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(Message started by: Zombie on Apr 24th, 2006, 7:33pm)
Title: Ugly rear end.
Post by Zombie on Apr 24th, 2006, 7:33pm
The front of my estate is really growing on me, I used to have a couple of catfish and the look reminds me of the big fishies.

The back end is the same as the old Granada and really lets the car down.

Can anyone recommend any thing that can be done to improve matters? (short of throwing loads of cash at a body shop)
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by mr._floppy on Apr 24th, 2006, 9:11pm
I'm  afraid   that   trying    to  improve  the  looks  of   an  estate  car  ( even a   car as  sexy as the Scorpio )   is  a bit like re-arranging  the   deck   chairs on   the Titanic. :-*  

A   wasted  endeavour, buy a saloon :-*

   
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Baz on Apr 24th, 2006, 10:57pm
Sorry....read the title and thought it was a thread about my wife!!

Have to agree, estate cars are functional; a bit like a hearse or a tractor, and not particularly sexy looking

Baz
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by sector-9 on Apr 24th, 2006, 11:34pm
I'd far rather have the rear of the estate than the bulbous butt on the saloon.  Of course, I'd also prefer the more practical boot, self-levelling suspension and higher towing limit...

Darren
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by jonnycab on Apr 25th, 2006, 12:21am
You could fill the number plate recess with isopon, like the kids do, and stick you're number plate to the bumper. That might look really good...........just joking.
I think it's all "in the eye of the beholder".
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Matt on Apr 25th, 2006, 9:48am
i dunno i had a play in photo shop with a pic i found on ebay

http://i3.tinypic.com/wgqjjr.jpg

lights came off a toyota hilux lol and i gave it tinted rear windows and gave it some low rider appeal  }{ }{ }{

on seconds thoughts, the standard look is better  ::) ::)
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by mr._floppy on Apr 25th, 2006, 10:03am
Now,   that's   a  coooool   hearse ;D
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Zombie on Apr 25th, 2006, 7:05pm
I wanted a large estate car for my dog.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/PoloZombie/Rocky.jpg

I may tint the rear light cluster a bit, see if that helps.

Add a chrome number plate surround and park it facing the house so I don't have to look at the back end!  ;D
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Baz on Apr 25th, 2006, 9:05pm
Your dog would fit in a Ka....what do you want an estate for!!??
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by jonnycab on Apr 25th, 2006, 10:14pm
Nice job Matt....could you do the front with a couple of big carb inlets sticking out the bonnet?
That would finish it off.
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Zombie on Apr 26th, 2006, 11:41am

on 04/25/06 at 21:05:07, Baz wrote:
Your dog would fit in a Ka....what do you want an estate for!!??


LOL

He's small but hes a very active little dog and I would rather keep him behind bars when driving him anywhere.  He got under the pedals of my last car once!
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Matt on Apr 26th, 2006, 5:57pm
lol

well looks like i need to find more pics to mod the scoprio with  ;D

any one else wanna see something on it? i'll add some 'bling' wheels me thinks
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Zombie on Apr 27th, 2006, 6:49pm
Heres some ideas Matt

20" chrome spinners on a black scorpio!
6 x carb trumpets sticking out the bonnet
England flags!
"stuck on you" Garfield in the back window!   :)
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Matt on Apr 27th, 2006, 6:55pm

on 04/27/06 at 18:49:21, Zombie wrote:
Heres some ideas Matt

"stuck on you" Garfield in the back window!   :)



what on earth is that??? the rest sounds ok
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Zombie on Apr 27th, 2006, 7:01pm
You know, toy cat with suckers on each paw, that stick to the inside of the car window and looks out.

popular in the late 80s / early 90s?

