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Old 15-04-2010, 12:05 PM
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Default Talk about wasting money on cars look at this

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1641087.htm

Who in their right mind will pay any decent ammounts of cash for this there is no price but i bet he wants phone numbers for it.I would love to know what he has spent on it.
Old 15-04-2010, 12:07 PM
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personally i think it looks horrible
Old 15-04-2010, 12:08 PM
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almost unsellable. :/
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I dont like it either
Old 15-04-2010, 12:19 PM
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My mate sold him that when it was a standard black 1.6 car, he's had it painted a few different colours over the years and had more than a few different sets of wheels. the amount of money he has spent must be shocking
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I honestly think he will be keeping it as i cant see anyone paying good cash for this kind of thing
Old 15-04-2010, 12:24 PM
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I dont like it myself but have to admire the work that has gone into it!!
Old 15-04-2010, 12:26 PM
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I appreciate the amount of time and money that must have gone into it, but its fugly
Old 15-04-2010, 12:28 PM
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It will be someones cup of tea ,but i think it looks OTT
Old 15-04-2010, 12:30 PM
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'there's not another one like this' yea mate there's a reason for that!!
Old 15-04-2010, 12:31 PM
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Part Exchange: escort cosworth


why... so he can BASTARDISE that also!?

TV screens in the door cards! WHY!!?

what a cunt!


and he can't fucking spell either!
Old 15-04-2010, 12:41 PM
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MINTED! lol
Old 15-04-2010, 01:15 PM
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i like the wheels actually but the rest of the car is shit
Old 15-04-2010, 01:17 PM
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Iirc he has spend over 30k on it, it was in a paper a few years ago, the owner is a fairly old chap too!
Old 15-04-2010, 01:26 PM
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The actual quality of the work looks good but it looks shit IMO!
Old 15-04-2010, 01:27 PM
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Well there's a few ideas there then....


On how not to do your car up...
Old 15-04-2010, 01:37 PM
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he's after a cozzy,well he's was 07 best in britan,so its gonna have to be a hell of a good cossy then to match that.......
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If he wants a px for a escort cossie i take it he thinks there is a fair bit of money in this?
Old 15-04-2010, 01:47 PM
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Why are the speakers in backwards?
Old 15-04-2010, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by wee_wull
'there's not another one like this' yea mate there's a reason for that!!
exactly what I thought!
Old 15-04-2010, 02:26 PM
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Waste of money. Must have thousands in it
Old 15-04-2010, 02:30 PM
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If thats "best in britain" then that says a lot for how backwards this country has gone
Old 15-04-2010, 02:47 PM
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Im thinking of saleing my cab.
It would look right at home floating down the Thames!

Yeah, it's had loads spent on it, and been through several incarnations, but bet he wants stupid money for it. Not really my type of thing as it definitely ain't a performance vehicle of any kind.
Old 15-04-2010, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike C
It would look right at home floating down the Thames!
Would that not be sailing?
Old 15-04-2010, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed_van_Dijk
Iirc he has spend over 30k on it, it was in a paper a few years ago, the owner is a fairly old chap too!
It was at over Ł40k years ago. There was a link to a TV show on BBC iplayer a couple of years back, and it's changed quite a bit since then.

It was some proper shite regional program. I wouldn't have got it up here as it was on the "Essex Version"
Old 15-04-2010, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by CoupeUK
Would that not be sailing?
Nope Saleing
Old 15-04-2010, 03:05 PM
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Yeah thats it, i remember somthing about it, see if you can find it
Old 15-04-2010, 03:06 PM
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Old 15-04-2010, 03:51 PM
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The person must have more money than sense
Old 15-04-2010, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by wee_wull
'there's not another one like this' yea mate there's a reason for that!!
So true !!
Old 15-04-2010, 03:57 PM
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i can see 1976 custom car magazine,wanting to feature this ...is the guy a hispanic ? lot of time & money BUT stuck in a time warp sos
Old 15-04-2010, 03:58 PM
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Fair enough IMO, plenty of people out there that would want to buy that. Certainly not my cup of tea though!

I guess other's don't understand why you would want to bling up the underbonnet of an old sierra with chrome, and spend thosands making it quicker as you could just go and spend that money on buying a faster car in the first place.

Whatever floats your boat I guess!
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Originally Posted by Rich170
Fair enough IMO, plenty of people out there that would want to buy that. Certainly not my cup of tea though!

I guess other's don't understand why you would want to bling up the underbonnet of an old sierra with chrome, and spend thosands making it quicker as you could just go and spend that money on buying a faster car in the first place.

Whatever floats your boat I guess!
^^^ THIS!

There's no difference in spending thousands doing something like this chap has done, or spending thousands doing something like Rod, or Martin, or Porkie did with the 3dr. It's all about spending thousands doing something that makes you happy - beit modifying a car to look good, or sound good, or be "bling" or modifying a car to go very fast, handle well, or whatever.

Horses for courses at the end of the day. If we all modified cars the same way, what would be the point?
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Useful that it has TV screens in the door which would line up perfectly with your hips so you'd have no chance of seeing them. WTF?

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Originally Posted by markyd3
I dont like it myself but have to admire the work that has gone into it!!
+1
Old 15-04-2010, 04:39 PM
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why has he put screens in the door cards?
right next to the bit that will be obscured by the seat?
and why, when he's spent all that time and effort and money on it, didn't he mount the head unit in a better place?
and wtf is it with the speakers in the glovebox?
Old 15-04-2010, 04:52 PM
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paint work is nice but shame it got that kit on woulda lookd well with standard bumpers tho
Old 15-04-2010, 04:59 PM
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theres only 2 people that i no that wud buy this, and thats 2 of me mates, they absoluty LOVE cars like this, i think fuck that lol!
Old 15-04-2010, 06:08 PM
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I'd feel a right tit driving around in that
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seen that in person, and the work is good, just a complete utter waste of money that looks hideous


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