Hello

[DamEscort]

Just a quick one to say hello to everyone as i've already done the same in the general section but i thought i'd come do it here as well seeing as im from Scotland.

I've just bought my first Scoob after wanting one for years, it needs a bit of work to get it back on the road so i might be on here often to ask stupid questions lol (and yes i'll remember to use the search function first lol ).

[paul555sti]

Hello and welcome to the club!

What area are you from and what have you treated yourself to?

There are plenty of folk on here that will help you out if you get stuck with anything.

[mystery machine]

Welcome

What flavour of Scoob is it?

[green_goblin]

Welcome mate, dont worry everyone on here are very helpful

Get some pics of your car up!!

[scooby222]

welcome along mate,youl never regret it and theres plenty of us here to encourage you to spend your cash on mods lol

whereabouts are you based-and lets see some pics!

[20kendo]

Hello and welcome friend, show us some pics then

[DamEscort]

Thanks for the warm welcome peeps, much appreciated. I'm from ayrshire (North Ayrshire to be exact).

Ok heres some pictures, not sure if the guy i bought the car from uses this site so if he does hello to him to lol. Have a wee look at the pics and see what you recon i got it for (and no before someone says it, it wasnt sexual favours lol).

Car as advertised when i bought it

Got it home (well to a friends garage) and started to give it a quick tidy up inside and try and sort out exactly what i had and what i needed.

Some bits n peices that came with it.

This is the worst bit of the body work, the rest seems pretty good apart from needing a good wash and polish.

No front bumper/bonet ect

Bought it with this plate on it as well which i was chuffed with lol (never had or have intended to get a private plate before so a bit of a novalty lol)

Major parts needed are gearbox and diff (which i purchased and sorted delivery of yesterday, another ebay bargain at £89 delivered lol), brakes and dash.

I have an old style WRX interior being donated free and thinking of just fitting a sport bonet (again been offered free) as i intend to fit a front mount cooler as i just dont see the point in the heat soaking topmounts, think the sport bonnet without the vents would be ok in this situation, please feel free to correct me if im wrong.

Will keep you all updated as i buy parts and fit bits, oh forgot to mention it HAS got an engine all be it with head gasket blown but i intend to strip it and check it anyway and fit some acl race bearings (Big ends) and a set of rings along with having the bores honed as the car will be my daily driver eventually so i need/want it to be reliable.

Any feedback and of course guess the price replys invited lol.

Dave

[crunchie]

Good luck with the project. Looks like youve got your work cut out tho lol.

It will be worth it when its finished

[z1000]

Sport bonnet is the way forward.

I have one as well as a despoilered boot and it looks the mutts nuts IMHO

Although some may not agree but its good 2 be different.

[DamEscort]

lol ive rebuilt a Mk 4 Escort estate, then the redtop corsa i've got at the moment and everytime i said never again yet here i am hahaha. I thought it looked like a load of work when i first seen it but the more bits i gather the less of a job it seems to be (just read that back doh sounds like an obvious statement lol), nah the only thing that i'm weary about at the moment is the engine, everything else is just an easy bolt up job.

The engine i was told has head gasket failure so i may as well strip the full lot while it's out and check it. my plan is just to hone the bores and fit the ACL race bearings and some decent rings. Altho i've rebuilt the CVH head and ported and polished it for my old Escort estate, i've never done a bottom end rebuild yet so i'm a bit weary lol, but seen as i'm not the type of guy that gives in and hate to pay someone else to do a job which i dont see i shouldn't be able to do myself armed with the proper knowlege (and help lol) it will be done. I have a friend who's done a few so he's pretty clued up and i will be rebuilding it at his garage so hopefully he'll be there beside me to help me out and point me in the right direction if i get stuck.

What do you guys recon the cars worth as it's sitting at the moment?

[z1000]

lol ive rebuilt a Mk 4 Escort estate, then the redtop corsa i've got at the moment and everytime i said never again yet here i am hahaha. I thought it looked like a load of work when i first seen it but the more bits i gather the less of a job it seems to be (just read that back doh sounds like an obvious statement lol), nah the only thing that i'm weary about at the moment is the engine, everything else is just an easy bolt up job.

The engine i was told has head gasket failure so i may as well strip the full lot while it's out and check it. my plan is just to hone the bores and fit the ACL race bearings and some decent rings. Altho i've rebuilt the CVH head and ported and polished it for my old Escort estate, i've never done a bottom end rebuild yet so i'm a bit weary lol, but seen as i'm not the type of guy that gives in and hate to pay someone else to do a job which i dont see i shouldn't be able to do myself armed with the proper knowlege (and help lol) it will be done. I have a friend who's done a few so he's pretty clued up and i will be rebuilding it at his garage so hopefully he'll be there beside me to help me out and point me in the right direction if i get stuck.

What do you guys recon the cars worth as it's sitting at the moment?

Saw a nice clean tidy complete wagon needing head gasket for £600 a couple of weeks back !

[DamEscort]

fleebay by any chance? I've been having a look about for an Impreza for a wee while now lol, think i've seen most for sale. Would of prefered a wagon myself tbh as it would of been a bit more practical for my daughters quad but beggers cant be choosers and all that.

Nah i was only around half that m8 , not to bad for what i got i think, private plate came with it to which would be worth more than i payed for the whole lot. Will see how cheap i can get it all together now lol, so far i've had interior (excluding dash which i still need), bonet and wheels donated for free and managed to get a gearbox and the matching diff from ebay delivered the 220 miles to my door for £89 lol, not going to bad so far .