Right as many people know I sold my FRST the other week and swapped the insurance on to my Escort.

Took her in for the MOT and unfortunately teh tin worm has been busy while she's been laid up in the garage. Now she needs new inner and outer sills as well as welding to the front passenger floor and rear chassis rails.

Love the car to bits and she goes well but I'm just not sure I can justify the outlay required to do the job to my standards.

So do I accept she won't turn a wheel again this year and strip her right back ready to sort all the grot and get the dash flocked and go a bit mad or do I hang up my RS overalls and call it a day and recover what I can through selling her in bits?

 

keep her steve !!!!

 

Go for it

 

keep

 

personally i think you should strip it, and do a proper job mate. You will regret breaking it up, as I said the other day

 

if its a car you dont rely in....ie a weekend toy, then get it stripped and welded up, you have had it long enough!

my old ERST failed its mot on a rotton floor pan and chassis legs, so i stripped the interior did all the prep work grinding etc, and then took it to a guy on sandridge lane (recommended by rob) and he did all the welding of new plates. then i jjust painted the inside and undersealed the underneath and put it all back togther

all in all it probably cost me about Ł250 all in and a few weekends work

 

oranoco I love the vids of your fiesta on youtube - the chatter is amazing!

 

Steve, keep it mate.

 

save it mate, will be worth it in the end

 

if it was anyne else i'd say sell it and buy a proper car.
but i know how much yuo love that RS Turbo, and it's perfect for you, something like an M3 won't make you as happy.

so, fix it

 

Soldier on - you know you'll regret it otherwise.

 

get it welded mate, theres no rush if its not used everyday, plus summer is gone already so plenty of time to get it done til next summer.
Also if you need a hand welding it up or anything then i live local to you and dont mind giving you a hand!

 

repair the dam thing!

 

keep it and do a proper job

 

tbh mine went through a lot of welding early this year and although its a cracking job its made me feel that cars a sack of shit with so much welding done and wished mow id broke as my whole attitude has changed to the car

 

Just sell it and move on

 

I welded up my first cossie - wish I'd broken it then.....

 

Its your duty to save her from the scappy...

 

aye they dont feel like the same car when ur driving a patch work quilt about do they lol

 

cars are only welded together anyway, if repaired properly you would never know,

lashing patches on isnt the answer....

 

Strip it, and sort it properly!

Be warned though, you WILL find more rott once it's stripped!

when you say your gonna strip it, do you mean stripping it to a bare shell and restoring it or jus strip the bits off requiered to weld it? I'd be more inclined to do it properly, do it once, do it right

 

mine is done right ! how can i explain well if ur car has been hit and suffered a wing or a bonnet , its repaired and done well but it gives u that feeling its not the same car

 

keep it!

 

If you can't part with the car fix it, if not break it or sell it on. Personally i'd save it.


I know what you mean mate, even though somethings been done and done well, you yourself always have it in the back of your mind that its been done.

 

exactly but finding a utter mint shell theses days is like picking the euro numbers

 

Exactly.... and the thing is, once they start going like that, you'll be forever chasing the rust.

Mine was welded up plenty well enough, but I didn't want what was a very fast car to be comprised of a powerful engine and a rusty knackered shell.

 

Must have ben bad then Pon!


Save it mate

 

It was, but I dare say a few more of them are worse than people realise.

 

Aye the chassis tend to rot inside out! People patch then up not realising how thin theyve become!

 

keeeeep it!

 

keep it and do a proper job. but as someone else said, if you start pulling it apart you will find more rot, as ive found out!

 

Strip it, and make sure you finish it

 

save it save it save it... if she is your baby then do a good job....

 

Go look at my resto thread for inspiration...ok its nowhere near finnished but its gettin there

 

steve in reality its like a old faithfull pet

it should be put down IMO as soon as you finish,, then what happens if the engine lets go ( this is YOU driving remember,,,,, ive been out with you a few times !!! )

BUT as jim says,,,, the cars PERFECT for you,,,,, you are basically the rolling stones of boy racers, so will NEVER change

besides what you gonna get for it stripped anyway ?

but then again how much do you use it also ( how long has it been off the road ?)

if you need any parts for it then please dont be afraid to ask me as ive got a few contacts still for ford staff rates for me AND pattern parts also mate

think about whats the RIGHT thing for you,, breaking it is tbh but its more than just a car to you im sure

 

SAVE her

 

WAs going to say the same as Ginge - its defo made decent power, but in essence isn't it a boggo spec engine? (still on standard rods, T3 and with a worked head?) - Think you'd be better off stripping her, and getting her restored!

 

fuck restoring it, just weld plates over the fucked bits and rag it round. worry about the rot next year