Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

A copper I knew years ago had a MK2 Escort Estate which had previously been a police owned car. He was the third civvie owner. He was going to clock it and removed the speedo from the dash to find a paper sticker on the back with " Oh no, not again!" written on it.

Hahaha, that’s amazing, if a little tragic.

To be clearer, if the internal odometers can be read easily. But suspect it is dealer only.

Edit on the below offer - I pinched the locking end caps for the new bars.

Turns out I can't re-use the roof bars I had on the Panda with the C-Max. I thought I could just get different fixings to swap from rails to fixed points. Nope.

Anyone want/need some aero roof bars to fit to rails?

https://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbvehs­el4_tab.php/roofbars/cruz_airo_r_128cm_b­lack_aluminium_roof_bars_2_bars_no_925_7­95/Qx%40w%2C6M4gNax5vN1Yv0vegd3uHrJS%60L­3LMYgWkd0AkptbIFU%7Dc%2C5cfpqvzdI8.%40Zv­

The rubber strips to fill the gaps has been cut to allow me to fit T-nuts, but it's all present and correct.

£40?

Has Dammit found his estate car yet?

Best choice so far.

Isn't that the Chevy that Grease Monkey did for Dale Earnhardt Jr?

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Much happier with the fitment but it does overemphasise the need to sort out the ride height.

A+++ for the mobile installer from Kwik Fit. Non eBay recommendations for a new home for the old rims appreciated.

chop those springs!

nice wheels.

on the subject of ride heights:

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here are some more i took for the insurance valuation:

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engine bay/boot

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last of the spam

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Lovely

anyone know why my pics are so shit? i waited for a nice clear day and used the enemy's posh dslr...

the engine is still leaking, too, so it wasn't as rosy as i first thought...

I love that car. An excellent build.

cheers, dude. is it bad that i just want to take her to the local mg garage (down the road) to sort the engine issues and the panel fit? i am soo close, but they are all the shit jobs left...

So nice. So so nice.

Non eBay recommendations for a new home for the old rims appreciated.

5x110 or 5x112?

Bright day means tough exposure settings.

Does the camera have an auto bracketing / HDR function? If not, you might be better off using a recent iPhone which will automatically provide better compilation of dark and light parts of the photo.

Lovely car regardless.

Looking absolutely superb Richie

5 x 112 - complete specs here