Those with negative comments need to stop watching. You are trying to keep our classic cars alive like we are. It is easy to go buy a new car. Looking after a classic is hard work. Well done keep up the good work
I don't mind the negative comments mate. It's a fact that negativity always gets directed upwards. People that are actually making moves in life and are actually happy in their own lives NEVER bother directing negativity at people that are actually trying. They may give constructive criticism though, and I'm grateful that I regularly receive plenty of that too. When I witness someone just constantly dishing out negativity to people that are actually trying, its clear to me that they are just a sad loser that is doing nothing in their own life. Sad but true. . . . . . Oh and you can't make a success of anything in this life without picking up a few haters. So to me the haters are a sign that I am doing something right! 👍
To many people with opinions but nothing better to do than say negative things you do it your way matey it’s your life only here once bugger what others thinks
F the negative comments. I must admit I don't watch every video you post, but when I watch one I always think: damn, this is a cool dude. Keep being you, and keep up the good work. 💪🏼
Hey Marcus - been watching since forever! You've inspired quite a lot of us down here in South Africa, also trying to keep our cars on the road and enjoying them here. Your MK1 build inspired me to do a full bare metal resto on my mk2 2door ST170. Keep up the good content!
I just wanted to thank you for your dedication to this channel and your cars. Your videos have helped me in the last few years more than you will ever know! Do what you need to do mate, and dont worry about the haters. You put so much effort into everything that you do, and so you will have people supporting you regardless of what you are up to. Also, I'm happy to hear that the car trio is staying (at least for now!). Stay strong and keep up the quality work mate 👊
You'r very welcome mate! 👍 And thank you for your support over the years. Without you Patreons this dream would have ended for me a long tine ago. I look forward to seeing you at The Ford Show next month. 👍
It's your car mate and you Repair it and build it too your liking. The main thing I can say too you is " YOU CANT PLEASE EVERYONE SO DONT ATTEMPT TOO."
Marcus, your progress has been phenomenal! Throughout your journey, you've not only entertained and supported countless subscribers but also offered invaluable advice to those facing challenges. Follow your heart, and know that your efforts have truly made our world a better place. Thank you for everything!
Thanks again man Just stay positive and things will drop in place and see you through, we all get those bad times be that in our own heads or life's challenges. Cheers again.
Bravo sir ! Whatever you choose to do in life is completely your choice 😊 Keep on being the MH we all love to follow and watch on a weekly basis. Keep up the hard work fella 💪 BOOTHY
You are awesome Marcus , do what is in your heart, you have a very supportive partner, do what makes you happy and don’t listen to all those negative people , long live classic Fords , it’s people like you that keeps the love alive
Definitely cut the rust patches/panels and show the process. Great content and I would love to see the process on Heidi 👍🏻 pull in Chris from clump fab and do it old school round your garage 😁
Keep rolling with it. You'll reap what you have sowed eventually. I started my own business 4 years ago full time, been slow at points but now its finally taking off, bigger workshop, employee etc.. means soon I can get more serious with my escort again.
@@marcushayesford Almost ready to run! Just like yourself fund's bit low as spending money on business. Need to get out of London and get a small workshop open up a whole new world!
Nice one mate keep positive on what you do. Videos are brilliant. We all need money to do our projects. And we get that money our way. Hope you carry on with these videos. Good to hear that your keeping maude. Proper rag around car.
