zippyobrien

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hello every one, im in a similar sort of situation to gaz (1st escort) im young, in full time education and obviously skint. so theplan is to buil this on a minaimal budget, not going mad with it, justy want it to look presentable,
had a brilliant start to the project as i managed to buy the car for £10
now, from that comment it just goes down hill;
its a 5 door
its got the horrib non colour bumpers
itd got the gay purple dash
and its a 1.3 hcs

after those bad pionts the reall problems dont seem to bad,

its got rusty sills, the rear breaks are siesed, the interior is standed, dent in the boot, theres grass growing on it, and the arches are rust, and the lump rattles like fuck.

any way, the plan is to get it road legal and looking presentable (and if funds allow one day to chuck a 1700 cross flow, or a series 3 zetec in , but i doubt this will happen for a long while)

and to make it more interesting, im going to keep a tally of every penny spent

so far is

car purchase- £10
paint for arch £10.39

im hopefully picking up my new welder i the week, and am currently trying to sorce a set or 15's for it (if any bodys got some for sale pm me please )

not going mad with it, was thinking black wheels, black lights all round, mud flaps, lowered and some tints (just dark, nothing fancy) and going to repaint the plastic bumpers jet black and stick a splitter on, then ill turn to the interior, si wing backs, fez turbo sterring wheel (because ive got those two in the garage) and a head unit, disc loader and sub and amp (again, all recycled from in the garage)

like i said at the start, this isnt going to be a tarmac terrorist as ive got the rs for that, just want some thing presentable, and im going to do it as cheap as humanly possible,

hopefully getting some white dial clocks withthe rev counter built in so if ay one knows how to wire these in on the 1.3 id be greatfull for guidance.

also if any one has any parts that they think might be usefull to my project let me no

ill get some pics up when its sunny tommorow

cheers, lee

GazzaG

not abad buy mate

zippyobrien

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one of my better car purchases, the worst has got to be the zippy orange bent in half bettle and smurf blue 1972 camper van i bought asa pair

i just need to drag my arse out of bed now and get started

luke89

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Well people just in from lees after a good day on Project Free Fez! lees currently gettin pissed drinkin castlemaine XXXX out my new oil catch tank , look out for a update a bit later tonite as we have piccys lol

zippyobrien

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hey peeps, me and luke have spent all day on the fez ~(as well as legalising his brothers car for its mot,)

got loads done, and its really starting to look like a car again,

got most of the interior out ad gave it a good hover, cleaned it up a bit more, then hit her with the pressure washer, got alot of the moss out of it

any, finally got the arch i started finished and sprayed in (but forgot to get a finished picture.
so heres a picture before i started at all


as you can se, pretty shity looking

heres a close up of the arch i started on

and another


started to strip out the clocks and that aswell, as ive got some white dial ones with the rev counter to go in


also pulled the standard radio out, as have no code for it, and found a old panasonic head unit and 8 disc boot loader to go in (not fitted yet)


note the pressiscion tools used there lol


also, managed to bolt the si wing back seats straight in(was told they wouldnt fit)



ill get a picture of the interio all cleaned up tommorow with both seats

picture of the asmatic engine (and the lunch plate)


picture of the last badge before i took it off


quite gutted that i forgot to take pictures when we'd finished, the ones ive take make the car look very shit
any ways, ill get some better ones tommorow.


ive also aquired some more parts, these include

fiesta si rear bumper,
rs turbo front vented breaks
si rear seats
white dial clocks
some 14 inch tempory alloys wick ill paint black

ill get these all fitted up soon

also adjusted the rear drumbs (big hammer) and got them working again, car now seems quite hapy to hand break turn which feels horrid on the tyres

pics of the new expensive glaases i bought lmao


thats a pit off beer and it dont even touch the sides lol



right after this photo, i thought that if i took my finger of the other whole as i tipped it up, it would act as a ruch whole for the air, what i didnt realise was that the beer would pour out al over me what a dick

heres a couple picis of the old mans car and the work ive been doing to that





so far fitted the new 17, apexi filter, raised boost to 1.1 bar, 3 inch staright through blue flame exhaust, de cat, re bolstered the seats, fitted tv dvd player, carbon slam panel, al the piping, oil catch tank (the beer one lmao)

on order for that isd the new front mount intercooler and hard pipe kit, then brembos, ill post pics when ive fitted them,

thanks for looking, any advice or comments welcome, good and bad,

another up date soon

luke89

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dude them pics are shit lol none of MY good paint work lol and its my exspecive beer glass bitch arse urs is in the evo lol , ill sort them clocks out tomoz , any one at urs in the day tomoz ? mite go sort a cople of bits out for ya

SaqsS2turbo

o yes the evoo and fezzy luks fun i hope wen i open ma hood next i find lunch

zippyobrien

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lol, dont think any one in luke, but i wanna get them breaks on,

and them old seats eed to be cremated lol,

yeah the car makes luch all the time saq lol

did you get your metering head wired in yet mate???


cheers for the replys

luke89

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dude weres the update lol

zippyobrien

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ill get one up when im home,
bit bummed out no one is replyng to my project tho

fancy having a race to finish projects gaz??????
ill show ya how its done, got a bigg up data to do when i get in,

gotta fit all the new stereo gear today to, got a kenwood flip front head unit, 10 disc boot loader, and hopefully sub and amp

SaqsS2turbo

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

zippyobrien

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lool
need to get the pics of the camera,
got the rev counter clocks in today, still couldnt get the feckin steering wheel of, how do i get the shity bolts out that hold the air bag piece in????

