for around a year and during that time it was gradually upgraded from a base 1.0L , to a GHIA, to a 1.4S replica and eventually a XR2 replica whilst having upwards of 20 sets of wheels!!
I had a mk2 Fiesta in 2001 as my first car, paid £200 for a black 'Bonus' edition 1.0L .
I owned it for around a year and during that time it was gradually upgraded from a base 1.0L , to a GHIA, to a 1.4S replica and eventually a XR2 replica whilst having upwards of 20 sets of wheels!!
As a massive classic Ford fan,i love it,a Aqua Jade 1.1 Ghia.
Every one saves the RS/XRs so the likes of these are rarer. Good work OP.
As a footnote is there mileage in having a "readers cars" and a "Classic readers cars" section? I know a lot of us only look at threads on the older stuff.
Every one saves the RS/XRs so the likes of these are rarer. Good work OP.
As a footnote is there mileage in having a "readers cars" and a "Classic readers cars" section? I know a lot of us only look at threads on the older stuff.
Thanks for all the comments . It seems to bring back alot of memories then 
. My idea is to keep it standard as alot of them have been lowered, engines changed etc... so you rarely see a standard car unless its an xr2 and even standard xr2's are becoming rarer. It's good to be different!
Thanks Sc0tt, it'll be for sale when i see another retro/classic car that i can afford and like
Regards,
Matt
. It seems to bring back alot of memories then . My idea is to keep it standard as alot of them have been lowered, engines changed etc... so you rarely see a standard car unless its an xr2 and even standard xr2's are becoming rarer. It's good to be different!Thanks Sc0tt, it'll be for sale when i see another retro/classic car that i can afford and like
Regards,
Matt
Well a new month which means more money to spend save ! 
What great weather to start the month, hopefully it continues into the weekend as i'm off to Castle Combe on saturday for their annual ford show. So a clean on friday evening and it'll be ready to go.
Some pics from the show on saturday to follow for now i'll put these couple up to make this thread a little less boring.
A couple of general maintenance jobs to get done this month as well:
-New front tyres
-Service
Other than that i'll just keep making small improvements where i can.
Regards,
Matt
What great weather to start the month, hopefully it continues into the weekend as i'm off to Castle Combe on saturday for their annual ford show. So a clean on friday evening and it'll be ready to go.
Some pics from the show on saturday to follow for now i'll put these couple up to make this thread a little less boring.
A couple of general maintenance jobs to get done this month as well:
-New front tyres
-Service
Other than that i'll just keep making small improvements where i can.
Regards,
Matt
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