ESCORT MK4 VAN SLEEPER PROJECT (4X4 COSWORTH) - Page 2

blacky. · 06-07-2007, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by mk3cosworth

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Originally Posted by RST_mark

what are those steelees off? do they fit over the sierra 4 pots?

im not sure about the 2wd 4 pots but fit over the 4wd callipers with a slight skim with the grinder lol

no they wont fit over the 2wd 4 pots

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Twins · 06-07-2007, 11:17 PM

Needs a ladder on the roof

Zetec_mk4_XR3i · 06-07-2007, 11:19 PM

absolutely love it mate, clean shell too

P33VVE · 07-07-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Twins

Needs a ladder on the roof

And a few lengths of plumbing pipe!

Dennis_Wiseman · 07-07-2007, 11:11 AM

Where on earth do you start with a conversion like this lol

Is it just a case of butchering a Sapphire floor pan and welding sections in?

smithy20vt · 07-07-2007, 11:22 AM

Another cool project....

RST_mark · 07-07-2007, 05:49 PM

what are the steelees off?

paul16v · 07-07-2007, 06:09 PM

15" mondeo steels

mk3cosworth · 07-07-2007, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by paul16v

15" mondeo steels

yep that them, just orderd some new yokohama prada spec 2`s for them, cheap off ebay

Series 1 van · 07-07-2007, 07:27 PM

you seam to like steelies any reason for that a no ur buildin a sleeper but nice set ov alloys and a no not 2 have a go and try to race lol when am at teeside park maybe there the nite or mora nite

jacko · 07-07-2007, 08:10 PM

the sleeper thing has died a death now cos if you see some one with a dennis the mennis hear cut in hartly pool driving a nakered ford its wenny and there is a yb in it

blacky. · 07-07-2007, 11:16 PM

lol its not always wenny

mk3cosworth · 08-07-2007, 11:02 PM

lol dennis the mennis

Series 1 van · 09-07-2007, 07:37 PM

were you out at weekend with your mk3 was goin to go to teeside park blew my turbo to bits

no fins left on downpipe end fuckin sick

got puncture night before and what a supprise exhaust was hanging down

mk3cosworth · 09-07-2007, 08:43 PM

nope out on piss all weekend

Series 1 van · 09-07-2007, 09:00 PM

am tea total wish i fucking drank get rid ov that nightmare outside my door (the van) lol

ste F · 10-07-2007, 10:05 AM

wenny u actually done any more on this then or u still playing with shan corsa's??

mk3cosworth · 10-07-2007, 05:18 PM

lol got the steelies and tyres sorted to go on, done a few small jobs like cut the bulkhead for the loom to go thru, piped a few bits up, im a busy man and dont have alot of spare time

ste F · 10-07-2007, 06:53 PM

lol if u dont have much spare time fella i dont need oxygen!!!

what you gonna do with the bodywork then?? spray it so its tidy with standard bumpers of leave it shabby chic?

mk3cosworth · 10-07-2007, 08:25 PM

leaving as is for now but will be painting it (same colour) in the future as it needs a wing, 2 rear doors and a bonnet, just making it mint but totally standard, might put a roof rack on yet lol

jaimesdna · 10-07-2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mk3cosworth

leaving as is for now but will be painting it (same colour) in the future as it needs a wing, 2 rear doors and a bonnet, just making it mint but totally standard, might put a roof rack on yet lol

if it needs a wing & bonnet, why not mk3 it, that would be even cooler

mk3cosworth · 11-07-2007, 04:06 PM

nah fook that

ste F · 11-07-2007, 04:23 PM

roof rack???

hhhmmmmmm.. ull only take it off when its done cos of drag or summat llol

get a sign on the side saying wennburn performance car breakers or summat lol "all scrap welcome"

Ade · 11-07-2007, 04:33 PM

Stunning! Look forward to seeing that when it's done

How about faded Radiant Red paintwork apart from the bits where the 'Royal Mail' stickers have been peeled off

blacky. · 11-07-2007, 05:03 PM

iv been thinking of something like

bodge it & scarper builders
if you can catch us we will fix it

Tonyt1t · 11-07-2007, 11:53 PM

lmao at some of the signs !!!

