been meaning to do this for about a year!

Bought my rs 1600i over a year ago, only just moving into a house with access to a garage! so the fun will start mid march!

I bought the car complete but I only have the shell on the drive at the minute, the rest of the car is in my mums garage, and a few bits hidden upstairs in the bedrooms lol (dont tell the wife)

welding needed, 2 rear arches, floors, battery tray needs re doing, front panel, rear panel, and other things, cant wait!

im in two minds what to do at the minute, the car is going to be restored to its original condition, but i want it a bit faster, but not an rs turbo transplant, so im debating wether to supercharge it but still try to make it look factory fitted under the bay, and i think it will be rather unique,....anyway thats an idea im toying with, nothing set in stone,.....any feed back welcome.

well here is the old rotten poor old girl!















new genuine wings wooo!



few of the engine, which is near complete (more than the car anyway!)















i know its the wrong cylinder head! iv already been informed so if anybody knows of anyone selling a 16i head let me know please

plenty more to come......

 

i love these old girls just finished welding a rs turbo up good look with it mate

 

they are great, i had a mk4 before this that gave me the ford bug, 6 months after that i bought my first rs as above! ........ im hooked!

 

if anyone has owned this before id like to find out a bit of history about it the reg is NTL 742Y

 

Yeh it used to be white

 

i had a feeling it used to be white! where bits of paint have been chipped off theres white underneath, do u know if white was the ooriginal colour?

 

what nice project you have there and good luck

 

good luck with your project

 

thanks guys!

anyone got a mig welder for sale? preferably 150 - 180amp?

 

good luck mate

 

looks in about the same state as mine. Good luck.

 

stunning, love a saved original

 

so you doing it white then mate? or keeping it black?

 

 

black or white? i have no idea now

i like black, but a pain to keep clean, but really id like to do it whatever colour it came out of factory, which i dont know as of yet!

its been black for at least 11 years as iv been through all mot's but i dont have any before that

if i cant find out il flip a coin

so what colour do people prefer on the 16i? black or white?

 

white if your from essex.

 

from derby, i take it thers a few white ones in essex then?

 

i wud go original factory colour, get it back to the way it was

 

I thought rs1600,s had 2 bolt top mount struts? Is that a genuine rs 1600 shell?

 

to be honest you are probably right, i could have already been reshelled, I do have the log book, which states RS 1600i, this is the first proper ford iv owned so i dont know much about them, genuine shell or not, il try and make it as good as i can, theat all im bothered about,

thanks for the feedback tho, it helps me make it right in the end

 

black or white? i dont know myself! lol

 

if it was bornehite, do it white! or maybe someone know its history?

 

what ever colour it was born, thats the way il go, just need to find someone that knows like u say!

 

Have a look on www.seriesoneturbo.co.uk they should be able to help out

 

cheers il try it now

 

only early 16i's had 2 bolt top strutts



nice project pal, are you painting it to the original colour?
16i's are the bomb

 

cheers , that answers ONE of many questions!

i am going to paint it the original colour, if i can find out what it is

they do look good in all the colours they did them in to be fair

 

Caspian Blue

 

Hello,
does the car have the original identification plate on the front crossmember? There should be the number of the original colour.

 

Try machine mart for a mig welder and i would do it black even though its hard to keep clean

 

Nice project

 

cheers
I think it will be black, they look good in black, move in to my new house in two weeks, then i can start on the body, get it stripped then on the rollover spit

 

bmwsean? used to rock about in e30s?

 

Yeah thats me, do I know u? had a fair few e30's

 

good luck with the rest of the resto sean

 

good luck

 

Just love these cars used to have a black one years ago would have another in a flash. good luck way the resto.

 

cheers everyone, move house in two weeks, cant wait to get the shell in the garage and get it stripped down, updates coming soon!

 

Blank canvas really, there are some nice colours around nowadays. Depends on your budget, white would be a safe bet. Good luck with all the welding.