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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:34 PM
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Dropped a car of at our local mot tester today, and came across this:




WOW!
That is all.
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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they were all over years back, along with the van 'escos' bumpers lol
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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What
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:37 PM
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Lol back to the nineties


"lets get ready to rumble"



Where's fido?
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:38 PM
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i would be surprised it needed that much downforce when a few bags of cement in the back would have done the same job
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:39 PM
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Might try and get one for my Renault Trafic!!
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:46 PM
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Wow lol
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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Stunning...Whens the first flight...lol.
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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What a Peach.

Reckon that'll fit a mk 2 fez?

Go well with my m3 mirrors
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:55 PM
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whats wrong with colourcoded bumpers??
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are you mean the spoiler!! lol


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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by the youth
whats wrong with colourcoded bumpers??
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are you mean the spoiler!! lol


steve

Yeah and its a shit colour

Probly really desperate to own a cosworth but his wife also won't let him have one,so has to make do...
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 03:13 PM
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saw this thread yesterday, saw a white escort van with a whaletail today
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 03:24 PM
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The only good thing thats for is a shelter.
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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its practical, it shields you from the rain as your bundling the bodies out the back into the undergrowth.
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 04:07 PM
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im sure we could find a bigger spoiler on a van....
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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On a mission..... mission aborted, gone for a spliff.




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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 04:42 PM
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Raised.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ESCORT-GTI-SILVER-98-R-MODIFIED-COSWORTH-REPLICA-LEATHER-RECARO-/260891327035?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cbe55ba3b

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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Ha ha ha that is so shit
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 05:12 PM
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Horrible.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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moonstone silver???
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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Teeheeee
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 2wd saff cos @ stage 3
moonstone silver???
I thought that
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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w.t.f
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:13 PM
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Clearly for some it is about having the biggest?
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:16 PM
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I've seen far worse, but yes it is mega shit!
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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i presume it was a sierra 3dr cossie spoiler adapted lol otherwise where the hell he get a spoiler that big!!
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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thats great I feking love tatless mods I soooo want that on my car anyone got a moos-sive wing for me coog !?
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 10:31 PM
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wasnt it carlton automotive that did van kits??
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by mk3cosproject
i presume it was a sierra 3dr cossie spoiler adapted lol otherwise where the hell he get a spoiler that big!!
nope you can actually buy them specifically for escort vans!
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 09:40 PM
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Loving the 'security' on the back door of the van lol
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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Maybe inbetween driving the van he stops and does his ironing


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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 10:01 PM
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Love dated mods. Give it ten years and that spoiler will be retro cool.
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