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gazd
24-08-2011, 20:13
well some of you know i bought a mk3 off the rs owners forum rs member,with 11 months mot, judge for yourself :eek:

rwdrs
24-08-2011, 20:48
Surely the only car worse for rusting than a MkI or MkII Escort...
...yep, that's the one the MkIII? Battery tray eh? The old favourite:o

I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end, good luck with the resto :thumbright:

wetandwindy2
24-08-2011, 21:02
ouch ah seen many with the grotty battery tray,are panels readily available for the mk3 escort

bevo
24-08-2011, 21:11
I see your keeping mike busy with the grinder gaz:p

gazd
24-08-2011, 21:25
:DSurely the only car worse for rusting than a MkI or MkII Escort...
...yep, that's the one the MkIII? Battery tray eh? The old favourite:o

I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end, good luck with the resto :thumbright: one good thing all panals are a lot cheaper than the mk1 and 2 panals and still available:D

gazd
24-08-2011, 21:28
I see your keeping mike busy with the grinder gaz:p
yes pal hes been busy on mine, his 3 door is starting to come together and will look fantastic when done running 450 bhp

Dave1800BDA
24-08-2011, 21:41
is the gearbox good gaz:)

not good that you have to do all this, good luck with the resto

ebj60t
24-08-2011, 21:59
Crikey, that looked so good on the outside, what made you dig deeper??

Aaron P.
24-08-2011, 22:16
have a soft spot for these....very nice car and becoming pretty rare, very very few over this side of the pond....would like to get one some day:)

gazd
26-08-2011, 06:40
is the gearbox good gaz:)

not good that you have to do all this, good luck with the resto:p the box is good so far, but i will break it given time :D

gazd
26-08-2011, 06:55
Crikey, that looked so good on the outside, what made you dig deeper??
you know pictures can make things look nice but when we started looking at the floors and you can see the carpets, you know things are not right, this car should never been MOTd, once we pulled all the mastic of we found the servo area un safe, I bought the car in good faith and wanted to use for shows with the family 2 young kids, So its got to be safe.

Aaron P.
26-08-2011, 21:29
i take it you want it done asap by looking at your progress so far....;)

gazd
27-08-2011, 21:57
i take it you want it done asap by looking at your progress so far....;) I would, but me pals doing the work at paintworxs so its gonna take a bit of time, should be back on the road next year:D

mk2stan
31-08-2011, 22:49
What year did you say ? :eek: