Originally Posted by
Magnum PI
Fiddy,
From a Mancunian to a Scouser, keep it mate, the amount of work and effort you have put in to your car it would be criminal to get rid.
if you try and get rid now, you might as well pull your pants down an bend over.
A dealer would give you peanuts and selling privately would be just as bad.
Get the little bits of rust sorted on the offending panels and resprayed.
You know it's a solid car, keep it running and keep on top of it.
If there are guy's on here restoring 25 yr old cosworth's, there's plenty of life in your Mondy mate.
cheers mate. it doesnt need restoring, for a nearly 14 year old mondeo, its actually in very good condition. its had a bit of paint over the years, but the panels are all original, so are the arches, and its never been welded, nor does it need any. its honestly solid as a rock, and mechanically, it runs like a swiss watch, drives, starts, goes, and stops, exactally how it should, so its defo got plenty of life left in it, its one of the cleanest, most original MK2's about. just bodywork wise, its starting to show its age, few scratches here and there, stone chips, and the rust spots really do let it down, because its a clean and honest old thing.
its just its getting to the point now, like a cross roads, where i either spend money on it, or i just stay on top of it and drive it.
was at my mates bodyshop the other day. he said he could fit new arches, and paint it, for a grand, or if i wanted a colour change, he could do a full one, inside the doors, dorr shuts, everything, for £1400. but if i go down that route, i wouldnt even like to add up how much id have in it all together. lets just say i could have a very nice ST200 LTD, or a nice ST220