Fiddy

Gave the mondeo its first proper clean for a while today. whilst cleaning it, i noticed winter hasnt been kind to it. the few spots of rust it had, one on the rear quater, couple around the rear window, and one on the roof, seem to be getting worse. on the plus side, i havnt found any new spots, and underneath, its clean as a whistle, but its starting to show its age, so it may need some paint soon


still cleaned up well












But the rust patches stand out on closer inspection

melinamotor

Looks good mate, when I see threads like this I miss the old 200

Fiddy

cheers mate. thats why i wont sell it though, because i will miss it, plus, with everything ive done to it, i know it like the back of my hand, and know its solid, and reliable, and for what id get for it, id find it very difficult to get anything as good/nice for the money

but then i have a dillema, how much more money do i put into it ?, as far as bodywork goes, before its pointless, and i might aswel sell it, and use the money id spend on the bodywork, plus what id get for it, to buy something else.

and im very tempted to take the winter wheels off, and put my EsCos rims on, but i think its still a bit early weather wise

Decisons decisions

Moonstone Mo

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Looking well there mate

use the cossie all year round too,key is protection aslong as the paint work is well sealed all the crap off the roads shouldnt bother it(bar excsiting scabs) i say whack the escos rims on

scottyrs

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looking good mate get the escos rims on OR donate them to me

Fiddy

scotty, i wouldnt even sell them to you mate, ive wanted a set forever

Kam B

stunning

Fiddy

cheers fella. it does get washed and polished a lot, i like to keep it as clean as possible. gona buff it once the weather gets better, and give it a good few coats of autoglym

Moonstone Mo

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Were you at croft with this last year sure thats where i saw it?

johnnysierra

Always fancied one of these looks tidy mate

dojj

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hmmm shiney

RS Grant

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Looks great buddy, massive fan of the twin lights on a MK2. .....you know my thoughts on the Escos wheels!!


Cheers,
Grant

Brian

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Very nice


Brian

Fiddy

yes mate, it was parked in the pits






neil from fast ford was going to do his own little stand at croft for a couple of cars. the mondy was going to be on it, but neil never got round to sorting the stand out, had a lot of time working on his fiesta, as it killed a hub when we were on track in it. so i just parked it in the pits as i had a pit pass.

Fiddy

cheers grant. ive had two MK1's, and MK3, always said if i did ever buy a MK2, id have to get morettes, as i have a pet hate for MK2 headlights, there big, and ugly.

and tbh mate, ive had 7 sets of wheels on it, and ive had wheels that look better than the EsCos rims do, but there isnt many on EsCos rims, as there the wrong offset, but, there EsCos rims, so there staying


here's a pic for you, seeing as you like them




they WILL be going on in the near future

Fiddy

good cars if you can find a good one mate, and iron out there little 'problems'

Magnum PI

Fiddy,

From a Mancunian to a Scouser, keep it mate, the amount of work and effort you have put in to your car it would be criminal to get rid.
if you try and get rid now, you might as well pull your pants down an bend over.
A dealer would give you peanuts and selling privately would be just as bad.

Get the little bits of rust sorted on the offending panels and resprayed.
You know it's a solid car, keep it running and keep on top of it.

If there are guy's on here restoring 25 yr old cosworth's, there's plenty of life in your Mondy mate.

Glenn_

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I told you before fella to get the rust sorted cause it will only get worse.The shitty weather doesnt do our fords much good.

Its looking nice and shinny.WHat polish have you been using.

Fiddy

id like to do what you did mate, take it off the road, and get the whole car painted. but that in itself is a dilemma, because one, id be tempted to get a colour change, to flint grey or polaris grey, and two, if i did that, i wouldnt want to use it as an every day car, with wor lass taking it shopping etc.

just using the same polish as always fella, autoglym

Glenn_

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I know What your saying fella.You cant beat the auto glym polish.That wax stuff is mint.

KSA-Cossie

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Scrubs up well fidster.

Fiddy

cheers mate. it doesnt need restoring, for a nearly 14 year old mondeo, its actually in very good condition. its had a bit of paint over the years, but the panels are all original, so are the arches, and its never been welded, nor does it need any. its honestly solid as a rock, and mechanically, it runs like a swiss watch, drives, starts, goes, and stops, exactally how it should, so its defo got plenty of life left in it, its one of the cleanest, most original MK2's about. just bodywork wise, its starting to show its age, few scratches here and there, stone chips, and the rust spots really do let it down, because its a clean and honest old thing.

its just its getting to the point now, like a cross roads, where i either spend money on it, or i just stay on top of it and drive it.

was at my mates bodyshop the other day. he said he could fit new arches, and paint it, for a grand, or if i wanted a colour change, he could do a full one, inside the doors, dorr shuts, everything, for Ł1400. but if i go down that route, i wouldnt even like to add up how much id have in it all together. lets just say i could have a very nice ST200 LTD, or a nice ST220

Fiddy

it does kev aye

cossiegreg1

looks well mate mate.
Not a fan of escos wheels on it sorry.
why not rs7's diamond cut?

Fiddy

theres more expensive stuff out there mate, that the proper buftys use, poorboys, dodo juice etc, but ive always liked autoglym, its always brought my cars up nice. autoglym shampoo, autoglym polish, i swear by it.

Fiddy

always fancied a set of RS7's greg, either D-Cuts or softspokes, but they go for stupid money these days, especially D-Cuts

Glenn_

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Greg i agree the wheels would look better on mine fella lol.

Fiddy

buy a set of D-Cuts and ill swap ya


we'll have to try the EsCos rims on your saff when it comes out of hibernation

Moonstone Mo

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yup thats the one.

Fiddy

Aye, twas me

Glenn_

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These are the wheels you want fiddy diddy doddy

http://srx.uk.ebayrtm.com/clk?RtmClk...154085&pi=3286

Fiddy

im happy with my EsCos wheels thank you please

Glenn_

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Knee bother....lol

Fiddy

your only saying that becasue you want my EsCos rims anyway mush

Paulo P

I prefer the ST wheels

Glenn_

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I know i wish i never sold my old sierra with them on.I think they lok better in silver though.

Glenn_

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Get this bought fella.Modifie the back seat if it wont fit.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mondeo-ST200-l...item1c18efbff8

PeterRST

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I really like the look of that. Not many 4dr saloons around. Plus the Mk2 looks so much nicer and sleaker than the Mk3.

If there's rust on the underbody, make sure you get the brake lines at the rear (some sort of t-piece near chassis rail) checked. They have a terrible habit of rotting through there and there's nothing worse than the middle pedal going to the floor...

UkChris023

That looks sweet bud, looks similar to mine allthough not black lol.

Really do like them headlights, changes the look of the car.. shame they are so expensive

adam151082

Nice motor