couldnt leave it alone could i.........
nice sensible newish 1.9, 185bhp, some would be happy...
start looking for efi bits, got every thing i needed for efi, inlet, loom, std head etc, couldnt have a std head tho could i..??!! found this little beauty on ebay only 10 mins down the road





rude not to go n look i reckoned....
turns up at his house, head is sat on a fresh and i mean fresh low comp 1.6 cvh, new everything, paddle clutch, pistons, rods etc etc... turns out engines for sale aint it, lol...
didnt really want to put that spangly new head on my ropey 1.9 did i!!!
anyway..............
so im thinking hmmmm, dont really think fiesta management will be up to this engine, but im on a budget (LOL!!) sod it, cossie looks cheap, not ideal but hey ho... goes onto ebay lookin for loom etc... type in cossie and i see the listing, shouldve ignored it......... mint t34 stage 3 buy it now £300, again, rude not to look......... checked other items fella was selling, end up with a room looking like this, shit...........







picked up a few other bits on the way..........

so, if youre gonna do it, ya gotta do it right aint ya!!
started her today, fingers crossed, out for the summer.... (heard that before!!)

ripped the arse out of it today, plannin on a complete strip of engine bay, repaint bay, front panel etc, then put it all back together.... easy eh!!





how it looked today above and how it looks after today below.........



whole of front suspension is also out, engine n box ready fro dropping then the fun begins!!! got off lightly with bodywork, just a skankin battery tray really n could do with a front panel, looks like its had a bit of a tap at some point, couldve defo been a lot worse!!!!











something im sure we all seen before...



onwards n upwards as they say....

 

all the best with it m8

 

thanks fella, halfway there with not much metalwork to do so shouldnt be too bad, lol!! famous last words........

 

good luck

 

 

cracked on yesterday, done well for only 2 afternoons' work, gotta get the nice weldy man round to fill all them holes in on inner wings n bulkhead and do battery tray and front panel... gonna get a few bits seam welded as well as there's gonna be a fair ol whack of torque goin thru it!!!!





really cant believe how good the bodywork is, just needs a bloody clean!!!

 

go for it mate

 

Good work keep the updates coming

 

 

Once you start it's amazing how you don't want to put the old manky bits back in

 

cor filling front panel lot work mate love people taking on these challenges good man

 

So true you big buffty

 

well, fingers crossed, there wont be any...

new front panel sections being spot welded in then gas weld box section behind..... gotta try n keep the original look... cant believe its done 90k miles!!!

proof enough that u should leave your arch guards in lol!!





the word bufty is banned from this thread!!! im not doin it, no way, no no no.................................

 

cracked on a bit yesterday, bay mostly clear now, went over it with the ol wd40, came up alright..!!!







time to bend up some metal!!!!!!!!!





this used to be my front panel....................



now shes already for new front panel, got a bit of work to do as u can only buy front panel complete with slam panel, want to try n keep the factory look tho so original slam is gonna be retained as it its mint (ish!!)



poor ol girl!!

 

hey hey, what a project mate. I remember the day i decided i would do cossie management when i was only supposed to do a reshell. Its one of those mad 1 minute thoughts isnt it lol. Then one thing leads to another.

looking v clean in the engine bay there


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coming along nicely

 

Keep up the work matey!

 

will be ace once finished

 

cheers all, gettin there slowly!!!! still on for the summer finish i reckon...

 

Join the 'Snowball Club' fella, its all down hill from here on........

 

lol, the longer it rolls, the more it picks up!!!

 

Nice one mate

Should look mint when you have finished


Brian

 

fingers crossed!!!

 

Good luck mate

 

gettin there slowly, stripped out inside ready to do tray



has had one fitted before, what a fookin mess!!! tacked on then filled with sealer, tossers!!!



not all bad tho, found a rather nice minty floor for a change!!!





got an rs1600i tray to go in, prob just usin the panel tho, battery goin in the boot, not havin another horror story...



just waitin for front panel to arrive then get mr weldy man round...

 

hi mate.
this is a pic of my engine bay, as you can see i have just the rear part of the heater blower cover and i am going to make a smaller front section just to cover the blower and fit a air feed pipe so it sucks in cold air rather than engine air which makes it smell inside the car.
i will make one for mine in about a week then i will make some more and let you know when they are done.
they will make the engine run cooler as the vent in the bonnet can be used to expell hot air
mike

 

top man...

 

little more to report, cleaned up n started rubbing down bay, ready fo painting...



front crossmember came up a treat..!!



managed to get new front panel sections, still available fro ford believe it or not!!! big thank you to alex cabrio for sortin them (and quite a few other bits) out, top man...



perfect fit.....



took mount off old engine, hmmm.............



started gettin all the new bits down the garage, got a bit out of hand lol!!



quick peek at some new goodies..........



gotta wait till next saturday till welding can be done, boo.... will have paint by then so once he's finshed welding, can paint straight away, woo-hoo!! got plenty of other shit to do this week tho, watch this space, lol!!

 

nice one mate, keep it up

 

i had trouble iwth my deflex bushes, the ones that go on the tie rods made the rear wheels have toe out!
put standard ones on and it cured it!

 

got adjustable tie bars going on when theyve been coated, have been donated pretty much a complete front n rear suspension, painted as u see there, was from an abandoned s1 project, will get pix up of other bits soon, cant remember what the bushes are, not deflex, the red ones, polyrace or something i think, will find out...

 

polyrace bushes made by polysport...

 

bollox... knew it was all going to smoothly, lol!!! had a little look uder the scuttle whilst rubbing down bay, found this little bugger winking at me....



closer inspection...



time to bend some more metal..!!!!!



bye bye scuttle....



little more grot...



last thing today...



not all bad tho, got quickshift kit fitted!!!



and under the arches have cleaned up a right treat...



welder in saturday and paint being ordered this week, big progress over next week or so methinks...

 

looking like you have some work ahead for you mate, had allot of welding done myself , still loads to do

 

looks worse than it is i reckon, if the ol welder gets a good day in saturday, can start painting next week, then its just fitting up.... im hoping for the end of april..!!! ive got off lightly compared to u tho fella!! hats off to u mate, thats a task n half u got there, lol!! keep up the good work...

 

Coming along well mate

Glad i could help

 

might even be finished before yours...!!

 

ahhhhhhhhh mate, stop lookin lol, u'll only keep finding more and more and wont have a car left lol

 

coming along nicely

 

im confident thats it now, lol!!!