Reyland Focos. Shes got her new clothes on!!04/07/09
31-08-2007, 06:06 PM
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Reyland Focos. Shes got her new clothes on!!04/07/09
As a couple of you may know, me and a mate are building a stupid car.
A fresh 200 blocked 480 (ish when it's run in) BHP Reyland YB engine + A Focus converted to RWD = Fun!!
Anyway, we started chopping up the old donor saff to get the tunnel and turrets out etc
Forgot to get pics of the complete car beforehand,
:2curse:
i'll stick some up when I find them. Here's where we were up to at about lunchtime:
and heres the important bit!!:
There's a focus being delivered next tuesday, so that'll be getting stripped down ready to go to Andy Gallacher along with the turrets and the tunnel. There will be a 1.8 blacktop Zetec engine and box going spare if anyone needs it?
I'll stick some more pics up as work progresses.
And before I start getting slagged for chopping up a cossie shell, it was well rotten
A fresh 200 blocked 480 (ish when it's run in) BHP Reyland YB engine + A Focus converted to RWD = Fun!!
Anyway, we started chopping up the old donor saff to get the tunnel and turrets out etc
Forgot to get pics of the complete car beforehand,
:2curse:
i'll stick some up when I find them. Here's where we were up to at about lunchtime:
and heres the important bit!!:
There's a focus being delivered next tuesday, so that'll be getting stripped down ready to go to Andy Gallacher along with the turrets and the tunnel. There will be a 1.8 blacktop Zetec engine and box going spare if anyone needs it?
I'll stick some more pics up as work progresses.
And before I start getting slagged for chopping up a cossie shell, it was well rotten
Last edited by Daveysaff; 04-07-2009 at 06:11 PM.
31-08-2007, 09:49 PM
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31-08-2007, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by patch
gud look with the focus project! 
nice 2 see ya use the bits from the old shell 
is the engine a runner
nice 2 see ya use the bits from the old shell is the engine a runnerPT
Charlie Shaws focus at national day made me want one, so i suggested it to a mate two weeks ago when he found a load of rot in his car, and hey presto!!
The donor saff was really nice to look at, but the legs had gone all the way through at the back and the sills practically fell off when the skirts were removed, so we chopped it up!
Cheers for the comments folks, as said, there's gonna be a 1.8 zetec + box going spare if anyone wants it and suspension bits etc.
05-09-2007, 07:51 PM
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project FOCOS!! Buold has started 08/06/2008
The Donor car arrived on tuesday
Ebay find of the year!! Under a grand!!! Nice looking car too.
So we ripped it to bits
Theres gonna be a YB here!
And a token mugshot from the brains of the operation
More updates soon!!
Ebay find of the year!! Under a grand!!! Nice looking car too.
So we ripped it to bits
Theres gonna be a YB here!
And a token mugshot from the brains of the operation
More updates soon!!
Last edited by Daveysaff; 08-06-2008 at 07:12 PM.
06-09-2007, 03:07 PM
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Got the focus shell ready to be transported up to Andy Gallacher today, completely stripped of everything apart from the glass.
So, week commencing the 24th of september, its going to Scotland and coming back cossified!
This is the bit getting chopped out!
Cheers for the support folks, it all helps!
So, week commencing the 24th of september, its going to Scotland and coming back cossified!
This is the bit getting chopped out!
Cheers for the support folks, it all helps!
06-09-2007, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by mercury grey minter
Suprised FORD did n,t do it. 
Are you out of your fucking mind! 
Putting a shonky mega powered pinto engine into a brand new shell! That's really going to keep the build costs down and make Ford money isn't it!
fuck me this site makes me laugh sometimes!
On the other hand, nice project Davey, why was the Focus so cheap from Ebay in the first place?
06-09-2007, 03:49 PM
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Flood damaged I think, i was a non runner, but couldn't find anything up with it.
The only thing we could find wrong was a scrape down the o/s/r arch as you can see in the pics, but other than that its perfect. Ian found £5.80 in slummy in there too! Its nearly paying for itself!!
The only thing we could find wrong was a scrape down the o/s/r arch as you can see in the pics, but other than that its perfect. Ian found £5.80 in slummy in there too! Its nearly paying for itself!!
07-09-2007, 03:24 PM
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Re: Another Fossie in the making! UPDATE 5/9/7
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Cant believe you cut it all up on your driveway top work there, but im thinking you need a few more wheelie bins than that to get rid of the shell....
Keep us posted on the results once fabrication is complete
08-09-2007, 08:29 AM
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So what you planning to get done in time for Xmas then mate? Not the whole car!? 
So although your going for a Reyland 480 engine whats the rest of the spec going to be mate?
You going to track it?
So although your going for a Reyland 480 engine whats the rest of the spec going to be mate?
You going to track it?
08-09-2007, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by THE RADMAN
excellent mate always fancied doing that myself what sort of price does andrew charge for doing the shell if you dont mind me asking?
always fancied doing that myself what sort of price does andrew charge for doing the shell if you dont mind me asking?
08-09-2007, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan
So what you planning to get done in time for Xmas then mate? Not the whole car!?
So although your going for a Reyland 480 engine whats the rest of the spec going to be mate?
You going to track it?
So although your going for a Reyland 480 engine whats the rest of the spec going to be mate?
You going to track it?
The donor car had a pretty big spec,
The engine was practically new from Martin Hadland and still not run in!
Keeping the full spec of that quiet until the cars ready (and I find out exactly what it is!)
Std 2wd beam for now, Gaz coilovers polybushed (of course) std 2wd rear brakes (for now) and Hooooooooooooge Jaguar Front Brakes that Martin Sourced. Dunno what they're off though, but stopping quickly, it feels like your face is being ripped off
Pro Alloy Fuel cell and tons of aeroquip and probably a cage of some description!
Antracite Mo's and whatever we decide to bung in the inside!
It'll be all MOT'd and Taxed when its built too. Completion really depends how busy Andrew is, and after the feature on his focus, I'd imagine he's gonna be choca!