Hi, my name is Ash and I’m new to passion ford.

I have always been into Fords ever since I saw the Escort Cosworth as a kid.
My first Ford was an Escort Popular 3dr which I bought from Leeds. It already had the turbo bodykit, alloys and the suspension lowered. It was properly set up for (road) racing. It was quick ish off the mark (beating nova 1.4sr’s easily) and slow at top end but it was unbeatable round the corners. It handled like it was on rails!
Sadly I got bored and with me only being young I couldn’t get power mods so I went for looks. I know looking back now I should have left it alone, but at least I got it in a mag.


I then got a job which was down a road which this car didn’t like, so it had to go.

I then went away from ford to try something else.

Again I bored and have been building a show car out of it for two years.




While it was off the road I went back to Ford with a fiesta 1.25 si
Best small car ever driven, nippy, rev happy and lots of fun round corners. I was able to upset a lot of people including Scooby sport driver off the lights.
But sadly lost electrics @ 70ish and then seized engine trying to get it to start again. Now we think it may have been the cam belt gone but we just scrapped without really checking as aa man said it was knackered.
This made me need a new run around which leads me to my s1 turbo.
I would never had thought of getting one if it wasn’t for my mate lincolndanny. I always thought it wouldn’t be possible; one the cost of buying and two cost of insurance. He talked me into it by saying it was an investment!
This is what I bought



Over a couple of weeks I put some audio in, RS s/wheel and cleaned the interior





Then after a couple of weeks playing with it the 193bhp engine it completely finished off the already slipping standard clutch. So we decided to take the engine out and at the same time replace the scuttle panel as the passenger wiper was about to fall out at any time.





Is this what they call a crate engine?



some shiny bits to go back in.

It is all back together now but still having problems with the once 1st time starter /reliable engine.



What do you think to the bonnet being raised at the back?

Bit too much?

Not enough?
Or none at all?

 

Mate s1 is pukka!

Keep that bonnet raised!! because it just looks sooo good on a s1 spez with those wheels on

 

Series one looks very nice mate


Brian

 

s1 looks wikid

 

I have finally found the fault with the car after changing the coil, dizzy, dizzy cap, rotor arm, leads and spark plugs. I was the ECU that failed and I’m hoping it’s not the chip!

Bought two ecu’s on eBay one a sealed unit with a warranty just to get me going and a cheap one to try changing over the chips.

Tested both ecu’s and they work (starts on the first turn and runs sweet.)

I started on the chip change over today as I had a day off work. The chip is in the new ecu, now so all I’ve got to do is test it, fingers crossed. Hoping it will work as I would like Motorsport Developments only retune the engine not rechip as I could do with the spare cash!

 

nice one ash, gonna be a good summer

 

It works!!!!!

 

Absolutley love the S1 mate, nice to see some RS's off here local to me!

 

the raised bonnet looks really neat

 

I had the weekend off and with summer coming up I thought I’d better get the cleaning gear out. The s1 was looking a bit dirty and dull.



That rusty hole is getting worse. Lucky I have Lincolndanny and a new panel!

Told you it was dirty, but a rinse first makes it look a bit better.



Looking better.
Spot the difference.



Sadly the sun went in before I could get any good pics but these should do until it comes out again.




Sorry about quality it was really bad light and I was in a rush to get to the pub.

 

Looks good mate you just have to love em just getting mine back together for the summer

 

Hi the car has had its mot the other day and guess what it……….FAILED!

Welding, welding and more welding.

When I got the phone call it sounded bad, but after receiving the report and going through it with Lincoln Danny it looks to be not that bad.

It hopefully is just the usual foot wells plus a little bit of the inner sill on the passenger side.
It also needs:
New brake pipes all round and rear brakes releasing (it has been stood for 2 months). Plus they are week (his words not mine. I can get it to stop quick.)
Steering is excessively tight (it is an ’84 escort plus 7.5” wide wheels! I have no problems!)
Rear lights need looking at. Apparently one is affected when you put another on (yer! the normal light by the fog light)
Headlight aim
And the horn stopped working on the way there.