You keep doing what you like to do m8 take no notice of all the others . If it makes your life happy nuts to the haters your true fans will keep watching your videos
Make maude the next one to clean up perfect welding learning putting in the magnum panels etc, take your time finish Heidi, always keep Esther because it's epic Feel ya though mate, just finished my silver 2 door I know you've seen on your page, contemplating selling that so I can buy a couple more projects
You keep on doing what you’re doing mate you just get on and have a go you are helping people with your positive attitude you will get people hating but that means you are trying hard the real car people will help and support you most people don’t have the guts to do what you have done your not a professional just a regular guy having a good go and you won’t get it right all the time but that’s how you learn keep up the good work you do
Follow your heart fella , I think it’s great you have made the cars yours , as in years to come I can’t see anybody doing that with a tesla or any EV 😂👍🏼
Great video Marcus if you have to sell the mrk1 to follow your dream then that’s the way to go. I sold my mint mrk1 mex to follow our dream of owning our own fishing lake and campsite in France. Regrets at the time but not now. We have just sold the dream after 20 years with no regrets on the escort and now have money to buy an even better one. Always look at the big picture you never know what’s coming but you can make your dreams happen with the right decision
Iam right behind you too mate whatever you go with sending you the positivity, iam in the situation as well now split up from my parter a few weeks ago now so have the kids at weekend s so my 4 door mk2 that’s tarmac arched etc will probably have to go unfortunately 😢 sleepless nights etc and worry of life ain’t doing me any good but I have to look to the future and see a happy life but without a ford 😢
Good video mate , I’ve put myself in the same boat a little bit having to many cars but also not wanting to get rid of them as it doesn’t make any good benefits , don’t give up on your dreams and keep going mabey just slow the videos down slightly so it’s not so much pressure on yourself having to upload one every week is a big task people don’t understand if they don’t make videos , I would definitely get them bits welded up mate as it will only be a matter of time before the rust comes back and you’ve got to do it again 👍
I've sold my escort when time's were getting tuff it all worked in the end and I didn't need to sell now I miss my car when your new ventures take off everything will be fine then you will be glad you didn't sell your car great video
That's one thing Im always thinking about. I watch A LOT of videos about business, entrepreneurism etc (I do loads of learning on RU-vid everyday about various subjects) and loads of people say that they almost gave up and THEN things started to improve financially. 👍
Realistically Id hope I would get £20k for her but most people wouldn't want an Escort like her (with the carbon etc) . . . . but even at £20k Im not tempted to sell unless I got really desperate. 👍
I’d like to see you doing a mig or tig welding course, I think there’s a place up Leicester way that might at a stretch let you work on your car- think they do a lot of bike stuff. Or perhaps see if you can colab with Urchfab and do a good job of the welding yourself. You’re doing a good job regardless though Marcus 🤙
It's hard work having three old escorts it's Ford they do the one you need to do a good job on the one you are rebuilding and keep it and I would get rid of the other mk2 as the shell needs a lot of work now you're had your fun if I had the money I would of being a welder myself but it needs a lot of work if stuck strip the parts of it don't sell the mk1 or the other mk2 your rebuilding your the only one who can make you mind on it up keep strong you will sort everything out 👍
Hi marcus, i watch your channel all the time, enjoy your content, cheers me up on a bad day. Anyhow. How much would you want for maud rolling shell with wiring harness. Let me know. Been after one for a while. I can weld so id restore the shell over time my self.
Marcus its to uou and only you what you do but if i was you what i would do is take all the the good bits off your blue escorts and build the beige car up in to some things very tasty and not full of potential major rust issues either vway all the best to you good luck mate
Id keep esther mate are the panels you need for heidi any good on maude? Maybe save the engine for esther sell the shell and use what you can on heidi and esther. Just get something cheap to drift and wreck. I think having heidi done as you are going original will be better and then would be worth it in value
I don't mind the negative comments mate. It's a fact that negativity always gets directed upwards. People that are actually making moves in life and are actually happy in their own lives NEVER bother directing negativity at people that are actually trying. They may give constructive criticism though, and I'm grateful that I regularly receive plenty of that too. When I witness someone just constantly dishing out negativity to people that are actually trying, its clear to me that they are just a sad loser that is doing nothing in their own life. Sad but true. . . . . . Oh and you can't make a success of anything in this life without picking up a few haters. So to me the haters are a sign that I am doing something right! 👍
Should take it to get someone to repair it and get it painted, so you don’t stress out about it. Get someone else to do it for you so you don’t stress out
Every subscriber buy a t shirt or mug now, support this great channel. I've had to walk away from my old Ford for the last few years due to a Covid redundancy Perhaps you could get sponsors for the channel or something, there are a lot of inferior vlogs on youtube with more subscribers.
Thanks for your positivity mate! 👍 Sorry to hear you had to walk away from your project. I noticed you ordered a Petrol Head Style shirt so thanks for that. I wish everyone on RU-vid the best. If they'r doing better than me Im happy for them. I just focus on doing the best I can in every video (and in everything else in life) because who I am, and who I am turning myself into, is way more important to me than views and subscribers etc. 👍
sell the new one you're doing when finished and whilst she's still in perfect condition ..... to maximise the money......... if you keep her you'll always worry about getting her scratched and losing money.......... i was the same with my AMG, she became a garage queen............. or you've got too many cars and reduce then to two.
