xr2mk2turbo

She's home

After 4 years locked up away, she's arrived at the new house. She wasn't for starting tho, and was stored on a hill and couldn't get the trailer near, but after my cousin said "typical ford get the diesel battery on her" she just fired up, smoke and rattle free (apart from a fan belt squeal) so chuffed finally, its like I just bought her again, have to keep looking out the window just to check.

sridgett

Look's good mate. wish my mk2 fiesta looked like that

xr2mk2turbo

Well, making progress now, albeit slow, turbo conversion is now out and the majority of the bay has been degreased, surprised how good it is really. Was a pain to get out tho without a hoist but it all went well. Plan is to get the turbo set up sold and start parts of the bodywork and do anything I can before the garage is built next year, lots I can do tho to save time later.



It was a bit scary getting it to this height













Regards

Jay

jammerrs

lovely restoration

Fordmad!

Keeping an eye on this one, hopefully see it about as your just up the road

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Top work. Keep it up.

xr2mk2turbo

Thanks guys

xr2mk2turbo

Lots of wax oil cleaning to do, surprised how good it is underneath it

SMILER258

Immense work!

deanflowers

Hi Where did you find a header tank as i have been looking for one for ages?

xr2mk2turbo

Cheers fella.

xr2mk2turbo

I don't think you can get them from ford anymore, few people I know have tried, but no joy. It's just a waiting game for one to pop up on eBay, or try motomobil, German based parts company, they have a lot off hard to find parts and the stock changes all the time, so worth keeping an eye on.

deanflowers

Many thanks will try motomobi (the last one i saw on ebay was over Ł150)

xr2mk2turbo

Fiddly, boring job done. Cleaned and treated all the coolant hoses, just waiting on a couple of gen jubilee clips then that's that job boxed off.
Few random shots.













Regards

Jay

rstom95

Looks awesome mate the attention to detail is great

xr2mk2turbo

Thank you

sridgett

I love this car your doing soooo well mate, keep up the good work. Wish my mk2 looked like that.

xr2mk2turbo

Well time for a little update, sorry it's been a while.















The copper braid is for the dizzy heat shield



Non gen coil. I am going to make up a replica sticker of the computer at some point.



Random bits and pieces for the engine











Heat shield was very rusty, best I could get it.







Sparkly new sump





Few bits cleaned up to OCD standard, put aside for zinc plating. I may buy the kit to do my own. Also a few parts prepped for paint.









Surprised how well the rad cable holder came up, also was very rusty

(Top tip-pre treat with Molasses, works great in eating rust) I'd stick the car in it if I could

Door cards cleaned twice and a few repairs made, mainly lifting on the top edge, good as new now.



Boot boards cleaned, edges re-faced, painted etc. also fitted dealer locks to them, no instructions just the schematic from the ford computer. Got it right thank god. Very surprised how well they work you can put far more force on lifting up than what I expected, really do work well.







Hope you like

Regards

Jay

Fordmad!

Love this thread!

sridgett

Looking good dude!

mrknifey

Boot Board locks! WOW! Where dafaq did you find them

xr2mk2turbo

Glad you like it, I'm sure you will see her out and about at some point, your not far away from me.

xr2mk2turbo

I spotted them on the parts computer system they use at the ford dealers one day. I had a long list and the guy was getting fed up trying to find little bits and went through a schematic of the rear/floor end and I spotted them.

Asked him what they were and he printed it off for me, so he ordered them expecting them to be obsolete and they turned up. Bonus

Evans Halshaw wrexham.

xr2mk2turbo

Few more fiddly bits boxed off. Can't wait till the day the shell is finished.

mrknifey

Where you get the underside clips from buddy?

xr2mk2turbo

If you mean the zinc ones, shhhhhhhh there land rover ones, same design as ford, probably from the same manufacturer

eBay them something like land rover brake or fuel line clips see them quite often coming up in ford related searches.

mrknifey

The white plastic ones dude

xr2mk2turbo

eBay dude few different ones on there recently, or try Tom Peters ford parts or Mat @ Retroford international Both top suppliers and guys can't recommend them enough.

Both mat and tom are on eBay also

xr2john

Going to be awesome when its finished

botters

iTrader: (2)

thats going to be stunning

xr2mk2turbo

Thanks chaps. I will see it through if it kills me

Just trying to raise the money for a double sectional garage now, then the fun begins.

xr2mk2turbo

Little update on progress....

Well on the way with the garage foundations. It will be around 18ftx16ft and will be sectional as I have half of one donated from a recent job.

It will be panelled up in feather board and nice beams on the front and corners so it will look like a nice barn.

There's also a very tight budget

Turned out to be a big job, put a pit in they said... It will be fun.

So a 16ft long pit has been dug 6ft deep after floor in. 2ft down hit very heavy clay=total nightmare! Had to dig all the soil out down to solid clay and replace with clay, mainly to have enough soil (25ton) to level the garden and to get rid of a lot of the clay. Without the need for a skip I'll let the picks do the talking.

It was all done by one man and his shovel













And some recycled shuttering



Anyway on to the car bits



Mint telescopic ariel and new mounting kit





New waffle rubber mats



New floor plugs



Rear reflectors



More floor plugs





Had an interesting and unusual find too, well I think so

Genuine xr2 overnight bag, very nice in the flesh, mint too.













Great to chuck all the crap in you need when going to the shows.

xr2mk2turbo

Few more bits off the list,

Heads done, however never took a photo until it was wrapped



Now for the big one;





New dipstick





Lucky to find a really mint jack and tool kit

xr2mk2turbo

Making progress now. Took the shuttering down to join the visqueen and raise the shuttering up for the next pour. Only one little weep so far from a spot on the wall. Will be tanking it anyway but I'm hopeful when the visqueen is joined and the water between the plastic and the wall has dispersed should be all good.

Just need the weather, it's been a nightmare!

luke_rsfesta

Very nice. Lots of hard work. I love how everything is mint

xr2mk2turbo

Little update on where I'm up to, my garage is nearly ready to put up, can't wait

Doors are on a rail and fold up either way with good security on the inside of them too, side door on the end. Hopefully ordering the timber Monday if I can get time.



Roll on some nice summers evenings to get working on her.

Regards. Jae

andy.v

subscribed just to follow the garage build , great so far fella, and the motor.

xr2mk2turbo

Thanks, bit of a budget build but should do the job for now, plan to add interconnecting sheds to the side and rear eventually.

Twins

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Great project ,car and garage

nft308

fantastic thread