Couldn't find the " Newbie " bit so ........
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Couldn't find the " Newbie " bit so ........
Hi guys ,
Name is Simon and living in High Wycombe with my wife and 7 year old daughter ( both massive drains on the resources )
Have been into Performance Fords ever since I was old enough to take an interest - it's deffo true what they say - " families were either a Ford family or a Vauxhall family back in those days " 30 ( odd ) years ago !
Grew up around older mates with Mk2 Escorts both normally aspirated pintos and cossie powered RS2's ( " The Green " was kinda infamous around our way ! ) and then made the natural move into S1's , S2's , 3dr RS500's and also Sapphire and Escort Cossies ( had my first Escort Cossie at 23 for a " company smoke " )
Grew up amongst the " Lakeside , Southend , Guildford , Chelsea " cruises and long for those days to return again for the next generation - sadly that culture is moving across to big bhp blown Jap stuff built for " drifting " and now moving away from the " proper " old school Ford nuts - guess that;s what they call evolution LOL
About 8 years ago I managed to locate a fairly tidy late registered ( think it came across from Germany at some point but was RHD ) Mk2 RS2 custom in white from a guy in Basingstoke but it was kind of a rolling resto for him so I " relieved " him of the burden . Almost a year to the day I sold it to a young lad from Watford way and that was the worst day of my life !! - Purchased for £2000 and sold for £3000 ( a reasonable profit in the day ) but now wish I had still got the old girl , not just for the money but mainly for the feeling you get from old school Fords ( and the noise and smell LOL )
Pals have still got their toys ( one with a 600 bhp AC Cobra / Southern Roadcraft which is still yet to hit the street/strip . The same guy has a 3dr Mk2 Cortina under a tarp just waiting to be attacked ) . I currently have a 2 wheeled toy ( Aprilia Tuono R ) but it is up for sale to fund another Performance Ford ( either Cossie 3dr/Saph or something old skool but with Cossie power ) that I have promised myself before I get to 40 ( fortunately got 6 more years to save up LOL ) Also looking for a Mk4/5 Cortina to " fiddle with " in the meantime ( for a zetec / duratec conversion )
Anyway - awsome site with ( what appears to be ) a good bunch of people and loads of knowledge so am looking forward to getting involved .
Will stop boring you all now - see you " sideways "
Simon
Name is Simon and living in High Wycombe with my wife and 7 year old daughter ( both massive drains on the resources )
Have been into Performance Fords ever since I was old enough to take an interest - it's deffo true what they say - " families were either a Ford family or a Vauxhall family back in those days " 30 ( odd ) years ago !
Grew up around older mates with Mk2 Escorts both normally aspirated pintos and cossie powered RS2's ( " The Green " was kinda infamous around our way ! ) and then made the natural move into S1's , S2's , 3dr RS500's and also Sapphire and Escort Cossies ( had my first Escort Cossie at 23 for a " company smoke " )
Grew up amongst the " Lakeside , Southend , Guildford , Chelsea " cruises and long for those days to return again for the next generation - sadly that culture is moving across to big bhp blown Jap stuff built for " drifting " and now moving away from the " proper " old school Ford nuts - guess that;s what they call evolution LOL
About 8 years ago I managed to locate a fairly tidy late registered ( think it came across from Germany at some point but was RHD ) Mk2 RS2 custom in white from a guy in Basingstoke but it was kind of a rolling resto for him so I " relieved " him of the burden . Almost a year to the day I sold it to a young lad from Watford way and that was the worst day of my life !! - Purchased for £2000 and sold for £3000 ( a reasonable profit in the day ) but now wish I had still got the old girl , not just for the money but mainly for the feeling you get from old school Fords ( and the noise and smell LOL )
Pals have still got their toys ( one with a 600 bhp AC Cobra / Southern Roadcraft which is still yet to hit the street/strip . The same guy has a 3dr Mk2 Cortina under a tarp just waiting to be attacked ) . I currently have a 2 wheeled toy ( Aprilia Tuono R ) but it is up for sale to fund another Performance Ford ( either Cossie 3dr/Saph or something old skool but with Cossie power ) that I have promised myself before I get to 40 ( fortunately got 6 more years to save up LOL ) Also looking for a Mk4/5 Cortina to " fiddle with " in the meantime ( for a zetec / duratec conversion )
Anyway - awsome site with ( what appears to be ) a good bunch of people and loads of knowledge so am looking forward to getting involved .
Will stop boring you all now - see you " sideways "
Simon
was a bit like that myself,had 3 turbos,4 cossies ,then i got out of the scene for 6/7 years ,then i found this site last year and within 3 months had a 4/4 380bhp cossie ,have since added a 2wd with 450bhp for restoration and a 4/4 shell to use as a stipped out track car.lol
so be careful as you can get sucked back in very easily
cheers james
so be careful as you can get sucked back in very easily
cheers james
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