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11th November 2019, 10:17 | #1 |
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11th November 2019, 10:37 | #2 |
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They looked like that a few weeks after they were made!
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11th November 2019, 10:42 | #3 |
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The post 88 ones were worse, something to do with a change of steel.
I have an 87 one which is off the road at present but certainly not rotten |
11th November 2019, 19:17 | #4 |
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I have a 1989 one and it is not rotten.
You can find poor condition examples if all older fars
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11th November 2019, 19:22 | #5 |
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I had a very late 92 one which was scrapped in 98 due to excessive corrosion
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11th November 2019, 21:09 | #6 | |
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Yep that's how I remember the Montego and Maestro. The baby of the family wasn't much better. The amount of welding I did on a couple of those on inner and outer sills after what was only a few years is ridiculous.
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11th November 2019, 22:39 | #7 |
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They were only as bad as Ford 86 onwards escorts were absolutely abysmal for rust especially front crossmember
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12th November 2019, 17:56 | #8 |
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i had one in the 80s efi model they were quite quick if i remember but went rusty quite quick rds mark
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12th November 2019, 18:05 | #9 |
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Late 90's Mercedes cars were even worse and their Sprinter van's appear to rust almost from new!
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12th November 2019, 19:00 | #10 |
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It’s not a competition on who sold the rusty old sheds as Austin Rover would win it apart from Fiat in the UK. Total rust boxes I worked at Austin Rover and at the test track at Gaydon I know what extent the engineers did to try rid the brand of the reputation. The new Rover 200 series and 400 series were a thousand times better.
An Escort from the 1970s is worth a lot more than a Allegro etc. |
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