Respect to you for working on stuff in the space you have. Loved my mk5 RS2000 back in the late 90s - it was a cracking road rally car in stock form but it was getting ropey after its time with me…
it is tight, hopefully I can get it down the workshop with my Quattro escort project soon so I can move around it easier and start making some progress with it. they're great cars and definitely don't get the love they deserve.
Best plan of action personally is to drill out spot welds on rear quarter panel and completely remove the whole panel and bin it. Patch work quilt cars are more hassle and work. Just buy a brand new panel, saves alot of time and actually saves money in the long run. Tbh that amount of rust on the panel is very worrying because inside will have obviously rotted inner panel and sills. As for paint, etch it, don't bother painting as you will have to fill and sand in the fiberglass panel, so don't waste time and money when you don't need to.
Thank you, my thoughts are surely you wouldn’t stick the fibreglass panels to paint anyway because it can come off the body…? I wish I could change the entire quarter but trying to find one these days is like rocking horse crap… I know it’s not ideal just replacing a section but it’s the best I can do with limited funds and availability of parts for these being in short supply now. Hopefully it’ll come out decent, if not then il go back to the drawing board.
@@Tdevil86 patience and persistence is key bud, alot of research and hunting around you'll find what you need. Alot of RUclips helps with research, studying diferent methods of doing things, hoe to do things. Whatever suits you, whatever your comfortable with. It doesn't hurt to learn and in the end your way better for it. I hope this helps and wish you all the best. Things will look bad to start with but you got to push past it, bit at a time, don't rush
@@PredatorWolf08 this is it, there’s a wealth of knowledge out there these days that people have shared with the world, and thankfully Iv got my other project on the channel that’s helping me learn my way round metal work abit so hopefully having learned some stuff on that already, I can learn abit more while tackling that and this one and have a good understanding of metal work come the end which I can hopefully carry forward for my future silly car idea’s haha just the money aspect I need to master now so I can afford it all lol
It’s amazing the amount of work people won’t put into doing something like this Terry as you can see doing thing’s properly and Getting bodywork right is actually a lot of work and time more importantly . I’ve seen you make some pretty amazing metal panels mate I’m sure you’ll lick this into shape 👌 looking forward to it 👍
Yeh it’s mad what people get away with by hiding things with filler lol and you’re definitely not wrong, bodywork is very time consuming! Although I think it’ll probably be a little easier with the right tools lol il get it right though, I can’t go offering this car up for a raffle if it’s not 100% still got the other side and underneath to check out properly yet aswel 🙈😂
being the rough bastard i am, angle grinder with a knotted wire wheel would of knocked that osr 1/4 in about an hour. facemask + welders gloves reqd, they like shedding those strands at very high speed, straight through any exposed skin, but the time-saving makes it well worth it for me,the jury is still out till all the panels are off + proper assessment made, she's a rough old girl, good job you are young + keen...
I’m going to sway more towards just being stupid and having a undying need to make my life harder than it needs to be 😂 but yeh, the grinder did make an appearance for the paint removal, albeit light use with a flap disc because I left the angry wheel at the workshop lol bodywork guys get my full respect, it’s such a slog!!
According to your request about the glue for the side panels: try 'seal and bond' from Würth - we used it for body panels years ago, still works perfect & is absolutely affordable stuff 😉 Greetings from Germany
If it was me I'd sandblast any pitted rusty areas, see what's left, repair where needed. Couple of coats of epoxy primer over complete panel then PU adhesive the fibreglass panel back on.
What media would you use to sand blast it? There is a sand blaster down the workshop I could rig up potentially… also, what is pu adhesive? Does that seal the primer?
I just normally use kilm dried block paving sand, make sure you wear a mask. PU adhesive is Stikaflex, Tiger Seal etc, most paint suppliers all do there own versions. Epoxy primer is water proof when applied to manufacturers spec.
Build a little shed in the garden and clear all the bits out the garage so you have more space. Makes it so much better if you can get all around the car
I live in a rental property unfortunately and the garden is tiny so a shed isn’t a option really. This thing will be going down the workshop when a space is available anyway so it’s all good. It’s only really the back of the kit that’s stick out proud, only by 5-10mm so I’ll trim it all up before it goes back on and make it work 👌🏼 just need to get it down the workshop before I do much else on it so il be back on the Quattro escort for abit again now
Happy to have you along for the ride man, progress on this one is on hold for now though until I can get it down the workshop with better space and tools around me. Plenty more going on with the Quattro escort though.
