The car formally known as 'mint'

[panelbasher]

coming down on Sat to finish off the polishing Matt??????

[mk1matt]

That has got to be the first time dave has DE gayed anything.

[dangerousdave]

I de gayed your mum

[Mk2Matt]

coming down on Sat to finish off the polishing Matt??????

Yep will be down at some point Terry, coming back from Amy's in the morning especially - mine is a sausage and bacon baguette with brown sauce

[dangerousdave]

To repay me for the many hours i spent de gaying the car, when your there you can finish rubbing down my boot insides in my absense if you get bored of polishing?!

[Mk2Matt]

Right - what a fantastic day

Got down to Plough Lane Coachworks (a bit of a plug, but so deserved ) about 11am and continued with the cleaning and the polishing - this continued for several hours with some help from Terry as well - it didn't stop there, we then waxed the car, cleaned windows inside and out, cleaned the tyres (made them black again ) and finally back to blacked the interior! Genuinly looks like a new car I was thinking it was respray time but the paint work has a few more years in it yet...including the 32 year old paint on the roof!

Am so impressed and can't thank everyone at Plough Lane enough - even just for the kick up the backside I needed to get it done!

Anyway, here are the pics









While I was there Gaz popped down with his Mk1 (which I have to say...it F***ing fast! ) so decided to take a few pictures of Plough Lane - if only all garages looked like this



















Enjoy

[Mk2Matt]

I also forgot to mention - we also masked up the rear panel and put some exhaust paint on my crusty exhaust tail pipe and Terry found me a nice brand new Ford badge for the grill, first time its had one since I put the grill on about 5 years ago

Oh and Dave...your bonnets ready for paint

[panelbasher]

Who`s the ugly lookin fooker in the pics matt

[dangerousdave]

Nice one matt, if only all garages were like that nice to see my doors creeping into shot too

Car looks gleaming

And i know my bonnets ready, i did it yesterday thats why i wanted you to finish the boot

[Mk2Matt]

Drove 44 miles today - mixture of country roads and motorways and the car managed a nice 30mpg - not bad for a Pinto on 45s

[Graham]

Drove 44 miles today - mixture of country roads and motorways and the car managed a nice 30mpg - not bad for a Pinto on 45s

thats a caravan cam for you

[Mk2Matt]

Right, over the last few weeks the car has slowly developed a intermittent starting problem. I think it has something to do with the starter/the wiring on the starter. When I turn the key to start it I get just kind of 'click-donk' noise and that's it. Turn the key back and try again and it will start usually. Other times it has taken up to 10 attempts for it to start. When it does start it starts and runs on the button

As I say, I expect it's the wiring to the starter, any other ideas are greatly appreciated. I hope to get it on a ramp at the weekend to have a decent look (if Terry lets me take over the workshop for yet another Saturday )

[dangerousdave]

Definately the starter or wire between it and the solenoid/the connections

[mervhill]

Yeah, sounds like the solenoid is engaging, but the motor isn't spinning.

[Mk2Matt]

Update time

Well the intemittent starting problem seems to have (*touch wood*) cured itself which is nice so.

As you all know, it was Classic Ford Show at the weekend - so I decided it was an ideal opportunity to spend some money

A few weeks ago at Plough Lane I tried a set of Revolutions on the Escort...





And liked it

So when I saw these on Midland Wheels stand at CF...



...I just couldn't say no They are now looking lovely at the end of my bed





I also met with Glen (Mervhill) and bought a set of Princess 4 pots and disks off him which I have since cleaned up a bit and ordered some new pads for. May get a rebuild kit for them too if I can find one.



So all in all a fantastic days money spending

Still not sure what colour to do the Revos - I expect I'll just fit some tyres and see what they're like for now

[Mk2Matt]

Oh and I meant to ask after all that - I assume the Princess calipers and disks will swap straight over? I have braded hoses to go with them too

[exboyracer]

Yeah the Pricess calipers bolt straight up, I assume the discs are Capri 2.8i ones?

You'll need longer caliper bolts and some washers / a spacer to centralise the calipers on the discs though.

[mervhill]

The discs and calipers just came straight off the standard mounting points on my billies Matt, they'll go on no worries.

[Mk2Matt]

Wicked Cheers guys. I'll get them cleaned up and blackened then

[MotorcyclesFish]

A few weeks ago at Plough Lane I tried a set of Revolutions on the Escort...

That was last week. Fuck me you're clueless when it comes to time aren't you....

[dangerousdave]

Am i the "touch wood" thats fixed the intermittant starting then?

I recon leave them black, easier for you and should look fine Get your wallet out and get the 175's ordered

[Joe-Tait]

Nice find Matt

[timmyrs]

great price on the revs

[MotorcyclesFish]

Am i the "touch wood" thats fixed the intermittant starting then?

Intermittent starting? Feck. That'll be the three-year-old bodged to hell wiring I did back when we were all skint.

[Mk2Matt]

I expect it is yes Grant That said I do blame most of the cars faults on you

[MotorcyclesFish]

Actually if the solenoid's working, then it's not my wiring :P As we used a proper starter strap (remember that test strap I made? hahaha)

BTW nice hairdryer in your room.

Revos look nice.

[angliaant]

revos look proper matt

[project_quartz]

The revs are gonna look the nuts on there, wot size are they didnt notice they where a bit of a bargain at CF Plenty of lovely cars in that garage

[Mk2Matt]

The Revs are 13x7 so the obliatory 175/50s will be going on I do live in South London after all

[MotorcyclesFish]

ykt

*dies of irony*

[mervhill]

Saaaahf Lahndan innit!

[Clint]

Looking good Matt, need a pair of Q/Bumpers now and the rest of the stuff blacked, I need to do the same on mine too

Wheels will really set it off, please put 205/60/13's on them LOL

[dazzle]

I'm with Clint, please don't put 'rubber bands' on it!!

[project_quartz]

The only choice of tyre for revs is 175/50s in my eyes, look forward to seeing them on

Charlie.

[PIG]

nice matt now slam the fooker and fit the rubber bands and get the revo's done grey

[angliaant]

mmm yeah hows about grey revos?

[Mk2Matt]

Hmmm, grey now there's an idea... I did like the look of the car in the pics above with the 'off-white' coloured Revos

Yeah they will be 175s as soon as I find the funds for them

[dangerousdave]

Matt leave them black for now or they will never get on! ps hurry up and order your tyres mine are on their way

[Mk2Matt]

I'll get them from RSR in Sutton mate whenever I get some time to get down there. That's assuming the quote AJ got me stills stands

[Mk2Matt]

Got the brakes on I tell you what - it's like a new car Soooooo much better than before, it doesn't have that 'am I going to stop' feel to it anymore

Just the wheels and tyres to go now. I need to get the wheels balanced/weighted as close to the spokes as possible though in the inside of the wheel because currently the calipers knock into the weights! (So they have been removed obviously! )