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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 08:36 PM
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A few weeks ago i bought this 2wd Saff track car and broke it!



Well guess what i just bought again and guess what i am going to do with it again
Is 4x4 now and has a lovely 200 blocked Jondell engine straight out of a rally car! complete with P8 ALS,Air to air,WI,light blues etc etc...
Also has a 3.9 rear 2wd diff, proper Bilstein coilovers,a set of slicks and a set of gravel tyres
The bodywork has been tidied as well and another seat and harness have been fitted!
Check out the loom,fuse box,clocks,fire ex, in the boot





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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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maybe its a sign!

try and kill it on track mate
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 08:42 PM
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LOL
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 08:50 PM
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Back to the shell again.



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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 08:55 PM
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Wht would someone do that?
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 08:56 PM
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its the mad yellow saph from trax this thing was flying round trax last year
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 08:57 PM
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New sig for you Spadgeroo

But as per Mike, why would someone go to the bother then sell
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:01 PM
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The guy i sold it to bought a complete Escos rally car and just wanted the shell for another project so bought this to re-build and use whilst the rally car was getting built but then got bored! This car btw is the fooker who's diff fell on my head whilst i was removing it shattering my cheek bone and i now have to take another out of it
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:01 PM
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Spadge,

Did you buy that off Bob?
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:02 PM
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This car btw is the fooker who's diff fell on my head whilst i was removing it shattering my cheek bone and i now have to take another out of it
OMEN!!!

Maybe wear a boxing head guard this time
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:03 PM
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its come back to finish you off mate, does it have 666 on the reg?
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
Spadge,

Did you buy that off Bob?
Yes mate
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Billabong
This car btw is the fooker who's diff fell on my head whilst i was removing it shattering my cheek bone and i now have to take another out of it
OMEN!!!

Maybe wear a boxing head guard this time

Going to wear my full faced helmet and body armour before i crawl under this fooker again Bill
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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its a friend of ur 3dr!!!


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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Thought I recognised some of the bits.

That's got the old fuel pumps and lower dash that were in my car.

I bought my saff shell off Bob too - thoroughly nice fella
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:06 PM
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As quick as someone builds them up, spadge dis-assembles them
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
Thought I recognised some of the bits.

That's got the old fuel pumps and lower dash that were in my car.

I bought my saff shell off Bob too - thoroughly nice fella

No lower dash mate
Did you run 3 pumps then?
Bob is deffo a top geezer mate
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:12 PM
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:16 PM
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Yep they are deffo the bits mate
What car did you have them in? Your latest saph??
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:22 PM
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I think you'll find that when Richs car was complete ( Bob was its last owner ) that all those Bits in the boot were fitted to it !
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony Ryan
I think you'll find that when Richs car was complete ( Bob was its last owner ) that all those Bits in the boot were fitted to it !

Ah i see cheers Tony
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:08 PM
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Tony is quite correct.

What tasty bits are gonna be up for sale then mate?
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
Tony is quite correct.

What tasty bits are gonna be up for sale then mate?

Not sure yet mate as i still have to make a decision on my car
I was thinking of sticking this engine in mine and then selling it but i can't decide as yet!
I am sure a lot of the track orientated bits will be up for grabs such as the extinguishers x2 and slicks,gravel tyres etc etc...
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:20 PM
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its the mad yellow saph from trax this thing was flying round trax last year

yes that was me in my first outing in the car, rear wheel drive and very twitchy went well untill i did 3 tyres coming down the pit straight inches away from the wall backwards all the way down past the pit wall
It tryed to kill me as well spadge best off luck stripping it again mate

cheeRS DUNC
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:27 PM
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Cheers Dunc
I reckon you could handle it now as its 4wd
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:27 PM
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let me know on the competition stuff , we mat be able to come to a deal , extinguishers etc etc
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by markk
let me know on the competition stuff , we mat be able to come to a deal , extinguishers etc etc
Mark give me a call mate and whe'll we what we can do
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:59 PM
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Hi Guys

Yes it was me that sold the shell back to Spadge with the bits I had left over form the GRP A rally car I bought at the end of last year.

RichardPON and Spadge thank you both for your nice comments about me, its a pleasure to exchange projects with decent people. Spadge you don't waste much time! Tony thanks for your note also. I can't believe what a small world it is with a cosworth.

To answer the "why" question that people are asking, ie why did I build most of it and then give up, there is a simple response. I had the parts lying around as they were left over from my escort cosworth project, I intended to sell them in February.

I went on a big snowboarding trip in northern Canada (helicopter boarding all off piste etc) in early February, ran in to a tree and badly broke my upper leg and hip, I have been on crutches etc for 4 months. Over the last 6 weeks I wanted something to take away the boredom whist I was hopping around the house. I saw the shell advertised by Spadge and did the deal to give me something to do with my time.

I am now walking again albeit with a limp and I have gone back to work (5 months off). The engine for my escort project and all the body panels have just been delivered and thus the escort is getting my attention. I had no further need for the sapphire and so I advertised it. It has been in the way the last few days and so I reduced the price and Spadge is the new owner.

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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 10:08 AM
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Bob,

Sorry to hear about the accident!

No doubt you'll be up and about mucking about with the Escort..... how's it coming along? Do you still have the other Escort?
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 11:40 AM
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And to add to the list of previous owners.... Chris King (Mellow) had it when it was white, thought it was shagged, sold it to a mate of Steve Scotts for very little £, it only had a dodgey sensor and flew again Then went to Dunc???
Should call this car Christine, Spadge
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PS - Bob is very cool to buy bits off (got some wheels n slicks off him years back in the RSOC BB days ) Spadge got a bargain, as usual
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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Is this Bob with the rwd escort cossie (blue and white) track car???
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Dunccoss
its the mad yellow saph from trax this thing was flying round trax last year

yes that was me in my first outing in the car, rear wheel drive and very twitchy went well untill i did 3 tyres coming down the pit straight inches away from the wall backwards all the way down past the pit wall
It tryed to kill me as well spadge best off luck stripping it again mate

cheeRS DUNC

i was standing on the pit wall when you lost it, that was pretty close how you didnt hit the wall i dont know


very lucky
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by M.A.D.RST
Is this Bob with the rwd escort cossie (blue and white) track car???
yeap
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Old Aug 2, 2004 | 09:12 PM
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"M.A.D. RST" and "furry" you are both wrong in your assumptions!

I am the "bob" that some people have been speaking kindly of in this and other posts.

I am "twocossiebob" on this board and "racecarbob" on the RS board.
I have a 4wd escort cossie race car that is blue and white in a similar colour scheme to the car you are thinking about.

Sorry to put things right, but when nice things were being said about me I just could not sit back and let you think it was someone else.

Thanks
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Old Aug 2, 2004 | 09:16 PM
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Hi Bob
Its gone again mate waved goodbye to the shell for the 2nd time this evening I wonder if i'll see it again this time
Cheers Spadge.....
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Old Aug 2, 2004 | 09:33 PM
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Yo Spadge, Its sat in the garden next door, picked a rear beam up for it tonight, it will be back!! You might get it back again oneday!!
Cheers Flash
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Old Aug 2, 2004 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by FlashRS
Yo Spadge, Its sat in the garden next door, picked a rear beam up for it tonight, it will be back!! You might get it back again oneday!!
Cheers Flash

Lol no thanks mate i never want to see that fookin ugly thing again
Unless of course its packed with treasures like the 1st 2 times
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Old Aug 2, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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PMSL @ treasures
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