well, my name is gerard (this sounds like an alcoholics anonymous meeting...) and i have a very yellow 2dr RS2000, a Sierra XR4i (2.8 litre V6), mrs RSgerry drives an AU3 XR6 and we bought the dog a laser wagon so that he doesnt mess the others up after going to the beach. just as well, as he has been sick a couple of times in the car and it doesnt matter :-)
i have started a new project, an Anglia Estate. i had a lot of fun doing the RS, i though i would have a crack at doing everything myself. so, i went to TAFE last year and did some panel beating. all the hinged panels have been stripped back, fixed up and etch primed. i have started to strip the fixed panels on the car back to bare metal and will be at TAFE again this year doing spray painting. the car is going to be blood orange. i will then get a 1600 escort as a donor car and swap the oily bits across. i will also learn upholstery and have a go at retrimming the interior. i will do teh brakes up, but pay to get them checked out properly and possibly the same with electrics. any welding that needs to be done on the body i will also get done as i am really crap with a welder. i will only make matters worse if i attack the car with something that hot :-)
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