Thought I best start a thread as had this car since March/April and have ben slowly doing things to it and collecting various parts for the rebuild.

Aim of the car is to have a nice 3dr cossie replica running a yb for track, drift and general hooliganism.

Im aiming to have this on the road for the price of a good saff and still have quite a few parts left over from my moonstone 3dr cossie which was stripped 3 years ago.

Car had been standing in the previous owners back garden for about 4 years and still hasnt been washed

Anyway here are the pics of when i got it...







There is some minor damage to the front, as when it was being transferred into this rear garden 4 years ago, the trailer had to do an emergency stop and car the rolled into the cab resulted in damaged front bumper, lightly damaged slam panel and the spare engine in the boot ended up popping the rear screen



In the garage, awaiting a raping



The spares in the car, including side skirts, various bits of loom and spare 205 pinto engine, various pinto spares including front strut brace, etc





The car sat like that for a couple of months whilst i bought a few spares and tried to make space in my other garage.

Then I started to strip the fucker down so i know what needs to be done, what bits to keep and sell, etc.

Interior will have a cage and a pair of bucket seats and nothing else, so will be selling the complete 3dr Cossie trim including all interior plastics, etc.



As its a base model you can clearly see the old blue colour these used to come in, but the car has been sprayed diamond white on the outside, doorshuts and engine bay so will be keeping it as it is for now.

The spare wheel well is in pretty good condition, although the pics show very light surface rust and it is missing a bung as it has started to rust through so will be getting that sorted at some point



The area where the rat lived and shat - nearly puked cleaning this bit but it looks pretty solid too







A bit of work to do on the rear strut area but is not as bad as the pics show









Saggy 3dr cossie roof lining which will be coming out



Rear lights out, one of them has a broken lug on the rear so will be looking for another set during the build







Small bit of surface rust on the bootlid



Rear light panel has some rust but its solid behind so will be getting these areas dealt with

































Interior being removed





The boot release switch (dont see these often) but found out they were on the XR4i's





Accidental shot of the drivers door and sill but it looks all solid



Rear door cards out...





Rear bench out, it has few marks and indentations from when they were parts in the car when it was left to stand outside





Still got the back rest in the car, which will be removed when i figure out how to remove it

Front drivers seat which is in pretty good condition although not perfect but useable





Very good passenger seat





Front door cards removed



Bit of damage on one but this is not seen once the pocket is fitted













The interior carpet is a bit manky and needs a thorough wash and clean. Not gonna have a carpet in the car so will be sold with the rest of the interior - i was ready to blow chunks cleaning this up - the fucking rat





Sound deadening removed, threw out the bit at the front of the pic but still have the tunnel part - again not going in the car so will be sold



The passenger side floor - its solid - ignore the little surface rust by the sill



rear passenger floor




The drivers side floor - has had a plate welded in by the seat mount but is all solid so thats good news



My sierra seat mounts waiting to be bolted onto my buckets





More updates soon

 

subscribed! awesome Ran,

Is that the same garage as i came to

 

yes mate you need to pop down again

also got a rs500 fibreglass upper spoiler to go on, lower rs500 rubber spoiler (non genuine)

Got a spare set of 3dr cossie rims for track use ass they need a refurb and some spare center caps

If anyone needs a genuine std Cosworth upper spoiler please let me know as i have 2, including all the caps.

 

Nice one mate, you got your work cut out there! is it going for a re spray?

 

Well it definately needs paint in a few places but deciding whether to do the whole car or not.

If i decide to weld in the cage then the inside will need doing too.

Ideally want to get the car running first so i can get it to a mates garage so he can paint it 0 but then again if the whole is stripped down it will be easier to paint so i need to decide but that is a few months away anyway at present.

Still got lots to strip down and loads of parts to collect.

Ideally im not sure which route to take as this is one of the reasons why i never restored my moonstone 3dr cos as where do you draw the line in a rebuild - it can be never ending.

I want to have this car all done and ready on the road for around 5k but not sure that will be enough

 

i want areplica sooo bad.. love it mate.. really nice base..

