mk3/ 4 / 5's for bangering

[sheffieldcortinacentre 759]

whenever i've offered money for all the unwanted trim/gl.ass etc to racers they aren't interested????

[bortaf 94]

whenever i've offered money for all the unwanted trim/gl.ass etc to racers they aren't interested????

 

Your talking to the wromge ones Craig lol, keep an eye on oval chat :thumbup:

Though TBH they are so hard to find now i've had to start selling mondeo bits :shocking: spent the last 10 years buying stuff off racers and selling it on here, funny how people love them when they are getting cheep parts :rolleyes:

As Dale rightly says everryone moans but no-one puts their hands in thier pockets, sold many a cortina for racing over the last decade i've also saved more cortinas than many on here have even seen let aloan owned :icecream: mainly using the bits left from cars i've sold to racers.

I'd also like to point out that the amount of failed rebuilds that get sold off in such a state that all they are good for is racing is ni on as high as the amount of good ones that get raced, no-one blames the owners who mess a perfectly good car up with crap mods and unfinished repairs :unsure: no then it's "oh what a shame, somone should save that, not me too far way, wtrong time of year, if i only had the money" ect ect ect

And then of course there the profit, how many peeps buy a cortina then a year later sell it on for more cos it's got rarer during that time, next time somone makes a profit they should donate some of it to a banger memorial fund cos thats why they get rarer cos they get raced, there's a few on here do that and have been for years and still love to moan about racers.

 

 

Ah enough of my ramblings, not directed at anyone in particular (unless you recognise those examples as being you in which case yes i ment you) just my thoughts that i post evry time this subject gets bought up :rofl:

sorry if i offended anyone not intended just cant be botherd to spend 3 hours making it all politicly correct :lol:

[helmet421 0]

whenever i've offered money for all the unwanted trim/gl.ass etc to racers they aren't interested????

 

Your talking to the wromge ones Craig lol, keep an eye on oval chat :thumbup:

Though TBH they are so hard to find now i've had to start selling mondeo bits :shocking: spent the last 10 years buying stuff off racers and selling it on here, funny how people love them when they are getting cheep parts :rolleyes:

As Dale rightly says everryone moans but no-one puts their hands in thier pockets, sold many a cortina for racing over the last decade i've also saved more cortinas than many on here have even seen let aloan owned :icecream: mainly using the bits left from cars i've sold to racers.

I'd also like to point out that the amount of failed rebuilds that get sold off in such a state that all they are good for is racing is ni on as high as the amount of good ones that get raced, no-one blames the owners who mess a perfectly good car up with crap mods and unfinished repairs :unsure: no then it's "oh what a shame, somone should save that, not me too far way, wtrong time of year, if i only had the money" ect ect ect

And then of course there the profit, how many peeps buy a cortina then a year later sell it on for more cos it's got rarer during that time, next time somone makes a profit they should donate some of it to a banger memorial fund cos thats why they get rarer cos they get raced, there's a few on here do that and have been for years and still love to moan about racers.

 

 

Ah enough of my ramblings, not directed at anyone in particular (unless you recognise those examples as being you in which case yes i ment you) just my thoughts that i post evry time this subject gets bought up :rofl:

sorry if i offended anyone not intended just cant be botherd to spend 3 hours making it all politicly correct :lol:

 

could not of put it better my self mate! I always gladly let some1 take unwanted parts away for nothing if they wanna buy me drink then happy days if not i be glad i have helped some1 with there old motor! i have just picked up mk3 green hanging an hanging pop rivets holding sills on covered with filler bulkhead an scuttle dont exist an a pillars need too be reatached too roof an at bottom no one would even cosider saving it so only fit for track yet some one will slate me for racing it!!!

Edited October 17, 2011 by helmet421

[Derskine 11]

It's evidently a wind up, maybe at first it wasn't but all this chat about 'S' models is a load of rubbish.

