ASBO Fords...

[attym3]

I saw a Focus ST earlier, modified but not chavved. Big brakes, lowered but the front and back badges had been changed for these...



Nice!

Mark

[Egg Chaser]

Idea stolen from Top Gear I think.

ETA - Yep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXr50LNJfM

[Defcon5]

Why on earth would you buy that?

[o0myles0o]

Defcon5 said:

Why on earth would you buy that?

The ST? Good question!!

[Liquid Knight]

Thought you were on about my Escort Van for a bit.

[m444ttb]

Oh dear Most of them I see round Swindon way seem to have a colour coded badge.

[ShaunTheSheep]

I like that :-)

Depends on the colour, in white i don't think they look very ASBO, in orange or lime they do.

[Arun_D]

Yep, just onother Clarkson-ism that's seen good mileage.

[Liquid Knight]

m444ttb said:

Oh dear Most of them I see round Swindon way seem to have a colour coded badge.

I have to confess to this. When I was younger I had a MK1 (Mk3 Escort shaped) Orion Ghia and when I needed to respray the boot lid (a scaffolding pipe went through the old one) I took the badge of and the blue paint came off as well so I wet and dryed the surface and sprayed it with plasticote yellow. Actually looked prety good.

[Liquid Knight]

I do recall seeing one that said "Bored" instead of "Ford". I thought that was prety good at the time.

[Baryonyx]

Just like the old Focii where the owners replaced the badge with a similar item saying 'SOFUC'.

[Laird]

Baryonyx said:

Just like the old Focii where the owners replaced the badge with a similar item saying 'SOFUC'.

It's a Ford tradition is it not?

For those young enough to recall, young loons with modified Escorts used to replace the badge with a 'SORTED' insignia.

Quite.

[Fleckers]

my Bro in law had a ford Focus ST in orange

I refered to it as an ASBO

ned day at school my 6 year old told the class room that his uncle has an ASBO

oh how funny did the misses think it was when the teacher pulled her at the end of the day

[gazchap]

I dunno about ASBOs, every (new-shape) Focus RS I see seems to be driven by balding guys in their mid 40s+.

Not the kinda guys I'd typically associate with ASBOs

[ShaunTheSheep]

Don't know, there was a White one in Coatbridge last night being abused, but not in a good way - riding the clutch on a hill for ages.

Can't imagine an old fella doing that, that's someone too young to know better. Shame, should get more than an asbo for that. To be fair they did properly open the taps later on so made up some karma points there.

[Defcon5]

Liquid Knight said:

Thought you were on about my Escort Van for a bit.

Noo, thats a SOPO - sexual offences prevention order

[Yiliterate]

Baryonyx said:

Just like the old Focii where the owners replaced the badge with a similar item saying 'SOFUC'.

I remember seeing an Astra a few years ago being driven by someone of Carribean origin, with the letters rearranged to spell 'Rasta'. Made me chuckle...!

[TAHodgson]

Saw one the other day, didn't get chance to take a pic.
Always get amused seeing Escort badges re-arranged to say SCROTE

[Smike]

Seen a couple of Subarus with the lettering spelling "S C O O B" or "S C O O B Y"

[F1GTRUeno]

ShaunTheSheep said:

I like that :-)

Depends on the colour, in white i don't think they look very ASBO, in orange or lime they do.

In white they're more Geordie Shore than ASBO.