Any way here is some pics of the new number plates and it out side after the polish. Pics still not great but I will get some proper ones done soon.

 

is that really the same car you bought?
looks stunning now, just need to get her belly tidied up now and shes good for another 22 years

 

Cracking S1.

Just wondering wether u were gona finish the saxo, or just get rid? Not a fan of saxos, but i can appreciate the work that goes into a show car. Keep it up

 

Saxo is still going, just even more slower now ive got a turbo. probably put a pic on soon to show the work.

 

Got the S1 home today. So tonight I thought I would have a look at the work needed.
The outside looks tidy ish.



But I pulled back the carpet.


I decided to strip the interior out to have a better look. The inner sills have spilt away from the floor and there was a lot of rust in the corners of the front foot wells. I had a poke around and this is what it ended up looking like.








I guess this is what you get with 22 year old cars. Just want to get it on the road asap.

 

tidy ride loving the rs7 wheels looks tidy from outside

 

cant wait to get stuck into her mate, she'll be fine

 

i miss my s1 so much

 

will be worth it in the end..

 

They are like that. Once you try one it's hard to get rid. My Dad keeps trying to get me to sell mine.

Your cossy's look mint.

My plan if I ever get this back on the road is to keep up grading first 2wd and then Escort cossy. My dream would be to have a track Escort like Reyland's with all WRC gear on.

 

Get the welder out. Cut that rotten shite out and put new floor pans in!
Looking good though!!

 

Me and a couple of mates have been working on the the old girl when we can. We have worked though the night most of the time only having McDonalds to keep us going.
So a big thanks to them.

The rust bug has eaten more than we had originally thought.


Here is a few pics of the progress.
Dash off to have a good look behind.

Some of the new pannels arrive.

Here we go!





Needs a clean again!!


Hopefully more done soon.
WANT IT BACK LIKE THIS!

 

That's lovely, I absolutely love S1's!!

Good to see you're getting the rust sorted asap, it'll be worth it in the long run

 

well done man..

 

very smart mate...they do hide all the horrors well eh

 

Me and my mates have been working on the car as much as possible and have got a bit done. It's been a while since my last update as I seem to be busy all the time.
So were to start.
Passenger foot well.
This started off a bit slow as I had to learn how to convert from arc welding to mig with the help of Lincolndanny. Here is a few pictures to show the progress.



In the wheel arch wasnt better I had to made my own box section.



A bit of finishing and I think this would look ok.

 

Having to do this in chunks as it keeps crashing out the computer.
We moved onto the battery tray/firewall.
It all started off like this.



but soon got to work





Still got a bit of finishing to do but I will do this later as I want to get big bits done first.

 

Here goes with the inner wing.




Then I went mad.

Oh my poor litle turbo.




That little rust bug gets everywhere.

 

Good work so far keep at it and youll have it back on the road in no time at all.

 

 

OK now to the A pillar.
OH DEAR LOOK AT THIS!







More to come.... lots more. watch this space.

 

thats a lot of work

 

Here is some more.
God dam the british climate, it's mr rust bugs favourite.
The weld on the front wings cleaned up nice thow.




Here is Lincolndanny playing.

We put the wing on to see how it fitted and tried the door.
The door has never fitted right, we think it was bent in a knock.



At the end of the night I can remember hearing these words "Right that sill looks rusty, it's got to go".
So here are the pics.

 

really takin shape alot of work goin in

 

Looking good m8 keep it up, its worth it trust me...

 

Got to keep them alive!

 

Glad you went back to the old fords as no offence but i wouldnt piss on that piece of shite saxo to put it out,chav car IMO....

 

at least your welding might get a bit better after all this practice!

 

Going to town there mate, nice one