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Post by warlord on May 29, 2009 17:11:46 GMT 1
HI all
i have found my new project !!!
a mini shorty i whent to a scrapys to see if he had any doors for my mayfair and in pasting saw the shorty in tha shed filled with bike wheels.the scrapy had it as a project but like most project just dont have the time. it is a rolling shell and all the body work is sweet with NO RUST !! it is coming with a 998cc automatic.
should be droped off in the next few weeks
I can not wait ( i dont sleep last night it feels like xmas)
has any one got a shorty already ? and if so is there any big problems i should look out for
i am off to run around the garden and make space for my new toy
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Post by irish on May 29, 2009 17:36:47 GMT 1
cool for you! keep us dated, lets see the pics tho!!! please,
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Post by coedy on May 29, 2009 18:07:48 GMT 1
AWSOME! make its own thread and keep it up to date! love shorties!
no problems as such, just im guessing their quite fiddly at high speeds... lol
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Post by warlord on May 31, 2009 22:36:44 GMT 1
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Post by Phil J on May 31, 2009 22:39:40 GMT 1
 Looks like all the hard work has been done, They must have been big lights they had planned for the rear 
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Post by warlord on May 31, 2009 22:57:25 GMT 1
i think the new VW beetle rear lights will fit
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taffy1967
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Post by taffy1967 on Jun 1, 2009 15:29:25 GMT 1
Or Cortina MKI's?  |
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Post by Danny California on Jun 1, 2009 16:02:36 GMT 1
Some people have all the luck! Looks like thats gonna be a show stopper with a bit of work! Never seen such a wide bodied shorty! And as has been said all the hard graft's been done more or less! Paint it, slap some lights on it and chuck an engine in and you'll be good to go hehe ;D
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Post by Danny California on Jun 1, 2009 16:54:06 GMT 1
Did a quick photoshop of what it could look like for ya  Anything to get away from revision lol ;D |
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Post by Amy :) on Jun 1, 2009 17:42:57 GMT 1
trust you dan! get back to the revision!  |
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Post by warlord on Jun 1, 2009 19:24:58 GMT 1
i am thinking of doing the shorty electric blue with blue 4 Point Harness blue streering wheel, all that can be blue will be blue
the shorty will be to show car stanadards (hopefuly)
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Post by warlord on Jun 1, 2009 21:53:06 GMT 1
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Post by Phil J on Jun 1, 2009 21:58:35 GMT 1
I remember seeing mini headlights converted to a rear light cluster in the past, I think they are the same size, I'll try and find the link for you  |
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Post by exuptoy on Jun 1, 2009 22:17:07 GMT 1
Barn find eh?.............................did you realise there was a woman in there as well. Lol.
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Post by irish on Jun 1, 2009 22:20:15 GMT 1
naaaa mate, £150 try (buy sell cortina) im on there too! , google it, or ther,le be loads at the cortina national meet at symonds yat this sunday, i,l be there too! ;D |
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Post by taffy1967 on Jun 1, 2009 22:44:39 GMT 1
Those classic round rear light clusters always reminded me of the single eye on the aliens from the original 1953 version of 'War Of The Worlds': -   So I'd say that's where Ford got the idea from?  Okay perhaps not and I guess they really got it from the late 1950's/early 1960's rear lights on many a large American car? |
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Post by warlord on Jun 1, 2009 23:07:21 GMT 1
i want one ;D ;D
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Post by welshjosh on Jun 2, 2009 22:15:03 GMT 1
lol
LED lights would look cool
Like custom small ones of some kind
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Looks like all the hard work has been done,
