YUE's Engine is out at last!

[Dave1800BDA]

looking good neil, very nice

[hally]

mmmm nice...........

[Frosticles]

Looking superb as always Neil

[rsjohn1]

yue

cars looking nice mate! i have a 69l tank thats fitted to ma road car, sometimes the gauge reads and sometimes not and the car stinks of fuel inside

keep the pics coming

[ian parker]

cars looking nice mate! i have a 69l tank thats fitted to ma road car, sometimes the gauge reads and sometimes not and the car stinks of fuel inside

keep the pics coming

thats good to know

[GAZ W]

Looking good looks like it wont be long now

[wiggyrs]

Looking superb Neil

[grum]

and the car stinks of fuel inside

.................. its an escort, theyre meant to

same small teething probs with my tank too, but all sorted now

dont panic, its a 69 litre thing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chesney]

WOT A SHED IS ALL I CAN SAY!!!!!!

U won't struggle to fill it up Neil with all your wonga!!!ha ha..

[Nelly]

Go and play with your push bike Jase!!!

No wonga left mate!! MKII's seriously damage your wealth!!

[cyd1245]

Martin trout who built yue originally is a mate of mine and was round last night looking at this thread.
He was stunned at the amount of rust but it was 14 years ago when the bodywork was started.He was saying the hole front end was replaced with new genuine panels but the bodyshop that fitted them made a right mess of it
He's now planing on registering on the site so he can put up some posts himself

[Nelly]

Hi Cyd,

That would be great to speak to Martin and find out a bit more information about the old girl. I've got a huge history file with the car including all the original invoices that Martin spent on the car back in 91-92 (some of the prices would make you cry)!!

I know that my bodyshop had to basically remove and re-fit the inner wings as they hadn't been put on very well at all, so that would explain a lot. I think the reason that it had rusted so badly was that after Martin sold the car, it went through 3 or 4 owners fairly quickly, who didn't give it as much love as he had done. I know for a fact that one owner didn't have a garage, so it was kept outside, and the guy I bought it from, had it stored in a very damp garage for over a year before I bought it. It's also very low and I think the front floor may have been scraped on speed humps, hence why the floors were shot. Also he must have spent a fortune at the chromers!! Very 90's!

Cheers
Neil.

[cyd1245]

i'll gee martin up, he was that inpressed with the site and the car he decided to register himself, so it was easyer to put posts up, cos i said he could put some up in my name, but he didn't want to, and if u fancy sending me a pm i'll send it on to martin. cheers ian

[paul mex]

Looks the Business that mate

[Troutie]

Hi, Martin Trout here, finally managed to register!!! Can't believe the state the car ended up in and great to see you doing such a great job on the new restoration. The car must have had at least £15,000 spent on it since I owned it!! All the receipts and documentation I had for it were in a blue folder going back to 1980, have you still got the folder?? I spent approx 5 years trying to rebuild it and unfortunately gave up when we were expecting our first child. All of the stove enamelling, goodridge piping, stainless nuts and bolts were all done by me. The seats were capri seats that I had faced in leather and the 7.5 alloy wheels were squeezed under the arches after some serious beating with a 6ft bar with an angle on the end! Where are you situated? Would like to hear from you, I've got loads of stories about it if you are interested.