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Old 19-10-2007, 09:51 PM
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thought id get crackin seems as every1 else is at it ,heres some pics of my project escos tidy up thats got carried away.










after some hard cleaning to remove the years of waxoil (i hate this )









Old 19-10-2007, 10:06 PM
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hope your not putting that tractor engine in there

looks like your cossies going to get the bufty treatment alright lol
Old 19-10-2007, 10:31 PM
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now that is gonna be a full rebuild !!
Old 19-10-2007, 10:33 PM
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Fuck me when you said carried away, I never thought to this extent Fair play mate
Old 19-10-2007, 10:34 PM
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Got some late night ahead
Old 19-10-2007, 10:41 PM
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well i wanted to see what the shell was like ,and was pleasantly surprised how gud it was,ive just pulled the shell into the shed to start the prep work for paint.my mate who was a painter by trade is gone have a go at the respray and see how it turns out,i was gona have it professionaly done ,but as my mate said let me have a go ,if it dont turn out rite ul only b at the loss of the price of the paint.so here goes anyway
Old 20-10-2007, 11:13 AM
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You've done well there mate! Proper job!
Old 20-10-2007, 12:27 PM
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proper stripped down there.

good luck with it and hope it turns out ok.
Old 22-10-2007, 09:25 PM
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heres some pics of some of the paintwork ,hasnt been flatted yet ,not bad for a job in the shed with no booth i think.




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looks well

a mate of mine did a car in his garage at home years ago and it came out mint !!

my inner wings and underside were done in my garage at home and are spot on as well !

are you painting the underside as well ??
Old 23-10-2007, 02:59 PM
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cracking start long way to go
Old 23-10-2007, 03:31 PM
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nice one lad, where are you in ireland?
Old 23-10-2007, 07:15 PM
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Good work here mate ....3 red escos on the go all at once ...Brilliant
Old 23-10-2007, 09:07 PM
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COS 22 .yes mate the underside will b getting done aswell ,sure y not when ive stripped it this far.
alanfordtw-15 .im in dublin mate.was at some of the shows this year in my black mk6 4x4 escort rs2000 and moonstone blue 3dr sierra.
some more pics of todays work


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nice one
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Hi mate, hows the form with ya ?? i remember you sending me a txt before saying " doing up a red escos meself" thats well stripped fair play looks to be a lovely car as redrsmk5 said 3 red escos on the go must be something in the air ill keep an eye on this..
keep the pics comming
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