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got extremely bored with my s12 so i went and swapped it for this:

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has a bit of rust

pinto and 4spd

leaking brake booster (vacume hose not sealed properly)

fishnet recaro's

plans:

getting it running right

get rust fixed (anyone know of a good rust repairer in rotorua?)

wof n reg it

get some mags

drive it for a while why i build up an engine for it (am thinking na 1jz with a turbo and auto box?)

put some bubble arches on it

respray it british racing green

put the 4runner rear end i have in the shed in its ass end.

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Hi again. This is now mine/my brother will prob end up with it for his first car stz. Because green escorts are way cool.

Got it back to Bay View - Where dreams become reality and now she is a runner jeah. Thanks to that great guy huge cock Al for hooking our stz up with heaps much less parts and wanging them on for me while I have been away in Rotorua.

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Now need to tidy up a few panels next

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Nabbed these seats at Vegas meet swap

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Front brakes are quite locked in Eddie so Smellan is going to tickle them up this week and should be good to do an LSD test Note:Dead person on couch on the sky lounge top right

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Maybe some of you jokers will be able to help me, after a battery clamp for this, the little ones that go at the bottom of battery stz and some nice widened steels please!

Thanks and vinyl is cool

Lee

Disco fred

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So, seeing as Lee has been away working fucken hard and earning the bed and butter, I have been in the kitchen / garage cooking up these puppys

Basicly the calipers were turbo seized. So pulled them apart after a large amount of crc, and are now all nicely rebuilt ready to stop the sweet machine

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Also got it running, just needs some timing and we should be able to do some sick skids! Or remove the s from Skids

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Yeah cool well, thanks to Owl the brakes are back on, so we bleed them tweaked the timing, then rolled it out of the mansion and took it for a burn. And. It went bloody well, wasnt all that rough and it was surprisingly quick, well quicker than I thought anywho. So next chuck the bumpers on, tidy up the guard and try get some gauges and stuff working.

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Also needs some more low if it wants to be called a wagon

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Right so, with much love and thanks to doggysam and slacker cam, I have these steels now. But it appears they are mazda stud pattern, and slightly too wide. The front fit on the rear ok but the proper rears are slightly too wide. So, might stick a tyre on one and try tweak the guards out to fit.

Dogs name is Boe, true story,

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I think this sabotage is quite over the top to be honest

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Any chance any particular stz escort came with a slightly narrower diff??

Yar. Rear brakes are off getting licked up too thanks bye

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Rather than do stuff early and not worry about late deadlines and rush rush stz, this is going in for a warrent tomorrow. Not overly confident it will get one. Has not had a wof in 5 years crickey. Brakes seem really average, but that might just simply be shit original escort brakes mixed with pinto power. Based on the counter the falcon wont go, I might roll this for Hawkes Boes.

Wish Lee luck.

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Got the back brakes together yesterday and told Stinks my brother to put the wheels on. Me being a goober didnt check, and guess what happened roflol. Not far from home the one wheel I didnt check fell off. Was only going slow thanksfully, but the Police were just up the road doing their pistol training ha. All is good. Really fun little car to drive, goes really quite well.

See you all in a few days

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Righty Hoey,

This shit now has a warrent! First time in 5 years bishes. Been hooning it round the last few days and I have to say it is lots of fun. Only problem is I dont think the radiator is big enough or the electric fan. Took it to burger fuel cruise the other day, didnt get hated upon either.

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Something else is on the horizon, so this is tentatively for sale, if anyone is keen hit me up with a PM. Get in now for Wagon Season. Cheap entry level weapon.

Wag ON

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