Last saturday the project was started. I have a real challenge because he needs to be done before the Ford Fair 2010 begins. Plans are to drive him over to the UK, with the Ford XR/RS club members from Holland.

First it was to strip down the interior and next saturday to remove dash and engine. Here some pictures of my project, hope to get it updated as much as i can. Hope you like the pics:








after a while it becommes this:

 

Things to do:

- clean and freshen up the engine and all the stuff
- new front wings
- new front
- new arches
- new backplate
- new right door
- new sills
- new floor panels (where in need)

and get it painted from the in- and outside in Diamond white
Got it really bussy the next few months

Also done my Fiesta XR2 mk2 and finished it last summer so i now whats going on

 

for the age of the car, it still looks pretty good. Good luck with the project!

 

Good luck with the build

 

good luck fella!
looks very strong tho

 

Good luck with the build and look forward to seeing it at Ford Fair

 

ziet er nog aardig hard uit.

nice keep us updated.

greetz herman

 

whats the deal with the bootlid, no wiper, spoiler, lock? is that modded or foreign standard?

 

He is getting back to original didnt like this, but i bought it just this way

 

Just an updat from last saturday tomorrow i will go again and do some work. Engine is allready out of the car, good for a huge clean and some new paint and parts. I know whats coming with cleaning and all that kind of stuff, did the same with my Fiesta XR2. Next job is welding all the new panels; front, side, back etc. Cleaning the wheel arches and under side body coating gets completely off...

Here some pica's of last saturday:

 

Great progress keep up the good work!!

 

I cant believe how good the condition is , very nice and a great project .

 

some more photos from last visit at the car on the 27 feb







the bulkhead needs a very good clean nothing major. Most is surface rust with a wire brush i should clean it easily




Need to weld in some new mounting point for the side wings



I didnt expect some lucky spots




under the fuse box it was all nice!!



most bad place of the whole car. only place i don't know is the right side of the car at the back wheel arces and of the inside of it




some point at the driver seat but nothing major, still fixable

 

Still a lot welding needs to be done, few things done by previous owners is not something that i wanted on my car. Wings where sealed to each other, front wing sat stuck with only 2 spot welds

Some mess I guess so, but we keep going just as on my previous resto on my Fiesta XR2 mk2

Here some pictures from the RSi..... and all the welding and cutting that is done and still needs to be done.

 

This morning I got some really really great news for my RS1600i, found some original scuttle panel LHD and 2 original Ford escort mk3 side panels. In the Netherlands its even worse to find this particular stuff then overthere wih you guys in UK

 

keep up the good work

 

Time for some updates: resto is still goin on
And still a lot to do
Did clean many of the parts which gone of the RSi and they will be looking as new. Starting with cleaning the engine room from all the oil and dirt



gear sticks or how do you call this...



Looking a long time for original Ford panels, finally scored a scuttle panel and side wings for my beloved RSi. In Holland its really hard to find, but managed it at the end






clean of the tape and dirt

 

Cleaning the engine room pictures from end till the beginning of it. Damn hard work to get it all of nicely

 

Clean a lot of stuff the last couple of weeks but no time to get you guys updated... New warm up reg turned up cleaned and painted it. And mounted it together. Its for my spare RSi engine you cant have enough spare parts of is. Got almost 2 complete engines now.. only missing gearbox/alloy rocker cover on one.. Maybe at Ford Fair



So it looks like in the beginning

And its still the same example not bad



Scored some new rubbers for brake cilinder fluid reservoir

 

Good job on refurbishing the parts...

I hope you got it all done on time..

Keep updates coming, mate..

 

great car! great project!

keep the pictures coming

 

great project!

 

Iam very happy at the moment scored some original Ford doors overhere in Netherlands. They where just laying around by some Ford dealer just waiting for me In NL is just very hard to find to find these parts 10x more then in the UK

 

some little updates from parts i already finished



nieuwe koelslangen voor radiateur




this hose i get for free when i buy the radiator, I believe its from the cooling reservoir for over running the water

new deluxe set


article number of the radiator measured it with the original one same size

dynamo cleaned up and painted it


set RSi coils

new cap

warm up regulator the set who came off the car

small fortune

 

Today I scored a new "old" radio for my RSi anyone know of this is the deluxe GHIA/RS model is which was a optional radio?!?

 

Looking good mate


Brian

 

some photos of my steering rack
1st completely cleanered with wire brush:




primed:



and painted it matt black:


orange poly bushes

 

stunning

 

waoooo that precision

 

verry clean mate! Good work

 

Cleaned and painted the RSi subframe




it was dirty as what...









and painted silver





only need a new left control track arm and some new bolts...

 

looking good, not long to go though!

 

Spectacular project in a Spectacular car!

keep the pictures coming

 

Most of the subframe is now back together. Only needs 2 new bolts for where you mount the track control arms anyone now wat type of bolt this is, definately not metric

some pictures:





the part which is missing on pictures is be powdercoated. Also have new polybushes full set from flo-flex

 

great project! you make a good job!

 

Time for some updates its been a while. But manage to have a start with my gearbox. Here some pictures of cleaning all the rubbish away
On next saturday gonna visit my RSi to prep the inside for painting

 

here cleaned most of the gearbox and ready for painting

 

forgot to share some pictures with you guys of my finished subframe

 

Quality project mate and good nick for its age!

 

looks like when we started my other halfs rs1600i cant wait to get it back out