ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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I have an RS1600i thats sat in my garage for the best part of 8 years now
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Archie
Organiser: Scotland
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Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
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My dads 944's sat out the front for 7 years, i clay bar'd it and blew up the tyres in February.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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If i had the space i'd have a project in a second.
Although i do have the BarTruck which needs some hours putting in first!
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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If I had so much as a driveway I would have stripped my mazda for parts when it broke instead of spending a fortune on it 
Its really awkward working on mate's cars when I can't do anything to mine as its parked on the road at all times.
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c20let
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
Location: Aberdeenshire Drives: VXR Astravan,Evo 9GT,mr2 tbo
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I took my c20let corsa off the road, spent a fortune buying bits and getting shell repainted etc...
Was off the road for ages, and ended up giving up in the end and selling it in parts.
Wished I had just left it as it was, waste of time and money.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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It's very easily done. The hobby is in the aims, but actually doing it is hard particularly when there are 10 more important things to do.
Worst thing you can do with a project car is not need to finish it.
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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My mate took his S2 escort RST off the road in 2006. In that time, he has stripped it, filled holes in, and had it painted. Thats it. He did that in the first two months and sat there since. He has spent thousands on parts yet put non of it back together.
As most of the parts are brand new (like 6 pot brembos, Set of comp Mo's, a 2.1 turbo engine built from scratch), i said why dont you just get rid, to which i got a right load of abuse. :S
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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quote:
Originally posted by c20let
I took my c20let corsa off the road, spent a fortune buying bits and getting shell repainted etc...
Was off the road for ages, and ended up giving up in the end and selling it in parts.
Wished I had just left it as it was, waste of time and money.
Basically the same as my story...and if you ask me, it will have the same ending.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
I have an RS1600i thats sat in my garage for the best part of 8 years now
i'd love to take that off your hands 
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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So would many other people 
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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Im more elite than them
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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our local church owns a mint condition mk3/4 escort in that dusty grey colour, its not an rs turbo, but has all the kit like one, XR3i maybe, the vicar used to drive it around town
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