why not just put "no fat chicks" or "passion wagon" ;P

mk3cosworth · 12-07-2007, 05:47 PM

right got the new tyres on the steelies and fiited them, lowered it a bit on the coilovers, so it will give you a idea of how it will look

jacko · 12-07-2007, 06:21 PM

leve the dent on it mate just FIT THE LIGHTS AS IS

RST_mark · 12-07-2007, 06:34 PM

how much did you have to grind off the callipers to get the wheels to fit over? looks

mk3cosworth · 12-07-2007, 06:47 PM

just a light skim with the 5" lol

rs nutta · 12-07-2007, 07:36 PM

lol did you batter the wing or was it like it, bloody brilliant sleeper no one will expect that

mk3cosworth · 12-07-2007, 08:48 PM

ye the dent came with it

Lambchop · 12-07-2007, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Stavros

make sure u keep this a PROPER sleeper this time, no fancy alloys and chrome rollcages!

i say roof rack, wrong coloured bonnet and one wing, steelies, hidden exhaust outlet, and kick and scratch it a few times

then just live your life patrolling round supercar/evo/scooby/skyline meets making people look like total cunts by getting whupped by a fucked old van

lol thats EXACTLY how it should be done

get some shit on a roof rack and a newspaper on top of the dash

Matt_fez · 13-07-2007, 02:16 PM

definately leave the dent in the wing

and as said before "rough it up" a bit more. Just park it in Tesco's car park and you should get a few more dents lol

ste F · 13-07-2007, 04:42 PM

god no i deffo think have it looking clean and tidy but completely standard.. new wing and respray with standard shitty black bumpers

danny_boy699 · 14-07-2007, 06:35 PM

just leave it as it is

chummer · 22-07-2007, 11:28 PM

nice to av a chat with u on saturday mate , projects lookin great ! be nice to see it against the jap crap! but leave this as a sleeper! like i said i can give u a bit of copper pipe for a roof rack just to look the part haha

mk3cosworth · 26-07-2007, 04:28 PM

cheers pal,

got a bit more done on it today, just need wiring up and some exhaust mods now, then just odds and sods to make it road worthy

ste F · 26-07-2007, 04:30 PM

cushty stuff mate

pratley · 26-07-2007, 07:42 PM

RUDE

06-07-2007, 11:17 PM	#42
Twins 15K+ Super Poster!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (14) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: ESSEX Posts: 15,591 Rep Power: 23	Needs a ladder on the roof __________________ My carbon clad s2

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07-07-2007, 08:10 PM	#51
jacko PassionFord Post Whore!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 7,283 Rep Power: 15	the sleeper thing has died a death now cos if you see some one with a dennis the mennis hear cut in hartly pool driving a nakered ford its wenny and there is a yb in it __________________ Paul Linfoot rs500 registrar questions and answers and spares 07759729390

07-07-2007, 11:16 PM	#52
blacky. PassionFord Post Troll Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: stockton Posts: 3,106 Rep Power: 10	lol its not always wenny __________________ nail 0-60 in 3.4 1/4 in 11.58 *its not abuse anyway you spazz*

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ste F I'm Finding My Feet Here Now Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 6	wenny u actually done any more on this then or u still playing with shan corsa's?? __________________ BARTONS SOLICITORS 95 High Street, Skelton, Cleveland TS12 2DY Specialise in Personal Injury, Conveyancing, Probate, and family law

07-07-2007, 11:11 AM	#45
Dennis_Wiseman Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Up North Posts: 240 Rep Power: 5	Where on earth do you start with a conversion like this lol Is it just a case of butchering a Sapphire floor pan and welding sections in?

07-07-2007, 11:22 AM	#46
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07-07-2007, 05:49 PM	#47
RST_mark Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 326 Rep Power: 7	what are the steelees off?

07-07-2007, 06:09 PM	#48
paul16v Monte 087 Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hartlepool Posts: 3,653 Rep Power: 11	15" mondeo steels

07-07-2007, 07:27 PM	#50
Series 1 van Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 309 Rep Power: 7	you seam to like steelies any reason for that a no ur buildin a sleeper but nice set ov alloys and a no not 2 have a go and try to race lol when am at teeside park maybe there the nite or mora nite

08-07-2007, 11:02 PM	#53
mk3cosworth BANNED BANNED Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north east, hartlepool Posts: 1,764 Rep Power: 0	lol dennis the mennis

09-07-2007, 07:37 PM	#54
Series 1 van Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 309 Rep Power: 7	were you out at weekend with your mk3 was goin to go to teeside park blew my turbo to bits no fins left on downpipe end fuckin sick got puncture night before and what a supprise exhaust was hanging down

