General Car Related Discussion. To discuss anything that is related to cars and automotive technology that doesnt naturally fit into another forum catagory.

To strip or not to strip?????

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:18 AM
  #1  
SPADGE's Avatar
SPADGE
Thread Starter
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 16,053
Likes: 1
From: Milton Keynes,Bucks
Default To strip or not to strip?????

Thinking of stripping the interior out of the Gartrac and whacking a bucket and harness in it for Bedford! Shall i or shan't i? decisions decisions
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:19 AM
  #2  
B19-TRB's Avatar
B19-TRB
Professional Waffler
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 25,180
Likes: 0
From: Bristol
Default

do it!

make sure there r 2 seats though! i wanna passenger ride
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:20 AM
  #3  
SPADGE's Avatar
SPADGE
Thread Starter
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 16,053
Likes: 1
From: Milton Keynes,Bucks
Default

btw before anyone makes a sarcastic remark NO i can't make decisions for myself
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:21 AM
  #4  
Ryan's Avatar
Ryan
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 18,589
Likes: 0
From: Southampton
Default

no leave the interior in
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:25 AM
  #5  
SPADGE's Avatar
SPADGE
Thread Starter
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 16,053
Likes: 1
From: Milton Keynes,Bucks
Default

Maybe your right Ryan as once i get going i may not know when to stop
Bit like when i'm washing my face
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:25 AM
  #6  
NUTS RuS's Avatar
NUTS RuS
15K+ Super Poster!!
iTrader: (35)
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 15,109
Likes: 0
From: Vimto Land Nr Warrington, Cheshire
Default

Leave the interior, but anything you can do to improve safety is a positive step forward
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:27 AM
  #7  
Ryan's Avatar
Ryan
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 18,589
Likes: 0
From: Southampton
Default

thats exactly what i was thinking mate, you take it out, and it never goes back in, then other things come out, and before you know it, its a fookin shell on axle stands, with a sale board on it
Reply

Trending Topics

Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:27 AM
  #8  
SPADGE's Avatar
SPADGE
Thread Starter
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 16,053
Likes: 1
From: Milton Keynes,Bucks
Default

Originally Posted by NUTS RuS
Leave the interior, but anything you can do to improve safety is a positive step forward
What like get someone else to drive it
I'll stick the harness in and rip the stereo,amps,sub and numerous speakers out as i don't listen to it anyway
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:30 AM
  #9  
Bruce Read's Avatar
Bruce Read
Too many posts.. I need a life!!
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 661
Likes: 1
Default

fook me Spadge, I used to think you were just an ugly mush - now I realised you MUST be a women in drag, never make you mind up about anything, keep changing your mind
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:34 AM
  #10  
Porkie's Avatar
Porkie
20K+ Super Poster.
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 21,512
Likes: 0
From: Essex... and Birmingham!
Default

Just change the drivers seat for a bucket and harnesses. It will let you get a much better feel of the car and is much safer.
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:35 AM
  #11  
SPADGE's Avatar
SPADGE
Thread Starter
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 16,053
Likes: 1
From: Milton Keynes,Bucks
Default

Originally Posted by Bruce Read
fook me Spadge, I used to think you were just an ugly mush - now I realised you MUST be a women in drag, never make you mind up about anything, keep changing your mind
Take a look in a mirror Brucey! Your no oil painting lol
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:37 AM
  #12  
SPADGE's Avatar
SPADGE
Thread Starter
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 16,053
Likes: 1
From: Milton Keynes,Bucks
Default

Originally Posted by Porkie
Just change the drivers seat for a bucket and harnesses. It will let you get a much better feel of the car and is much safer.
Might do Lee but then i might not lol
I don't suppose a Sierra Cossie subframe bolts into a mk4 does it? As i have a bucket on one of those already!
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:41 AM
  #13  
Westy's Avatar
Westy
10K+ Poster!!
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 13,649
Likes: 18
From: ___________
Default

best bet I reckon, is strip it for the Bedford day then, once you decide to sell it again, put the interior back in again
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:42 AM
  #14  
vroooom ptssssh's Avatar
vroooom ptssssh
It Wasnt Me!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 22,752
Likes: 8
From: Scottyland
Default

Spadge no a sierra subframe wont fit in a mk3/4 escort
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:45 AM
  #15  
SPADGE's Avatar
SPADGE
Thread Starter
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 16,053
Likes: 1
From: Milton Keynes,Bucks
Default