GazzaG

looking good fella

the bolts are ether a alankey bolt or a star screw mines a fiesser wheel (don't ask ) lol

Good luck with it mate,

i can get you the code for the radio mate

pm me the code off the top of it

zippyobrien

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sweet, cheers gaz, ill do that,

um, they just feel totally round like i need to push them through, i might attack it with the angle grinder tommorow if i cant get it of, got a new wheel for it any ways

got the rs turbo front breaks on yesterday to,
ill get pics up,
just the sill to weld up now and shes ready for mot,

picked up my alloys today to, with the most disgusting tyre wear ever,
ill post picis tommorow,

cheers guys

luke89

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dude u need to up load the pics lol , hurry up and get that welder and ill weld up ur sill !
think u owe me money now not the other way

2 si wing backs
mk4 fez white dial clocks
rst brakes and disks

coooooont my house is almost emty of car parts lol , come pic up that system lol then ill osrt out that loom , back box and filter ohhh and your 4th alloy lol

GazzaG

zippyobrien
Sounds like the alan key bolts lad, Think its a 8mm bolt on each side

the cars a 1997 aint it (P reg)

think the airbag models after 1995 had alan bolts

hope this Helps fella.

zippyobrien

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cheers bro,

and lavy, i thought we could get some pimping arrangement going

joking, ill sort you out mate, dont you worry.

you up for a trip to saqs scrappy, seems like some reall treasure there

gaz; il chat to you on msn later mate, need to grab that code,

chers

zippyobrien

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just spent another half hour uploading and sorting out pictures, i never realised how time consuming it is to update these projects, so majour respect to those of you who have regualr major updates.

been a busy bee again over the last few days,
after driving it and realising how shockingly bad the standard breaks are (luke89 will testify) i decided it was time for an upgrade and a freshen up at the same time


so here we have a set of very rusty rs turbo calipers, spent a while getting all the old shity fluid out of them and getting them back to good metal, then a nice paint job


in primer

and now on to the disks. the car came with non vented crap

as you can see this is gay lol



the passanger side all on and complete,

then the drivers,

decided to paint them silver, as unless youve got brembos they shouldnt be red
and the drumbs



got both wing backs in now to


its now finally starting to look like a car again, these are the alloys ill be going with for now, but im painting them black, so if any one has got soem 14 inch tyres for sale, pm me


and finnaly that fucking steering wheel bolt


another update soon when ive got the new clocks wired up

cheers for looking

Brian

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Brian

luke89

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good update and cant belive with all them pics u still missed the pics of the rear 1/4 wont be doin any more paintin for ya u cooooont lol only jokin mate hope theres anuff paint for the sill

zippyobrien

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the cheak of you ya bastid, i did all the filler, grinding, sanding , priming, and the first three coats of red, you still a lil bit of paint on and all of a sudden its your sill

only joking mate, love ya really lol

GazzaG

Only just seen this

No need to race as it can get childish lol

ill have mine done next year (bodywork and styleish wise)

luke89

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lol, only playing,

ytell youwhattho, the new breaks work,
can lock all four wheels now.

took lavy down the park and did hand break turns

luke89

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shit, its lee, logged in on lukes acount

SaqsS2turbo

zippyobrien

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i wanna have mine mot'd and for slae by friday lmao
got the clocks in, breaks on, new seats in, got the tint spray for the lights, the new welder, new sill, oil, filters, nearly finished the new frong grill with cold air inlet, hopefully got some ew tyres sorted, just eed to paint the rims and weld her up

so thats a car start to finish in a week, not bad for a 16 year old aye gaz lol

luke89

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dude tomoz or tusday ill get that sill welded up even if u ent about leave me a key , and il get it pained up to , dnt sell it lol only jokin dude

GazzaG

I'm on my own doing mine plus am working atm so it will all come out in the future


If you don't work you don't get, nothing comes free

zippyobrien

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im in full time education,
i work sat and sunday as an electrician, and i do 2 shifts a wek in the local sports shop, and i tech a martial arts club so i no bout the working lol, and im doing mine all by my self


im only pulling your leg gaz, dont really wanna race, and we no your doing your best

GazzaG

A cars an expensive thing to have aint it hehe

zippyobrien

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mine not ot bad

only cost 120 quid so far
should have it finished for 200 (if i dont do the alloys, )

then ill sell it

gotta be worth 600 quid with a years ticket????

GazzaG

tax should be cheap on it aswell

zippyobrien

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fuck the tax i just want rid, found an rs turbo with a blown engine for 400 quid, that wil be the next project lol

GazzaG

Good choice mate

i know a guy with a dark green h plate xr2i if thats any good?

no idea about it having blow engine

might buy it if its cheap

GazzaG

btw you can get abit for that plate

P657CRX

COSSIE CAL

any up dates lad?

zippyobrien

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big updayte on this wagon, finished it and sold it for 600 4 months ago

GazzaG

Awesome, i now have one

fezzajsy

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1.9 xr2 on 40's

thats a bloody bargain
get a 2i kit on it to tidy those arches (may even find red) just requires some trimming about