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d.p.n.s
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Car: mk1 escort van

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hi allevery time a do a serch on google for something to do with a ca18detthis site always comes up 1st so i thought i would join.

long story short im dan and im in new zealand.ive got a old mk1 escort van that i built a few years ago with a 2 lt pinto motorit cought fire one day so i rebuilt it with a ca18det (loads of fun)it was still running a standard escort 4.1 diff and 13: wheels it would fry the tryesin 1st ,2nd 3rd and 4th very easly so needless to say 4 tyres and 3 diffs in 3 weeks lol.

so now its getting the big rebuild ill start a build page for it.

cheersdan


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PapaSmurf2k3
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Welcome Kiwi!!

krimsonviper
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Welcome to the FORMUS, Depenis.

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Jesda
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Those Escort vans are weird, and neat, because they're weird. Do they ever use them as hearses over there?

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PapaSmurf2k3
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Jesda is a VAN expert.

Well, lets face it, Jesda is an EVERYTHING expert.

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MinisterofDOOM
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Car: 1962 Corvair Monza
1961 Corvair Lakewood
1974 Unimog 404
1997 Pathfinder XE
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1995 Q45t
1993 Maxima GXE
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Welcome! Always neat to see people building less common cars.
krimsonviper wrote:Welcome to the FORMUS, Depenis.

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Jesda
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PapaSmurf2k3 wrote:Jesda is a VAN expert.

Well, lets face it, Jesda is an EVERYTHING expert.
Mostly vans, pants, and Kelly Clarksons.

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PapaSmurf2k3
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you can't forget about Bacon, and books... also Cadillacs.

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leesredgt
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WELCOME NOOBERT!!!

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numbnuts240
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why haven't any of you requested pics of said ca18 powered escort van? i really want to see this thing.

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DrifterXRPS13
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welcome...and yes we def need pics!

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drksolest
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Hai welcome!

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numbnuts240
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DrifterXRPS13 wrote:welcome...and yes we def need pics!
this humble noob didn't say anything, but he's go a thread about the van in the hybrids forum.

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PEZi
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Jesda wrote:
Mostly vans, pants, and Kelly Clarksons.
can you tune my kelly clarkson to run LEANER?

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hannibal
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^ LOL!

welcome aboard dpns! Saw your thread in hybrids forum. Impressive work!

for you lazy mofos...zer...t-van

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sentrastace
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welcome

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PapaSmurf2k3
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hannibal wrote:
for you lazy mofos...zer...t-van
Oh thank god... I was waiting for someone to do that.


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