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Jun 10, 2020 21:19:49 GMT
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Love this!! Me an my girlfriend started toying with the idea of a camper van but the VW ones are too expensive. I'd love a Mk2 Transit to go with my Escort and Capri haha. The Telecom thing is extra cool too. No chance the Van is going back to being yellow then? Hi not going back to yellow unfortunately but after the yellow it was bt grey so it is going back to that (wife doesn’t like the yellow!!). We pulled up to a campsite in the new forest and the owner of the site said very loudly in front of a lot of people how nice it was to see something different than a Volkswagen!! Just like to point out that I love the vw campers there just out of my price range!! I have got a matchbox transit in telecom golden with the logos on which may make its way into the camper. Cheers Rob
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Jun 10, 2020 18:09:19 GMT
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May 21, 2020 20:55:04 GMT
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Evening all hope you’ve had a chance to enjoy the good weather this week, my transit recorded the temperature at 31 today over here! Finally my euro car parts order arrived today. I’ve had to buy a cvh radiator as my car had the ohv engine in it and the top and bottom hoses were on the wrong side for the Zetec. Also bought a new alternator as the cvh one I got given was missing a few bits on the back so I thought sod it I’ll take advantage on the discount code and get a new one. As you will see in the picture I’ll have to split the casing as the bloody hole for the adjuster is in the wrong place, have seen this before with new alternators compared to the old ones. Hopefully get a chance this weekend to get a bit done. Cheers Rob.
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May 18, 2020 21:40:42 GMT
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May 18, 2020 12:04:49 GMT
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Spotted this tidy fiesta on my travels today
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May 18, 2020 12:01:03 GMT
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Thanks for the reply’s guys and the words of encouragement it should be a nice thing to cruise about in when it’s done. Unfortunately the 1300 went in the boot of the gti that I broke for the Zetec. I’ll grab a few more pictures when I get home tonight, got a new interior to go in as I fancied a change from the recaros and I bought some different wheels which may or not work, will have to see! Cheers Rob.
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May 17, 2020 21:17:01 GMT
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Evening hope your all keeping well during this challenging time, luckily I am still going to work so have a bit of normality. I have like most people suddenly found that bit of spare time I have been longing for to work on my car. My last post was august last year and to be honest I completely lost the love for it! I couldn’t find the time or enthusiasm to do anything to it even drafting an eBay advert ready to sell it. But I have had the car for 11 years now and when I told my 11 year old I was going to sell it she burst into tears!! So Easter weekend I decided to clean out all the junk that had accumulated around the car so I could get to it and on Easter Monday I went into the garage armed with enthusiasm and the attitude that ‘hey Zetec you will be in that hole by the end of today!!! Three hours later it was in. I’ll have to get some more pictures but looking through the readers rides tonight spurred me on to update my thread. Just waiting on a few parts to arrive so I can crack on. Anyway stay safe and I’ll shut up for tonight! Cheers Rob.
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May 17, 2020 20:03:03 GMT
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Good effort lads 👍
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May 17, 2020 20:00:41 GMT
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See this on instagram the other day, looks like a really nice car mate! The steels look great on there but let me know when you wanna sell them. Rob.
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May 16, 2020 21:10:58 GMT
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see this maestro van whilst on a walk today, been there a while I reckon.
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Hi do you still have these for sale? Thanks Rob.
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Dec 20, 2019 20:21:56 GMT
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Hi mate no unfortunately it was far worse than first thought so it got stripped and scrapped. It wasnt ex bt not sure where it originated from to be honest.
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So not much has happened on the escort front in recent months, life has got in the way I suppose! Been having a tinker in the garage this last week in the evenings and I really need to crack on with it. So went to fit my 5 speed gear linkage and realised that it was for a mk3 escort and not a mk4. The mounting points are different so that put a stop to that! Luckily found the correct one on eBay so snapped that up and it's hopefully on its way to me so I can get it cleaned up and ready to go in. One other thing that is puzzling me is the gearbox mount, I was told I could use the box from the gti but I cannot see that the original mount from my car is going to attach to the gti's gearbox anywhere? Anybody used the mk6 box in a mk4 that could shed some light on this? Really this is the only thing stopping progress at the moment! Cheers guys.
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Jul 26, 2019 19:04:00 GMT
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Van looks great mate, what site are you staying at? Just being nosey as I live on the island lol enjoy your stay!
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Jul 12, 2019 21:19:32 GMT
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Signed, what an absolute joke aren't we car enthusiasts allowed to enjoy ourselves anymore?
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You've got me looking for a van now mate! I think your van is very tastefully modified and that's why people like it, no matter what there into new or old Ford's.
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Had a really good day in the garage today. My new stainless bolts for the rocker cover arrived yesterday so got them fitted. Before that I put the new set of spark plugs in and fitted new leads to the coilpack and mounted that back on. Also dug out the timing belt cover gave that a clean and put that on so it looks almost complete now. Grabbed a few more bits out of the spares department this afternoon. Got the cvh alternator,bracket and adjuster out. Gave the bracket and adjuster a lick of paint and swapped the zetec pulley onto the alternator. So all in all a good day hopefully get the alternator fitted this week in the evenings. Need to swap the 4 speed linkage over for the 5 speed one and we should be good to drop in the zetec! Cheers Rob.
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May 31, 2019 17:01:15 GMT
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Looks bloody lovely that van mate.
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May 30, 2019 19:31:31 GMT
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Great to see this back up! Thanks mate! I'm determined to get this sorted now, fed up of looking at it in bits!!
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