Hi everyone,

I'm part of a Uni Motor Club and have recently acquired a mkiv fiesta as our new project car.

It's done 0 (yes, zero...!!) miles since leaving the factory, lived in a heated, dry building all its life (it's an x reg) and is generally totally immaculate.

Unfortunately it's not worth that much because it's not registered as it was donated by ford to another department in the uni as part of the big 'drive-tired' campaign that started in the 2000s as a test car. Therefore there are cutouts in the dash, random bits of box section added and a fair amount of wiring for sensors and switches etc... that have nothing to do with the car

All of this means we're keeping it to compete in local car club events, such as autotests

The downside to a free, near immaculate shell is that there is no engine, box, driveshafts etc... so all of these things need to be bought and installed. I've done a small amount of research into what kind of things people are putting into fiestas and it's a split between 2l duratec/zetec or a 1.7 Puma. The upside of the puma is I'd try and get a running puma and transfer all the loom and running gear into the fiesta as I don't know what's actually been removed and what's left in the car that I can use to get it going again so I'm anticipating a bit of trial and error in getting it going.

I've a fair amount of experience with working on cars but I'm a classics man therefore will probably be pestering people about electronics and wiring questions!

Will post photos of the on going project but here's our start point: