jr
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another one 






monday morning 185miles drive to bruntingthorpe



ste my mate electritian and driver of white van

my misses kerry going to do a run in the silver van we both did runs in both vans top day
and both made it there and back with no problems at all the silver 1 with no mot was still waiting for log book
so i took it on trade plates








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P1CK4D
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Quality work vans!
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Joe
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Such cool Vans, my sisters ex Bf bought a Cossie engined Focus from that place. Seems they do some crazy stuff.
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BarnshaW
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all those pics and no engine pics!!?
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Ellis
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Oh I want
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jr
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quote: Originally posted by BarnshaW
all those pics and no engine pics!!?
[QUOTE=BIG.GEOFF.H;3619031]Well a few will remember the connect i built well ive done another some say i get bored i need to keep myself busy all the time i went to a salvage place to look at a car for a friend and they had
this....





its a flood damaged 1.8 tddi connect lx it had a new engine but that didnt matter for wot i had in mind
this woz ere as well


a smashed focus rs
so the work comences

stripped to the shell
cut it up to sell quarters as the car was a cat c the shell was worth not as much due to the damage


and the rest to the scrapyard
i went on holiday for 1 wk then wen i was away i got a call from performance ford to say that a run at bruntingthorpe was on for the white van ide already done and i said i would bring both and said that the silver 1 wasnt even started it was 9 days till we was going and alot said i wouldnt do it im time due to work commitments and it also needing painting





my mate ste all wired doing the certain change overs from focus to connect

focus rs engine in

good bye cat hello de-cat pipe
ste had a rest by changing the vinal lettering to say rude and amusing words well we found it funny lol

mecanics now done exactly 1 week friday morning first drive on trade plates and off to drop off at my mate robbos sprayshop for paint


notice back doors how dented they are robbo is a very good panel beater and has repared them not replaced not by putting loads of body filler but pulling it out and putting minimum of filler in



now after paint 1 day got it back sat lunch time



the bumpers arches and side mouldings are to be anthracite with a new later front bumper and arches


primer


painted



now start to build up 1pm sat afternoon while me and robbo buil.d it up back at csg my big bro rob of h2signs did my vinal lettering



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BarnshaW
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thanks
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P1CK4D
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Theres no way I would want to use either of those vans for work use! They're just too good!
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adz_gsi
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kool looks good how quick iz it
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Minty_Fresh
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fooking awsome..
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Ellis
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quote: Originally posted by adz_gsi
kool looks good how quick iz it
Probably roughly the same as an FRS
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Graham88
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That's so cool!
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Mobby
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thats just mad and so different. bet they got some looks at the ring 
id do it!
are they both rs turbos?
[Edited on 30-09-2008 by mobby]
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Brett
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Ace
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Robbo
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Why have they done these?
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Brett
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quote: Originally posted by Robbo
Why have they done these?
At a guess
1) Because they can
2) Because it's fucking ace
3) It's ace PR and this thread proves it.
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Robbo
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PR is what I was hankerign after, what do these guys do then?
Just seemed strange for a company to do this to 2 vans and have them all branded up etc so i assumed there was some purpose
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Tom
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That new one looks awesome wouldn't expect it to be as quick as a focur rs though must weigh quite alot more surely?
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Brett
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quote: Originally posted by Tom
That new one looks awesome wouldn't expect it to be as quick as a focur rs though must weigh quite alot more surely?
I would've thought it was lighter if it had an empty load
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Tom
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Transit connect
Kerb Weight(Kg): 1440
Focus RS
Kerb Weight(kg): 1278
Just thought it would have been quite a bit heavier, not sure why
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Brett
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Things like the wheels not any lighter, the seats, things like that? The Focus has them standard. Either way, there wouldn't be much in it. I'd imagine the Focus goes round bends better tho
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random dav
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Wondered how long it would be before these were up 
Silver one looks ace in real-life, I think he was/is on about selling the white one
WRLFC !
Project cars
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Jules
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The connect reminds me of a modern day Fridolin
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willay
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fucking AWESOME project, james thanks for posting it up!!!
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Ellis
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quote: Originally posted by Tom
Transit connect
Kerb Weight(Kg): 1440
Focus RS
Kerb Weight(kg): 1278
Just thought it would have been quite a bit heavier, not sure why
A little slower then i guess
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