Hiya mate, plan is to refit the kit, wether or not I fit the kit that’s coming off will remain to be seen, but it’ll be either a normal or wrc escos rep again once finished
definitely piece some in the rear quarter and get another boot lid for starters 👍 Going to enjoy watching this one. I had a mk5 2 door back in the day in diamond white with a rare original ford rs kit on it (Not cosworth). I've never seen another one ever, i found some info online years ago and apparently only a few were made and went to employees and wot not. I scrapped it years ago without even realising and being young at the time what it truly was. 😡
Ah man, that’s not good, rs option stuff is worth a premium now, let alone a car that came with it all from factory! Everything’s quite scarce for these now but I’m hoping I can get a few cut offs from a car being broken up, hopefully a bootlid aswel if this one can’t be repaired. The things we do huh lol
I like the car , and followed the van build on instagram for a while . I have a mk1 focus estate with a home made wide arch kit to build a focus estate RS creation and thats how i spotted the van . Awesome build btw . The Cosworth is cool and i have had a few Cosworth reps so its interesting to see the new build . Personally i would either get a mk7 front to go with the wrc look or with it having the K plate i would get a new boot with whale tale and a Cosworth front bumper .
Its good that your back quarters have the higher part that joins where the boot closes . Lots of the wide arches for the rear arches just flare the arch and don't have the lifted area in the one panel . If you had the lower escort cosworth spoiler , its a smooth transition from spoiler to rear quarter . Lots of reps always stand out to me when missing this part as the lower spoiler gets a flat edge that the Cosworth doesn't have
Cheers dude, van will be having a make over soon so il be filming that when it happens. What’s you Instagram? Focus project sounds interesting! I’m on the fence at this point, I really love the wrc look on the escort but I think the standard road look may appeal to more people so I may well change the front bumper and spoiler yet. But yeh, thankfully it has the right arches, I probably wouldn’t have bought it if it didn’t in all honesty, it’s a dead giveaway to a rep when the rear quarters arnt right or when the front wheel sits funny in the front wing… I’ll see what happens anyway, this has definitely turned into abit more of a project than I’d intended it to be lol
@@Tdevil86 I think both look great but the wrc only suits the facelift front in my opinion and with yours already having the stretched front lights and side lights i would defo have to get the Cosworth front bumper and rear spoilers . The K plate makes it the perfect finishing touch :)
That wing has been cut and rejoined. Those kits where about 2 inches bigger than needed so you had to cut the shit out of them to get them to fit. Surprised the back did not have a cut in it where it joined the boot
The O/S/R back wing to do it properly it needs a full new 1. You'll find that bodging it will take a lot more time and may actually cost more in the long run.
You need shelves up high in your garage and One of those plastic shed/container that are no higher than the bottom of a ground floor window to store and kids toys/ garden stuff.
I don’t generally use the garage for anything other than storage to be fair, only using it for the rep atm until I can get it down the workshop… I do need to sort out my organisation of storage though, got stuff everywhere atm haha
The use to be a guy in hull who made cossy reps mr2 lambos Peugeot Ferraris Bet that’s one of his kits His original builds were decent by 90s standards tbh But that’s been chucked together
I think this was a driveway build originally and slapped together, no idea who made the kit though but il be chopping it about to make it fit right when it goes back on 👌🏼
Thanks dude, it’ll be great eventually, definitely a bigger project than I was hoping it would be but it’s all good. Once it’s done il have to decide on selling it or raffling it but I’m pretty sure it’ll just be raffled off so someone can have it for not alot of money.
I’m no bodywork expert but I would have thought that replacing that while rear quarter panel would be the best option and you’d get rid of all the problems , as long as you can find one ..
I haven’t I’m afraid. I didn’t have it that long, prob about 12 months. It had 16” mondeo 5 spokes on it then and a 6x4 oval stainless, other than that it was standard. I traded a S1 RS Turbo for it, then sold it a year later and bought a kitted up JDM Mazda MX6!
I purchased a kitten from his neighbours last year. They didnt have any nice words to say about him! Apparently, They lent him that washing machine, whilst his was in for repair, & he refused to give it back!!
