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chris_1
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Hi guy's another Newbie
« on: Nov 8th, 2012, 6:46pm » |
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Hi Guy's,
Just thought I would introduce myself,.
My Name is Chris, and I have a 2.9i Scorpio Ultima 12v that I have owned for about 10 yrs now. I have decided to give it some TLC as it has been stored in my garage for about 8 of those years. It needs a new engine and a new windscreen amongst other things, but the body and interior should have survived fairly well I think.
Anyway enough of my ramblings, I am sure I will bore you all soon enough with rafts of silly questions.
Cheers,
Chris.
Oh, I forgot to say I live in Newcastle upon Tyne. 
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PJDavis
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #1 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 9:02pm » |
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Tell us more about your car. What colour, hows the body, is it leather interior, what engine do you hope to put in it?
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chris_1
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #2 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 9:14pm » |
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Hi,
The car is Aubergine and has a full Biscuit coloured leather interior, I just plan to put another 2.9 lump in, as the other one was cooked due to my temp gauge reading normal all the time, the oil turned to a black tar like substance and blocked all the oil passages then done for the big end bearings.
I think that the body has survived largely intact due to it being in dry storage for so long, It had also had all of one side resprayed by a ford dealer after a bus clipped the front bumper, but could still do with the bonnet re sprayed as it was the only part my insurer would not do.
I have some pictures of it in its glory days that I will try to upload.
Could anyone shed a light on how I upload pics please?
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leewar
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #3 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 9:52pm » |
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Welcome Chris to the best website bar none for these beautiful cars. Any help you need and this is the place to be for advice, parts or just plain banter. Cheers Lee
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chris_1
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #4 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 10:05pm » |
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Cheers Lee, I hope to have the old girl out of the garage and work started in the better weather, until then I am going to do some prep work and stripping of parts that need changed.
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Matt
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #6 on: Nov 9th, 2012, 7:01am » |
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best color they ever sprayed them but im biased lol
welcome to the site
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Snoopy
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #7 on: Nov 9th, 2012, 7:23am » |
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The method of posting pictures is Here
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chris_1
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #8 on: Nov 9th, 2012, 11:34am » |
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Thanks for the link, I will give it a go soon.
As far as colour goes, I too think that it shows the car off very well, the only colour that I would have preferred is Black...But Black is my favourite colour for all car's, and other than in direct sunlight it does look nearly Black anyway.
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Chris.
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chris_1
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #9 on: Nov 9th, 2012, 11:39am » |
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I tell my Daughter that this was our family home until we had her and had to sell to the National Trust 
I think she believes me too
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Snoopy
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #10 on: Nov 10th, 2012, 7:47am » |
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If you look at your post where I put the picture in for you by clicking "modify" you will see how I have done it for you. It really is quite easy, especially as you already host your pictures elsewhere.
Give it a try!
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chris_1
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #11 on: Nov 10th, 2012, 2:54pm » |
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Thanks for that Snoopy, I was clicking copy link add rather than copy image url.
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Chris.
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Glyn
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #12 on: Nov 13th, 2012, 2:05am » |
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Welcome Chris, I am sure you will find the members as helpful as I have. Fantastic group !
Glyn
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chris_1
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Re: Hi guy's another Newbie
« Reply #13 on: Nov 13th, 2012, 5:42pm » |
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Thanks Glyn, I look forward to getting the Scorpio out of the Garage and doing some serious work on it.
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Chris.
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