bought myself a new car for xmas
john_p_b - 26/12/04 at 01:11 PM
after many months of searching and covering god knows how many miles i've finaly found me new car! should finally pick it up in a couple of weeks
once private plates been transfered etc
it's totally faultless, never seen winter in it's life, has 2 huge ringbinder folders full of history including a fully photo documented
complete strip, respray and rebuild done in 1999, it's only covered not even 5k sinse 1998. i spent 3 hours viewing it yesterday trying my
hardest to pick fault with it but i just couldn't find anything to go against it!
i'll be getting it with the original latice alloys fitted which still have the original tyres from factory as the wheels were taken off the car
as soon as the original owner bought it home and they have done less than 200miles in thier life!
it wasn't cheap and i'm sure some of you would think i paid over the odds for it (as i've been told certain members of other boards
have been saying everywhere but to my face to make a change) but any real enthusiast i've spoken to about it rekons i got a good deal out of it.
it's currently running stage 2 tune, 803 greens, ahmed bayjoo 330bhp chip, -31 actuator etc etc etc running around 21psi of boost so should be
pushing 310+bhp but what ever it's running it's bloody fast enough for me! i'm getting every single standard part with the car that has
been taken off inc the original passenger front window that the guy changed as it came with a fault in the security stamp on it!!!! i got a screen
full of spec if anyones interested i'll post it but i may have bored you all already
it's gonna be painfull but i'm gonna have to use it for the rest of winter and through the summer then it's gonna be put in the new
garage and i'll buy a old knacker to use from then.
proper crimbo
Mark Allanson - 26/12/04 at 01:38 PM
Thats one hell of a good donor
john_p_b - 26/12/04 at 01:43 PM
lmao! 6k for a donor.............maybe not
Mr G - 26/12/04 at 03:37 PM
Very nice,
See you over at passionford or interford then 
Cheers
G
Peteff - 26/12/04 at 04:02 PM
Why was it stripped, resprayed and rebuilt. It surely can't have needed it. It's got to be an investment, there can't be that many of
them running round in original condition or better. A builder near us had one and a week never went by when someone didn't try to steal it. It
finally went off his drive by way of a transporter as it was immobilised and everything. Nothing was heard of it after.
Hellfire - 26/12/04 at 06:19 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Why was it stripped, resprayed and rebuilt. It surely can't have needed it. It's got to be an investment, there can't be that many of
them running round in original condition or better. A builder near us had one and a week never went by when someone didn't try to steal it. It
finally went off his drive by way of a transporter as it was immobilised and everything. Nothing was heard of it after.
I wasn't going to be the first to say that... but, ditto!
Should be fun on a trackday trying to catch the se7en's up!!! 
john_p_b - 26/12/04 at 07:28 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Why was it stripped, resprayed and rebuilt. It surely can't have needed it.
the guy was a total nutter when it came to cars. he wanted to fit the vented 4x4 bonnet to aid cooling as these oftern had problems with underbonnet
temps and the vents obviously help that, it had a scratch down the n/s/r quarter and a "car park ding" in the drivers door so rather than
bodge it and try to blow it in to match he decided to get the whole thing done and a damn fine job they did too!
in all honesty if it wasn't for the photo's of the work being carried out then i would have walked away from it as there are far too many of
these that have seen a barrier or worse in their life.
Jon Ison - 26/12/04 at 07:41 PM
looks well, look after it
john_p_b - 26/12/04 at 07:47 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Should be fun on a trackday trying to catch the se7en's up!!!
:O trackdays?! in that?! are you mental?!i'm shitting bricks at the thought of getting too throttle happy on the road never mind the risk of
throwing it through the kitty liter!
the indy is still in progress for that purpous
Kelvin - 27/12/04 at 07:51 AM
price paid is completely elephant to other people, as long as you're happy with the deal, thats my way of looking at it.
lets face it, you're probably not going to lose money on it. would have gone for a 4x4 version myself though, but you're right, too many
have met harder objects than themselves.
Looks very nice though, but inspect the original tyres before you use them, as there's a good chance they have perished over the years and could
be a bit 'interesting' unless they were stored correctly (V. low PSI, wrapped and in darkness)
Well done.
Kelvin
john_p_b - 27/12/04 at 01:38 PM
a 4x4 was my first choice without a doubt but after looking at a fair few of em described as concourse and priced upwards of 7k and finding nowt but
knackers every time i decided to widen my search. bit nervous of the traction but then it's only as powerfull as my right foot i guess.
as for the wheels/tyres, they have been stored in a air conditioned garage covered up etc etc.....they won't be onthe car for long though
mandbsheldon - 27/12/04 at 06:10 PM
Car looks great!
What about the Indy? How far off?
Leigh.
john_p_b - 27/12/04 at 07:49 PM
the indy isn't a million miles off being done, just lost the love a little at the moment cos it's so bloody cold in the garage!
billy - 27/12/04 at 10:18 PM
very nice, if your gonna break it ill have the lsd......cheers
john_p_b - 28/12/04 at 02:10 AM
think there is a lsd from one of these for sale either on passionford or rsoc but can't remember which. seem to remember it was only a couple of
hundred quid too with driveshafts etc. didn't seem to bad.
edit: 2wd cossie diff on rsoc £175 and it's a old mate who's selling it so i can confirm he's a sound lad if anyone is interested!
[Edited on 28/12/04 by john_p_b]
phelpsa - 28/12/04 at 07:15 PM
Make a change from the FWD Escort
I was a regular reader of Performance Ford at one time, now it's Retro Cars
john_p_b - 28/12/04 at 08:09 PM
gonna be a big change! i think i'm gonna have a lot to learn