My old cars No Saxos Part 4 - Saxperience

davidharvey · 3rd December 2008, 13:25

Ok, decided to do a history of my car ownership. I will try and put them in order of ownership, but didn't even remember them all til I dug out the pics.

First up a mini 1000
Unfortunately this is the only pic I have, taken not long after I bought her. First job I ever done on a car was changing the head gasket. She got a fibreglass front and repainted red with a white roof. Had her for a while, no idea what happened to her.

Next up
Mark2 escort 1100L
This is her not long after I got her, with my bird at that time.
I removed the grill and painted the car red behind it. Painted the bottom of all round the car with silver hammerite

Then I fitted a 1600 engine, keeping the 1100 box and axle. Some cibie oscars and cut down bumpers

Finally some mesh, spoilers, harnesses, RS alloys and a paint job

This car was sold to a guy in London and was aparently still around in fairly recent years. Not sure now though.

Then I seen this for sale.....

I had to have it, and when i found out that insurance (although the highest category at that tiome, group 8b), wasnt much more it became mine. It was a full spec RS 1600 rally car.

I changed the diff to make it better for the road. It did 70mph in first, but only about 4 miles to the gallon. What i didnt know was it was built as a rally car by Ford, today would be worth in excess of £20k

More to follow........

Saxo_theedge · 3rd December 2008, 13:37

Sweet car history, love old skool fords.

Not meaning to sound rude but how old are you?

Prickle^p · 3rd December 2008, 13:39

nice old cars, im guessing you are 40 ??

davidharvey · 3rd December 2008, 13:41

I am 41, probably one of the oldest saxo owners in the country. LOL
More Old Fords to come, as well as minis, VWs ,Landrovers......

Prickle^p · 3rd December 2008, 13:42

what a guess lol, 1 year difference, my dads 41 lol, looking forward to more images

Predator_R32^p · 3rd December 2008, 13:44

very nice love the cossie lumped one, still beat a lot of new cars out there

davidharvey · 3rd December 2008, 13:52

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Originally Posted by Predator_VTR

very nice love the cossie lumped one, still beat a lot of new cars out there

It was the full monty. It was dry sumped, had a heater to preheat the oil so the oil pressure wouldn't blow all the seals, and those arches are real steel, not fibreglass extensions. Blew the engine eventually and had to get rid after the repairs as I couldnt afford to maintain it properly. It needed constant fettling

Predator_R32^p · 3rd December 2008, 13:54

bloody shame mate, sounded awesome, would you have another one

davidharvey · 3rd December 2008, 14:36

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Originally Posted by Predator_VTR

bloody shame mate, sounded awesome, would you have another one

If I had the money yes, definately. It was hard work, but always brought a smile. The cam only cut in at 4500 revs and it revved to 8500 (I think), so you had to drive about town in 1st and dip the clutch a lot. 2 days after I bought it I got pulled. "exhausts a bit loud sir" says plod. "Would you like to try a noise meter on it? or would my certificate from the weekend when the car was in the Snowman rally do? " says I. Strangely they never bothered me again with that car. I only wish i had the money to have rallied it myself. Was always getting pulled in them days. Bizarelly got pulled 2 days after getting the saxo too

Predator_R32^p · 3rd December 2008, 15:16

what did they say, sir you should be 17 and have a burberry hat on

davidharvey · 3rd December 2008, 16:29

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Originally Posted by Predator_VTR

what did they say, sir you should be 17 and have a burberry hat on

No, basically they didnt expect me to be driving it. The boy I bought it from had been banned and I think they were expecting him. With a shocked look on their faces they explained I had a sidelight out. And that one of my brakelights was dimmer than the other.....WTF?

davidharvey · 21st December 2008, 13:58

Then sometime around this time I bought this

and turned it into this

paul_vtec · 21st December 2008, 14:00

nice cars m8 i had a mini and loved it, if i started a thread on my past cars it would by a very long list

davidharvey · 21st December 2008, 14:45

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Originally Posted by paul_vtec

nice cars m8 i had a mini and loved it, if i started a thread on my past cars it would by a very long list

This will be fairly long. Only including my main cars

peebee · 23rd December 2008, 21:49

Some lovely cars man!

davidharvey · 26th December 2008, 12:51

Next came a 1660 sprint engined Fiesta supersport. It was very fast 0-60 (about 4 or 5 secs) but topped out at about 85 mph. The gearbox was a modded RS turbo box, but it only had 4 gears.

It was so unreliable though. So I bought this Capri as well

It was a 3.0 S
It was pretty quick, and it handled VERY well, a surprise for a capri, but then it had been lowered before I bought it