Graceland

Picked this little heap up last night for the princly sum of £350



Roof has more holes in it than a swiss cheese, as does the dash






49k miles - probably for the third time




Endura DE engine - I thought that these were first seen in the Focus?



And a sneeky little EGR bypass with a piece of aluminium with no hole as a gasket instead of the steel one with a hole




And finally the best bit of the car, the remains of a gun mount






Not a bad heap for running to work and back, it cost less than a new mirror for the Big5 and drives surprisingly well

kidsRS

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Watch out for shringes

Mr S1

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It'll do the job eh Gracey ?

ronf42

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excuse my ignorance but what is a shringe?

Dangerous Malcolm..

Bargain.

fez2i16v

needles down the back of the seats where smackheads put them

Graceland

Its well clean interior wise I made sure of that

Only reason I bought it is that I got a lot fucked off after the E39 was hit 3 times in the car park at work Can't have fuckall nice thesedays

ronf42

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ah cool

Dub604

Nice little car, for the right price aswell.... I used to have a Escort 1.3 popular on a F plate. the previous owner was northamtonshire constabulary, you wouldnt have known except for the zipper across the headlining.

gra1984

keep the fords alive lol!! i had an ex-police r reg fiesta few years back i spent loads on it and modded it up to the high heavens lol

went from this...........



to this!!

AlexF

Zipper?

Glenn_

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I hope you dont get wet when it rains lol.

Dub604

yes a zipper.



I guess they kept paperwork etc in there.

Charlie Chalk

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Looked better standard tbh.

G950KDT

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minging front bumper on that blue one, but ex cop cars are a fair bit cheaper likes.

gun turret looks ace, anyone else and they'd get bloomin pulled for that!

Iain Mac

Are you sure it was for guns and not just for the radio gear?

I'd be really surprised if they used an Escort as an Armed Response Vehicle - A) because it's slow, and B) because it surely isn't very secure to have the guns in a hatchback boot?

Psycho Warren

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Usually ARV's have a proper custom gun safe these days.

Thats probably more likely to be the remains of a racking system for all the gear they carry. Youd be surprised how much shit they keep in the boot of cop cars!!

Dan1281

haha, we had one exactly the same, v reg white TD ex CID apparently, was faster than other td's ive driven for some reason lol

Glenn_

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Most cop cars are chipped or have been played about with.

Oranoco

Should have got them to throw in the fairy lights as part of the sale

Paul Eggleton

please learn to spell

Rick

Gracie, what happend with the L200 and E36 projects? Get bored of off roading?

999

the arv's were more like carltons etc the escorts etc were the area cars

cossie4i+

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Did i also read on another thread you have changed depots Paul ????

Working for another company now ?

Steve

Shorty

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When you told me you had an Escort, i thought you meant the other kind. What a let down.