Ill start from the beginning!

I bought this as an ebay item and thought i would have it to try and get it up and running as a cheap runner with the intention of converting it to a TD

As a 1.8 diesel at first glance the car looks pap..................and that it does. But there are some very good points, such as the badboy bonnet has been done well, there is a small crack in the filler, but is fixable. The smooth door seems to have been done well, and is very level, and the boot is questionable as it has started to crack.

but the bodywork is in very good condition, better then mine is.

now i need new suspension and Im going to probably grab a new exhaust, bonnet, side skirts and tailgate, also probably new wheels.

oh and the interior is absolutely shoddy!!!! Look at those door cards!!!

anyway the seats are going as well..............so take a look and see what you think ....................not bad for 200 notes i think.............







on the 06/12/05 this had been done

Right, little update, haven't done a lot in the ways of getting it on the road. Need a bit of cash, but that should be coming from my Christmas job and the job thereafter.

so anyways i have removed the rear platform that is usually in a van, the seats are gone, the bonnet will be gone soon and the door cards are in shreds! I have also acquired all of the fittings and fixtures to put seats in the back

anyways, onto the update...........to get the car MOT'd i would have to have replaced the two front tyres. So i thought i would put on my 16" Rs7's that i had laying around! They will still be refurbished when i can afford it, but for now they can go on the diesel :bonkers:



How Close ooh:


yes the scratch will be sorted.......eventually, and a few bits and pieces to be done and it should be MOT'd!!

on the 8th December i got this far......... and took it outside for some pics

right put the back on.........fronts are at perfect ride height, minimal scrubbage............the rears......fook me!

way to low, took it round the block and have about 3mm out of the side wall

anyways, ill be cutting it up when i get the other suspension, and hopefully will raise the back slightly otherwise im going to have to get different springs :x

anywho, pics..........







and this is todays update, *Update*

right, been having a little trouble here and there with money but ive finally got a little closer to getting it on the road.........

a couple of things updated mainly the 195/40's wrapping the Black 16" RS7's :bonkers:





Ive slapped on my smooth bonnet, it is going to be repaired and sprayed up, also got an si bumper in the car to get sprayed up.................and the hole in the door will be smoothed...





ive managed to raise only the rear suspension so far, but it deffinatly makes it sit better, rest should be one on Monday fingers crossed.

Smoothness.....


and this is the interior at the minute, im converting it to a passenger carrier (i don't care if they have nothing to look out of in the rear :P) ill be using the recaros from the petrol when i get it on the road.



and this is the comparison of the springs that were on the car (bottom) and the new -60mm ones (top)


.........the springs must have been cut and lord knows how low it was but the springs were too short for the dampeners











*03/09*

well a slight engine update!

Finally had the time to get my bits powder coated and now fitted!

so from this....



to this.... (sorry for the poor quality pics)







even painted the rest, along with the sump





all i need to get now is some gaskets and maybe a couple of filters......also a few spare hoses and its ready to go in

What you all think?

Cheers

Ghost

 

Looks so much better than when you got it ,much prefer the z,s rear bumper on it now and glad you lost the bad boy bonnet

 

looking good,really do agree looks much better with the ZS bumper on

 

cant belive you painted them wheels back i want a set like them on my escort

 

that look really good keep up the good work

 

did that wheel dent polish out



i had the same rims and painted em black, better than lookin cack huh

 

yeah, rims were refurb'ed wrongly when i got them and had been painted....so thought why not do them black

and that dent did knock out

cheers guys!

 

hmmmmm......




ST150.........280mm.......what stopping power

and this is what my original brakes had turned into.....



think i needed new pads??



cheers Guys

 

nice one, ha thats always a hard desision do i keep the rubbishy little brakes or stick bigger ones on

 

nice one mate

 

 

cheers guys...new suspension in two weeks

watch this space....im actually pulling my finger out and getting some stuff done

 

 

cool and different project mate, but can i ask why you have put back seats in the van, surely it would have been better to get a car if you were going to do that,

i want another van, my astra van was a right laugh with the 2.0 in

 

cheers mate, well the van came up nice and cheap and i knew the chassis in the fiesta's were all the same so i knew that it would be easy to out seats in.

and seemed a little different lol

 

nice, i likes

 

very nice sir wouldnt mind a van me self love the way it looks though

 

Right...i need a little help deciding on what i want to do with the bits that i have got for the car....

i have taken pictures of different combinations and i think i know which one i prefer but i would like other people opinions aswell

first up....

smoked rear lights...





No Foglight surrounds...





right, now black fog surrounds on my New SI bumper with clear indicators...





Now with smoked indicators...








personally i think the surrounds are okay, but the indicators arent working at all!

opinions please

 

smoked indies luk wot about a front zetec-s bumper if its possable wud luk great and go with the back cos the front luks kinda bubbley compared to the back but its ur car dude im just giving an opinion stil likeing it all

 

cheers mate, im picking up some headlight protectors tomorrow, so hopefully that will take away the glare of the smoked indys, got to get some side repeators aswell.

the bumper will be cut out and reshaped when the intercooler goes on when the engine goes in, so that should make it a little better.

also the arches will be stretched when the new rims are going on...should sort that out a bit!

 

Right nice new dash put into today!

was rather easy as it has been modified to put into a mk3!



just wish the wiring was as easy

got a bit more to do i think.....





ill get some more pics in the daylight when the car starts....fingers crossed

 

 

BBOOOOBBIITASTICC!!! LUKSS SWELL

 

 

cheers lads

 

 

get a update on here pal i got same kind of project going on too now

 

cool,

got a big update hopefully on monday and tues think you know what that might be......lets jsut say im buying gearbox oil tomorrow

 

cant wait mate

 

u dont have a spare zetec s bumper do u

 

 

A RUN A TD FIESTA VAN INSTEAD OF RUNNING THE ESCOS ALL THE TIME ALL PUT SOME PICS UP IF A EVER FIND OUT HOW

 

funny you should say that, I did up until about a month ago...sold it for Ł30

 

NAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

 

looks good

 

 

looking good mate

 

cheers guys!

will get an update as soon as ive done something

 

Right!

update time me thinks!!

started bright and early at about 10.30 With the gentle hand of a pal Knuckles....









bolts all came out relativly easy, no bolts shearing off, no rusted bolts....nothing. It was very odd!

then it arose!





and a little comparison






crack on tomorrow!

cheers

Ghost