cosworth220

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thought that it's about time i started a thread on the old girl.
i bough her about 14 months ago now, here she was when i got her..




she's never been welded and has never had a respray, it has 106000 on the clock with some service history, it's on a different plate aswell, used to be on A276EVO but the last guy sold it which is a bummer but i can see why.
well she has been in the garage for a few months now and i've only started to get her sorted, managed to get some parts together....




and the best buy so far.....

started work on her last week with getting the old engine out and the new one bolted in, which i was so suprised at how easy it was to fit!!












and the most rewarding feature of the project

now it's just the wiring and some painting to be done to the body parts next weekend!
thanks

cosworth220

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ok well today i finally got round to doing a little bit more to the 4i, weather is getting better (although still very cold down here)
i removed the rear bumper and some trim to fully go over the car to see if there was any rust/rot i was unaware about, here was my finds....
both sills, to my suprise are absolutely mint!! 8)


then the rear bumper, passenger side was good but drivers will need some slight attention




was also aware that the drivers door was gone, so i'd managed to pick up a new one up a few weeks ago






the new door fitted, and with a little bit of rub down done.



here are some more of my finds when looking over the car...
a nice crack down the windscreen, thanks to the weather i believe, was not that big before :shock:

bit of poor welding on passengers inner wing, will be cut out re-welded and smoothed in.

cossie bonnet which will need a bit of work done




had also ripped out the old exuast

here's the new one for the new engine

that's it really for this weekend, hope to start the real work within the next few weeks now, still trying to source parts, other bits are being worked on by my mate
here's a few more pics of whole car and a few new bits that had turned up for her in the past few weeks

just rested front bumper to see what it looked like. 8) 8) 8)




gave the peace between to the two rear windows a run over with some polish, came up well considering the surface rust 8)


new smoked rear light, went through and paid alot to get these!!

set of the 15" rs7 softlines


thanks for looking and i hope you like it boys and girls, please comment
josh

cosworth220

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just a quick update of some parts that iv'e managed to scrape together
genuine cosworth skirts and arches




genuine cosworth rear bumper

cosworth drivers door
but thanks to the useless f&£$%^ b%&%£! couriers it was damaged in transit, so now down body shop getting repaired





thanks, josh

cossie4i+

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I built a white 24v 4i years ago

Was a fun , easy car to drive

Don't make it into a cossie replica, a 4i is a unique car

Good luck with it

Steve

COLEYST200

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keep at it mate shame about the door

andy escos

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should be a good car when done always did like the 4i,s where abouts in plymouth you live josh im in honicknowle

Joshy

looks great so far

cosworth220

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yea should be good mate, im out near yelverton

nice mk2 mate, thanks

josh

cossie4i+

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A few pics of my old 24v 4i







And a pic of my 2 4is



Steve

Badboybulldog

looking good mate got to love the 4is

Gav Diamond

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Great start mate, keep it up

cosworth220

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must say mate that is mint!! half tempted to keep the kit on now!!
only problem is a threw away old kit

thanks

josh

cossie4i+

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Mine had the cossie front bumper, grill and bonnet.

It was colour coded to the rest of the original kit

Steve

cosworth220

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yea and that's what i like about it, i like the two tone because it shows the unique side to the 4i, also prefer them to the cossie's

i don't like the spoilers and windows on cossie's where the 4i's are lush

what kind of paint did you use and what colour??

thanks fella

josh

cossie4i+

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I can't remember it was a long time ago

Just used to apply bumper dressing to it, kept it nice and dark

Steve

cosworth220

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ah right, well im thinking that mabey stick with what i got for the min then mabey go back to the 4i look, but im sure i will, cant see my self liking the cossie kit much, thanks for the pic and help chap

thanks

josh

lee2cossies

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Nice project.Have a white xr4i 24v myself as a track car,brilliant fun and much cheaper than my cossie to repair!

cosworth220

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few more bits turned up, so quick update
new grill all painted with new weather seal, mesh and ford badge


and the passenger door, which was in one piece thank god 8)

thanks
josh

Joshy

looking at em side by side, i do think the 4i's got it in look's over the cossie,

cossie's just to white and plain in the side profile...

RAPID 3DR

looking good mate,shame that the door got fooked,ive hust had a door deliverd for mine & it had bent edgestossers dont care.
what was wrong with the red door? im after 1 for mine if your selling mate
let me kno a price
cheers

cosworth220

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yea i know it's a pain in the arse

yea doors for sale mate, did have it on ebay, only problem is that i rubbed it down and has a dent but would push out mate, will get some better pics if you want?

£20 collected

£50 posted

thanks mate