shifty Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Thought I'd introduce my daily runabout: http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2695_zpsf6ee43a2.jpg http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2689_zps317b469f.jpg I got this about a year ago for £280 (needing a LOT of work) to use as a daily car so I could keep my Series 2 RS Turbo tucked away for sunny weekends.Some of you may know me from other forums, I've been on the scene for a while and have had 5 Escorts in total now including the two I own. Glad to see there's still a little following for MK5 & 6's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalelc16 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Dont worry we are still here lol. rs2000??? Looks very standard. Nice clean car.good for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottybo Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Dont worry we are still here lol. rs2000??? Looks very standard. Nice clean car.good for you no its an si. too late to be an rs.....and too high off the ground lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Looks super clean what happened to the red mk6 in your SIG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny42 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Nice looking car there mate Have you got many plans for it? If i remember correctly, your red one was a very tidy example, so we can expect good things of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey650 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 looks nice, what about some pics of the RST though!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Looks super clean what happened to the red mk6 in your SIG? Nice looking car there mate Have you got many plans for it? If i remember correctly, your red one was a very tidy example, so we can expect good things of this Cheers fellas, I part exchanged the red MK6 against my RS Turbo a couple of years ago. This is how it was looking before I moved it on, http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/100_1664.jpg looks nice, what about some pics of the RST though!? Thanks. Here you go, http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2386_zps1bd07ac6.jpg So here's how the Pepper red MK6 looked like when I bought it, http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF1962.jpghttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2021.jpg Here's partly why I got the car quite cheap! http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF1993.jpg The rear end had seen a slight bump which had left a cracked rear bumper, loose boot latch and little dent in the rear panel. http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF1994.jpg Seen chassis rails a lot worse than these: http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF1960.jpghttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF1955.jpg The car was also desperate for some new lower arms, I'll never forget how much wandering and pulling it was suffering from driving home along the M4, scary! The priority was to get the car in shape for the mot so I gave it a good service, some lovely budget lower arms, drop links, track rod ends and a little welding. http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2058.jpghttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2063.jpghttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2069.jpghttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2065.jpg The car was finally feeling and looking a little more road worthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny42 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Nice to see it being treated to a little TLC Your red 3dr looked cock on buddy, are you going down a similar route with this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Cheers Danny42, I do miss the red one but I've got no regrets from swapping it for my RS Turbo. As for the pepper red one, I intend to keep it fairly original as it's a daily car that gets left places, I wanna tidy it up some more and possibly lower it a little though! I had the normal upgrades and some spares tucked away in the garage to fit.http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF1973.jpg Had three of these wheels which were spares from my old MK6, managed to get hold of another two to complete the set.http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2048.jpg Had a few other bits delivered to me from a well known Escort breaker http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2079.jpg Electric wing mirrors, plug and play on the Si.http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2073.jpg Good bumper to replace my cracked one.http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2072.jpg Also dug out some more spares which I sprayed pepper red with rattle cans and 2K lacquer.http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2435_zps68c7695a.jpghttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2423_zpsf11c53b8.jpghttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2429_zpsf27488e3.jpghttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2087.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 Once the car was solid and running well (after replacing the water pump) it didn't take long to find parts on Ebay.A few short trips later had me these: Gti interior for £51http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2183_zps50be1b1e.jpg The usual gti skirts (£14) and spats (£10) all in pepper red.http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2726_zps32ceded5.jpg Also got a cabby strut brace off JC on here, cheers for fitting it while I was at yours lol http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2711_zps32bccdbe.jpg Thats pretty much where I'm up to now, I'm hoping to get one of the rear arches repaired over the next few weeks.http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2693_zpsf5c89082.jpghttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2690_zps671ebf2a.jpg Sorry for the lack of exciting mods on this one, I like the oem look and keeping the car clean and tidy If anyone has a drivers side front jacking cover in any colour feel free to drop me a PM, thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottybo Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 im all abput the oem look! plus zorst lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 im all abput the oem look! plus zorst lol Yep exhaust is needed as the one fitted spat this out lolhttp://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2001.jpg A few days later a load more came out and it now sounds terrible! I had a Sportex back box on my old Si and I must admit I was more than pleased with it. Arch repair is a priority at the moment though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Looking tidy, and impressed it's been done on a budget! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze4door Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 i should lend you my black one for a few weeks and it would soon be as nice as this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) Cheers chaps, it does the job as a daily Picked up another Ebay purchase at the weekend, a spare set of RS2K wheels. The roads around Swindon are full of pot holes and craters so spare wheels which only cost £31 were worth it imo.http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSC_0050_zps36be5070.jpg The rusty pea shooter backbox decided to snap as well so got myself an affordable sportex box which from past experience fit well and sound decent.http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm212/donkey077/DSCF2823_zpsc06f8b7f.jpg Edited November 26, 2013 by shifty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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