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[mrscalex]

1st car Mk 1 1100 base escort
2nd Mk 1 1300 Sport
3rd Mk 2 1600 Sport

Plus 3 project cars. Yes I used to like them a lot and still do However my 4th car was a gorgeous 5 yr old Sierra 2.0Si. Lovely car and mega rare now. I'd had enough of all the weekend spanner work just to keep the Escorts on the road for the following Monday. Never touched a car repair again for 30 years until the Z3s!

 

[gookah]

1st car Hillman Avenger
2nd car Toyota Corolla 1200e
3rd car Fiat 131 Mirafiori .....and thats when my head filled with petrol
later
Lancia Delta
Fiat Strada 105tc
Renault 5 GT Turbo
etc etc

 

[DaveP]

Funny that Dave my first car was a1300e escort in purple with a black vinyl roof wish I still had it now happy days

That's cool. My next car is going to be that colour again - if my plans come to fruition.

It won't be a 70s Ford though as they go for silly money these days

 

[DaveP]

1st car Mk 1 1100 base escort
2nd Mk 1 1300 Sport
3rd Mk 2 1600 Sport

Plus 3 project cars. Yes I used to like them a lot and still do However my 4th car was a gorgeous 5 yr old Sierra 2.0Si. Lovely car and mega rare now. I'd had enough of all the weekend spanner work just to keep the Escorts on the road for the following Monday. Never touched a car repair again for 30 years until the Z3s!

Never owned a Mk2 Escort. I had a Fiesta Mk1 1300 Sport too which I liked a lot. Not touched spanners in May years but that's due to stop soon once I have finished my kitchen replacement project.

1st car Hillman Avenger
2nd car Toyota Corolla 1200e
3rd car Fiat 131 Mirafiori .....and thats when my head filled with petrol
later
Lancia Delta
Fiat Strada 105tc
Renault 5 GT Turbo
etc etc

GT Turbo - wicked motor

 

[t-tony]

You ever try a Fiat Uno Turbo?

Tony.

 

[gookah]

it was a choice between the Uno turbo and 5 GT turbo. I liked the 5's handling better. It was 18 months old and had plummeted in price after insurances for hot hatches rocketed.
G registered.
I did 55,000 on the first turbo, then I turned the boost up and had 2 more turbo's after that all running too high a boost, but I could wheelspin in 3rd in the dry. Each of them lasted about 10,000 miles.
It was like driving a go kart powered by a rocket.....

 

[DaveP]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332284566133

Now that's a 'bargain'

 

[t-tony]

I think I could do much better with 50 grand Dave.

Tony.

 

[t-tony]

Had an oldie in for test today, 20 years old. Boy, they haven't aged that well,. I can't remember the last time I tested one of these.

But to be fair there was no excessive corrosion needing welding.

Tony.

 

[Redline]

You ever try a Fiat Uno Turbo?

Tony.

I had a fiat uno turbo. What a blast.

 

[Sean d]

Still plodding on with the old girl, spent the whole day yesterday underneath starting the prep, also put some black on 1 of the two doors that are painted
The low down is
All the major prep is done, all panels are now in primer and the boot and 2 N/s doors are painted, engine bay and boot interior are ready for wet on wet primer/paint