Fudgey

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You didnt buy a set of Masitaly VT5's for it over 10 years ago did you?

gcfcos

Hi mate no there was another citrine yellow one about that had black wheels on it but was 2wd, I have a few photos of it on my laptop, I'll try and get them at some point, seem to remember us having a conversation about it on passion ford some years ago when the picture surfaced back then. The bloke who owned it came up to me at Rs Combe and was having a chat about it but said it got scrapped in the end :-( looks like mine may be the only one left in citrine yellow then unless I very much dought someone will paint another one, perhaps I should just get a blowover done on mine at some point to tidy it up

CrOwSoN15

I was expecting the worst, but that actually looks really smart as it is!

gcfcos

Lol thanks mate I may just leave it as is then, seriously thinking about doing the boot, roof and bonnet in satin black or something like that. I had seriously considered getting tiger stripes done in black, into dark grey and then into light grey

gjh

Blast from the past! Don't touch it, its fucking cool as it is. Tell the purists to go fuck themselves!

Fudgey

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Ah must have been the other chap then. i sold him them and delivered them around bournemouth way.

The Youth.

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That will have been moonstone blue originally, I used to own H835KNO ford registered a lot all at the same time as management cars all were moonstone, i've seen lots with very similar reg's over the year and all were blue


steve

gcfcos

Yeah that's right mate it's still got a moonstone engine bay

Jay,

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tbh if the car can be put away and your not homeless then hey whats the bother as many are in the same position and your right if you sell it in bits you will never see the money lol so my advice is just lock it up when it gets to the point of needing doing and save up or get a second job and use that cash to pay for a new paint job

gcfcos

Yeah it sits in the garage for weeks or months at a time and very rarely gets used as don't go to many shows etc. I try and get it out the garage once a month for my local Rsoc meet though just to stretch its legs. I know id be gutted if I knew it wasn't in the garage.

R4N SS

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just store it away for a few years and forget about it, build up some money and then come back to it at a later stage when the kids are a little older and you have more disposable income

jason_nike

Not this one by any chance??

studabear

Colour looks great, I would get the bits together over time, then save up and have it repainted the same colour and maybe the engine bay too.

visa_broke

looks sweet in that color

JasonPD

I frigging love it in that colour and if was mine I'd fix up whatever is needed and run as is.

What actually NEEDS doing? Does it have an mot? And not a dodgy one

STAFFY OWNER

That looks cracking mate, no way would I want to spoil that. One of our managers had a Mondeo in that colour in the early to mid nineties, it was a colour you either loved or hated, I was one that loved it.

john_3.0s

Takes me right back to the 90 s love that colour don't touch it is enjoy it just as it is proper oldskool back in the days when we weren't as precious about these cars way before everyone got greedy pushed up the prices and ruined the whole scene. Ahh those were the days!

gcfcos

Lol no believe it or not the last mot I had to get a work colleague to mot it as we weren't allowed to mot our own cars. It's got 64,000 genuine miles from new and never ever been welded, I've waxoyled it the last 9 years I've owned it. It just needs a load of bodywork doing like dents and bits of missing paint here and there. The paint job is really poor and one of the wings and one rear quarter have faded badly

gcfcos

That's the one

smiley

I like that black wheels black tanks cam cover and hoses would look propper

CossieRich

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I quite like it in yellow. Not that anyone's opinion on here really counts as its your car lol. However, if you are skint then put it away in your garage and leave it until you can afford to do whatever you want to it. Or break it and make loads of money and buy a sensible family car

gcfcos

That's not a bad idea

gcfcos

I've got a 15 plate Nissan as a daily got a real cheap deal through my old work so luckily the missus is kept happy that way lol

JasonPD

Wow, low miles as well!

When you say poor paintwork, was it just a crap spray job or is it just a bit faded and or scratched and maybe a couple of days with a machine polisher could freshen it up?

I guess that makes sense that you can't mot your own car, I can't imagine folk ever wanting to fail their own vehicles...

Someone else on this thread said this was a ford colour? I didn't know that, did they put it on cars from factory? I only ever remember the colour from the car cruises I went to.

JasonPD

Oh yeah, mondeo wasn't it?

gcfcos

yeah citrine yellow, the mk1 mondeo rs was painted in the colour from factory. it wasnt prepped properly before paintjob so flaking off in places like lips of arches etc tried flatting paint back but no good. love the tag kick windows out and race it lol

BIL N KEL

I love it in this colour I see some pics one of your mates put on Facebook the other day. A couple of the panels looked a bit faded but the car looked tidy still though could you not give it a respray in the yellow as it'd be a lot cheaper to do than chan ging the colour

gcfcos

ah yeah i popped something round to my bother in laws house and he started taking snaps lol, i havent got facebook so cant see the pics yeah was contemplating getting the yellow blown over but it would have to be sanded back past the yellow as they didnt prep it properly to paint it

gcfcos

i think ill prob do the black boot, roof and bonnet for now as gotta change the boot asap as the centre post of spoiler area on boot has rotted through, then ill prob just leave the body for a few more years untill i have the time, money and space to strip the car right down and restore it properly.at least that way i can keep using the car and enjoy it

Fudgey

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That other one must have been the guy that had my wheels. And ruined them painting them black

My old car

gcfcos

ive always wanted black wheels on mine, may consider selling my escos wheels and getting a black set

Fudgey

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Buy a few sharpies and colour them in lol

Or plasti dip them, can peel that stuff off if you dont like it

gcfcos

I'll have to look into plasti dip I've never heard of that

Fudgey

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Never tried it personally but a few on here have with good results.

dave cos4x4

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I bought this in 2006 for parts for my escort mk.2, sold the shell on so may be on the road.

gcfcos

Ah yes I've seen this on gumtree about 6 months ago, it was running an 8v twin cam engine but advertised as a genuine cosworth shell. Had loads of people messaging me asking why id put my Cossie up for sale lol

gcfcos

https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/

Untaxed and no mot since 2006

Glenn_

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I would rather finger my ass and have black wheels on my car.

gcfcos

Lol

JasonPD

Agree those wheels look lost on the car in black but that sounds a bit extreme Glenn!