Ive been trying to crack into my car as much as possible recently (NOW THAT IVE RECIEVED MY NICE BIG CHEQUE FROM MY OLD WRITTEN OFF FRST!!!!!)
I ordered/recieved the paint a while ago( 7 LITRES OF THE SHINY STUFF!!!!!lol) I managed to stripp the car down fairly quickly too.........with help from the brother inlaw
i am going for a completely smooth euro look in the engine bay,more extreme than ive sen in other fords.i know it dont look like much at the moment,but everyones gotta start somewhere aye???
ive still got loads to do bodywork wise(new wings etc etc.)
my bonnets going to be louvered over the next couple of days.
my FAVOURITE (lol) uncle has agreed to come out of retirement to paint my car for me (hes got 22 years of experience so it should be a pucker job )
ive gathered a few more goodies inc brakes,tubular manifold,coilovers.
GOT my steel rods/forged pistons on order from the states ( AS THE SO - CALLED "MINT" calibre turbo pistons i got off someone off here turned out to be fuc*ed when they arrived at my door!!!!!!!!!! )
and strangely refuses to answer my pm's!!!!!!!!!!
My uncle said he would paint it NEXT WEEK!!!!! so im tryin to get it all prepped asap(WITHOUT RUSHINg IT AND BODGING IT) everything has to look 100% otherwise i will not be happy
Also ordered a rear CUSTOM polished cage with fixed diagonals today as well as strutbrace. should arrive in a week or so!!!!!
ITS ALL GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

before :-


now:-






me in action lol

some of my goodies

getting my eldest 3yr old son involved in fords(my bonus smoker!!)!!!!lol.

and my interior thats no longer needed that ive put on e bay



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Love the look of this car before

Should be once done....you sure you don't want to sell me those wheels??

 

lol. you and these wheels. To be honest,i might consider selling them soon....maybe?????

 

Mate already sounds an awesome project, i cant wait for all of the updates

Engine bay sounds good, bit like Daves (twins) maybe?
Colour will be superb, cant wait to see it.
And what an engine its going to be, i hope

Keep us upto date

 

7 litres You spraying next doors car aswell? Should be in the end

 

i know it sounds like a lot of paint lol
4 litres of primer
5 litres of silver basecoat
7 litres of candy apple red
5 litres of activator(harderner)

the reason i need so much candy paint is because the candy paint is really transparrent. Obviously the more coats you apply,the DEEPER the overall finish.When i originally mentioned this project on here,a few people mentioned that it looks pinky,and took the piss a bit sayin that a pink s1 would look lovely.I knew exactly what i was looking for in the shade of red,AND IT WILL NOT END UP LOOKING PINKY like some of the cars you see painted this colour.This is due to this paint being every labour intensive,and expensive!!!! and bodyshops using minimal amounts to make max profit!!!!!
Inside the car (rear) is going to be fully panelled out,for a really smooth look,chrome cage, and there will be lots of flocking

 

cant wait to see it gonna be great i bet

 

 

Hmmm...smooth engine bay, nice and original idea then...

 

Looks like its gonna be nice!
Are the wheels in the first pic 15s? You wanna sell them

 

i would have left it black looks hard as nails, always wanted a black one

 

Will keep an eye on this one ,sounds great ,get a resto thread up and running

 

i will start a resto thread soon mate

 

Ruined!

 

I think I'm gonna look forward to seeing this done I like different stuff

 

sorry if you feel that way trevcannon.i found black to be boring, and i ended up hating it because it was far too much agro to keep clean.i need a change,otherwise i would have ended up selling it

 

good lad, looks like its gonna be a top motor

 

Why not just get this moved to the right place ?

 

I can move this if need be?

 

yes please mate if u could

 

where did the turbo manifold come from or is that one from a focus n/a?

 

sorry mate,manifolds a bit of a secret....... what i will say is that it cost me.................£50!!!!!!!!!

ive got a few pic updates for you all......




whipped the wings off and found a couple of bits of rot which needed attention....... expected really they're only spotted on for the mo, gona use my uncles welder as its 100% better than mine





i spent ages cutting the templates out to get everything right!!!!! I WOULD NEVER TAKE ON A JOB LIKE THIS AGAIN!!!! serious aggro


i have basically made some framework to lift the panels 1inch. it is basically a false floor now,so that i can run my wires for my sub/amps/ battery underneath to keep everything neat
will take some pics of the framework today

these pics give you a very rough idea what i am aiming at...



got my bonnet back a couple of days ago too........very pleased with it sorry bout the poor pic

and im gettin there with the smoothing of the rear!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

cool, this is going to be one to watch

 

some fresh pics people

all the welding has been sorted

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me



and my ol' pops on the lovely sanding,smoothing duties!!!!!!!
sometimes i fell i wish i didnt decide to go this extreme



got a bit further with the rear panel



stared to smooth the battery area



inner wing is very nearly there now
the smoothing of the strut was a nightmare to get looking right



tryed a test fit of my custom fusion cage/strut brace
to be honest im not 100% happy with the fit .where it meets the wheel arch.will have to sort it as its way out oh, and theres still loads to do in the rear panelling department yet to get it finished and looking flush so dont worry yet





oh and for the comments made about it going to look pink,well this is what it looks like in the tin,and that is pretty much the colour the car will end up



i cant make up my mind wether to get these re-trimmed,or go and buy a new set



me taking a break from the sanding
(can you tell the fuel has got old where the bikes been sitting for months lol lol

 

sorry about my old pics dissapearing
theyve gone from my photobucket album
oh well,if anyone wants to see them then i can pm them to you.takes too long to upload them again

 

has anyone else had anyproblems with fusion cages????? where the bars come down to meet the wheelarch, it is the complete wrong angle nowhere near

 

sounds nice
keep up the hard work can't wait to see the car finished
about time some one did some modding to an s1 ( not that there is anything wrong with them in first place )