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My mates Escort has died
25. May 2009 at 16:16

John wanted to borrow my welder over the weekend to weld up his Escort that dramatically failed its MOT on a hole. I had no idea how large the hole was until i stuck my head under the car. It's a wreck Shocked

it was about the size of a persons hand. He's been welding away for a few hours & then pops down, "it's gotta go" he says, "why" i ask. The hole was getting bigger as he was poking around, now it's massive. I've never seen a car so rotten. We're not talking Pairs, it's well passed that. So another Escort is off to the scrap yard this week. He just doesn't learn though, he keeps buying these old Fords. The thing is though, it looks very tidy from the top half, but the underneath is Shocked

He'll be drowning his sorrows now with beers Grin

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cam2502 Senior Member Offline Posts: 880 dumfries,scotland Gender: Drives: silver 2001 BMW 318i se	Re: My mates Escort has died Reply #1 - 25. May 2009 at 16:25 mate of mine has just got rid of an s reg escort. nice enough looking car but the sills were shot and underneath wasnt much better,the guy that bought it didnt even look. just got in,said the interior was nice,took it for a 10 minute drive and handed over 600 sovs. There truly is one born every minute!
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Re: My mates Escort has died
Reply #2 - 25. May 2009 at 17:16

cam2502 wrote on 25. May 2009 at 16:25:

mate of mine has just got rid of an s reg escort. nice enough looking car but the sills were shot and underneath wasnt much better,the guy that bought it didnt even look. just got in,said the interior was nice,took it for a 10 minute drive and handed over 600 sovs. There truly is one born every minute! Huh

He's thought about bodging & selling it on, but his conscience wouldn't stand to it. I think his Escorts an S reg (there abouts).

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Re: My mates Escort has died
Reply #3 - 25. May 2009 at 17:36

will he be looking for an escort pete ? to the scrappy? ford. Fix Or Repair Daily sorry mate had to get that one in .my brother had a ford anglia .he use to go canoeing with his canoe strapped to his roofrack in matlock .when you opened the passenger door and lifted the foor mat up you could see the road same on drivers side .if you went out in it when it was raining you had to have your wellies on .we new how the flintstones felt in there car Grin

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Re: My mates Escort has died
Reply #4 - 25. May 2009 at 17:41

p j morgan wrote on 25. May 2009 at 17:36:

will he be looking for an escort pete ? to the scrappy? ford. Fix Or Repair Daily sorry mate had to get that one in .my brother had a ford anglia .he use to go canoeing with his canoe strapped to his roofrack in matlock .when you opened the passenger door and lifted the foor mat up you could see the road same on drivers side .if you went out in it when it was raining you had to have your wellies on .we new how the flintstones felt in there car Grin

Found On Rubbish Dump, Found On Road Dead. That description of your mate Anglia is typical of ford through the sixties & seventies Grin

It would seem to be the same with some cars through the nineties too Shocked

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Re: My mates Escort has died
Reply #5 - 25. May 2009 at 19:36

Pete. wrote on 25. May 2009 at 16:16:

John wanted to borrow my welder over the weekend to weld up his Escort that dramatically failed its MOT on a hole. I had no idea how large the hole was until i stuck my head under the car. It's a wreck Shocked

it was about the size of a persons hand. He's been welding away for a few hours & then pops down, "it's gotta go" he says, "why" i ask. The hole was getting bigger as he was poking around, now it's massive. I've never seen a car so rotten. We're not talking Pairs, it's well passed that. So another Escort is off to the scrap yard this week. He just doesn't learn though, he keeps buying these old Fords. The thing is though, it looks very tidy from the top half, but the underneath is Shocked

He'll be drowning his sorrows now with beers Grin

Depends which Escort - Mk1 Mk2 it is a sad end, any newer - one less on the roads

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