[nmonkey220 23]

whenever i've offered money for all the unwanted trim/gl.ass etc to racers they aren't interested????

 

Your talking to the wromge ones Craig lol, keep an eye on oval chat :thumbup:

Though TBH they are so hard to find now i've had to start selling mondeo bits :shocking: spent the last 10 years buying stuff off racers and selling it on here, funny how people love them when they are getting cheep parts :rolleyes:

As Dale rightly says everryone moans but no-one puts their hands in thier pockets, sold many a cortina for racing over the last decade i've also saved more cortinas than many on here have even seen let aloan owned :icecream: mainly using the bits left from cars i've sold to racers.

I'd also like to point out that the amount of failed rebuilds that get sold off in such a state that all they are good for is racing is ni on as high as the amount of good ones that get raced, no-one blames the owners who mess a perfectly good car up with crap mods and unfinished repairs :unsure: no then it's "oh what a shame, somone should save that, not me too far way, wtrong time of year, if i only had the money" ect ect ect

And then of course there the profit, how many peeps buy a cortina then a year later sell it on for more cos it's got rarer during that time, next time somone makes a profit they should donate some of it to a banger memorial fund cos thats why they get rarer cos they get raced, there's a few on here do that and have been for years and still love to moan about racers.

 

 

Ah enough of my ramblings, not directed at anyone in particular (unless you recognise those examples as being you in which case yes i ment you) just my thoughts that i post evry time this subject gets bought up :rofl:

sorry if i offended anyone not intended just cant be botherd to spend 3 hours making it all politicly correct :lol:

 

Bang on mate

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

whenever i've offered money for all the unwanted trim/gl.ass etc to racers they aren't interested????

 

Your talking to the wromge ones Craig lol, keep an eye on oval chat :thumbup:

Though TBH they are so hard to find now i've had to start selling mondeo bits :shocking: spent the last 10 years buying stuff off racers and selling it on here, funny how people love them when they are getting cheep parts :rolleyes:

As Dale rightly says everryone moans but no-one puts their hands in thier pockets, sold many a cortina for racing over the last decade i've also saved more cortinas than many on here have even seen let aloan owned :icecream: mainly using the bits left from cars i've sold to racers.

I'd also like to point out that the amount of failed rebuilds that get sold off in such a state that all they are good for is racing is ni on as high as the amount of good ones that get raced, no-one blames the owners who mess a perfectly good car up with crap mods and unfinished repairs :unsure: no then it's "oh what a shame, somone should save that, not me too far way, wtrong time of year, if i only had the money" ect ect ect

And then of course there the profit, how many peeps buy a cortina then a year later sell it on for more cos it's got rarer during that time, next time somone makes a profit they should donate some of it to a banger memorial fund cos thats why they get rarer cos they get raced, there's a few on here do that and have been for years and still love to moan about racers.

 

 

Ah enough of my ramblings, not directed at anyone in particular (unless you recognise those examples as being you in which case yes i ment you) just my thoughts that i post evry time this subject gets bought up :rofl:

sorry if i offended anyone not intended just cant be botherd to spend 3 hours making it all politicly correct :lol:

 

Good rant :thumbup: we have just chopped up two very good mk2 shells ( both bought partly stripped ) tried for months to sell them for less than a few of the parts off each one was worth and no takers. Would have took £500 for the silver super as a rolling shell and someone had stripped it in the 90s for its mint interior and other low mileage parts - sold just the inner wings of it for £300. :playball:

[yellow_xl 0]

If you need more proof then 'RETRO FORD' magazine issue 67 did a 5-6 page write up on this with opinions from both sides, albeit on mk2 granadas but the same principals apply.

I started racing bangers when i was 16 and stopped for a break in july 2010, i think i must have raced well over 40 cars, mainly vauxhalls but also newer fords, nissans, metro's etc etc.

 

I was watching granada's, cortina's and all nowaday great classics getting raced during the 90's whilst i was growing up, week in week out i saw our beloved fords demolished to nothing.