Cheers Dave i thought not
Westy my thoughts exactly lol
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:46 AM
  #16  
BillyCabrio's Avatar
BillyCabrio
10K+ Poster!!
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 13,450
Likes: 2
From: Dartford, Kent - Home of the two way one way system.
Default

Originally Posted by SPADGE
btw before anyone makes a sarcastic remark NO i can't make decisions for myself
And when ya do, ya still not sure.
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:47 AM
  #17  
SPADGE's Avatar
SPADGE
Thread Starter
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 16,053
Likes: 1
From: Milton Keynes,Bucks
Default

Originally Posted by BillyCabrio
Originally Posted by SPADGE
btw before anyone makes a sarcastic remark NO i can't make decisions for myself
And when ya do, ya still not sure.
Not sure i agree with you but i probably may do
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 09:47 AM
  #18  
Westy's Avatar
Westy
10K+ Poster!!
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 13,649
Likes: 18
From: ___________
Default

tell ya what tho, that car must be fun round MK.. all them roundabouts, rwd

What is the traction compared to say a RWD Cossie, equal power, purely out of intereset

p.s. just strip the fooker and 2 buckets but keep it all
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 10:07 AM
  #19  
Bruce Read's Avatar
Bruce Read
Too many posts.. I need a life!!
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 661
Likes: 1
Default

Originally Posted by SPADGE
Originally Posted by Bruce Read
fook me Spadge, I used to think you were just an ugly mush - now I realised you MUST be a women in drag, never make you mind up about anything, keep changing your mind
Take a look in a mirror Brucey! Your no oil painting lol
But no argument about being a women
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 11:38 AM
  #20  
Ian3dr's Avatar
Ian3dr
I've found that life I needed.. It's HERE!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 1,499
Likes: 0
From: Northampton
Default

I thought you were gonna sell it?
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 11:44 AM
  #21  
Bruce Read's Avatar
Bruce Read
Too many posts.. I need a life!!
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 661
Likes: 1
Default

Originally Posted by Ian3dr
I thought you were gonna sell it?
she cant make her mind up
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 12:06 PM
  #22  
Ian3dr's Avatar
Ian3dr
I've found that life I needed.. It's HERE!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 1,499
Likes: 0
From: Northampton
Default

lol!

I cant keep up with your ideas Spadge!
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 12:30 PM
  #23  
M7 COS's Avatar
M7 COS
PassionFord Post Whore!!
 
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 5,840
Likes: 1
From: Essex
Default

Leave it as it is.
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 12:48 PM
  #25  
Spiky's Avatar
Spiky
Professional Waffler
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 26,931
Likes: 0
From: Cardiff
Default

as we talked, strip and two buckets
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 02:47 PM
  #26  
SPADGE's Avatar
SPADGE
Thread Starter
15K+ Super Poster!!
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 16,053
Likes: 1
From: Milton Keynes,Bucks
Default

Well i've just got in after spending quite some time removing all the stereo shite! 8 fuggin speakers, 4 cross-overs,1 sub and 2 amps, head unit and about a mile of wiring I reckon i must have lightened it by at least 25kg
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 06:00 PM
  #27  
RSCossieGaz's Avatar
RSCossieGaz
10K+ Poster!!
iTrader: (6)
 
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 11,659
Likes: 5
From: Middlesex AKA Planet earth!!!!
Default

Originally Posted by SPADGE
Well i've just got in after spending quite some time removing all the stereo shite! 8 fuggin speakers, 4 cross-overs,1 sub and 2 amps, head unit and about a mile of wiring I reckon i must have lightened it by at least 25kg
and no doubt will end up on ebay
Reply
Old Jan 28, 2005 | 06:39 PM
  #28  
ADUSR33's Avatar
ADUSR33
Advanced PassionFord User
 
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 1,910
Likes: 0
From: supercar heaven
Default

why ask the question as u know ull ignore everyones advice and sell the fooker anyway
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
cossie330
Ford Sierra/Sapphire/RS500 Cosworth
6
Oct 7, 2015 08:22 PM
Mc5506
Ford Escort RS Turbo
6
Oct 5, 2015 09:57 PM
Andypandy260
General Car Related Discussion.
1
Sep 23, 2015 10:28 PM




All times are GMT. The time now is 12:30 AM.