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Hi Guys, Clearing out the last of my escort stuff and all I've got left is five GTI alloys, all yours for collection. Pick em up from just outside Wigan if you're interested. CBA with posting them. All wheels have tyres but they've been sat for a good few years so I wouldn't use them. PM me if you want them.

Evenin all. Having a bit of a garage clear out. Got 5 GTI alloys, including four centre caps, four locking nuts and key plus the rest of the nuts. Will need tyres. £50 collected from near Ormskirk, L40. http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/Escort%20bits/20131103_161024_zpsc7b65892.jpg One has a little bit of bubbling http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/Escort%20bits/20131103_161013_zpsb5ee95ac.jpg Drivers side front and rear, passenger side rear jacking point covers in tourmallard green. Fiver each? Front/rear demister switch. Fiver. Front/rear fog light switch. Fiver. The car is also going soon, so if anyone wants anything in tourmallard green, drop me a pm.

Ive got some gti alloys i want shot of, near Ormskirk, if you're interested? They're in good nick but will need tyres.

Ive got a 5 door half leather set in burscough, £50? Ive also got 5 gti alloys, but the tyres are knackered. 6 speed wipers, too, if you're interested?

Ive got a half leather interior I could let you have for £60 if you want it? Its in pretty good nick, and is based in lancashire. Get pics up if you want.

I've seen a couple of 2013 fiestas in the flesh now and I still think that new grill is disgusting. http://www.whatcar.com/Car/Ford/Fiesta/19111212101442.jpg The front end on the new ST looks better, but I think all the new Fords look horrid (and the new Mazdas and BMWs, whilst Im ranting).

You're happier replacing a whole engine rather than fixing a blown headgasket? At least get the head off to see how bad it is! Better the devil you know n all.

I was about to post the same thing. It looks pretty much like every other ford at the minute.

Hi all, Was at Donington yesterday, so thought I'd throw up a few pictures for you all to peruse. First off, thanks to only being able to autofocus on my bridge camera (Fuji S5800, if anyone is interested), I have a lot of pictures like this: http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/fence_zpsb7a2fad0.jpg Still wanting to get hold of a new DSLR, probably a Canon 600D/650D. Anyway, more pics. Welch stopped right in front of me at the end of the first race, so snapped a few pictures: http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/welch_zpsa301f630.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/smith_zpsfe1fa0ef.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/shedden_zpsec5d32a4.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/race2_zpsb7a8da8a.jpg Plato's 400th race and Neal's 500th, so they were allowed to change their numbers for this race to celebrate: http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/Plato400Neal500_zps5ac4e140.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/plato400_zps69b1ef5d.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/onslowcole_zpse6e74386.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/jordansheddon_zpsd0bce5a9.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/jackson_zps3d217d90.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/bratt_zpsdfc939c8.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/austin_zps31f873cc.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/tordoff_zps6145a591.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/turkington_zps575060f6.jpg I do like me some Ginetta, so an arty shot (read: black and white): http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/BTCC/Donington%20BTCC%202013/ginetta_zpsb663fd13.jpg

Good find, I hadn't seen that one. Might take a run up there this weekend. Cheers

edit: Blimey, maybe I should get it refurbished properly if this is anything to go by!

So, the missus and I were entertaining some friends last night, and we decide we should have some background music, as you do. Thought now would be a good opportunity to show off my 1965 Dansette Hifi that I found whilst clearing out my mother's loft, which had been there since we cleared out my grandmother's house many years ago. http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/Randoms/Dansette.jpg Lovely looking thing, ain't it? I'm quite attached to it, at least. So, got the vinyls going, and leave the missus with some friends whilst I wander off to the shops. Came back 10 minutes later to find a funky smell in the flat, walk in to find everyone stood in the kitchen oblivious to the fact the hifi was pouring out smoke - lucky we didnt set off all the smoke alarms! I rapidly unplugged the hifi and ran with it to the balcony, where I let it cool off. Popped off a cover to have a quick peek inside, and found this, still red hot to the touch (fortunately doesn't appear to have actually set itself alight). http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g407/Caled10/dansette_zpsd3df7479.jpg Hopefully, the smoke was just from the melting plastic and smouldering dust (Could do with a clean in there, to be honest - when was the last time you cleaned inside your hifi?). Looking for recommendations for someone to send this to to get it properly refurbished, and have already posted on one vintage radio forum (if anybody knows of any, feel free to say!). But yeah, bit miffed. I like that hifi

Yeah, the thought of spending time and money on the escort to put it back on the road after ~3 years in a garage doesn't fill me with joy, either. Maybe we're all just getting old and miserable. Maybe I should turn one of my old half leather seats into a desk chair? The insurance issue has me more concerned now, as I know my current insurer wont run a second car policy. I found out today that I'm possibly looking at moving just this side of christmas, which is coincidentally about the same time my insurance is up for renewal. And this will be moving into a much, much, MUCH lower insurance postcode, so maybe onto a multicar or something. Afterall, I'll be the only one driving them and I can't drive two cars at once. I think if I do get a second car, I wouldn't want a ZS120 as the temptation to fiddle with it to get more power would be too great - will only end up spending on a VVC or stickers . I want something I can waft around in, rather than chuck into corners. I'll see if I can up my budget nearer the time, but given the rental prices and deposits down there, I can't likely see that happening.

Yeah, might as well stick it in for a pre-MOT test, but at the very least its MOT, tax and insurance. As its been sat for a good couple of years now it'll need a new battery, oil/filter, coolant, possibly brakes. The tyres on the gti alloys will be shot, but I have some nearly new on steelies that I put on just before I got the alloys - anyone know how long tyres can be stored for? The belts were changed not long before it came off road, as I wasnt originally planning on keeping it off road for as long as it has been. Wouldnt know whether to try and flog some bits off it if I did decide to scrap - is there any market for half leathers, gti alloys etc anymore?

As a second car or swap mine? I had thought about it either way, or even a ZT, but I wanted to avoid the K series, which would mean either a diesel (which are still surprisingly expensive) or a KV6 (which I already have, and I was looking for something with a smaller, more economical engine). The K series are supposed to be reliable with the uprated gaskets, but would you risk it? Especially if the alternative was a mk3 mondeo with a duratec. Ive still got my old escort, too, but putting that back on the road after a few years in the garage would probably cost more than just buying a new car - will probably end up scrapping that, too.