@@Tdevil86 I brought a kitten from Gertrude, & Winston next door to u. They gave me the story over a cup of tea, & ginger nut biscuits! Dont shoot the messenger! 🤷🏻♂️
It should do mate yeh, it’s another thing I need to add on the forever growing to do list lol I did have a quick rummage for the wiring but il have a proper look next time I get in the garage
I'm no body expert but why would any1 bodge it that bad I had a mk5a rs2000 years ago that was rotten all down the a pillars and other places n scrapped it and always regretted not keeping it think still have the etech strut brace off it liked n subbed for the next vids.
The mind boggles mate, could have been a easy fix if tackled properly at the time I’d imagine. Some people just like filler to much I guess lol it’ll be good come the end though.
Biggest issue with that is finding a rear quarter panel, unfortunately no one seem to make anything for the mk5/6 platform escorts besides wheel arch repair sections and sills.
A panel cut would be ideal, it’s just hard finding stuff for these now, I can get away with a mk6 cut as it’s essentially the same piece, but again though, 3dr mk5’s and 6’s are getting thin on the ground now. I’m still trying to locate a solid roof skin for my other project without a sunroof but that’s proving to be like hens teeth now
Do you want it to last another couple of years or do you want it to last another 20 ? Bodge it and repeat every year or do it properly and forget about it .... The choice is yours 👍
Yeh that would be the ideal scenario but they’re not east to come by these days and it’s just going to be covered up anyway, I have a new section I can graft in now, I just need to wait until I can get it down the workshop to get moving on it again
Yeh the whole car will go back to bare metal once it’s down the workshop, il use this car to learn have to paint a car so I can paint the other project car I’m working on atm
You can buy kurust it works by oxidising the rest if not please watch soup restorations on RUclips or Travis blog they are both experts when it comes to rusty old cars 😎❤️👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I do have some of that krust stuff somewhere I think, I wasn’t sure if there’s anything better to be honest… but yeh il check them out, I could definitely do with watching some restoration videos to gather some knowledge haha
Seems that way doesn’t it lol the joys of buying a car blind off the internet huh 😂 definitely more involved than first intended anyway but il soldier on 💪🏼 vans having a makeover soon so il post that up as and when it happens 😬
Respect to you for working on stuff in the space you have.
Loved my mk5 RS2000 back in the late 90s - it was a cracking road rally car in stock form but it was getting ropey after its time with me…
it is tight, hopefully I can get it down the workshop with my Quattro escort project soon so I can move around it easier and start making some progress with it.
they're great cars and definitely don't get the love they deserve.
Best plan of action personally is to drill out spot welds on rear quarter panel and completely remove the whole panel and bin it. Patch work quilt cars are more hassle and work. Just buy a brand new panel, saves alot of time and actually saves money in the long run. Tbh that amount of rust on the panel is very worrying because inside will have obviously rotted inner panel and sills. As for paint, etch it, don't bother painting as you will have to fill and sand in the fiberglass panel, so don't waste time and money when you don't need to.
Thank you, my thoughts are surely you wouldn’t stick the fibreglass panels to paint anyway because it can come off the body…?
I wish I could change the entire quarter but trying to find one these days is like rocking horse crap… I know it’s not ideal just replacing a section but it’s the best I can do with limited funds and availability of parts for these being in short supply now. Hopefully it’ll come out decent, if not then il go back to the drawing board.
@@Tdevil86 patience and persistence is key bud, alot of research and hunting around you'll find what you need. Alot of RUclips helps with research, studying diferent methods of doing things, hoe to do things. Whatever suits you, whatever your comfortable with. It doesn't hurt to learn and in the end your way better for it. I hope this helps and wish you all the best. Things will look bad to start with but you got to push past it, bit at a time, don't rush
@@PredatorWolf08 this is it, there’s a wealth of knowledge out there these days that people have shared with the world, and thankfully Iv got my other project on the channel that’s helping me learn my way round metal work abit so hopefully having learned some stuff on that already, I can learn abit more while tackling that and this one and have a good understanding of metal work come the end which I can hopefully carry forward for my future silly car idea’s haha just the money aspect I need to master now so I can afford it all lol
It’s amazing the amount of work people won’t put into doing something like this Terry as you can see doing thing’s properly and Getting bodywork right is actually a lot of work and time more importantly . I’ve seen you make some pretty amazing metal panels mate I’m sure you’ll lick this into shape 👌 looking forward to it 👍
Yeh it’s mad what people get away with by hiding things with filler lol and you’re definitely not wrong, bodywork is very time consuming! Although I think it’ll probably be a little easier with the right tools lol il get it right though, I can’t go offering this car up for a raffle if it’s not 100% still got the other side and underneath to check out properly yet aswel 🙈😂
Have you got a vid on the baffta mtb in your garage look s nice can't wait to see the escort done :)
Balfa is in pieces now and being sold off chap, I’m to old and busy for huckin around a dh rig these days unfortunately.
