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Old 25-12-2006, 09:10 PM
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this is the first one i've seen
Old 25-12-2006, 09:14 PM
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looks like a long rs turbo
Old 25-12-2006, 09:15 PM
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hopefully the last
Old 25-12-2006, 09:20 PM
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2 door actually , there was a red 1 up our way a few years back the lad built it tho moved the b pillar back etc dont think they were ever factory built.
Old 25-12-2006, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by paul16v
2 door actually , there was a red 1 up our way a few years back the lad built it tho moved the b pillar back etc dont think they were ever factory built.
They weren't - that's a cut and shut job. That one looks OK though, I quite like it but if I were going to all that trouble of cutting I'd have put a tunnel in, 4x4 and a YB up front...............
Old 25-12-2006, 09:23 PM
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Fair play tho to people who have done it, ALOT more work envolved in a job like that than people would first think.
Old 25-12-2006, 09:46 PM
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think irish tarmac rally ace Sidney Meeke used one some years back
almost certain that he had some sort of ford sponsorship too.
i'll check it out
Old 25-12-2006, 10:01 PM
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Niall McShea dries it now
2.5 RWD
and it ran in the 2006 C.O.I.
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ever saw the 3door sapphires?
Old 25-12-2006, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by vroooom ptssssh
ever saw the 3door sapphires?
Was gonna say- 3 door saphs are very much real.. but rare as rocking horses teeth...

Orion looks well.. could they be real too?

Jake
Old 25-12-2006, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by vroooom ptssssh
ever saw the 3door sapphires?
the only pic i have of one



oh and a 2dr sierra estate



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