Hi all, i bought a fiesta turbo a while back but havnt had a chance to do anything to it until now due to work, But got a bit of spare time so had a little attack at it. I got it as a non runner with loads of receipts for £800. When i finaly had a look at the engine i found this










O well ive got a spare head and new pistons from an old project that ended up going zetec so i was going to rebuild it, But ended up putting a 62,000 mile engine in instead.






not bad work for 2 Hours. Sunday morning me and my brother put the next engine in and plumbed up.



But the bearing is gone in the turbo so smokes a bit, Going to send it off and get it done this week. Then i thought we would have a look at the body work and get it ready for paint.


















Loads of minor dents and a massive rusty arch, Quick phone call and i got a rear arch repair panel to soort the problem



Its a shame the kits hold the water as the rest of the quarter is o.k apart from the dents. Ive got 2 doors to replace the ones on the car as at some point someone has tryed the drivers door lock with a screw driver and also tryed bending the passengers door outthieving little *****
I would also like to add that some littlle **** tryed nicking the wheels off it on my rear drive the only night it didnt go back in the garage!! please please please try it again Ive got a new toy for people who want to try lol (its gonna hurt them alot more than me) More updates later or tomorrow.

 

top work to you m8y,im just doing mine at the moment.....u dont hang around tho thats for sure

keep up the good work

 

cheers m8, yeah normaly we try and get it done asap as i end up running out of time and then it gets left for ages. I will check out yours.

 

Right just a little update until later, Ive removed the drivers side arches and bodykit to find the sill is made up of rust and filler. Ive got a new sill and wing already so im in the middle of replacing them. Heres a couple of pictures of the sill.

 

Only stopped to watch the cossie on top gear beat the manky m3!! then i will get back to it.

 

great work mate, nice to see them being saved

 

Excellent work mate


Brian

 

awsome work mate been at my xr2is body work for a couple of weekends too

 

Im lucky that ive got no work until the 7th so going at it as hard and fast as possible, Also got my brother with me to help so dosnt seem that much work while were doing it .

 

Heres the history i got with the car, Ive still got to add the bits that ive done to it as well.

 

 

great work mate wise i had a welder to start mine,

 

keep up the good work mate.looks like ur doin a top job!

 

great job so far

 

Cheers for the comments people, Should get drivers side finished tomorrow and then have a look at the passengers side. Dont know what wheels to put on it tho? ive got a set of mondeo 5 spokes or the wheels that it came with? what you all wreckon would look best?

 

Well its been a little while since i updated this so i will add some pics to show far it is now.

 

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Since the last update i have moved from Wales to Essex and car got left in storage. Ive finaly got a chance to spend a couple of weeks on it now as sadly i have to sell it when finished.

 

It a shame to sell it after all the time and money you have spent on this.

 

Yeah gutted i have got to sell but ive still got a fiesta rst in storage that i will keep. Really need the money to go towards deposit for a bigger house. Not even sure what it will be worth when finished, they all seem to vary in prices so much.