Not what i expected to see when i opened my boot!!!!

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30-06-2005, 02:45 PM

Manchester Mike

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Not what i expected to see when i opened my boot!!!!

Never seen them go here before

Anyone experienced this???

Does anyone know whether ford do a repair panel like they do for the battery tray etc???

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30-06-2005, 02:49 PM

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never saw that before either!

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30-06-2005, 02:50 PM

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shit

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30-06-2005, 02:51 PM

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me neither!! that's nasty!! this might sound harsh, but if it was mine i'd be seriously considering getting shot mate!! not sure I could trust it again after that!!

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30-06-2005, 02:51 PM

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shit the bed

never seen it go there before ...

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30-06-2005, 02:52 PM

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i would on the look out for a decent shell mate

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30-06-2005, 02:52 PM

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if there are no repair panels, i'd guess cutting one out another shell

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30-06-2005, 02:52 PM

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Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike!! you nutter - how the hell did that happen!

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30-06-2005, 02:53 PM

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must have been that humpback bridge at 100mph with a load of scrap in the boot lol

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30-06-2005, 02:54 PM

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Bloody ell mate.....you hooligan!!!!

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30-06-2005, 02:56 PM

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Never seen that happen before.
Like Dave said, cut one out of another escort & get it welded in (make sure they do a propper job thou).

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30-06-2005, 02:59 PM

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30-06-2005, 02:59 PM

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As everyone else has said.... Never seen that happen before

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30-06-2005, 02:59 PM

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Cant see a repair panel for that area

Another shell or like above cut that part out and weld in

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30-06-2005, 03:00 PM

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BLOODY HELL

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30-06-2005, 03:01 PM

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Get down the breakers and cut one out of a shell

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30-06-2005, 03:02 PM

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Did you think you was driving the Genral lee or sumat???

How did it happen?

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30-06-2005, 03:03 PM

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if there are no repair panels, i'd guess cutting one out another shell

Yeah good thinking mate, may end up doing that.

She had her mot last month and only needed a patch on the passenger side sill, the car is solid, well........ so i thought

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Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike!! you nutter - how the hell did that happen!

Lets just say i've always wanted to be in the dukes of hazard

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30-06-2005, 03:03 PM

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I can't believe it still drove with the head in the boot

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30-06-2005, 03:05 PM

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30-06-2005, 03:06 PM

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Bloody hell!! Not seen that before but I wouldn't think its time to scrap the shell from that damage alone. Should be fairly easy to repair!!

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30-06-2005, 03:09 PM

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Mike....Get my number off Sticker paul,I`ll give you a hand to sort,just got a new lance for my mig and theres loads of escorts in the yard round the corner from me.......

Shouldn`t be a big problem to fix mate so don`t panic...

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30-06-2005, 03:12 PM

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Saw it happen to a few cars, but they were tarmack rally cars.

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30-06-2005, 03:20 PM

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Mike....Get my number off Sticker Paul,I`ll give you a hand to sort,just got a new lance for my mig and theres loads of escorts in the yard round the corner from me.......

Shouldn`t be a big problem to fix mate so don`t panic...

Thats really kind of you mate, thanks pal

I've just spoken to a guy i know up here and he's saying it should be easily sorted

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30-06-2005, 03:21 PM

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how the hell did that pass an mot in the first place.. surely that would have been noticed last mot

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30-06-2005, 03:24 PM

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thats a first

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30-06-2005, 03:30 PM

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Holy shit Mike

That's not good

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30-06-2005, 03:33 PM

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shite!

I' scrap the fooka!

re-shell!

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30-06-2005, 03:35 PM

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Bloody hell mate, wasn't expecting that!

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30-06-2005, 03:35 PM

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i opened a boot of a car once............

and was surprised to see a dead dog in it

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30-06-2005, 03:36 PM

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Or - get a coilover kit that requers rear strut mods and fabricate your own

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30-06-2005, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by diamonds

i opened a boot of a car once............

and was surprised to see a dead dog in it

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30-06-2005, 03:40 PM

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I had an old mk3 Fiesta 1.1 runaround and for one of it's MOT's I had it bodge welded up around the strut top as it was rusting badly there. Never seen a mk4 Escort go there before, aren't they usually covered with a liner so you can't see the metalwork around them?

Nasty whatever the case!

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30-06-2005, 03:47 PM

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Never seen a mk4 Escort go there before, aren't they usually covered with a liner so you can't see the metalwork around them?

Yes they are Andy, i ripped it all out in rage to have a closer look lol

Nice to meet you by the way at brunters on tuesday, looking forward to seeing some footage from your bumper cam

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30-06-2005, 03:48 PM

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Ouch

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30-06-2005, 03:53 PM

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Ahhh - it's you!

Will have to get my engine sorted again first before I take any more footage - I'm just ordering a new clutch for my runaround as I managed to kill the engine in that a few weeks ago, not having much luck with CVH engines at the moment!

Got a low mileage XR2i engine going into it instead now.

What you gonna do with the car then mate? Fix it or get a new shell?

Cheers,

Andy

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30-06-2005, 04:19 PM

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I'm gonna fix her mate, many more miles left in her yet

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30-06-2005, 05:20 PM

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Cool stuff - was good to meet ya on Tuesday as well btw!

Definitely have to organise another RST thrash - when we've all got our cars running properly again!

I was saying to a mate the other day when he asked me why all us RST owners bother - I replied 'they're the best fun in the world for the whole 10 minutes they run right!'

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