that old ford smell
21-11-2009, 09:32 AM
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that old ford smell
i was talking to my mates old man the other day after he went out in cossie bags sleeper ...we discussed that smell that all old fords have ...what is it ...it smells like some sort of air freshner or cloth cleaner or something
21-11-2009, 09:43 AM
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i was talking to my mates old man the other day after he went out in cossie bags sleeper ...we discussed that smell that all old fords have ...what is it ...it smells like some sort of air freshner or cloth cleaner or something
mate that whiff is the old bag who owned it first peeing on the upholstery without realising it.
21-11-2009, 09:51 AM
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My cortina has a distinctive smell.
its a mixture of damp and wood varnish
but i know what you mean. my rs smells of bubblegum though, cos thats the air freshener i have!
21-11-2009, 09:51 AM
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mate that whiff is the old bag who owned it first peeing on the upholstery without realising it.
lol
could well be very true!
21-11-2009, 09:53 AM
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that is so true mine smells exactly the same so have all the other pre 1999 fords ive owned or been in lol
21-11-2009, 09:56 AM
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wonder what it is ...my saff smelt the same .so did the 3dr i went to look at the other day
21-11-2009, 10:07 AM
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The smell will be the 70 and 80's classic car air freshener feu orange (sp) the one that looks like a traffic light.
21-11-2009, 10:38 AM
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I luv the smell of an old ford. Same with the E30 beemers, they always smell the same inside...
21-11-2009, 10:44 AM
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i love old motors ..the way forward
21-11-2009, 10:46 AM
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I love the smell of S1 interior in a non weird pervy way
21-11-2009, 10:51 AM
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I think its weird that the smell never goes lol
21-11-2009, 10:58 AM
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20 years of farts stored in them seats!!
21-11-2009, 10:59 AM
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I think its weird that the smell never goes lol
the smell must be on your top lip
21-11-2009, 11:00 AM
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Trev you 15 stone whale its probly tucked under your rolls
21-11-2009, 11:02 AM
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Trev you 15 stone whale its probly tucked under your rolls
15 stone more like 14.11 ...no fat aswell thank you
21-11-2009, 11:04 AM
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Why did u get lypo suction when you went in last night
21-11-2009, 11:05 AM
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21-11-2009, 01:22 PM
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Mine smells of coffee as at a show a couple of years agom split some coffee in amd it went down the dashboard
21-11-2009, 01:23 PM
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old fords smell of burnt oil .
21-11-2009, 01:24 PM
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Mine smells of coffee as at a show a couple of years agom split some coffee in amd it went down the dashboard
just as well he wasnt eating a fish or it would have been a nightmare.
21-11-2009, 01:25 PM
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I know fuzzy was the first and last time I drank in my car
21-11-2009, 01:47 PM
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Are you sure it's not old sperm and Big Macs?
21-11-2009, 01:52 PM
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the damp wet smell of wet carpets from years of rusted out sills.
21-11-2009, 02:05 PM
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And the sweet smell is just anti-freeze from the leaking heater matrix
21-11-2009, 02:17 PM
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i was talking to my mates old man the other day after he went out in cossie bags sleeper ...we discussed that smell that all old fords have ...what is it ...it smells like some sort of air freshner or cloth cleaner or something
The back seat in mine smells something else....
21-11-2009, 03:54 PM
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And the sweet smell is just anti-freeze from the leaking heater matrix
that'll be ford for sure
21-11-2009, 04:37 PM
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21-11-2009, 04:46 PM
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Mine smells of sick
21-11-2009, 05:37 PM
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Both my sierra's have had the same smell in them.
21-11-2009, 06:33 PM
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I love that smell too.I think all mk4 escorts smell the same.
21-11-2009, 06:43 PM
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i know the smell you mean..
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that old ford smell
