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Lookin good Ste....

Is that dirt on the front screen or does it need a new 'un?

Lol, it needs a new screen as that ones smashed to bits

Thanks Andy.

looking good!

Engines stopped making that awful tapping noise (left it on idle for a bit), had a quick blast, man i`ve missed this car, i have only used this for about 2 months after i mot`d and taxed it
Still a fair bit to do yet

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shiny

Its getting there Ste

cheers guys, its in the garage undercover for now until i can sort it out ....

WooHoo! Think I may of found a new project car, (if I can get the guy to part with it) it's an RS1600 Escort MK3, looks all original, still has it's alloys, got no eyes in it though, hopefully all the parts are there

Thanks, I wasn't sure what was going on there

With being rather busy in work atm i don`t get much time to spend on this vehicle, i decided to sort the door speakers out as they were goosed due to the door panels being removed and tbh needed upgrading anyway.
You cannot just throw new speakers in as they hit the window runners, i had to cut the old speakers out of the docking pods with a hot knife and insert the new ones in otherwise they would not fit.
Also decided to keep the wheel off the bmw and stick it on this car, slight modification was needed to get the horn working.. i took the original plastic indicator return washer off the gsi steering wheel and adapted it to the momo vauxhall boss as this was also the live feed for the horn. (theres nothing worse than your indicators failing to return), i mthen took the earth wire from the gsi wheel, added a spade connector and wired it up. This wheel is more comfortable and modernises the interiour slightly

Probably bringing the car home in the next couple of days to finish off in the garage because the garage at work has started leaking water and i don`t get much time to do anything to it there.

ste you can buy the actual speaker adapters for these, halfrauds stock them but they want £20 a set with a wiring kit, however i guess ebay will sell them

i had to get a set a while back for my corsa

well i never knew that! If i`d of known at the time i would of just went out and got a set, damn

Oh well, killed a bit of time i guess, lol

De-badged the grill and sprayed it black.

sprayed the rear lights black until i get the black LED ones from germany! (i still have the original rear gsi clusters).

Currently spraying the window wiper mech cover that sits under the window black to match

*NOTE* didnt realise until i put the grill on that the headlights are different, the ones i have put on are from a 1.4L, the GSi ones are slightly different so the old original ones will have to go on until i get the new ones from germany.

It's like a red mirror!