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Old 06-11-2011, 12:05 PM
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Default What were Ford thinking...

...when they invented Heath Brown?!

More to the point, what was the person who paid a lot of money for this car thinking when they specified it in Heath Brown?!





Picked it up off ebay yesterday for little more than scrap value. Going to run around in it for a month or two whilst one of my other cars is off the road. It's a Ghia X so has all the toys (and they all work!), comfortable enough, though could do with a tyre. But, brown, honestly?!?!

I'm going to have to wear a paper bag over my head
Old 06-11-2011, 12:09 PM
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It bet it looked half about polished up in the showroom when it was new.
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I like it...
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looks like a big chocolate bar should of been a galaxy
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I bet it would look good on a euro'd Golf or Polo or such seen worse colours in my time lol
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quite like it....
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I like it

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I think there must be something wrong with you lot
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I like it too, I might spray my Focus that colour
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i dont mint it
Old 06-11-2011, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by massivewangers
I think there must be something wrong with you lot
LOL you're the one that bought it you're the one thats got to live with it sure theres not something wrong with you
Old 06-11-2011, 05:53 PM
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Dont worry ill give you the response you were after............

Looks horrid, id be embarrassed driving any car that colour
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Originally Posted by RSGeorge
LOL you're the one that bought it you're the one thats got to live with it sure theres not something wrong with you
Given what I paid for it, and what's it worth in bits, I don't think there's anything wrong with me
Old 06-11-2011, 08:20 PM
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polish it up and slamn it on banded steels

vw styleeeeeeeeeeeee




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have you checked the glove box? there might be a pipe in there? Have you checked under the seat? There maybe slippers there? Have you checked the boot?,.,....
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If that was cleaned up and the paint given some love then I bet it'd look pretty good in the sun TBH.


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Old 06-11-2011, 09:28 PM
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I actually quite like it
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I like it too!
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Hmmmm, I think I'll paint the Evo that colour. It's awesome!
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Originally Posted by lordjc
have you checked the glove box? there might be a pipe in there? Have you checked under the seat? There maybe slippers there? Have you checked the boot?,.,....
I did, but it basically fell off in my hands. All I found in there was the missing interior mirror

I'm quite surprised at the brown love, take that as you will
Old 07-11-2011, 09:34 AM
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I like it too
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Brown love is always surprising.
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As browns go, thats a pretty decent one I reckon.

Be greatful they didnt just copy Austin
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But chip, I like that too
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Originally Posted by DarylC
But chip, I like that too
you need help!
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That Allegro is pretty awful, but it was kind of to be expected in the 70s, as brown was still fashionable. Brown in the 90s is a bit suspect, though not so bad as some of the relatively posh German stuff you can buy in brown today!
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Originally Posted by Chip
That looks like a primitive BMW Z3M Coupe... just oozes aggression.


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Old 07-11-2011, 05:25 PM
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That colour is making a comeback on new cars

Does look really nice in the sun!
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if you want a shitty colour try this, its called limeflower and does get alot of attention when its on the road but probably for the wrong reasons.





colour coded dash with sports wheel.
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That Mondeo looks alreet, like others have said polished up in the sun it would look nice.

Fords current mistake in my opinion is Mars Red, looks like its been left in the sun for too long, another dreadful Ford colour is Kelp.
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Limeflower is an awful colour, but then morris minors are awful.

We've got a teal blue traveller in at the moment with a limeflower interior, mmmmmm....
Old 08-11-2011, 08:21 AM
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Heath is a great colour, with the suitable tweaks it'd be the perfect colour for a subtly modified MK2 Mondeo.
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would be a good banger round track
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