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newestie said:
getting a bit common on here now these things, thats 2 i,ve seen in this thread this year seriously though mate nice car, i would have loved to have got my hands one of these but my wife says i,m a bit old nowEdited by loko on Thursday 28th November 19:43
loko said:
i would have loved to have got my hands one of these but i think i,m a bit old now
Nonsense, you can never be too old. I know they are desirable to spotty oiks, but the owner demographic is quite different on the ownership forum. Many are 3rd/ 4th cars, sharing a garage with some other true exotica. Not mine sadly, it's purely a second car to a more mundane daily driver.Edited by newestie on Tuesday 26th November 08:58
peterattheboro said:
Had my car on a dyno at the weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoNZKKxqano
207.7bhp / 144 lbs ft
Not bad from a stock engine.
Time to start fiddling
Saxo fodderhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoNZKKxqano
207.7bhp / 144 lbs ft
Not bad from a stock engine.
Time to start fiddling
;p
newestie said:
Nonsense, you can never be too old. I know they are desirable to spotty oiks, but the owner demographic is quite different on the ownership forum. Many are 3rd/ 4th cars, sharing a garage with some other true exotica. Not mine sadly, it's purely a second car to a more mundane daily driver.
ok, edited my origanol post to say what i really meant Edited by newestie on Tuesday 26th November 08:58
loko said:
newestie said:
Nonsense, you can never be too old. I know they are desirable to spotty oiks, but the owner demographic is quite different on the ownership forum. Many are 3rd/ 4th cars, sharing a garage with some other true exotica. Not mine sadly, it's purely a second car to a more mundane daily driver.
ok, edited my origanol post to say what i really meant Edited by newestie on Tuesday 26th November 08:58
Baryonyx said:
You don't see many Astra Coupes in that sort of condition! The toy looks fantastic, where have you had it for sale?
Errrr... http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/v...Me Again! bought myself an Old Mk2 Escort Mexico Last September to stop myself getting bored over the winter , has been a challenge and a half I can tell you! was in pretty poor condition and have had to strip it right back to a shell and replace/weld up pretty much everything except for the roof!
pics of it the day I collected it, didnt look too bad til I stripped it then
4 months later and 220 hours spent welding and 400 hours squaring up the body and then a nut and bolt full on rebuild after replacing, 2 front wings, both inner wings, front panel, hinge panel, inner hinge panel, inner sill, outer sill , front floor pans, door skins , scuttle panel, bulkhead , screen pillars , wheel arches, inner wheel arches, back panel , inner lower quarter panels, both front chassis rails and one rail front to back, rear spring hangers , Its pretty much finished!
there is a build thread if anyone is interested in having a look over on turbosport , link http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45772...
pics of it the day I collected it, didnt look too bad til I stripped it then
4 months later and 220 hours spent welding and 400 hours squaring up the body and then a nut and bolt full on rebuild after replacing, 2 front wings, both inner wings, front panel, hinge panel, inner hinge panel, inner sill, outer sill , front floor pans, door skins , scuttle panel, bulkhead , screen pillars , wheel arches, inner wheel arches, back panel , inner lower quarter panels, both front chassis rails and one rail front to back, rear spring hangers , Its pretty much finished!
there is a build thread if anyone is interested in having a look over on turbosport , link http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45772...
JeffC said:
Me Again! bought myself an Old Mk2 Escort Mexico Last September to stop myself getting bored over the winter , has been a challenge and a half I can tell you! was in pretty poor condition and have had to strip it right back to a shell and replace/weld up pretty much everything except for the roof!
pics of it the day I collected it, didnt look too bad til I stripped it then
4 months later and 220 hours spent welding and 400 hours squaring up the body and then a nut and bolt full on rebuild after replacing, 2 front wings, both inner wings, front panel, hinge panel, inner hinge panel, inner sill, outer sill , front floor pans, door skins , scuttle panel, bulkhead , screen pillars , wheel arches, inner wheel arches, back panel , inner lower quarter panels, both front chassis rails and one rail front to back, rear spring hangers , Its pretty much finished!
there is a build thread if anyone is interested in having a look over on turbosport , link http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45772...
The last one I built was as rotten 25 years ago when I rebuilt it so god only knows how bad they are these days..pics of it the day I collected it, didnt look too bad til I stripped it then
4 months later and 220 hours spent welding and 400 hours squaring up the body and then a nut and bolt full on rebuild after replacing, 2 front wings, both inner wings, front panel, hinge panel, inner hinge panel, inner sill, outer sill , front floor pans, door skins , scuttle panel, bulkhead , screen pillars , wheel arches, inner wheel arches, back panel , inner lower quarter panels, both front chassis rails and one rail front to back, rear spring hangers , Its pretty much finished!
there is a build thread if anyone is interested in having a look over on turbosport , link http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45772...
Hats off to you.. A proper Pistonhead car.
N.
Oh my god i cant beleive my old Mexico has shown up yet again ````, More lives than a litter of cats, I baught her from a mate and sold to another after torturing her and the local plod for a couple of years,lots of work done and battle scars back in those days,Some stories to be told there, Hope you enjoy her as mutch as i did .PS I painted her the first time round
JeffC said:
Me Again! bought myself an Old Mk2 Escort Mexico Last September to stop myself getting bored over the winter , has been a challenge and a half I can tell you! was in pretty poor condition and have had to strip it right back to a shell and replace/weld up pretty much everything except for the roof!
pics of it the day I collected it, didnt look too bad til I stripped it then
4 months later and 220 hours spent welding and 400 hours squaring up the body and then a nut and bolt full on rebuild after replacing, 2 front wings, both inner wings, front panel, hinge panel, inner hinge panel, inner sill, outer sill , front floor pans, door skins , scuttle panel, bulkhead , screen pillars , wheel arches, inner wheel arches, back panel , inner lower quarter panels, both front chassis rails and one rail front to back, rear spring hangers , Its pretty much finished!
there is a build thread if anyone is interested in having a look over on turbosport , link http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45772...
pics of it the day I collected it, didnt look too bad til I stripped it then
4 months later and 220 hours spent welding and 400 hours squaring up the body and then a nut and bolt full on rebuild after replacing, 2 front wings, both inner wings, front panel, hinge panel, inner hinge panel, inner sill, outer sill , front floor pans, door skins , scuttle panel, bulkhead , screen pillars , wheel arches, inner wheel arches, back panel , inner lower quarter panels, both front chassis rails and one rail front to back, rear spring hangers , Its pretty much finished!
there is a build thread if anyone is interested in having a look over on turbosport , link http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45772...
small world,when did you own it?? and what condition was it in back then ? any pics of it ? will drop you a pm
I had a bloke came to my house to buy an Audi I was selling 2 month ago and as we got talking I mentioned the Mexico and turns out he owned it around 1978/79 and part exchanged it for an rs2000, he was from redcar, looking at the history it had 3 owners around that area
I had a bloke came to my house to buy an Audi I was selling 2 month ago and as we got talking I mentioned the Mexico and turns out he owned it around 1978/79 and part exchanged it for an rs2000, he was from redcar, looking at the history it had 3 owners around that area
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