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[PF Dave]

As some of you know and some of you dont my project XR2 was almost done with just a few bits of bodywork to be done...once in the body shop all the kit was removed to reveal what the pics show below!!! Due to this I had to decide upon scrapping it and looking for another car!

See for yourself!





My new car is as below and has done a genuine 45k miles and is solid as a rock! (thank god)




and today with some assitance and decent tools we mananged to strip the car completely, fit the bucket seat and steering wheel, new door cards and fit the leda suspension which makes it handle UNREAL now!

[Mark Si]

Jesus talk about rot!

Well glad to see you've started afresh mate, new one looks tidy

[blonde racer]

rust

[NikFRST]

Damn! That's bad. That's the problem with XR2s, the bodykit hides a lot of damage. I had 2 of them and luckily I didn't have that problem, but a friend had a D Reg and when he stripped it down, it was almost as bad as that. Yet, with the kit on it looked almost mint. I heard the later XR2s suffered badly becuase Ford built too many to sell and many of them sat in fields for a while. So basically if you bought an F plate it could have been well over a year old! Not sure of the truth in that, but it would explain why the later models seem to rot more than the early ones.

[sunnyFRST]

Nice one mate!
Good luck with the new one.

Sunny.

[pugeyed]

all i can say is
I FOOKIN HATE RUST!"
its a barsteward , it fookin eats cars
glad to see youve got a new toy to play with though
good on you mate!!!
cheers mark

[The Bruster]

I was hell bent on getting a mk1 escort........

you know why I never got one

I'd still love one (bar a GT-40 a sorted mk1 esy is my fave ford!)

but solid ones are VERY rare and cost a mint


like to see you sicking to oldskool best thing is looks like your gonna put new cars to shame

[festasi]

that cannot b the same car as in ya siggy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

new one looks mint.........hope u checked under the bodykit for rust !!

[grahamb]

What a nail.

The new one looks nice. Bet the XROC wouldn't be happy to see such a pristine Mk2 taken apart. Still, I can't talk!

Looks the dogs mate.

[Ollie]

Mate, I'm a little confused as to how exactly you managed not to notice this until you took the kit off.... didn't you notice the fish breeding in your boot?

New one looks mint though, nice find.

[James-UK]

Thats bad... very very bad

Good luck with the new one... Hope you've checked the rear valance

[PF Dave]

Obviously those hole were kncoked in with a hammer but thats only cos it was rusty...I knew there were some rusty bits there thats why it was in the bodyshop...BUT I didn't know it was THAT bad..hence why I was mortified and have now had to totally gut that car...get all the bits I wanted off it...(poly bushes, suspension, brakes etc) and then strip the other new one. LOTS of hassle and time...

...Graham I know what you mean mate I feel bad about doing it to an extent but then I have another mint one that is staying totally standard thats only done 60k miles. PLUS the new one is being kept in a garage that I have just got hold of so will probably better looked after...

...and as a final thought bollox I want my track car

[rs125]

Typical xr2 im afraid - its getting very hard to find good xr2's now- i looked at loads for my mk2 track car but ended up buying a 1.1 L auto with 18000 miles on the clock and the shell is like new !!

What engine are you planing on putting in your mk2 ??

[Mexi]

my mates had 2 xr2's now, one was a uk car and one was a german model.

the english models suffered badly from rust whereas the german built models were much better.

dunno what the difference was tho

good luck with the new project Dave

[PF Dave]

Cheers guys!

Yes your right in that foreign steel was better than ours as I recall so ones built elsewhere are less prone to rust.

The two I have now are mint but its cost me a fair bit to get them and has proved to be a lot of hassle but I guess it will all be worth it in the end...

...as for the engine, CVH on twin 45's, steel H section rods, race cam, quaife ATB and custom gearbox, ap racing clutch. So should be fine!

[Ollie]

...and as a final thought bollox I want my track car

Thats the attitude I like to see, none of this poncy "but it's soooo clean I can't damage it" stuff.

[Project]

Ouch mate!

And I thought mine was rotten!

[C7]

jeez that was one hungry rust beetle

[chumkila]

ah Dave man thats guttin!! All the best for the new Project! I cant wait to see it.

[grahamb]

Will it be at FITP next year? We'll have to have our own Motorsport Section

R U going to remove all the sound deadaning stuff from the floor? Worth the effort. I had bin bags full of the stuff. Very heavy, and easy to remove just by levering it off with a screw driver.

[PF Dave]

Graham well ahead of you mate!

all the matt sound deadening is out and the ones stuck to the floor are all almost out...after that comes the carbon fibre body parts! (or fibreglass if they prove to be to expensive)

and then theres the perspex!

and yes I will be at FITP next year with Fordsport so if your on stand with us then we can park them together and have a mini motorsport section! lol

Its rapid as it is! (in effect the same setup as a stockhatch xr2)

[grahamb]

I'd better get the hole punch out then and start making mine in to a swiss cheese.

Your alloys are probably lighter than mine too. Have you fitted them yet?

[PF Dave]

Yeah just sorting some spacers for the front cos the Leda legs are so damn chunky! they only weight 5kg (the wheels that is)

Dont forget that trackday fordsport are planning on running in March at Bedford autodrome! £99 all day open pit! Come on Graham you and me mate! LOL CVH Vs Zetec - The showdown!

[grahamb]

Whatsthat? Hadn't been told about that event...? Oh yes, where do I sign?

Clickety-click, sorted

[~nomad~]

Well Dave further to our convo last night, there may well be another motorsport job lined up with ya at FITP 2003

[Sphinx]

Dave, guttin 2 c that, but 1 question: dint u c the rot wen u took the kit off 2 spray it?

btw, bout the swiss cheese comment: My m8s dad has a rally car (lil metro, nowt proffesional ) and his interior jus isnt there, loads hole in every consevable sheet of metal. Got a roll cage so safety isn't an issue, but if this is done, is the road legal, will it pass the MOT?

[PF Dave]

No that was the first time I had taken it off - it came from the factory painted kit.

[TomFiesta]

Good to see yu got a new one up and running straight away!!!!

[cubby240]

Good stuff Dave! Your new XR looks mint! quite similar to Ben PF's

His had done a low mileage too - 38k


Keep up the good work

[Sphinx]

who is it on here who's got MINT XR2's now? Dave ur new 1 looks immaculate, and theres sum 1 else who bought a red 1 not so long ago (not swanick) sum 1 got a pristine 1?

No offense 2 n e 1 on here with XR2's but i'm sure u'l know wot i mean by 'mint' wen u c this red 1 i'm thinkin of.

[PF Dave]

Do you mean this one?

[PF Dave]

Oh and cheers Cubby - NOTHING is going to stop me! muhahahah (other than more spending I am skint! lol)

[grahamb]

OMG Thats lovely, for a Mk2 !

[PF Dave]

Thats my "other" one Graham! See the XR nuts will love me! Keep one perfect then re-arrange the other one! LOL and what do you mean "for a mk2?" you stuck in the past git! LOL

[festajon]

My worst nightmare! I bet thats gutting after getting it pretty much finished. Tho at least u got the new one What are u gonna do with the 45k engine btw mate as i think i need a decent one rather than my high miler. Let me know dood and how much u after for it (thats assuming u sellin lol)

Cheers
Jon