09-07-2007, 08:43 PM	#55
mk3cosworth BANNED BANNED Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north east, hartlepool Posts: 1,764 Rep Power: 0	nope out on piss all weekend

09-07-2007, 09:00 PM	#56
Series 1 van Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 309 Rep Power: 7	am tea total wish i fucking drank get rid ov that nightmare outside my door (the van) lol

10-07-2007, 05:18 PM	#58
mk3cosworth BANNED BANNED Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north east, hartlepool Posts: 1,764 Rep Power: 0	lol got the steelies and tyres sorted to go on, done a few small jobs like cut the bulkhead for the loom to go thru, piped a few bits up, im a busy man and dont have alot of spare time

10-07-2007, 06:53 PM	#59
ste F I'm Finding My Feet Here Now Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 6	lol if u dont have much spare time fella i dont need oxygen!!! what you gonna do with the bodywork then?? spray it so its tidy with standard bumpers of leave it shabby chic? __________________ BARTONS SOLICITORS 95 High Street, Skelton, Cleveland TS12 2DY Specialise in Personal Injury, Conveyancing, Probate, and family law

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mk3cosworth BANNED BANNED Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north east, hartlepool Posts: 1,764 Rep Power: 0	leaving as is for now but will be painting it (same colour) in the future as it needs a wing, 2 rear doors and a bonnet, just making it mint but totally standard, might put a roof rack on yet lol

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mk3cosworth BANNED BANNED Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north east, hartlepool Posts: 1,764 Rep Power: 0	nah fook that

11-07-2007, 04:23 PM	#63
ste F I'm Finding My Feet Here Now Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 6	roof rack??? hhhmmmmmm.. ull only take it off when its done cos of drag or summat llol get a sign on the side saying wennburn performance car breakers or summat lol "all scrap welcome" __________________ BARTONS SOLICITORS 95 High Street, Skelton, Cleveland TS12 2DY Specialise in Personal Injury, Conveyancing, Probate, and family law

11-07-2007, 04:33 PM	#64
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blacky. PassionFord Post Troll Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: stockton Posts: 3,106 Rep Power: 10	iv been thinking of something like bodge it & scarper builders if you can catch us we will fix it __________________ nail 0-60 in 3.4 1/4 in 11.58 *its not abuse anyway you spazz*

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mk3cosworth BANNED BANNED Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north east, hartlepool Posts: 1,764 Rep Power: 0	right got the new tyres on the steelies and fiited them, lowered it a bit on the coilovers, so it will give you a idea of how it will look

12-07-2007, 06:21 PM	#68
jacko PassionFord Post Whore!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 7,283 Rep Power: 15	leve the dent on it mate just FIT THE LIGHTS AS IS __________________ Paul Linfoot rs500 registrar questions and answers and spares 07759729390

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RST_mark Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 326 Rep Power: 7	how much did you have to grind off the callipers to get the wheels to fit over? looks

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mk3cosworth BANNED BANNED Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north east, hartlepool Posts: 1,764 Rep Power: 0	just a light skim with the 5" lol

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mk3cosworth BANNED BANNED Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north east, hartlepool Posts: 1,764 Rep Power: 0	ye the dent came with it

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ste F I'm Finding My Feet Here Now Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 6	god no i deffo think have it looking clean and tidy but completely standard.. new wing and respray with standard shitty black bumpers __________________ BARTONS SOLICITORS 95 High Street, Skelton, Cleveland TS12 2DY Specialise in Personal Injury, Conveyancing, Probate, and family law

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chummer Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sunny Hartlepool , North East Posts: 187 Rep Power: 8	nice to av a chat with u on saturday mate , projects lookin great ! be nice to see it against the jap crap! but leave this as a sleeper! like i said i can give u a bit of copper pipe for a roof rack just to look the part haha

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mk3cosworth BANNED BANNED Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north east, hartlepool Posts: 1,764 Rep Power: 0	cheers pal, got a bit more done on it today, just need wiring up and some exhaust mods now, then just odds and sods to make it road worthy

26-07-2007, 04:30 PM	#79
ste F I'm Finding My Feet Here Now Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 6	cushty stuff mate __________________ BARTONS SOLICITORS 95 High Street, Skelton, Cleveland TS12 2DY Specialise in Personal Injury, Conveyancing, Probate, and family law

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