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(Message started by: Matt on May 11^th, 2007, 6:10pm)

Title: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by Matt on May 11^th, 2007, 6:10pm

this is the view i got this morning out of my front window
approx 180 degree arround

http://i6.tinypic.com/4uuxc49.jpg
my red donor car

http://i9.tinypic.com/63mpx0j.jpg
my estate

http://i3.tinypic.com/6f6rasg.jpg
a battered saloon, belongs to my neibours relatives

so theres 3 with in yards of each other, but you also have to remember my wrecked cossie is im my garage too!

Title: Re: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by mr._floppy on May 11^th, 2007, 6:21pm

How's the parking round your way ?

I can feel the daggers of my neighbours eyes boring a hole in my skull just because I have two big cars ( fully legal and roadworthy ) taking up space on the road outside my house.

Lord knows how multiple car owner families cope in narrow urban residential streets.

Title: Re: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by Matt on May 11^th, 2007, 6:26pm

parkin is ok round here, thers 4 cars in my household!!! and we find space for them lol,

bth every house round here averages 2 cars, most houses have driveways and garages to a lot are off road

Title: Re: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by TiberiuS on May 11^th, 2007, 9:10pm

lol, wouldn't leave a car parked on the street here, got the Scorpio vandalised more than once. Not that it's a bad area, it's pretty quiet really but in the summer when the holidaymakers have had a few too many and want a free ride home from the pub, decent motor parked alone on the street at 2am on Sunday is asking for trouble >:( :-X

So, it gets parked off road, out of view around the side of the bungalow, under a tree that sheds long stringy seed things all year round :'(...thank god for car covers ;) ;D

Get loads of Scorpios around here, yet nobody else within miles of here is a member...the ONLY time I got flashed by a fellow Scorp was when I was in the Mondeo....still have no idea why he kept flashing me ::)

BTW, how's the cossie swap coming along Matt?

Regards, Bruce ;)

Title: Re: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by Matt on May 12^th, 2007, 11:02am

took a sneeky walk round the blue one, it's a 2.0 manual, cloth trim, rather basic model, body is in a terrible state, if its not dents and scratches, is the shattered front and rear bumpers, the 2 inch rust hole in the bootlid and just a general shappy ness :(, would be a good project car lol

it's coming along, although very slowly, lost a lot of tools in a fire at a factory so it's getting them replaced including my compressor (we were doing a campervan overall for a mate, who owned the factory) every thing was a total loss :-X

still the paint is on order, im keepin the moon dust silver, put body has had to have a lot of prep work, but i'll be doing a better job them ford did as i'll not only be painting the interiour and exteriour, but also the bits ford forgot like the engine bay and boot inners!!!

cant wait to get her back on the road, ive picked up a few bits to upgrade her a little so would be nice to have a car to fit them to lol

Title: Re: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by TiberiuS on May 12^th, 2007, 9:41pm

Matt, you're painting it yourself? What happened to the bespoke mica flecked pearlised paint idea? ::). Always wanted to get the kit and try a full respray but it's the space, fumes and not being able to bake it :-/

Oyster or roman bronze would look great on a facelift cossie IMO but it's your car ;)

You should take some photos of it in progress, would be great to show people once it's done :D.

Regards, Bruce.

Title: Re: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by Matt on May 13^th, 2007, 8:52am

i have been, i'll sitch them all up on the 'time to cry' post in the news section

ive got the kit to do sprayin so why not do it my self lol

btw, i'll have some panels left over which if any one needs i dont mind preping and puttin a coat of primer on ready to be painted the colour of your choise

Title: Re: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by elmfield on Jun 8^th, 2007, 3:54pm

is aubergine one up 4 sale

Title: Re: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by Matt on Jun 8^th, 2007, 5:57pm

hi elmfield

no im afriad not, however many parts are as im only using the body shell to rebuild my cosworth, pm me if your after a certain part :)

Title: Re: Who said scorpios are rare
Post by elmfield on Jun 8^th, 2007, 9:07pm

ime afta psnger rear door in aubergine if u have it