after a year driving a snotter of a Sierra, my FRST project is beginning to get off the ground.

this last week or so have seen a great deal of phone calls and e-mails, ordering bits that i need, and the car has been stripped and collected.

so far, the postman/courier has brought me...

GAZ coil overs
powerflex polybushes
pro alloy intercooler and rad
samco boost and water hoses
bailey oil breather, swirl pot and header tank
wilwood 283mm discs and 4pot calipers
braided brake line kit
k&n induction kit
mongoose exhaust
4 brand new 16" mondeo Si alloys
burton quickshift
mk3.5 mirrors
LHD rear lights
clear indicators and repeaters
front and rear strut braces
stainless oil filler cap
escos gear knob
vibratechnic gearbox mounts
omex shift light
AP uprated clutch

just waiting for CTS stage 2 box (will be a week or two)

need some welding, then spraying.

a mate (Dave J) is doing most of it for me, except the spraying.

and i will be helping/hindering/making the tea as needed.

just wanted to thank everybody thats helped me out on here so far, and thanks to paul at burton, dave at dampertech, fordpartsuk.com, adel28 (ebay),stu at CTS, christian@APT,steveC, auto specialists in grays and of course... The Wife!

will post pictures when i have sorted the mysteries of photobucket

wish me luck!

 

good luck mate sounds a good project , wat engine will it be running ? CVH ZVH Zetec Turbo ? sorta power u lookin for? get the pics up

 

look forward to seein pics

 

Look forward to seeing this

Keep us updated


Brian

 

sounds good

 

Nice to see you have started a resto thread ,dont worry its in good hands with Dave

 

Sounds good mate

 

goof luck sounds a good project

 

got a photo on my phone yesterday, showing my car with no rear quarter!

showed my dad, he nearly cried

will post photos soon, visiting tomorrow morning.

dave has a mk3.5 quarter for it. flap, neck etc, all there.

and the side stripes are definitely going!

 

ok... here goes.

i have successfully uploaded some stuff to photobucket today, hope it works...

 

f#ck me, it does!!!

above is a rusty quarter and inner. all you could see was a couple of bubbles around the cap when i bought it!

some more...



most of quarter gone



what have they done!?

 

proof that i did SOMETHING...



two grinders to impress the neighbours

 

STAND BACK!!!



hammer and chisel...



...leaving this...



...and this.

 

new quarter ready...



...clamped up...



...and looking good so far!

 

Popped over this eve ,nice to see the quarter on

 

i was there until about 12ish. watching these two work is great.

wifey came round, and said "it looks terrible, doesn't it?"

that was AFTER dave had the new quarter clamped on! should have seen the look on her face when he took it back off to show her what it looked like before!

i stripped the inners from the donor tailgate to stop myself feeling inadequate!

 

quarter off another car??? or new one been painted silveR?

 

all the best with it..

 

proper job nice one

 

Quarter panel is being done pucker

 

off another car.

got one off a mk3.5 at TWINS suggestion, so will soon have a filler FLAP!

not seen another turbo with this, has anyone out there?

 

think theress a few people on ft.com with a filler cap i think they look loads smarter also less likely to rust

 

Nice

 

Keep up the good work monkey boy (sorry did I say work I meant tea making!)

Why haven’t you posted a picture of the shiny rs blanking plate yet! That was the best bit!!

I am so tempted to post something "outlandish"............. but I won't (for now) as I expect you are a well respected member of this forum and I wouldn't want to tarnish your reputation

 

i will just point out that "japtastic spams" sig refers to his twin turbo supra

and obviously, everyone knows i'm not respected on this (or any other) forum...

 

Keep the pices coming, looking good though mate

 

Oppppps sig now modificated


Just so you all know.........

1) I Drive a 9 foot wide jap whale (aka supra TT) made in Tokyo, which is nowhere near Dagenham.

2) I live in Kent not Essex

3) I worked with "vx220" for 3 years and yes infact he is a mentalist

I am going to be so popular here.......

 

Cracking progress so far

 

i dontlike the 'flap' because its just not original!!!

dont get me wrong it is a bloody good idea, but if new quarter goin on anyhow and you dont spill petty on it, it should last 10 years

 

Neither are these though

GAZ coil overs
powerflex polybushes
pro alloy intercooler and rad
samco boost and water hoses
bailey oil breather, swirl pot and header tank
wilwood 283mm discs and 4pot calipers
braided brake line kit
k&n induction kit
mongoose exhaust
4 brand new 16" mondeo Si alloys
burton quickshift
mk3.5 mirrors
LHD rear lights
clear indicators and repeaters
front and rear strut braces
stainless oil filler cap
escos gear knob
vibratechnic gearbox mounts
omex shift light

Personally I think its a nice subtle mod

 

to be fair, the mondeo alloys were "original" on mondeo si

some would say they are the most exciting addition...

 

i don't think it's the petrol that rots it. mine had only bubbles of rust outside where petrol would be spilt. but inside, as you can see, was awful!

something to do with ford using a thin squirt of rust preventer that completely failed to go anywhere near where the water would drain and get trapped!

with any luck, this car will be swimming in waxoyl or similar very soon

 

looks good!, ive seen a lad from scotland with a red turbo fitting the mk3.5 flap its a good little mod really as it doesnt rust as much!

 

thanks to christian@APT, my clutch is here!

 

Looking good dave! How long before its road worthy?

I thought that was cliff with the angle grinder at first in the 6th pic!

btw, I think you need to invest in axle stands! Im not sure what will break first, the chassis or the jack

Jack (another ex-colleague of vx220 )

 

good work mate

 

i'm fairly sure axle stands are for big girls

 

Nice of you to join us jaques,

My god it is cliff!!........In about 20 years time!


WE NEED MORE PICS!!! vx220

 

Or for those who don't want a drive shaft in the face

 

or for those who have massive hands?

shall we have a "passionford613 reunion" ???