Ford heritage center

Ford heritage center

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Dave_ST220

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Monday 4th April 2016
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Does anyone have any contact details for them?? I found this :-

Contact:
Mr Ron Staughton, Curator

Address:
Room 3/001
Ford Motor Company Limited
Thames Avenue Dagenham
Essex
RM9 6SA
United Kingdom

but when searching for him it seems he has sadly passed away frown

Dave_ST220

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offloading a car...

Dave_ST220

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I think the issue there is that no one would pay what I'd want for it! Hence my thread about storing it or using it. If you know anyone who would pay top money for what is basically a new car then feel free to get them to contact me! I don't need a 3L V6 any more, I'm looking at a small run about!! Dear God....

Dave_ST220

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Ideally wanted an email address so I could send details of what I have. I've also got a Mk1 V6 Mondeo with full RS kit, can't be many left now & rather than see it go to scrap in the near future would love for them to have it! I'll do some more digging & give them a call if nothing comes up.

Dave_ST220

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That's great, thanks for the info wink I'll dig the Fast Ford mags pictures out (got them on CD somewhere!) and post them up. As for price, that's the difficult one, this car s like it's 6 months old, back then you'd be looking at £17-£18k, I'm not expecting that but there is no way I'd let it go for the WBAC quote of £7200!

Dave_ST220

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Here are the Fast Ford pics, these were taken when it was virtually new but in all honestly it looks the same today having spent most of it's life in a garage frown Criminal I know but if you aren't there to drive it you simply can't!!









about the only blemish is some very slight corrosion on an alloy where moisture gets under the paint, annoying considering the mileage but I guess damp climate at the end of the day. Car is currently SORN (tax ran out March) & has no MOT but would obviously stick 12 months MOT on it, I know 100% it will pass!!! Any questions feel free to ask.

Dave_ST220

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eybic said:
PM sent.
Seems the correct person but away until 11 April, thanks again for your help wink

Dave_ST220

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Rat_Fink_67 said:
Great stuff, I'll spread the word and tell anyone to get in touch then. What's the best email address to contact you on?
Just PM me on here, it seems to be working again smile Cheers

Dave_ST220

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Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Looking at the pics I realised they were before I added some parts, the car has the extra weather strip fitted to the bonnet lips & also the plastic strut covers. These were deleted on the later cars to save some money! I also fitted the bumper foam pads when new to stop the bumper dropping :-



There are also a set of mats in the boot that have never been sued (still in plastic wrapping), spare wheel centre caps as they corrode and spare sill scuff plates as these get scratched. Finally the Xenons have 6K Philips Ultinon fitted and the original 4k factory ones are in a box in the boot!

Dave_ST220

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Tuesday 5th April 2016
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& if Ford heritage don't want it then I'll be keeping it, I can't wait for it to be become a classic old Ford! When cars are this age it usually attracts the dreamers who think it worth no more than one that has done 100k miles. That's fine by me smile

Dave_ST220

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Monday 11th April 2016
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The Mk1 is back up & running smile Had to fit a whole water pump as after removing just the front (easy!) I could see that a pressed bit of steel in the back part was flapping around! That was a bh job & one I hope I don't have to do again soon....

Dave_ST220

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Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Yeah good points. Ford heritage have no budget to buy cars, they rely on donations (they seem to have some really tidy cars so I'm guessing those must have been Ford press cars!!). I'm not feeling too flush at the moment so I'll be keeping it. When the Mk1 dies it will be getting used as it should be smile