Whilst I'm posting again. My car has no badges, apart from the Blue Ovals.  I assume it should have had badges on the boot?  I normally prescribe to the De-badge way of thinking, but if I'm going to be forking out all that money to run a 2.9ltr V6 I want the world to know!
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by nuttyscorp on Apr 27th, 2006, 7:20pm
no badges were put on the rear when new, except for the blue oval. (possibly a black scorpio badge on the centre light bar, on some facelifts)


there will be a scorpio/ultima/ghia x etc badge on the rear doors (next to 1/4light glass when doors are shut) and a 2.0/2.3/24v badge on the front wings.

hth

Russ
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Matt on Apr 27th, 2006, 7:39pm
if it's a cossie, ford parts uk do a nice cosworth badge, like on my saloon ;)

http://i3.tinypic.com/wm10ra.jpg

as for the stuck on you" Garfield, i know what you mean now lol  ;D
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Bren_K30 on Apr 29th, 2006, 9:58am

on 04/24/06 at 22:57:30, Baz wrote:
Sorry....read the title and thought it was a thread about my wife!!

Have to agree, estate cars are functional; a bit like a hearse or a tractor, and not particularly sexy looking

Baz



Yeah Yeah and all that, but it's great to pull up at the lights on Sankey Way alongside a Corsa with tinted windows and a 4 inch tailpipe, 4 burberry baseball caps inside. They get a lovely view of my estate rear end as it heads for Lane Ends Baz

Bren
it's    {} from me to them  ;D
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Bren_K30 on Apr 29th, 2006, 7:40pm
I bought the estate for my dog as well
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/Bren_K30/DownBoy.jpg
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 29th, 2006, 7:48pm
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/badges.htm

hth
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by nuttyscorp on Apr 29th, 2006, 9:06pm

on 04/29/06 at 19:48:41, scorpio_man wrote:
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/badges.htm

hth


ok so i forgot to mention the tdi badges ::), but looking at that link, and maybe im reading it wrong, it says that a "ghia" badge (obviously for the ghia models) was put on the bootlid?
now ive probably driven 50+ scorpios, and ive never seen one?

interesting to know if anyone has, and what year/plate?

Russ
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 29th, 2006, 10:01pm
hi there

strange one. ???

never seen a ghia with that badge, always be the word ghia.
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by nuttyscorp on Apr 29th, 2006, 10:10pm

on 04/29/06 at 22:01:28, scorpio_man wrote:
hi there

strange one. ???

never seen a ghia with that badge, always be the word ghia.


so the word "ghia" was put onto the bootlid of scorp at the factory?

Russ
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by jonnycab on Apr 29th, 2006, 11:33pm
I've got some spare chrome 'Granada' badges for my MK1 Granny. I wonder how that would look, with Granada written in Italic on back of a Scorpio.
I'll stick one on and post it on here.
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 30th, 2006, 8:42am

Quote:
so the word "ghia" was put onto the bootlid of scorp at the factory?


hi russ

sorry, i meant only the word ghia on the doors. I've never seen any scorpio's with a model name on the back. it may be a typo error on the site as only facelift ones had scorpio on them.



Quote:
I've got some spare chrome 'Granada' badges for my MK1 Granny. I wonder how that would look, with Granada written in Italic on back of a Scorpio.
I'll stick one on and post it on here.  

@ :-X it's a scorpio!! not a granada! ;D }{
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Zombie on Apr 30th, 2006, 4:52pm

on 04/29/06 at 19:40:13, Bren_K30 wrote:
I bought the estate for my dog as well
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/Bren_K30/DownBoy.jpg



Your dog looks better behaved than mine.

I left the little fluffy begger in the back when I visited my new nephew and when  Iwent out to check he was OK, he was sat in the drivers seat (having squeezed through the dog gard)
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by jonnycab on Apr 30th, 2006, 5:27pm
Yea...but it's son of Granada   :P
Most people seem to think it's a Granada, cos they say "nice granada mate, it's the last one they made innit".
Title: Re: Ugly rear end.
Post by Zombie on May 2nd, 2006, 5:47pm
Yeah,

The back end of the estate is 100% pure Granada.

i.e. It be ugly!


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