here are the progress pics, from when I got it, to the day it was painted







after that, I tried some escort 14" wheels on, whick I liked at the time, but I think pepperpots or mk2 xr2 steels would look better


after that I fitted some more parts, and here it is how it stood for a while.


^^^the gaitor has now been cleaned
under my arches before..:

... and after:

then I tried 1 of my pots on:



this is how it looked for a while - bar the pepperpot - the fiesta sticker from the rear window has since gone.


But then things changed, I got a new set of wheels, put em on, spent 3 hours polishing it, and this was the result :













Then I got some spotlights, and these came through the post :



So I got em fitted, and this was the result, I was IN LOVE!

Then I got some 4 spokes, so I got em fitted, but they rub





^^ one off centrecaps, a combination on standard 4 spoke centrecaps and pepperpot centrecaps.
Then I had some fun with a hand that was originally from my dads hearse :

Like I said, they scrubbed on the arch, so it lay in the garage like this for a while (i painted the centrecaps since the last batch of pictures ) :

till this happened


So it sat like this, and did do till I got the tyres changed :


i eventually got some smaller tyres on the front, and it looked like this...















Then this arrived...


Took all the packaging off, and I was left with this.

took the layer of bubble wrap off, to reveal this.


Oh YEAH!

I understand it won't be to everyone's taste, but it's retro, and in my opinion, will look awesome when fitted!

And then i found some old pictures, excuse the brown water marks, they were off when the coreplug burst.


















All ready (almost) for when im 17 next year!

 

Cool little retro project mate, personally i would go back to having bumpers and may be even super sport strips.
Good effort thou keep up the good work

 

cheers mate, thanks for the opinion, but i love the de-bumpered look!

 

should get some deep dish capri pepperpots mate and its looking good

 

i'm sticking with the 4 spokes now matey but cheers

 

yh my dad had 1 on the drive for about 11 years under a cover and said he would keep it for me but sold it to the origanl owner thats restoring it then he gonna sell it me for my first car as there cheap to insure

 

£1300 fully comp on a provisional for me!

 

Thats well tidy mate

What insurance group are they?

Would look even smarter with 4 cibies across the front!

 

Where did you get the clear front indicators from?

 

indicators were from oldpartstore mate,
and the company is collingwood, found it on gocompare!

 

Nice little car. always had a soft spot for MK1 Fezza's, my first car was one.

 

this is technically my second car...first one was a free, and VERY hanging wolseley hornet!

 

love the mk2 recovery truck

 

right everyone, remember the snowflake alloys? well I raked them out today, and was thinking about getting some new, lower profile tyres for them...

so on they went...

they sit snug in the arches

and overall, after a lick of paint and some nice new shiny rubber, they shouldn't look bad..


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I'm thinking of black wheels with a polished face, with 175/50/14 tyres... i better get saving!

 

lol how many different wheels you had on there

imo stick with the silver steel rims they look the best by far
don't bling it up either less is more on classics

 

i've been painting the steelies mate..

 

Are them dusties anti steal

 

supersport alloys polished would look great

 

personally think its a waste of a good shell! looks like if a chav liked retro cars, this is what it would look like.

 

Don't listen to him mate you've done a great job

 

ok mate.

dont get me wrong, its a good job. just has bad taste, notice how ever other comment seems to be telling him to change things, wheels, bumpers. not just me that thinks this, just me that has said anything.

 

i know mate but its his car let him do what he wants to it. its not like it has a ugly body kit and a massave spoiler in it.

 

+1 i agree with this its gonna be the boys first car on the road i think it's fuc*ing awesome for a first car even though if it was mine and i would change things on it to suit myself it is his car end o the day

keep the work up lad

 

i mean when i get my escort when im 16 ill prob do some stuff to it that people will thing thats crap.

 

everyone will put something others wont like as their first car everyone must of done it they wanna look cool and have the best car but its a beuty carnt wait to get mine back

 

lol, dont listen to what anyone says, as long as you like it thats all that matters.

I posted pics of my car a couple of weeks ago and one of the comments was I dont like the rivets holding the standard rear spoiler on.

Car looks good mate, keep up the good work

 

That's really immature pm me link mate

 

my pics are in the pictures section, second page now, title My XR2

 

Ok matey

 

I like it and such a clean example

 

clean example there ,which would make a great supersport replica

 

very good fiesta shell u have looks smart