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(Message started by: Ultima_Bloke on Sep 10^th, 2006, 5:49pm)

Title: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Sep 10^th, 2006, 5:49pm

Usual bi-monthly meet details, this month its kents turn to be invaded!! ;)

Badgers ~~Mound~~ Mount
Junction 4 - M25 e.t.c

If any newbies need further details, just ask!! ;)

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by taliban on Sep 11^th, 2006, 3:01pm

if im not working i'll make this one.....

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by BigMacx on Sep 11^th, 2006, 8:26pm

Cant Promise we will be there, But can you post the details please

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Sep 11^th, 2006, 8:26pm

Kent Meet
REGULAR MEET DETAILS: KENT
Last Sunday of every alternate month (we share this with the Essex Meet - they come to us, we go to them. Please check to see which venue is current for the month you want to go).

Venue: Badgers Mount Pub

When: 12:00 onwards (till about 15:00)

How to get there: Come off the M25 at Junction 4 (Sign posted A21 Orpington/ Bromley).
Drive down the 'spur road' to a big roundabout - take the immediate first exit and carry on that road - Go over another smaller roundabout (second exit - straight over) and the pub is on your right.

Who? Anyone that wants to turn up!! You are not restricted to being a Club member or a member of another Club - just get there. Granadas and Scorpios - all welcome!

(Copied & pasted from G.S.O) ;D

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by hepburn on Sep 12^th, 2006, 11:57am

I assume that pub is this one:

http://www.pubfoodguide.co.uk/pubs/kent-badgers-mount.htm

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Simmo on Sep 12^th, 2006, 1:12pm

Yes it is. Large car park.

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Gremlin on Sep 12^th, 2006, 5:52pm

Well if me cars back on the road after the prang would love to be there

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Simmo on Sep 12^th, 2006, 7:11pm

Looking forward to it. Hope to have supplies for Pagey,Mole and Pegasus!!.
Mike. ;)

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by pagey on Sep 15^th, 2006, 6:19pm

Hope to be there. It's now traditional to relieve Simmo of some of his "supplies" Trevor & Mole :)

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by freddieboy on Sep 19^th, 2006, 6:29am

Wots the Grub like?

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Simmo on Sep 19^th, 2006, 6:33am

Very good by all accounts.

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by freddieboy on Sep 21^st, 2006, 12:23am

THIS ONES GONNA BE A STONKER!

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by BigMacx on Sep 21^st, 2006, 5:02pm

One of these days I will come to terms with fancy posting on here LOL Till then Work allowing we will see you all on Sunday

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by hepburn on Sep 21^st, 2006, 11:47pm

Sadly it looks like I won't be able to make this one.

Also, I sold my Scorpio this week so I probably won't be "officially" attending any more meetings. However, I will look in on the essex meetings from time to time as they are a nice bunch of people...

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by freddieboy on Sep 23^rd, 2006, 2:24pm

on 09/21/06 at 17:02:16, BigMacx wrote:

One of these days I will come to terms with fancy posting on here LOL Till then Work allowing we will see you all on Sunday

HOPE TO SEE YOU M8!

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Sep 23^rd, 2006, 3:02pm

Doubtful, if I'm gonna be able to attend this one. :(
Gotta work, and I dont know what time I will finish! :(
If I can leave early, I will come along, will be in a non granada scorpio tho! :-[

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Geoff_W on Sep 23^rd, 2006, 3:22pm

Ultima Bloke

Having seen the piccy on FRAPPR are we looking at a Mk3 hatch with an Ultima front end, looks intriguing, what did you do?

http://www.frappr.com/?a=photo&gid=356077&pid=2576182&src=flash_slideticker

In any event well done 8)

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Sep 23^rd, 2006, 4:35pm

Hi geoff! My "ultima hatchback" is indeed a mk3 hatch with a ultima front on. I started the conversion at the beginning of the year, and had it ready for the bromley pageant, in june (which was when the photo was taken) there are still a few jobs to do yet, i.e, blacking out the chrome trims around the rear windows. I.M.O it does look really smart, almost, as it shouldve looked, if fords had built such a car.
p.s, thanks for the compliment!
:D

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Geoff_W on Sep 23^rd, 2006, 6:06pm

Really impressed, I loved my old mk3 hatch.

Have you thought about biting the bullet and fitting Ultima lights and bumper to the rear?

I suspect somebody at Ford designed a hatch version but it got pulled, did you make pics of the conversion process?

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Sep 23^rd, 2006, 6:22pm

As far as the back goes, I smoothed the mk3 bumper off, i.e, done away with the plastichrome strip, and filled the recess, so as it follows the line of the ultima front bumper, and fitted, later mk3 dark rear lights. All in all, the rear does look in keeping with the rest of the car, especially the dark lights, against the aubergine paintwork. Personally, the mk3 back always looked spot on, as it was. I took pics of each step of the conversion, which I will eventually get round to putting on here, just as soon as I work out how too. Looking back, the job would have been a tad easier, had I used a facelift mk3, as they share the same wiper arrangement as the ultimas (I used a pre-facelift car, and had to change the whole wiper assembly) The bodylines of the granada and the ultima are completely different, hence why I had to fit ultima doors, even now there is a slight diiference in profiles from the back doors to the back wings, but nothing that cant be reshaped eventually. As for the wiring.... I have gone for the simpler route, and used the mk3 harnesses in the ultima doors (would you believe, the doors fitted straight on, but the plugs in the doors, are nothing like the sockets in the pillars) There were lots of things, that were different, that I thought would be the same, and vice versa.

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Geoff_W on Sep 23^rd, 2006, 6:31pm

Well I have taken this up to the News link. ;) Very impressive piece of work.

Which engine do you have and did you think about swapping dashboards as well?

Geoff

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Sep 23^rd, 2006, 6:43pm

WOW!! ;D
Its a cosworth, and as for dashboards, have you seen how compicated a ultima dashboard is? haha. Nah, I decided to leave the interior as per mk3 spec, especially as it is a granny scorpio.

Title: Re: Kent Meet (24/09/06)
Post by Daven on Sep 25^th, 2006, 7:26am

Another excellent meet - weather was good and so was the company!

Sorry Jo and I had to get away sharpish - so much to do and so little time! ;)

Hope Mike (Simmo) shifted some more pens ;) And down to visit the Shoreham Aircraft Museum next week (see here (http://www.shoreham-aircraft-museum.co.uk/) - not far from the Badgers) thanks to Trevor (Pagey) for the info!

Dave