 

cheers - i want to do more track and drift sessions but didnt want to use a real one due to the amount of money they are going for and the amount of use it will get. Also, will be less scared to crash this one

 

Nice to see the thread moving, going to be an interesting build - still love that plate for some reason

 

Looks a good base with some good bits to start with, keep up with the progress and pics coming.

 

it will certainly be interesting as havent done this type of thing before but the hardest thing will be to keep it within budget.

I dont want to spend thousands and thousands on this as it will end up in genuine 3dr cossie territory otherwise.

 

Keep up the work mate, good luck

 

has it got a YB in it?

 

With a bit of work it should come up good mate

 

good base to start with!

 

bout time you got on with it lol


drop me a pm fella, if your intreasted in splitting that center console from the interior ,

need one for the s1 project ,


good luck with the build fella

beef

 

i know what you mean about drawing the line somewhere! people can be too fussy, always saying "why didnt you do this, or that" but we all have to live at the end of the day! cars are better driven than being in the garage all the time IMO, ill be keeping an eye on your progress mate.

 

Thanks for your support guys

This car will definitely get driven as I can't be bothered with all the polishing any more.

Beef, will pm u

 

what a nail. can i buy it

 

Give it a wash will make it look loads better nice project mate keep it going

 

Cool project m8! Would love something like this

 

ahh fuck washing it lol ,

get it together !!!!!

 

Good project there ,my bits would look good on it

 

looks like you have a good solid shell to start with mate,wiil keep an eye on this and best of luck with the build

 

Nice project Ran

 

Brian

 

nice 1 mate pm me a price for the carpet dude

 

not yet but will have before it hits the road

have decided to get the whole car painted in and out and will more than likely go Frozen White or similar. I did think about changing to Moonstone but think it will work better as a track car if its white - I may even put some tigetr stripes on it

 

i wished mine looked like a cossie when i got it.
yours is looking pretty solid,mine has gone on the rear strut inside to but not as bad as your's,i think it will look shit hot frozen white

 

Good luck with the build mate.

I need to get my arse into gear and finish my 3 Door Rep

 

Looks like a good base to build a track hoon. How far you going with suspension parts wise, what all will adjustable or you going to go with the standard stuff and upgarde once is going? Keep at it and keep the pics coming

 

kuckily it already has konis and springs - but not sure on condition until i pull them out. Staying standardish for now as want to get her running before all the wallet hungry mods are considered.

I need to stick to my original budget and not go overboard spending thousands only to end up breaking it before it hits the road

Biggest expense will be the bodywork and the engine, although I have a good mate who does loads of bodywork and has had quite a few features in Performance BMW

 

ran what you doiing regards a cage mate, just a half cage or a full weld in jobby ,


i know a guy whos shit hot at building cages , done millers saffy anbd wennys ,

should be able to get you a good deal bud ?


beef

 

Beef - i bought a cage months ago - only a 6 point safety devices one but am still deciding whether to get it modified to the front turrets - decisions decisions

Im hoping to get Chris (aRSe) to do the metal work for me as he is local and fanatastic at what he does - cheers for the offer tho

 

cool project Ran looks like you have lots of work tho

 

Little update - The 3dr Cossie interior has sold to Scooby Pete for his 3dr project - good meeting you and your mate yesterday Oh and your 3dr is clean too so should be good once its complete.

My standard seat runners have been modified to accept the Cobra Monaco bucket seats I have going in - big thanks to aRSe (Chris).

Next job is to strip the dashboard out and have a look at the wiring as it seems a mess all around the car and i really dont have a clue about this stuff so should prove interesting

Hopefully get pics this weekend.

 

its all systems go now then.. get the whole interior stripped out, get the sound deadening out.. wire brush it all back and get it painted up with the cage..

love it

 

yep - thats the plan

just need to get the sound deadening out which im not looking forward to scraping

Once the cage is in it will all be painted inside.

Need to free some time this weekend and crack on with it before the REALLY cold weather sets in

 

yeh i remember getting the deadening out of my fiesta... get the old heat gun/hairdrier on it.. comes off easier but gets seriously sticky...

get some pics up of the process...

are you going for all white inside as well..??

 

yeah it will be white inside.

Although i am toying with the idea of going Moonstone as the whole car in and out will need painting.

If white - it will be Frozen White with maybe Tiger Stripes