My 360's replacement

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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by L14MNP » 08 Oct 2012 10:24 am

volvosneverdie wrote:Offside Front For The Winz.
Funny you say that, Ben. Conor text me on the way home, and I gave the phone to Naylor to read. He said offside front when he read OSF too.

Must. Try. Harder. (at cool school)

Cheers mate. :-)
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by MCHUDD » 08 Oct 2012 05:04 pm

Hi mate.
I hope you have better luck with it than with
the one i had years ago.. Mine was one of the low powered engines.
I bought it with 16K on the clock and it looked like new :lol:
I found out why it had such low mileage. The fucking thing would never start inorder to go anywhere :lol: :lol: :lol:
Looks a nice car . Good luck.
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by L14MNP » 08 Oct 2012 05:18 pm

Sounds like the 1300 carb my mam used to have Mark. That one was reliable though, and in daily service until the Police caught someone nicking it - luckily for us, they were already out with a guy looking for his Orion Ghia, when they spotted a clothes prop poking out of the door of my mams. The copper ran after the car thief and rugby tackled him to the ground! I will always remember that - It was certainly a much better car than her carbed mk1 Fiesta. :lol:

Sounds like you had a bad un too Mark! Keep an eye out for any RS1600i or Ghias when in the scrapyard please! :lol:
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by macplaxton » 08 Oct 2012 06:48 pm

It's WWD FFS.
MCHUDD wrote: The fucking thing would never start inorder to go anywhere :lol: :lol: :lol:
My mate had a 1600 Ghia auto. It was met gold with brown trim, typical coffin-dodge colour scheme. It never worked half the time. It got the nickname the "Golden Wonder" due to its paint colour and the fact that it occasionally ran :lol:
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by L14MNP » 08 Oct 2012 07:08 pm

macplaxton wrote:It's WWD FFS.
MCHUDD wrote: The fucking thing would never start inorder to go anywhere :lol: :lol: :lol:
My mate had a 1600 Ghia auto. It was met gold with brown trim, typical coffin-dodge colour scheme. It never worked half the time. It got the nickname the "Golden Wonder" due to its paint colour and the fact that it occasionally ran :lol:
Even if this one doesn't work, it can just sit in the garage and appreciate in value. That will (kinda) do me. :lol:

As for WWD, I agree, although the trick bits will ease that pain!

Rich, what's happening with the front panel? It's safely hung up on the garage rafters, so not in the way at all. Just wondering if (I have forgotten his name!) has been trying to get in touch with me? My phone can be very dodgy. Seems to have a virus ffs.
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by trabitom99 » 09 Oct 2012 08:30 am

My dad used to have a metallic green Y reg 1.6 GL. A pretty nippy thing, until the cambelt broke somewhere on a Belgian motorway ... Remember it well though, pity I was too young to drive at the time.

WWD is an issue, naturally :-) Bloody wheelspin.

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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by L14MNP » 09 Oct 2012 10:15 am

I will mostly just be cruising around tbh, so I hope that to be a non-issue.

It has an LSD though, so that should be fun if I am presssing on lol.
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by MCHUDD » 09 Oct 2012 08:47 pm

Hi mate.
When you go cruising, make shure you get a mate
to follow a mile further back with a tow rope :lol: :lol: :lol:
Just joking.
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by jtbo » 10 Oct 2012 08:16 am

L14MNP wrote: Lol @ engine oil. A leaky engine makes for a rust-free chassis though Jani. I think of it as a form of waxoyl :lol:

Thanks mate. I thought of you this morning as it happens. The temperature was freezing. Too cold for shorts and t-shirt anyway, as I opened the gate.

I know you like to keep an eye on the air temp.
"Fresh waxoyl lubrication system as a standard equipment" That makes one sales argument for sure :mrgreen:

Have to keep eye of temps as house heating is by fireplace, so need to burn correct amount of wood before temps plummet, to have some level of warmth :p

Now I remember that one place I worked had Escort wagon, it was MkII version, but I must say that everything in that interior had placed properly, no reaching, easy to get perfect driving position too, of course it did shake at 60 like all of those I have driven (was it engine/gearbox mounts?), but ergonomy was spot on for my size, much better than 360 I must say, even 360 is not the worst, just steering wheel to knee gap is too little and wheel is bit too forward to my taste, which means knees are at wheel or I have to reach wheel, or my head is touching roof, which is especially annoying with french crap as there it is even worse.
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by T.J. » 10 Oct 2012 08:30 pm

So.. you broke a 360 , had money for bills and still enough left over for this? omfg
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by L14MNP » 12 Oct 2012 01:36 am

T.J. wrote:So.. you broke a 360 , had money for bills and still enough left over for this? omfg
Well, it's not like I bought an RS500 lol. The 360 had some tasty parts though, so everyone got what they wanted.

I still have a fair bit left too. Must get around to sorting through it all and get it advertised!



Jani, I always liked the interior in my 360, they are certainly laid out better than in my mk3 Mondeo. :lol: The Escort does seem good (especially for the age) but the Scheel seats are too deep if anything! :D
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by jtbo » 12 Oct 2012 02:41 am

L14MNP wrote:
T.J. wrote:So.. you broke a 360 , had money for bills and still enough left over for this? omfg
Well, it's not like I bought an RS500 lol. The 360 had some tasty parts though, so everyone got what they wanted.

I still have a fair bit left too. Must get around to sorting through it all and get it advertised!



Jani, I always liked the interior in my 360, they are certainly laid out better than in my mk3 Mondeo. :lol: The Escort does seem good (especially for the age) but the Scheel seats are too deep if anything! :D
360 certainly is a good one, seats are better than most of same class/age too, 240 has however seats that I like better, when sitting part is not failed that is.
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by L14MNP » 12 Oct 2012 08:38 pm

jtbo wrote:360 certainly is a good one, seats are better than most of same class/age too, 240 has however seats that I like better, when sitting part is not failed that is.
Very comfortable seats in a 360, and a mate of mine who isn't into old cars much was very surprised at how 'modern' the whole car felt.

I have never so much as sat in a 240, but I can say without doubt that I would happily own an early 242 Turbo!
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by volvosneverdie » 12 Oct 2012 09:15 pm

Did someone start a "comfortable seat" conversation??!!
My comfort sense is tingling....

740 interiors are awesome. Huge, comfortable and from the future AND past. But I do like 360s too.
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Re: My 360's replacement

Post by Speedy88 » 12 Oct 2012 09:33 pm

Ford Granada seats are good too. 7/940 seats are cool on long journeys but I find as a small person I kinda disappear into them a little. 240 GLT leather seats are ace and have that "classic" feel about them. 360 seats are the perfect middle ground IMO.
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