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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 11:07 PM
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My mate's got an S1, had it for about a year now, and he's done a few things to start sorting the shell out on it, but due to the size of his garage (just big enough to fit his car into) it's a pain to work on.

And now, there's nothing in our garage, so he had a week booked off work along with my brother, and they got stuck into it yesterday, here's the progress pics of how they've gotten on yesterday and today:

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Craig in Gaffer Mode:
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And thats it so far, I'll make sure Mick gets more pics tomorrow as they are working away
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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 11:32 PM
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got a lot done in very little time, congrats
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 12:16 AM
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nice one another s1 being done
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:33 AM
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I want an S1!

Good works chaps!
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:49 AM
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Another S1 being saved...well done lads
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 09:12 AM
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looks like a rusty example... good to se another one getting saved.. top job
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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Well done ! Good to see another one getting some TLC !

Your garage is a lot bigger than mine, and i did most of mine in there too.....i know how difficult is it to do it in such a small space

Big respect though for taking it on.

Have a look at My resto thread on here, and keep the pics coming !

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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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keep it going...will be worth it.....
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 06:13 PM
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nice to see a series one being saved
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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good to see he supports the right team aswell.keep up the good work
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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Starting to strip my S1 down in a couple of weeks time, in need of a resto too, hopefully not as much welding needed but only time will tell..... Good to see another being saved... good luck lads
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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Cheers guys, here's the progress over the last two days:

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Well, thats it for this week (well, there may be some work done on it today), but it's going back to Stuart's this weekend, but it will be back to ours to get the rest of the work done ASAP
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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good stuff mate,well worth saving the s1's,would love to get my hands on another mk3 but good ones are getting a bit scarce now,s1 is my favourite ford apart from some of the real oldschool stuff which i have been lucky enough to own a few of,been fwd for a few years now since the bird made me sell my mk1 scort when we had the bairn as couldnt get the car seat in for the roll cage lmfao
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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bliemy thats some quick work guys!! keep at it it will be worth it in the end
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 10:50 AM
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Old Oct 26, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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Any updates??
Site link doesn't work btw.
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 11:13 PM
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looking solid now mate
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 10:04 AM
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Looks as rusty as mine used to be, good work!
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