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craig
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« Reply #1 on: Jul 19th, 2005, 7:25am » |
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bet you a few might be interested in the facelift front end though 
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Baz
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« Reply #2 on: Jul 19th, 2005, 9:18am » |
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That isn't a P reg either, it has got the side airbags so it must be a proper facelift on an r or s plate!!
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Re: What a waste of a Scorp....
« Reply #3 on: Jul 19th, 2005, 10:02am » |
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"Its mine a tells ya" 
Yeh i`m the current high bidder. so if i win, there will be plenty of bits for sale at very reasonable prices and you lads will get first shout. 
Jay
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« Reply #4 on: Jul 19th, 2005, 12:44pm » |
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baz....
your right there you know.....
whats your plans for it then jay..?
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Re: What a waste of a Scorp....
« Reply #5 on: Jul 19th, 2005, 5:29pm » |
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Hi Craig.
To be honest its probably beyond ecnomical repair.
and it breaks my heart to break a car but that is what will happen to it if i win the auction.
The front end already has a home, on mine, just the bumper and fogs, the headlights mine already has.
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, mine is a 98 R plate, it is a facelift but doesn`t have the face lift front bumper.
The grill and lights are all face lift, so whys that?
The interior and wheels and any other good bits are going on here to keep ours going. oh yeh i want the engine as a spare.
Jay
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craig
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« Reply #6 on: Jul 19th, 2005, 5:53pm » |
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jay...
as yours is a 98,the general theory is this....
as the car began to near it's shelf life,ford continued to make the car with basically what ever was left over,hence you do tend to see a lot of 1997/98 models with a face lifted rear end,but still the pre facelift front end,.....
although ironically as the car began to near the very end (mainly s platers and the occasional t plater),the majority of them had all the face lift features.....
querky ford thing i think
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Re: What a waste of a Scorp....
« Reply #7 on: Jul 19th, 2005, 8:08pm » |
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Jay,
more likely yours has had a bump at sometime and the repair was made using all the bits left over plus a new "old" style bumper
There wouldn't have been any "facelift" cars made with non facelift parts as this would be a big no-no from an advertising, trading standards point of view.
There is a general perception that most Scorpios are somewhat different to the next one. This isn't really the case as designs and specs change over the course of a production run. The changes are somewhat documented on the main site but not when silly little things were deleted such as the retaining straps in the saloon boots of the M and N reg cars. It really is all about build dates with these cars rather than registration dates.
Baz
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Re: What a waste of a Scorp....
« Reply #8 on: Jul 19th, 2005, 9:16pm » |
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Craig, Baz.
I think both points are valid. 
Any way if i win the auction i can put mine back to how Uncle Henry wanted her to be.  Fully face lifted.
Got to win it first.
I already have 2 twelve spokes left over from putting some on mine.
Got 3 from the scrappy, 3 from Ebay and one from Gaz01Gaz. so got my 5 from the better ones and got 2 left over.
I will put these on the "For sale" section if any body is interested.
Jay
P.S. Thank you Baz for letting us share your holiday with you.
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Re: What a waste of a Scorp....
« Reply #9 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 12:01am » |
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No problem Jay.
I have sorted out the leaky bit which happened at Calais. Turned out to be a split hose from thermostat to water pump!!
Baz
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Re: What a waste of a Scorp....
« Reply #10 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 12:07am » |
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on Jul 20th, 2005, 12:01am, Baz wrote:
I have sorted out the leaky bit which happened at Calais. Turned out to be a split hose from thermostat to water pump!!
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Thank goodness for that! You had me worried for a while there Baz, not an other radiator  Glad everythings OK now
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- Mike -
So nearly said "goodbye" but now Scorpio will see another day, alongside the replacement! eek!
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Re: What a waste of a Scorp....
« Reply #11 on: Jul 20th, 2005, 12:16am » |
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seems to be Mike. Just done a write up on the problems page. Took it for a spin just and it seems OK so I will see how it gets on this week
Baz
The wood/leather steering wheels do look pretty good on the car!!
Are you going to Weston this year Mike?
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Re: What a waste of a Scorp....
« Reply #12 on: Jul 22nd, 2005, 10:49am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2005, 10:02am, janspeed wrote:
"Its mine a tells ya"
Yeh i`m the current high bidder. so if i win, there will be plenty of bits for sale at very reasonable prices and you lads will get first shout.
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Shame about that, looks like someone has not been able to stop as quick as the scorp!!
Jay, I have sent you a pm.
Paul
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Still hankering after a new scorpio- Aus BA Falcon, 5 years later and I still love it!
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Re: What a waste of a Scorp....
« Reply #13 on: Jul 22nd, 2005, 12:42pm » |
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Hi Jay
PM sent bud
regards
Paul
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