look what we found! mk1 fiesta update 29/05 new roof skin, pic heavy thread

[turbocabessex]

was driving past this for a while so i told my mate paul81 off here and he looked at it an see the potential, he was originally after a mk2 but was soon convinced otherwise, i wont mention any plans as i kno he has a few nice one off touches he wants to keep to himself until finished but im sure we will add some pics of progress that dont give away too much anyway we picked it up today an here it is.......... its a 950 pop plus an all im sayin is it will be far from standard when finished

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[bubs_rsturbo]

looks promising! im guessing 2.0 zetec sleeper?

[bubs_rsturbo]

or yb?

[turbocabessex]

first was closer to the mark but ill let paul fill in any blanks he wants to, need some work first tho but will be a nice car when done

[turbocabessex]

haha fook knows how a pic of my dingo got in there lol

[turbocabessex]

first things first, does anyone know where we can get a roof skin from?

[2wd saff cos @ stage 3]

nice find, good luck with it

[turbocabessex]

glad its not mine with the anount being planned to spend on it lol

[give it some stick]

good find, ill be watching this one with interest!! want to build a mk 1 or 2 fez myself

[seanny 94 si]

Can't wait to se her when finished. You got a lot of work ahead of ya matey.

[turbocabessex]

were just taking the interior out now and its surprisingly mint, we'll take some pics and either me or paul will updatd later

[malcs-escort-cos]

dose look solid that

[turbocabessex]

well not long bee home from stripping it down, will add some pics later but there is alot less welding than we thought, going to be taking engine an box out tomoro, busy summer ahead lol!

[Paul81]

Hi all well as you no we found a nice little 950 pop plus for good money we striped it out yesterday if it wasnt for the fact it had a sunroof it would be mint but as it stands we will have to replace the two front floorpans and need to sort out a bit in the boot where the water tank was fitted as its started to go there to an we are goin to need to sort out the roof as well witch is quite bad as there gotta be about a 10mm X 200mm hole along the edge of the sunroof but apart from that it was wax oiled from new so the rest is mint





oh yeah an we found some of the original paper work stuck to the back of the head linin


next up is engine out today witch souldnt take long an sort the roof out

[turbocabessex]

well paul welcome to your rebuild thread lol, glad u added some pics save me doin it lol, ill be over soon, tea an toast is on the cards first

[turbocabessex]

couple more pics

[Zetecfiesta]

great work!

[turbocabessex]

just the start m8, lots more work and man hours to do yet

[turbocabessex]

well after an extensive search we failed to find a replacement roofskin but paul did manage to pick up a second hand one already chopped off the car so yesterday we set about removing the skin from it and what a fookin job it was too well we cracked on an finally took about 7 hours to carefully take it off,
what we ideally need now is some guidance from u good folk on how to remove the skin from the car without causing any damage
any help much appreciated
liam

ps ill get paul to add some pics of us removing the new roof skin later

[jigsaw]

have you tried the mk1 fiesta forums, usually a pretty good place for parts and advice for these, although i'm sure there is plenty of knowledge here

[turbocabessex]

yeah mate paul is a member of a few and has put some posts up

[Paul81]

well here is some pic's of us taking the roof skin off the roof the weekend witch was a proper task


















il get some more pic's up when we take my roof off me car hoping it will be a little easyer as we will be able to cut most of it away befor we start il cut the midle out then cut down to just befor the brazing so will be only workin with little bits i think that will be the best way but as i ever done this befor any advice would be appreciated thanks

[turbocabessex]

see told u i wasnt in the pics

[turbocabessex]

bit of an update, yesterday we removed the roof skin from the car an set about fitting the new one which will be finished off today, i dont think we done bad considering its the first time either of us has changed a major panel, thought paul would have updated u lazy fooker
anyway heres pics

































well notice its only me in the pics doin the work

[Gibbo87]

nice would love a project but finding somewhere to keep them is a pain....u can get panels from this link
http://www.carz2.co.uk/ford-fiesta-7...page=1&sort=2a

[pacificzetecturbo]

Looks a good shell to start with mate, not many of them left in that shape. So whats the plan for it then? i'm currently building a RWD cosworth mk1...

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[turbocabessex]

ooh i like the looks of that, its not actually my car it belongs to paul81 off here, the shell is lovely bar the roof an drivers floorpan where sunroof leaked, we welded up the roof yesterday ill get paul to add pics but now thats sorted we can start on the floors, its stayin fwd but will have a tasty engine

[PHiRe]

pacificzetecturbo love the roof scoop man nice work not normally into fiestas but this thread and the fact another m8 is building one, and it just so refreshing to look at different cars for inspiration and fresh thinking.

[FORD RS MAD]

Originally Posted by turbocabessex

ooh i like the looks of that, its not actually my car it belongs to paul81 off here, the shell is lovely bar the roof an drivers floorpan where sunroof leaked, we welded up the roof yesterday ill get paul to add pics but now thats sorted we can start on the floors, its stayin fwd but will have a tasty engine

Any updates on the mk1 project.

[turbocabessex]

Originally Posted by FORD RS MAD

Any updates on the mk1 project.

not a great deal mate its had new floor pans and inner an outer sills since the pics but Paul's just doing bits as and when he has funds