For The Love Of Cars

[mk1nova_rich]

Channel 4 tonight at 8pm...looks like it will be good. I'm led to believe its a short series not a one off but I may be wrong


Happy Easter everyone :)

[mowgli]

it looks like wheeler dealers but without the ar$ehole...

and philip glenister does have previous with old cars.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyXFu1tlqUY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpyD3cVCC8I

[Scottcooper85]

it looks like wheeler dealers but without the ar$Ehole

Id also prefer an hour of Ed China in his workshop lol

[7ova]

Just watched this
mk1 escort Mexico
Got to say it was a good watch and showed a real back ground
To the cars history and fan base
Really enjoyed it

[conza123]

Anyone want to swap my sr for mk1 escort project lol

and if you can buy a escort for £500 can I have 5 please

[torquey]

Ford =fail....

[mowgli]

Ford =fail....

typical comment.... consider what Vauxhall were making at the same time as the mk1 escort, and try to come up with one that was anywhere near as good in std or modified form.

[toymex]

typical comment.... consider what Vauxhall were making at the same time as the mk1 escort, and try to come up with one that was anywhere near as good in std or modified form.
I love fords ,I have one but vauxhall were building the Firenza And Magnum around the time and were probably more successfully in circuit racing

[brainsnova]

I would of like to see the outside prepped for paint as one minute the roof went on then it was in primer

[Andy]

Ford =fail....
Typically uneducated response.

[torquey]

Touchy. Thats my opinion on fords if i liked them i wouldnt be on here and owning two novas.

[mk1nova_rich]

Edd got a second account perhaps?? lol

[torquey]

Lol it was only a rip nothing personal lol..

[brainsnova]

My fav fords

Mk1 escort
mk2 escort
sierra cosworth
escort cosworth
transit sport

[mr sri]

Gotta say I love the old escort's even though I'm a vauxhall man through and through but it was nice to see the mexico and it sounded awesome, my uncle has a white mexico rep with a played with 2ltr pinto on 45s with a locked rear diff its a weapon to drive in the damp or loose conditions :thumb:

[Edd]

I must of watched 5 seconds of it, let's hope that there's a decent car on next episode


Typically uneducated response.

Not really, not everyone thinks that mk1/2 escorts are the best thing ever


Edd got a second account perhaps?? lol

lol


Ford =fail....

+rep for Tat hate

[Iain]

I would of like to see the outside prepped for paint as one minute the roof went on then it was in primer

Good show, but just not enough showing the actual Escort build, it was all about the history and current owner clubs!

[mk1nova_rich]

Missed it Sunday night, watched it on 4seven last night - was fantastic, best program I have seen for a long time :thumb:

Just wish I could afford one lol

[mk1nova_rich]

Good show, but just not enough showing the actual Escort build, it was all about the history and current owner clubs!

Was just about to add that point, my only real negative about it. Showed a bit of front end welding, the roof swap then being sprayed, then the engine being lowered in

[Jack]

Good show, but just not enough showing the actual Escort build, it was all about the history and current owner clubs!
This, although I suppose they only had an hour to fill and it was a 'prime time' thing. I guess BBC demographics probably have viewers at that time just wanting to see someone they recognise trolling about driving cars as opposed to some young unknown guy cutting out rust and actually building a car.

Would have been interesting if they'd made more of a series out of it rather than one-show-per-car. But then you'd be watching Mark Evans' doing A Car Is Born and IF the BBC were to show that it would be on BBC4 at 3am lol


...Incidentally, universal LOL's at work this morning at the poverty spec faded-red Mk4 Escort in the car park at work, proudly sporting wonky Mk1 Mexico badges. lol

[Shamish82]

Good show that (a car is born)lol

[Mike]

My fav fords

transit sport

If you ever own one, you'll be muchly disappointed. There nowhere near as fast as they look. And its very common for the wheels & kit to be stolen off them too.

Cant fault your other choices though lol

[mowgli]

I owned a 1600 mk2 escort for a couple of days in 1990.... I bought it for £50, and discovered it was so rotten, that it would never pass an mot... so I sold it to the scrap man.... on the drive over to the scrappers, I had it so sideways that I was looking out the rear passenger window & still got it round the corner.... its balance was amazing, steering it on the throttle everywhere... they really are very capable cars.... bmw e30s are too... my brother had a 320i in 1991 & it could whallop all the hot hatches that were around in those days, not necessarily over a 1/4 mile, but on a real road over several miles, it was hilarious & its balance at speed was great

[brainsnova]

If you ever own one, you'll be muchly disappointed. There nowhere near as fast as they look. And its very common for the wheels & kit to be stolen off them too.

Cant fault your other choices though lol

I mainly like the look of the transit sport and the kit and wheels are safe where I live lol

[ratboy01]

I was always a Cortina and capri man and have had many of each model lol.
does anyone know what cars they are doing through this series?
I will stick with it as long as it avoids the Porsche etc brigade.

[Stuart]

If you ever own one, you'll be muchly disappointed. There nowhere near as fast as they look. And its very common for the wheels & kit to be stolen off them too.

Cant fault your other choices though lol

They were deliberately one of the slowest engine calibrations.
Make the van look nice then van weasel will look after it, but not too fast so van weasel cant get into too much trouble.

I'd have the sport with the TDCI 2.4 145PS cal (although I'd chuck on the 200ps calibration I have ;) )


The program was good, tried to make out that owners club meets were seedy things.... not at all. Owners club meets are ace, been to many Lotus and VX ones where people are just as interested and drive like loons.
A touch more about the build would have been nice but not the end of the world as its still a car program :)

S3 (I think) Landy this week.

[Stuart]

"Ant will undertake the ultimate bare metal restorations on each car : the Ford Escort Mexico, Land Rover Series 1, Mini Cooper, MGTC, DeLorean and Triumph Stag."

S1 landy :lol oops.

[Jack]

Wonder when they'll show the Stag one... Might go buy one before it airs as no doubt the prices will go up after that.

[Southie]

Wonder when they'll show the Stag one... Might go buy one before it airs as no doubt the prices will go up after that.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01737/richmond-antlers-b_1737366i.jpg

[mowgli]

how the feck will the bloke do a bare metal restoration of a delorean????

as far as i can remember, its bare stainless steel bonded to grp over a lotus style backbone..... that'll stretch the budget

[raf24]

Good show,but did anybody else notice any other cars in the background? lol

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad166/bigraf24/26B9D99B-CD1D-4871-BB8F-28388D95B8E6.jpg (http://s932.photobucket.com/user/bigraf24/media/26B9D99B-CD1D-4871-BB8F-28388D95B8E6.jpg.html)

[mk1nova_rich]

Can't say I'm particularly bothered for many of the other cars apart from the Mini. No doubt I'll watch them all out of interest though

[brainsnova]

I noticed the novas but they weren't the ones I like to look at

[mk1nova_rich]

Really enjoyed it again tonight, even though I'm.not a massive fan of Landys

Had to chuckle at the stereotypical owners though lol fat balding middle aged men with a beard and glasses

[mowgli]

have you been to a vboa meet recently.....lol

[mk1nova_rich]

No lol

[scott.parker]

lol just watching it and Rodger is my mates next door neighbour, i knew he had a stagg just don't expect to see him on tv lol

[Stuart]

Nice to see them using one of three RRs in the uk I believe lol