Im with phil here. My two cents is the old syaing judge not youself unles you want to be judged.

It reminds me of a person i know who openlty critsised my car but they drove a rusty old Dihatsu charade. each to thier own i suppose.

this sort of talk pushes people away from clubs & forums, which some people may say, good i dont want them around but at the end of the day it gives everyone involved in the scene a bad name & drives people away. Do we want to be viewed as a bunch of snobs!!

It would not suprise me if george walked away from this scene, i probably would.

I am a bit suprised people have got so emotional over this blokes car. Its obviously what he wanted to build so he did isnt that why we do it, for ourselves.

Wont ever see me or my car at any classic ford get togethers[:(!],
Oviously to many narrow minded and disrespectful people to please...
How dare people have there own ambitions!! "Freedom of speech" and "disrespect"[B)] are two diferent things to Me, But maybe Im old school??? Thought this was a pretty cool forum when I first joined...

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Originally posted by SCOOP

Wont ever see me or my car at any classic ford get togethers[:(!],
Oviously to many narrow minded and disrespectful people to please...
How dare people have there own ambitions!! "Freedom of speech" and "disrespect"[B)] are two diferent things to Me, But maybe Im old school??? Thought this was a pretty cool forum when I first joined...

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A little dramatic don't you think? There are over 1000 members of this forum... I hardly think the opinion of a handful of members can be viewed as the voice of the forum!
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It seems fairly clear that the owner of this car was aiming for WOW factor and he has certainly achieved it! Whether you like it or not, it turns heads and seems to push the limits in almost every area.

The owner is no stranger to building/modifying Escorts and it would no doubt get boring building them to the same spec every time. He has chosen a radical and controversial approach in this car, but if it's what he wanted, then good on him for having the time, patience, money, balls etc to do so. Even if you don't like the finished product, I think you have to admire the engineering and finish of the car. At the end of the day this car is the result of many hours and dollars and it takes dedication and enthusiasm to produce such a result.

If you don't like it, you are probably better off keeping your opinions to yourself but this is a discussion forum so I guess some people feel compelled to express those opinions here. I would just advise however that discretion is used when criticising someones elses hard work. We have lost forum members in the past who dared push the boundaries of modifying their small Ford's and I for one think that is a real shame.

I can understand people getting upset over the desecration of a classic Ford, but let's face it, he hasn't set fire to the thing! You could easily convert this car back to a pinto powered Mk1 with standard interior sitting on some 15x8's over a busy weekend.

Please give thought to what you post in the forum and also keep in mind that the opinions of some doesn't speak for the forum as a whole. You will never find absolute agreeance with a group of over 1000 people but this is what makes the forum diverse.

This is what the car used to look like. It was an absolute inspiration to me when a started my project. Infact these two photos were what made me go out and buy a mk1...

Also have the magazine here it was featured in, will upload if i have time.

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Originally posted by digginganddirt

my view on the car is, there to hard to get and to rare to just go cut up and put massive rims and engines in and its out of eva i no i no its not the 70's but thats where this car was made! if your gonna go **** it up give me your Escorts and ill give you a 90s model car to butcher (walks away slowly) on that not i can really take in the amount of work gone in and the quality looks great and that is a acheivment on its own

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The main reason they are rare is that when we would see and little bit of rust the size of a 20 cent peice, we would scrap them and then you have the rally guys who would throw them away rather then rebuild, the circuit guys keep racing them.

In the UK the guys would take a shell that we wouldn't even use as a doghouse and they would save them and build amazing cars out of them.

They are rare here because we like to throw poo poo away.

This has been the best thread in ages. When people fire up you learn all sorts of stuff.
I would like to thank:
The owner/builder for such an awesome car.
The admins for not doing a big brother act on us.
The guys that are bold enough to voice their opinion, even if negative.
Nothing wrong with a civil debate about the pros and cons of a particular car or mod.
Only real negatives were comments about this forum and its members being no good. Actualy the opposite is true. The forum brings us together from all walks of life and unites us in a common interest.
We dont all have to have the same opinion.

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Originally posted by MkI_JeT
i hate fibreglas & fink it should be left for the ricers!i dont go off typing: "why are u using those guards..did you run out of money"or"fibre glass guards thats half arsed!"just because thats my opinion,

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That could be worded 'why are you using glass front guards, they seem to me to devalue what is otherwise a decent build' To which i could respond with the reasons why i have gone that route. I may not change them to steel but i would certainly take it onboard.

I DONT think we should be bagging any other persons car, forum member or not, but i think sharing an opinion on someones car, and bagging someones car are pretty different things. It may be as simple as choosing our words more carefully.