being the rough bastard i am, angle grinder with a knotted wire wheel would of knocked that osr 1/4 in about an hour. facemask + welders gloves reqd, they like shedding those strands at very high speed, straight through any exposed skin, but the time-saving makes it well worth it
for me,the jury is still out till all the panels are off + proper assessment made, she's a rough old girl, good job you are young + keen...
I’m going to sway more towards just being stupid and having a undying need to make my life harder than it needs to be 😂 but yeh, the grinder did make an appearance for the paint removal, albeit light use with a flap disc because I left the angry wheel at the workshop lol bodywork guys get my full respect, it’s such a slog!!
According to your request about the glue for the side panels: try 'seal and bond' from Würth - we used it for body panels years ago, still works perfect & is absolutely affordable stuff 😉
Greetings from Germany
I’ll look that up, cheers mate
If it was me I'd sandblast any pitted rusty areas, see what's left, repair where needed. Couple of coats of epoxy primer over complete panel then PU adhesive the fibreglass panel back on.
What media would you use to sand blast it? There is a sand blaster down the workshop I could rig up potentially… also, what is pu adhesive? Does that seal the primer?
I just normally use kilm dried block paving sand, make sure you wear a mask. PU adhesive is Stikaflex, Tiger Seal etc, most paint suppliers all do there own versions. Epoxy primer is water proof when applied to manufacturers spec.
Build a little shed in the garden and clear all the bits out the garage so you have more space. Makes it so much better if you can get all around the car
I live in a rental property unfortunately and the garden is tiny so a shed isn’t a option really. This thing will be going down the workshop when a space is available anyway so it’s all good. It’s only really the back of the kit that’s stick out proud, only by 5-10mm so I’ll trim it all up before it goes back on and make it work 👌🏼 just need to get it down the workshop before I do much else on it so il be back on the Quattro escort for abit again now
New sub, good luck mate, that's going to be some effort mind.
Welcome aboard mate, definitely going to keep me busy this and my Quattro escort lol
I’m hooked on this journey!
Happy to have you along for the ride man, progress on this one is on hold for now though until I can get it down the workshop with better space and tools around me. Plenty more going on with the Quattro escort though.
Hi Terry, is the plan to go back to stock RS2000? or to refit the kit?? Looking forward to this series mate.
Hiya mate, plan is to refit the kit, wether or not I fit the kit that’s coming off will remain to be seen, but it’ll be either a normal or wrc escos rep again once finished
definitely piece some in the rear quarter and get another boot lid for starters 👍 Going to enjoy watching this one. I had a mk5 2 door back in the day in diamond white with a rare original ford rs kit on it (Not cosworth). I've never seen another one ever, i found some info online years ago and apparently only a few were made and went to employees and wot not. I scrapped it years ago without even realising and being young at the time what it truly was. 😡
Ah man, that’s not good, rs option stuff is worth a premium now, let alone a car that came with it all from factory! Everything’s quite scarce for these now but I’m hoping I can get a few cut offs from a car being broken up, hopefully a bootlid aswel if this one can’t be repaired. The things we do huh lol
Sikaflex window bonding mastic with primer will stick them panels on but I’d leave the fiberglass off! Good luck!
id like to restore it back to a standard body but realistically I think come resale/raffle time a cosworth rep will sell easier unfortunately
I like the car , and followed the van build on instagram for a while . I have a mk1 focus estate with a home made wide arch kit to build a focus estate RS creation and thats how i spotted the van . Awesome build btw . The Cosworth is cool and i have had a few Cosworth reps so its interesting to see the new build . Personally i would either get a mk7 front to go with the wrc look or with it having the K plate i would get a new boot with whale tale and a Cosworth front bumper .