The plan WAS to finish her and then sell her soon after (as I mentioned in this video) BUT financially I don't think I'll be able to finish her. Yeh garage queens are no fun. 👍
Keep up the good work I Dailly drive an early mk 5 escort been the most reliable car I've had body work isn't the best but does everything I need it to personally I'd sell maude and focus on the other mk 2 one less car for you to worry about and extra space
I WAS proper set on selling Maude but it just wouldn't have been worth it. By the time I had bought another daily I would be in the same boat again and then I'd have to sell one of the others. 🙁
@@marcushayesford you'll have a Lot less issues with the crosflow engine and like you said cheaper to run I've done 21k miles in a year with my 1.3 not 1 problem with the engine have you not thought about just locking one of them away and forgetting about it for a few years
Very true mate! 👍 I purposely try to live in the present moment which has huge benefits for me, BUT the downside to that is it's easy to neglect proper planning for the future etc. Everything is a balance. 👍
Don’t get the negative comments people, mostly jealous keyboard warriors, but I’ve had it with my escort before, “Its not a proper rs2000” “your too young to drive a mk1 escort” Blah blah, I usually just ask where theirs is. Hope it’s nothing to drastic and we can see you progressing further with the channel and cars Be nice to see you in a unit doing the builds mate Maybe tagging along with someone else aswell to share costs of a unit!
Glad you aren't looking at letting the cars go m8 if you only possibility came as part time job at Burton power or bodicraft Watford even if only the Flexi hours ....👍
Keep you will regret everyday 😊. I sold my escort mk2 back in 90s because wife at time she couldn't use clutch it was too stiff .but I wish I'll got rid of her and kept car 😢 my baby it was perfect
Marcus would this idea be any good to you.. strip maude and use parts for Heidi and Esther. Ie . The bottom end or engine for Esther . Other parts for Heidi. Store maude away .. or go back royal mail. Or get another job for funds as can imagine RU-vid don't help much. Whatever you choose all the best 👍 👌
All good ideas mate! 👍 . . . . . I wouldn't work for Royal Mail again though. The culture there doesn't suit me. Too many people trying to earn a lot of money by doing as little as possible. I'm slowly un-learning everything I learnt there and turning myself into a better person.
@marcushayesford right I understand you there. tbh was same when my grandad worked there many years ago.. definitely turning into a better person and content has be phenomenal since.. try not to sell any of them if possible would be a real shame
The IDEAL situation would be to stick to the initial plan and keep all 3. Life unfortunately is rarely ideal. The new plan isn't going to be easy but if I pull it off it will be fun! 😜
You certainly do have a dilemma with your three cars. Unfortunately there isn’t one that encompasses your passion for a vehicle that,t you can use for drift days, one for a daily and one to build to provide us with content to watch. It appears that three is the magic number. I hope you can find a way to fund the parts and materials to complete them as you go.
You’re going to sell Esther!! I know you are!! But I totally see where you’re coming from bruv. How much you want for her?? I totally get and understand where you’re coming from mate. Any thing I can do to to help in anyway let me know!!👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
@@marcushayesford deal!!!!!!!!! But I don’t mind coming to get her!!! Cash on collection!!!! I will even slab the front of you house!!!!🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣love you mate!! And as I said before anything I can do to help just let me know.
@@marcushayesford anytime mate!!! Did I tell you I am pretty handy with tarmac??? Just been cash point. Got the 50 pounds!!! Just let me know when your about!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👊🏻👍🏻
I reckon Average Joe pays more in rent than I earn some months. And I doubt average Joe works every single waking hour, every single day. However, I am grateful for where I am in life and what I have got. My pockets are always empty but there's way more important things in life than money. 👍
It's a bloody nightmare like you I don't like selling cars bikes ect but there comes a time when you have to make hard decisions and as for being a bum I can't see how someone can say that considering how much work you do on your channel
Keep up your good work and content. You should consider getting Heidi up and running then take Maude off the road and give her a full resto. Would make great content 👍👍👍.
Sell nothing youll only regret it, you tried looking for a non intrusive sponsor/advertising...to be honest i think most viewers are invested in you as a person
My only issue with your content is the videos where you looking at other people cars. I wish you would be allowed to drive the car and talk about how it feels to drive maybe a little history about the car etc. You could even do this to cars which aren’t classic fords. There is a you tuber I user to watch called number27 and he would repair this classic ferrari he used to own. His channel started to get a ton more views when he started test driving a bunch of different cars and talking about them positives and negatives etc. This is probably not what you want to do with the channel just a suggestion from me.
I appreciate your input mate. I do always try to get the owner to talk about the history etc. Maybe one day I'll be able to afford to get the insurance needed to actually test drive the cars (if the owners would let me of course! 😃)
The people who think you have to have a 6 to 6 job working for the man are the ones who say im leaving next week complain and always moody but still at the same shitty job 10 years later 😂
Very true mate! 👍 I'v got nothing against the idea of getting a job, but being self employed etc requires resilience and perseverance so I must keep going for as long as I can. 💪