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Old 18-12-2004, 10:27 PM
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Default Who's car has been off the road the longest

After reading about some peoples restorations , breakdowns, modifications etc etc I was just wondering whos car has been off the road the longest , and how much longer is it gonna be off the road? Be it be years or months or weeks

Mine broke down at ford fair in august and been off the road since , hopefully it will be back up and running by march/april 2005 .
Old 18-12-2004, 10:29 PM
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speak to philm

my cabrio has been of the road for a while, but then i aint bothered when its done tbh
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3 years
Old 18-12-2004, 10:33 PM
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7 years

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Old 18-12-2004, 10:34 PM
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7 years
that is taking the piss what you restoring noahs arc
Old 18-12-2004, 10:39 PM
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would say about a year to year and a half with the 3 door,
but had other cossies as well in that time.
just sat in the garage till now,
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7 years, that means all the rust ya sorted at the start will have started up again



talk about a vicious circle


hope ya dont do this for a living , wars dont take that long to resolve
Old 18-12-2004, 10:47 PM
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I started building my Cossie powered MK2 Escort in 1991 - and I haven't finished it yet...!!
Old 18-12-2004, 11:13 PM
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my s2 has been of the road since sept 03 but have
no intrest on doing anything to it .
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in the 6 years ive had my car, its probably been off the road for 4 of them, but not in one go, 3 big restorations though,
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So far about 4 months, miss driving it like mad, probs won be on the road again till this time next yea either
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i know what you mean about missing driving it adam, its killing me
Old 18-12-2004, 11:23 PM
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Mine took nealy 4 years but its done now, thats if u ever realy finnish
theres always something u want to change upgrade.
Old 18-12-2004, 11:24 PM
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Fuck off Ginge....mines not been the longest by a long shot lol.

Been a while tho!
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should be back on the road in the next 4 years though phil



or ya not sure it can be done that quick




but then i recon your car has been driven more than my cossie
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Originally Posted by puddy
7 years

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bet ya dont find all the bolts from the car
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fuck me i thought Ranj was bad
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Originally Posted by adamS2RST
So far about 4 months, miss driving it like mad, probs won be on the road again till this time next yea either
Why,what the fook are ya doin' ?
Old 18-12-2004, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by b19bal
Originally Posted by puddy
7 years

puddy

bet ya dont find all the bolts from the car
F**k the bolts ,wheres the car?

puddy
Old 19-12-2004, 08:41 AM
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Would be 3 Years on 22nd December

MAybe get it done next year or not
Old 19-12-2004, 09:03 AM
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13 years but it was on the road all summer
Old 19-12-2004, 09:26 AM
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my 3 door has been off the road since i bought it in about 96' and the bloke i bought it from had it standing in a barn for 5 years before that ! so that make it about 1991 but my mk2 lotus cortina has been off the road since 1987 does that make me winner? what do i win? someone to finish my cars maybe
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almost 3 years an its far 2 cold 2 do anything with it till next year
Old 19-12-2004, 04:58 PM
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mines over 2 years now

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Old 19-12-2004, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TILLIO
Would be 3 Years on 22nd December

MAybe get it done next year or not
mine will be 4 years on 22nd december!!

mk2 xr2 turbo conversion and track car!!!


in the mean time ive bought one already done!!!

give me another 4 years to get mine done!!
Old 19-12-2004, 05:36 PM
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about 3 months doin the head gasket and cleaning engine bay, been 2 lasy realy
all duno now tho, i hope
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my old boss has got a mk1 lotus cortina from when was 25 he started doing the engine rebuild but lost intrest... it had been in the garage 18 yrs when i last worked there and that was 7 yrs ago... one day he might finish it.
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one of mine is 16 years

and the other is 15 years

as both cars have never been on the road,

only on the race track lol
Old 19-12-2004, 06:46 PM
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Originally built in 1981 it competed in 1 Ford Challenge race in 1982, was then dry stored ever since until I bought it and started the full strip down and re build in Jan 2002. so that was 20 years
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