My girlfriend decided to buy a frst off ebay for £1100 because it looked good!!! After collecting it and getting it back to the garage i found it had no sills left but cant replace them because of the bodykit being in the way!! So after hours of explaining that it couldnt be moted without the kit being removed ive been given the go ahead to do what i think is necessary to get it sorted. O well i think its back to standard and back to white like it was made lol shes going to kill me!! If any one wants to buy chavy bumpers and bonnet just make me an offer,Also im after standard arch kit and bumpers if anyone has got them for sale?the

 

Right little update, managed to get all the standard bumpers, bodykit,boot spoiler and bonnet with a couple of other bits for £120 on monday. Ordered 2 new original wings new sills and rear quarter as the petrol cap has had 2 bad repairs and loads of filler. Ive stripped back the n/s inner wing and found some crappy welding so got to cut that out and do it properly. Tomorrow im starting to strip back the floor and see what rot needs sorting. Also got a new plasma cutter on its way they do make life a lot easier. More pics tomoz.

 

Glad to see it being saved from that complete abortion of a car!! least the wheels are the best bit. Cant beat a white RST

 

The good thing is its only done 68,000 from new with all the old mots to prove and the interior is the cleanest ive seen in a long time. massive folder of receipts as well!! If anyone has any history on this car please let me know.

 

Is the knife just in case your misses tries to buy another car off ebay.......

 

why would any one do that to a car with a nice mileage and history ,good to see you saving it

 

Only just noticed the knife in the pic lol god knows what its doing there.

 

i dont think it looks THAT bad from the side view the body work looks well done, but the sparkly paint and those dustbin exhausts look terrible imo
i supose its nice to see something differant
ive stopped going to ford shows now as its the same thing every year, just rows and rows of the same boring things that have been done to death with the odd interesting thing in between

shame that underneath the pretty paint its a rotter but good effort for trying to save it

 

Just a couple of pics for now as only the rear quarter is here, But the rest of the panels are ready to collect in the morning so hoping to get the passenger side all fitted up and the inner arches painted by tomorrow night Thanks for looking.

 

Glad to see it's in good hands now Thank god that Shitty bodykit is coming off. Off the car and straight to the dustbin lol & wow look at all the rust that was under that BK Hows engine isit in good nic?? Keep up the work mate

 

What a fookin state it looked.Glad you are putting it back to standard.Keep up the good work.

 

that was the glossiest metal flake ive ever seen on some thing with so much fiberglass

 

where did u get the genuine rear quarter from pal?????

 

good work!!!!!!!
you cant beat a bit of de chavving eh!!

the first car i ever bought was a mk3 xr3i with full chav kit on, bodywork went straight back to standard !!

 

Where you buy it from? I'm sure I recognise it from round these parts not seen it for a good few years though and may be a totally different car

 

The Engine is standard apart from induction kit and baileys dump valve, Its only running 4psi boost ! Got new cambelt kit and service stuff to do after ive dropped engine and box out to sort engine bay. It looks like it had abs but has been removed so might be looking for a set-up to go back on.

 

It was on ebay but i contacted them directly 01323301022 and got it delivered within 24hrs £120.
Forgot to say theyre called retro ford.

 

The car was originaly from scotland and then sold to some one in somerset, Then my girlfriend see it on ebay for £1300 made an offer of £1100 and then dragged me and my truck to yeovil to collect it.

 

looked fucking shite when you got it lol fuck that
nice one for going back to standard
good work keep it up mate

 

top marks for the effort,
its hard to believe that at one time it was all supposed to be cool to have a car like that....
im glad i was born after that fased out,
good luck with the car fella, keep up the good work!

 

This was in Max power magazine a few years ago

 

And it was in fast car back in 2004, Got loads of pictures with it on stands in shows, Must off kept winner glitter shi~~er of the shows every time.

 

Glad your saving it, will be well worth the effort


Brian

 

Just a quick update will i have a cup of coffee



And the wing had a trial fitting



Still havnt got the plasma cutter so dont want to take the rear quarter off until i get it tomoz, Which means a couple of hours stripping the floor off, GREAT!! Thanks for looking.

 

will look great back to standard and in white, are you putting the green detailing on too, your doing a great job keep it up

 

Yes totaly standard with the green strips. Problem is tho she dosnt want to keep it as its to standard so might be for sale when finished
I dont care at least its another one saved .

 

at least the wheels are ok !

 

why does she not want it?

 

you must be joking! i cant understand why she wouldnt want it!

 

My mate Andy got most of the floor stripped back this afternoon and im quite happy with what we found. As soon as the passengers side is finished tomoz were taking the engine and box out to sort the engine bay. At this rate should be ready for paint monday. Cheers for today andy see you 9.00 in the morning

 

I know, she wants a chav car so all the chavy stuff might live on, but not on a rs!!! Maybe a 1.1 where it belongs lol

 

shame i had a car that would suit her down to the ground...

i got given a crappy little corsa to get me back on the road once, i cant stand vauxhall as it is!
Plus the last owner was a big max power addict.

when i saw it i first thought some one was having a laugh....
there was a good 10 kg of fibreglass shit in the rear numberplate recess and .... well, ill post a pic up tomorrow, its easier and worth a laugh at it.

it ended up being ripped apart, shot, jumped on, crashed, and i think the shell eventualy got banger raced.... haha
it served a purpose though and i did get driving again.
ill post a pic up tomorrow lol

 

im glad your saving it!!

 

come on blake want more pics and of that other turbo you picked up today you jammy sod

 

Glad it's getting looked after.

 

It looks better now you've ripped it to pieces!!

I'd be trading the girlfriend in!!

 

used to see this once or twice on my travels into bridgwater. Glad it's being transformed from the monstrosity that it was

 

Ive got to change the doors and boot, Was there any difference in the standard 1.1 doors and boot from the turbo? Apart from the electrics that is?

 

Ive also bought another frst on the weekend with a blown up bottom end with loads of receipts again.