Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

[smiffy1972]

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Chin up mate,it'll get sorted

[Retromotorsport]

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Plans are afoot.. wheels in motion, cogs turning .. The car shall go to the Ball

[PaulAlex]

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Cheers guys - I have no doubt it'll be worth it in a couple of weeks time

The issues we're having now are all down to me wanting the best parts - the new quaife rack, the rose-jointed track-rod ends, the best steering arms, the latest TCA's, the Gucci pedalbox, the "McRae-style" steering setup etc etc. None of the parts are at fault, in fact they're all bloody lovely - its just a case of making them all work together....

.....once the pain is over it'll be pretty close to the Escort I always wanted in the first place

Great driving by Jay on that clip - although watching the near-miss with that bridge parapet probably isnt what I need to be seeing at the moment

Paul - I genuinely tried getting shots this weekend, but I think the cold has seen the end to my rechargable batteries. More on order already...

Thanks again guys,

Paul

[monte2]

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Hi ,to you all ,paul your just a parts tart just come on here to say that fwd bump to the head i recently owend has now been sold ,and a mint mk2 purchased .so here we go again,this one will be a lot better than good ald monte ,who has gone into retirement in plymouth,
anyway i take delivery of the new beast on sat then its a strip down (love doin that) make sure its 100% and take it for a trip to Den motorsport ,barry asures me it will be mint when i get it back with all the latest 15" tar mods done ,and itl only take his guys two weeks !!!WOW ill take some stage by stage pics and prob start a thread if it warents one chaps .ps paul the jay stanley clip only gets goin when he turns along the burmah rd ,nav coment at the end of section says it all ,and all of mull is like that ...you know you want to!!!a proper rally ,with proper roads

[PaulAlex]

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Parts tart?!? Guilty as charged your honour - nothing wrong with that

Glad to her you're back in the land of Escort ownership - no doubt if Den are giving it a re-fettle it'll be as pretty as can be before you know it

Definitely need some spec/pics

I'm teaching at Lydden Hill on Saturday, and snow forecast for Sunday - so mine might not get a spanner near it this week

Cheers,

Paul

[Sunbmw]

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Hi ,to you all ,paul your just a parts tart just come on here to say that fwd bump to the head i recently owend has now been sold ,and a mint mk2 purchased .so here we go again,this one will be a lot better than good ald monte ,who has gone into retirement in plymouth,
anyway i take delivery of the new beast on sat then its a strip down (love doin that) make sure its 100% and take it for a trip to Den motorsport ,barry asures me it will be mint when i get it back with all the latest 15" tar mods done ,and itl only take his guys two weeks !!!WOW ill take some stage by stage pics and prob start a thread if it warents one chaps .ps paul the jay stanley clip only gets goin when he turns along the burmah rd ,nav coment at the end of section says it all ,and all of mull is like that ...you know you want to!!!a proper rally ,with proper roads

That you Robert? Good of you to join us, sorry to hijack the thread Paul, just I haven't seen this man for ages, Top fella.

This is my Project Rob, don't laugh...........

http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?158925-And-now-for-something-completely-different-Rover-Sd1-Stage-rally-car

[monte2]

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Hi Lee yes mate its me ,your a brave man with that as a projectfair play to you tho

[cossie matt]

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Welcome mate

Be good to see you get your project up on here, send me your pics and I can put them up if you have trouble with the uploader.

I can't believe you are calling Paul a parts tart!! You sold a perfectly good car cos you just wanted a better one

[mervhill]

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That you Robert? Good of you to join us, sorry to hijack the thread Paul, just I haven't seen this man for ages, Top fella.

Top fella? You must be thinking of a different Rob, this one's a reet cock-end

Welcome to TS gadge, definitely post a project thread!

[smiffy1972]

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Is it the same rob who stole one of matts lamp adjusters at the autosport show ?

[mervhill]

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Is it the same rob who stole one of matts lamp adjusters at the autosport show ?

I wouldn't mention that if I were you, Rob is lucky to be alive

[smiffy1972]

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Brave man,we still on course for epynt then paul ?

[PaulAlex]

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No mate - no time on it this weekend because of work and weather and always said it had to be running by the end of Jan or mid Feb at the very latest. Don't see that happening now

[monte2]

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No mate - no time on it this weekend because of work and weather and always said it had to be running by the end of Jan or mid Feb at the very latest. Don't see that happening now

gutted for you paul ,is there no way you can pull the time back ,,if not we,ll have to arrange a trip to epynt for a look on that sunday

[PaulAlex]

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I dont think we could do a lot more mate - its been to Gary's twice recently, I've been driving all over the place organising new parts, Matt has a boot full of bits to machine/modify, and the postman's been dropping a few odds & sods off too We just need a few weekends of good weather and it'll be better than ever

Some good has come out of the whole floor-mount pedalbox and "proper" steering setup though - I've been introduced to someone who makes custom, one-off carbon fibre parts! How dangerous doesnt that sound?!?

Having seen the results when I collected the false floor at the weekend, I'm now building a list of other bits that I can get him to make too. God knows where it'll end