The pics just don't do the car or the job justice.

The old paintwork was so bad - it had that horrible Diamond yellow effect to it, so when it was resprayed, I chose to have the colour chaged to the brightest Ford Diamond white I could get.

I also didn't bother to repair the doors, binning them instead after finding 4 delocked doors for £50!

After the spray job, I finally had a car I was proud of. I was 21, and driving a mint looking 2wd with stage 3 power, so I did the honourable thing, and took it to a few shows, and Santa Pod:





Also found a nice carwash





All that was left was a bit of gauge action for the interior, so I snapped up one of the first SECS monitors to be made:



Matched it with some 60mm Defi gauges (Boost, Oil Temp, Oil Pressure):



to end up with: