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#1 Post by Red Richie »

Well, my brother brought this back from Germany 8 years ago when he left the army, fully intent on doing a full rebuild...hmm...

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It's a 1985 Escort XR3i cabriolet. It has sat on three different drives, and in two different garages since then, and not a great deal has been done to it. The shell is solid, it has a RS1600i engine dropped in but not plumbed in, needs a full repaint and a new hood. Should be easy enough.
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#2 Post by Jon Tilson »

Its been on three drives and hasnt been turned into a skip?

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Ahhh memories

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I do miss the days when every third car on the road was an xr3i. The original clitoris car. So many happy days in blue, it used to eat one for breakfast most mornings [sighs nostalgically].

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#4 Post by xvivalve »

Is your brother a hairdresser?
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#5 Post by David6214 »

if he was surely he'd drive an mr2?
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