Its good that your back quarters have the higher part that joins where the boot closes . Lots of the wide arches for the rear arches just flare the arch and don't have the lifted area in the one panel . If you had the lower escort cosworth spoiler , its a smooth transition from spoiler to rear quarter . Lots of reps always stand out to me when missing this part as the lower spoiler gets a flat edge that the Cosworth doesn't have
Cheers dude, van will be having a make over soon so il be filming that when it happens.
What’s you Instagram? Focus project sounds interesting!
I’m on the fence at this point, I really love the wrc look on the escort but I think the standard road look may appeal to more people so I may well change the front bumper and spoiler yet.
But yeh, thankfully it has the right arches, I probably wouldn’t have bought it if it didn’t in all honesty, it’s a dead giveaway to a rep when the rear quarters arnt right or when the front wheel sits funny in the front wing…
I’ll see what happens anyway, this has definitely turned into abit more of a project than I’d intended it to be lol
@@Tdevil86 I think both look great but the wrc only suits the facelift front in my opinion and with yours already having the stretched front lights and side lights i would defo have to get the Cosworth front bumper and rear spoilers . The K plate makes it the perfect finishing touch :)
I use that same press when I mix up crap coke
That wing has been cut and rejoined. Those kits where about 2 inches bigger than needed so you had to cut the shit out of them to get them to fit. Surprised the back did not have a cut in it where it joined the boot
The O/S/R back wing to do it properly it needs a full new 1. You'll find that bodging it will take a lot more time and may actually cost more in the long run.
Trouble is finding one that doesn’t cost the earth these days
You need shelves up high in your garage and One of those plastic shed/container that are no higher than the bottom of a ground floor window to store and kids toys/ garden stuff.
I don’t generally use the garage for anything other than storage to be fair, only using it for the rep atm until I can get it down the workshop… I do need to sort out my organisation of storage though, got stuff everywhere atm haha
PS.. sorry mate that's soup classic car restorations. On RUclips absolutely brilliant 😎❤️👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
The use to be a guy in hull who made cossy reps mr2 lambos Peugeot Ferraris
Bet that’s one of his kits
His original builds were decent by 90s standards tbh
But that’s been chucked together
I think this was a driveway build originally and slapped together, no idea who made the kit though but il be chopping it about to make it fit right when it goes back on 👌🏼
Loving the videos mate. Hopefully this turns out great. Once done id have it off you if all good
Thanks dude, it’ll be great eventually, definitely a bigger project than I was hoping it would be but it’s all good. Once it’s done il have to decide on selling it or raffling it but I’m pretty sure it’ll just be raffled off so someone can have it for not alot of money.
@@Tdevil86 let me know when you do and to win it ill pay you lol
I’m no bodywork expert but I would have thought that replacing that while rear quarter panel would be the best option and you’d get rid of all the problems , as long as you can find one ..
That’s the battle unfortunately, trying to find a quarter panel is no easy feat these days, not to mention the monumental cost of one…
There’s a new rear quarter on eBay
Puraflex 40 toolstation I put my zero kit car panels on with it without any fixings and all is well.
I owned that car in 2003/4. It was completely standard and in great condition then.
Oh cool, do you have any pictures of it from back then?
I haven’t I’m afraid. I didn’t have it that long, prob about 12 months. It had 16” mondeo 5 spokes on it then and a 6x4 oval stainless, other than that it was standard. I traded a S1 RS Turbo for it, then sold it a year later and bought a kitted up JDM Mazda MX6!
I purchased a kitten from his neighbours last year. They didnt have any nice words to say about him! Apparently, They lent him that washing machine, whilst his was in for repair, & he refused to give it back!!
What on earth are you on about lol
@@Tdevil86 I brought a kitten from Gertrude, & Winston next door to u. They gave me the story over a cup of tea, & ginger nut biscuits! Dont shoot the messenger! 🤷🏻♂️
@@Iron_Lion_Of_Zion lol so random. I don’t have neighbours called that 😂
@@Tdevil86 u live on Hasslet Road, Stoke on Trent, across the road from Ali Baba’s kebab shop.
