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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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My cossie has failed 2 years mots now with various rust that ive had to get done to get it through an mot, is there anything i can do to prelong it from rusting or am i screwed?
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 07:58 PM
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dont buy a shitter for 3k
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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move to malta, they dont have any rust issues with fords for the first 30 years
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:08 PM
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move to malta, they dont have any rust issues with fords for the first 30 years
unfortunatly thats not an option
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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ever thought of buying a BMW

actually one of my rear arches need doing YET AGAIN,, just had the fucking rust sorted and its bubbled up 2 weeks later so its gonna have to be cut out
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:12 PM
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ever thought of buying a BMW

actually one of my rear arches need doing YET AGAIN,, just had the fucking rust sorted and its bubbled up 2 weeks later so its gonna have to be cut out
ive not got any rust on the body its mint, last year it was the jacking points, this year its the suspension arm or summit,
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:12 PM
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You sound surprised that a 20 odd year old Ford is rusting

Need to pay big money to find a Cosworth with no rust at all

What model you got,a Saph?????

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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by CosKev3
You sound surprised that a 20 odd year old Ford is rusting

Need to pay big money to find a Cosworth with no rust at all

What model you got,a Saph?????

yer its a 90 plate 2wd, the rust aint that bad as i said the body work is fine its just a few bits under car, im just hoping its not the start of the end if u get me...
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by CosKev3
You sound surprised that a 20 odd year old Ford is rusting

Need to pay big money to find a Cosworth with no rust at all

What model you got,a Saph?????

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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=287048
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RS LOZWORTH
Originally Posted by CosKev3
You sound surprised that a 20 odd year old Ford is rusting

Need to pay big money to find a Cosworth with no rust at all

What model you got,a Saph?????

yer its a 90 plate 2wd, the rust aint that bad as i said the body work is fine its just a few bits under car, im just hoping its not the start of the end if u get me...
Check out threads in the resto forum

All depends how handy you are with the spanners/scrapers/paint brush etc

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Originally Posted by CharlieSaff
https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=287048
We can all show off Charlie

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...023&highlight=

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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by CosKev3
Originally Posted by CharlieSaff
https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=287048
We can all show off Charlie

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...023&highlight=

Why not mate
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