Hello folks hows the form its been that long since i posted here its disapeared but ill start again

The car itself was brought out of england and registered in northern ireland in feb 1992 and was owned by what was then called Kennedy ford Now lindsay ford ltd

There is 84800 on the clock and im the 4th owner of the vechile which is radiant red ghia (2 litre dohc engine) 4x4

I started taking her to the local car shows in northern Ireland and she got better as the year went on

She was taken off the road in late august last year due to the front diffential giving up on me

So without further ado i shall introduce u all the car when i first got it back in march 2009

Hope you enjoy the pics comments welcome





After a little detailing this is how she looked

 

Looks very clean! Should be a nice base for a project!

 

I recon a V6 in that would be nice! Like Jimbo's old one... wonder what happened to that?

 

Nice looking project there m8
And welcome to pf

 

you need a 24v cosworth in there/200bhp std,lol looks well mate

 

looks like a good un!!

 

Thank you mate its good to be back was off line for a while due to working weird shifts

Thanks for all the positive comments folks The car itself i didnt wanna take apart as she was driving like a dream but it was a case of a stitch in time saves nine

After a long hard sit down and think about what was out there on the market engine ways or what the wallet allowed me to get (it always has the final say) i was toren between the following

The mother in laws 24v boa granada engine or


A dohc turbo tecnics system



But due to circumstances beyond my control ( the boa in south wales and me over here ) ive had to settle for second best

 

looks like a good base to start with

 

For me, and this is my personal preference, its the V6 all the way. They sound great!

Besides, you can always turbo charge the V6.

 

any more pics stewart, looking great as always lad

 

Yeah i know its been going through my mind twice daily even started pulling hairs out o my head due to frustration lol

Every time im over visiting the wife its always a case of not when but how the hell will i ever get it over the box is giving hassle thats why she was parked up

Gonna put up the pics rite from the start tjRS500 let folk see what has went into it hows ur project coming along u def deserve a lot o credit for a kid of ur age taking on a lovely project like that

 

bad news? hahaha

thanks stewart, now get yours finished

pic of our cars

 

Ill try my best trev but as ive said before dont rush perfection lol

 

hahah fair enough

 

The to do list on all of this folks

Strip sandblast and respray the back beam
Spray the diff
Take the underseal off the floor to see how bad she is
Buy the RS overbumper kit (front and back) along with the skirts
Get the floor sandblasted to say good bye to any rust etc
Get the car sealed and any attention to detail she requires
Paint the floor the same colour as the car
Get a stinless steel exhaust system
Get a set of RS 7 spoke alloys (in good condition or refurbed)
Get the turbo manafold 5th injector etc for the engine
Get the car painted again
And finally start the building again

 

hi trev ,where,s the pics of mine,the blue 1,

 

on jon44 kieth

 

put them up here on a good site/not a d/turbo 1 full of dicks.lol

 

nice work stewart

 

cheers mate/the graveyard looks bad,must tidy it up,

 

who owns the marroon rs in the garage? hahaha

 

thats london bus red.lol

 

Do you own the cars in the pictures above

As im after a few door window seals for a shonky taxi

 

belong to cossie09 above^ as does the blue and white cossys in the above pics

 

Ok folks getting back to the thread here got a little sidetracked there

The plans for this week is to start on the work with the motor she is parked up ready to go all guns blazing to get dug in

Also the week ahead i plan to obtain a lot of sore heads and possibly sleepless nites browsing the internet for parts via ebay and other sites and maybe support from u guys

Im willing to give anything a go check sites for as many new parts as i can so if any of u lot can point me in the rite direction with giving websites etc for parts

Ive obtained 2 front window rubbers so far brand new from ford so im keeping an eye out for new backs if they can be bought anywhere in the world

With a long hard debate with cossie 09 from the site i have been convinced to wave good bye to the chrome strips on the car

 

that took a year ,lol no more chrome

 

Here is a pic of the brand new window rubbers by the way folks



Need help in my seaech for the 2 rear rubbers brand new so any help is appreciated thanks

 

sorry for spamming stewart

did u get the paint?

 

dont hav a clue trevor put a bid on it earlier but dont know what way it went

 

After a good days looking about the local brakers yard i fell in with a find that im hoping to spend a little time at by slightly modifying and personalising my engine

The find was an aluminium rocker cover which threw time i will modify to suite the engine

This is kinda how i want it to look

Going from this



to all being well this (but only a lot neater)



Wats ur opinion folks what way should i leave it?????

 

cam cover polished

 

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Hey folks just a small update

Started the long process of strippin the car from its mechanics startin with the rear beam

I would put up a few pics now folks but the internet is temporarly down but will get them up asap

Was wonderin if in the mean time could any1 point me in the rite direction of a 92 or 93 RS optional front and rear bumper

Many thanks

 

Hey folks just a small update

Started the long process of strippin the car from its mechanics startin with the rear beam

I would put up a few pics now folks but the internet is temporarly down but will get them up asap

Pics of the work done so far





Was wonderin if in the mean time could any1 point me in the rite direction of a 92 or 93 RS optional front and rear bumper

Many thanks