@@Iron_Lion_Of_Zion I don’t live anywhere near stoke on Trent
Try magnum car panels Rochdale for the replacement sheet metal 👍🏻👍🏻
Have they started doing mk5 stuff now then? I know they said they was going to at some point…
@@Tdevil86 hi am sure they do now and the fitment of panels is spot on 👍🏻
K plate would have side indicators as well mate . Wiring is probably hidden somewhere
It should do mate yeh, it’s another thing I need to add on the forever growing to do list lol I did have a quick rummage for the wiring but il have a proper look next time I get in the garage
ye the small square one's, think they were the same as on the mk 4's
poly wheel in a grinder will be much faster to shift all that
I'm no body expert but why would any1 bodge it that bad I had a mk5a rs2000 years ago that was rotten all down the a pillars and other places n scrapped it and always regretted not keeping it think still have the etech strut brace off it liked n subbed for the next vids.
The mind boggles mate, could have been a easy fix if tackled properly at the time I’d imagine. Some people just like filler to much I guess lol it’ll be good come the end though.
Sikaflex panel bond
👍🏻 I’ll look that up
I really want this car :( love it
It’ll be a cool little thing once Iv sorted it’s gremlins out, you going to be in for a ticket when it’s ready to raffle?
it would be easier and quicker to replace the whole rear quarter panel with a new one it would save loads of time and stress
Biggest issue with that is finding a rear quarter panel, unfortunately no one seem to make anything for the mk5/6 platform escorts besides wheel arch repair sections and sills.
No such word as can’t
I actually love the mk5 escort RS2000
they don't get the love they deserve imo.
@@Tdevil86 true the series 1 like yours I thought back in the day look absolutely stunning, they still do
I would look for a cut from another car. Or fabricate Something. Fitting a new panel would be the last thing as most of it is covered by the bodykit.
A panel cut would be ideal, it’s just hard finding stuff for these now, I can get away with a mk6 cut as it’s essentially the same piece, but again though, 3dr mk5’s and 6’s are getting thin on the ground now.
I’m still trying to locate a solid roof skin for my other project without a sunroof but that’s proving to be like hens teeth now
A total lemon ready for the scrap pile fella, just being honest
Naaaah, need to look past all that to see vision lol
Arr man what a dog
Good luck like but I couldn’t be arsed with that shit heap
Wouldn’t be no fun if it was plain sailing 😅😂
@@Tdevil86 hats off like but I’m dreading sorting a bit of arch bubbleing Bon my e39🤣
Do you want it to last another couple of years or do you want it to last another 20 ? Bodge it and repeat every year or do it properly and forget about it ....
The choice is yours 👍
Another rear quarter would be better
Yeh that would be the ideal scenario but they’re not east to come by these days and it’s just going to be covered up anyway, I have a new section I can graft in now, I just need to wait until I can get it down the workshop to get moving on it again
id bare metal all that rubbish off , do any welding then a couple of coats of epoxy ...tiger seal should be plenty man enough to stick it on
Yeh the whole car will go back to bare metal once it’s down the workshop, il use this car to learn have to paint a car so I can paint the other project car I’m working on atm
hope to work together and help
You can buy kurust it works by oxidising the rest if not please watch soup restorations on RUclips or Travis blog they are both experts when it comes to rusty old cars 😎❤️👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I do have some of that krust stuff somewhere I think, I wasn’t sure if there’s anything better to be honest… but yeh il check them out, I could definitely do with watching some restoration videos to gather some knowledge haha
Would you not be better off buying a solid shell body and get the body kitt fixed old car looks like a boge job 😂
Probably yeh, but that’s way to easy and I won’t learn much from doing that, this way I get to learn some new skills repairing it etc
not a telford job
Check out Yorkshire car restoration on youtube they do great videos on how to make repair panels. Maybe even message them for advice 👍
I’ll have a nosey later 🍻
Hi mate you have opened a tin off weems your van is smart
Seems that way doesn’t it lol the joys of buying a car blind off the internet huh 😂 definitely more involved than first intended anyway but il soldier on 💪🏼 vans having a makeover soon so il post that up as and when it happens 😬
@@Tdevil86 bought plenty of lemons myself over the years LOL
Would be cheaper buying a real cossie mate that thing is a guaranteed money pit!
Definitely going to cost me a few quid this old girl but I can’t see it costing me 50k like a proper one, I bloody hope it doesn’t anyway 🤣