rachyxx Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) i bought the car in 2002, 1.6 escort chicane, 1998, totally standard as it was an ex-mobility car, had 1 owner, full service history and only 30,000 on the clock. i wanted to do things to it so i started messing, as you do! proper chaves car http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22940.jpg http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22941.jpg http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22942.jpg then i joined evo and decided to have a proper go at it! so we took it apart and started work on it on the drive! http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22943.jpg http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22944.jpg http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22945.jpgbumper went on!http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22946.jpgspoiler nexthttp://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22947.jpgback valancehttp://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22948.jpgsent the car to have the bonnet donehttp://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22949.jpgskirts went onhttp://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22950.jpgthen it was sprayedhttp://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22951.jpghttp://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22952.jpginbetween all this it had a 1.8 mondeo block dropped in as my Goodgen pins sounded terrible on the 1.6. then it went into the shows with evo for a couple of yrs then i decided to take it off the road for 12 months to have new zorsts on, cut the wheel well out so that could be done how i wanted them, the lambo doors, delocked and debadged, one off spray job, waxcoiled everywhere, polybushes all round and to get rid of the back doors!! and a few more things. it came back out in 2006, spent about 6 months, 1 show (blackpool) on the road then it stayed in storage till i moved it back to my drive and thats when the damage happened so when i moved i put it back into storage, with a smashed front bumper, dead battery, 3 tyres needed, smashed windscreen and no brakes! to be fair with running the other cars i didn't even think i would get it back on the road, it was just sitting there and i thought it will never get done sitting here, so decided to get it lifted to a mates drive for a month (cheers nige). then we put a battery on and 2 new tyres i drove it home! http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/22953.jpg ready to start on it again! but at least it was home to be continued.......... Edited February 13, 2010 by rachyxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16V_Silver Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) Very nice indeed Sorry to hear about the damage later on. Which spoiler is that one? Edited February 13, 2010 by 16V_Silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachyxx Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 the spoiler was a universal spoiler i found on the net then modified it to fit but cos an escort boot is not straight it had to be fixed so it doesn't move! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 how come you went for a mondeo 1.8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachyxx Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 escort engines weren't cheap to be fair at the time (going back bout 6 yrs) and my mate wrote her mondeo off and said i could have it for £50 so bought that, stripped it and sold the bits on ebay, put the engine in mine then sold my engine for £125! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Ahhh that makes sense, its funny when you look through ancient posts and see how much parts went for back in the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachyxx Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 it's right because there were so many on the road, parts were silly prices with some stuff! paid £200 for my first bumper, just bought the replacement and it was £85! finding one was the hardest part to be fair, you used to be able to get them anywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevmo3691 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 just means nows the time to be building up a good escort - just think i paid £700 for my 1.8 ghia x, how much did you pay for a 1.6 chicane all those years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachyxx Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 i think it was around £3000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonez Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 a right blast from the past there! classic evo car there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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