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(Message started by: PJDavis on Mar 18^th, 2012, 6:13pm)

Title: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by PJDavis on Mar 18^th, 2012, 6:13pm

I'm really not expecting any takers. It would be a shame to scrap the car. It's not available right away because I haven't finished messing about with it! It's got 114k on it, but will grow on that. Ticket till mid October, Tax till end of August. It's had a bit of TLC today, and will get a bit more, I will probably rub the roof down and blow it over. The boot lid that will be on it will have a slight dent in the off-side, and the near-side front door card has a slight glued split. The car runs great, I did a 400 mile journey fairly quickly and it never missed a beat returning over 32 mpg. There's no doubt the car as a whole is a bit tired, but it has a lot of life left in it. I reckon if £200-£300 was spent on it, it would be a really good car. (That would include the roof) All the electrics will work before I let it go, bearing in mind I won't be letting it go soon. It won't be advertised elsewhere, and won't go to anyone unless they are a member of this site. You'll see a couple of pics below, if you want more I'll provide them, just pm me. We all know how much these cars are worth. If you're interested then we'll talk. I don't need to get rid of this car, I will easily turn it to spares for mine, so there's no rush at all. There is still a slim chance I'll keep it and MOT it in August before the tax runs out just to see how good it is. It's the 'N' reg in the pics.

Peter

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by gozz on Mar 18^th, 2012, 9:13pm

Put the same number plate on both of em PJ,you'll only need to tax one then ;D I know a man who did that with two identical Dodge lorries,he would send one north and one south both running on a mixture of derv and heating paraffin
GOZZ. :o

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by PJDavis on Mar 19^th, 2012, 8:53am

It's a thought. Unfortunately because I have the only Scorpio within the local area, it's known to the local Cops. And being in a rural area the Cops have little to do so concentrate on the motorist! It'll soon be well known that I have two of them, on the way to work this morning I stopped at the end of the road, and one of the locals coming the opposite way stopped and said, "starting a taxi business are you".

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by Mike H on Mar 21^st, 2012, 3:09pm

Cheek! ;D

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by PJDavis on May 2^nd, 2012, 3:57pm

As you's see the pics have gone, this because of the image-host. That's no-problem I can send pics to an email addy if anyone is interested. The car is clean, no rusty arches, the leather is now cleaned and fed. 'Aunty' starts on the button even if left for a fortnight. It's still on 114k ish, MOT'd till mid October, Taxed till end of August. I still need to swap the boot over, just waiting for better weather, and the roof is still sun-bleached. As I've said at the start, I don't need to get rid of this car, it'll give me all the spares I'll ever need and I've now built a shed to house the spares when I strip it! ;) I'd still rather see it go to a member to get more use out of it.

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by leewar on May 7^th, 2012, 4:06pm

Hi Peter, Might be interested as the piston swap I was going to do with a lot of help on this site might not be the way to go. Also, just found the front passenger footwell soaked with water, another problem. Funny, as the car has sat on the drive and not moved obviously. I have not removed anything that could have let water in on the bulkhead, so I'm wondering how it got in. It can't be from the matrix? Possibly the sunroof? Let me know what your thinking. I could break mine to fund the purchase as no work means no money spare. Cheers Lee

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by Simmo on May 7^th, 2012, 4:32pm

Lee. Drop the glove compartment and check for water up behind it. The favourite place is the large grommet behind the auxillary fusebox which ,if not seated correctly, will allow water into the car and over the electronics!. Is the battery cover fitted and are the bulkhead drainholes clear?. :) Here (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/battery.htm)

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by PJDavis on May 7^th, 2012, 4:59pm

You beat me to it Simmo! No problems if anyone wants to buy the car, Aunty is ready to go if needs be, I changed the boot-lids over today, what a bloody job single-handed. Both lids are well installed, and water-proof with good shut-lines. Aunty will sit now until just after the summer holidays, Taxed till end of August. Even though Aunty is MOT till mid October, I might take it for a ticket during August if I'm feeling flush, I see no reason for it to fail, and I might just put it in the local rag with a full ticket to see if anyone bites. I can't help thinking though that it would yeild a whole car of spares and I'd never need for a Scorpio even if my main car got written-off. Only time will tell! ;D

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx357/PJJDavis123/DSCF2915.jpg

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx357/PJJDavis123/DSCF2914.jpg

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx357/PJJDavis123/DSCF2916.jpg

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx357/PJJDavis123/DSCF2913.jpg

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx357/PJJDavis123/DSCF2917.jpg

I'll leave these pics up for a while, but I'll delete them once the thread has gone down the line a bit. The car really does have no rust!

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by leewar on May 7^th, 2012, 10:02pm

Peter,Pm Sent

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by leewar on May 7^th, 2012, 10:04pm

Drainholes clear and battery cover fitted ???

Title: Re: State Blue Ultima 2.0
Post by Glyn on May 8^th, 2012, 12:36am

Peter, looks so good I could be tempted myself!
Glyn