Growing up i said to my dad i would always like to race a mk3 but 4 years later i ended up owning the one i'm repairing now and i still go and watch virtually every week.

Most race meetings nowadays use nothing but mondeo's and there's only certain meetings during the year that people will use classics so it's not as though they're being used every week but like it has been said, if people can't stump up the cash to save them but the racers can pay to race them then there's not a lot that can be done, believe me i have my dream cortina garage planned and pictured ready in my head for when i win the lottery :D

[sheffieldcortinacentre 759]

we've a B reg audi 80 sport at the minute frontal damage (not chassis) needs bonnet ,wings,lights etc £350 but no one will save it ibet???? so will end up as frag feed bet the vag boys will be whineing.

pics on retro rides if anyone interested.

[bortaf 94]

we've a B reg audi 80 sport at the minute frontal damage (not chassis) needs bonnet ,wings,lights etc £350 but no one will save it ibet???? so will end up as frag feed bet the vag boys will be whineing.

pics on retro rides if anyone interested.

 

you managed to get pics up :o

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

we've a B reg audi 80 sport at the minute frontal damage (not chassis) needs bonnet ,wings,lights etc £350 but no one will save it ibet???? so will end up as frag feed bet the vag boys will be whineing.

pics on retro rides if anyone interested.

 

you managed to get pics up :o

 

he probably bribed a small child to do it for him

[bortaf 94]

we've a B reg audi 80 sport at the minute frontal damage (not chassis) needs bonnet ,wings,lights etc £350 but no one will save it ibet???? so will end up as frag feed bet the vag boys will be whineing.

pics on retro rides if anyone interested.

 

you managed to get pics up :o

 

he probably bribed a small child to do it for him

 

Ah thats makes sence :rofl:

 

sorry craig but you is infamouse for not posting pics :bleh:

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

we've a B reg audi 80 sport at the minute frontal damage (not chassis) needs bonnet ,wings,lights etc £350 but no one will save it ibet???? so will end up as frag feed bet the vag boys will be whineing.

pics on retro rides if anyone interested.

 

you managed to get pics up :o

 

he probably bribed a small child to do it for him

 

Ah thats makes sence :rofl:

 

sorry craig but you is infamouse for not posting pics :bleh:

 

seriously though I remember my mates son pushing us out of the way, switching the pc on , finding his favourite game on menu, clicking on opening it, and playing it, whilst we just watched in awe. He was just two years old couldnt even talk properly yet.

[sheffieldcortinacentre 759]

was a big kid ! (user name dad)

[brightorangeGT 1]

I think people who go banger racing do it just to bash into and get their own back on the one who bashed into them the previous week. Its not racing at all. If the cars were actually raced, as in racing to compete - to win - then fine, Ive got a mk3 and a mk5 he could have, but because I know what he'll do with em - I'll keep them - so people like him cant get his hands on them.

[helmet421 0]

I think people who go banger racing do it just to bash into and get their own back on the one who bashed into them the previous week. Its not racing at all. If the cars were actually raced, as in racing to compete - to win - then fine, Ive got a mk3 and a mk5 he could have, but because I know what he'll do with em - I'll keep them - so people like him cant get his hands on them.

 

have you ever actually been too watch racing? its a FULL CONTACT race so start/finish line first across it after so many laps wins but surely if some1 takes you out an the oppertunitey for revenge arises its part of the fun!! remember it is full contact sport so driving into each other is the point otherwise it would be just another short oval boring formula!!!

as for you having mk3 an mk5 if your not restoring or using them an would rather let them sit an rot thats fine as there your cars an thats your choice but i cant see the point in wasting them like that when you could get money for them an some 1 enjoy them an help others by donating the unwanted parts for there used cars just seems daft mate an surely for example £400/£500 in your pocket is better then them sitting on your drive? just my opinon mate hope dont offend you just my thoughts an if it has possibly changed your mind i would be interested in either car or both