After my black 3 door taking so long due to trying to find as many new parts as possible, i bought this mk 1 focus rs which was a nice car but didnt quite do it for me and i was itching for another cosworth





I was thinking about selling the focus when my good friend martyn said he was going to sell his three door rs500 rep so i deal was done and i ended up with this car.






Ive had this car for about a year now with no problems at all (keep expecting some being a cosworth) and looking at the car now it just needs a few things sorting out, the body and paint have picked up some chips and scratches so that will be the first job to sort, interior just needs a really good clean and the engine will just be getting a new set of sensors and tidy up and a tune up/check over as it doesnt idle very well from cold start for about 5 minutes and is then fine.

Started off with a soak in g101 and a good jet wash off.





Might of washed it to hard as some paint started coming off under the gutters!!!



Front bumper side bracket has been damaged and stuck on but i have a scrap 3 door bumper so the side brackets will be swapped onto the 500 bumper.



The car must have been broken into at some time as the tailgate lock is nearly hanging out so this will be repaired, i have a spare tailgate but it has been de-locked.




Started taking the car apart and so far its coming apart very easily, no snapped bolts yet.

 

How the car got left i should be going into work later to take some more bits off.

 

You got rid of the focus for that!!!!!!!
LOL
GOOD DECISION mate, very very nice looking car there.
Looks just right
Good result

 

Sexy car m8, ill keep an eye on this

 

mine old car,i got it off Carlo on here too.

 

The focus was a very good car but was completely standard low miles, i should have bought a modded one as people have said they are a completely different car at 3-350 bhp, not as much fun as a cossie though.

More work done on the car will load pics later.

 

Thats a nasty ding in the outer lip

Well spec'd car this

 

lovely car this - remember when carlo and dave had it - mint

 

 

very nice. ill be watching this

 

Glad I clicked this post I wish I still had this car , I plowwed so much money into this car its not true ! Nice to see it being tidied up

 

Wow... very Nice car... watching this thread

 

very nice looking car keep the up dates coming

 

Both n/s wheels have a ding in them thanks to some idiot in a transit coming straight at me down a narrow road, it was either a big smash or up the curb and i chose the kerb, wheels will be getting a full refurb anyway and the company i use have said they will be repairable.

Managed to have a few more hours on the car this week, spent about 2 hours carefully taking the rear spoiler off that had been bonded on.




Took a few more parts off the body and started sanding the front end down, paint is coming off easily so shouldnt take too long. Got a busy week this week so will try and have a few hours on the car when i can.

 

good to see it getting made better,a stunning car and great spec....should of made it 4x4 and kept it lol.

 

Nice car.I will keep an eye on this.

 

good stuff bro! keen them comeing!

 

do you take all the cars you have to bits?
be nice to see if finished. love the wheels

 

 

love it mate

 

Yeah most of my cars end up in bits, think its something me and mark get off the old man.

Not had time to do much this week but will hopefully have a few hours on it by the end of the week.

 

the only difference is dad managed to finish them haha so i figure if we do one together we mite have half a chance of it being completed haha

 

Ahhhhhhhhh I HATE seeing this car, I didnt buy it when i had the chance!
Still looks great!

 

No i need to finish this one, cant have 2 of them sat in bits and nothing to use, id end up buying another and then taking that to bits.

Managed to have a few hours on the car, the old paint is coming off in sheets on some panels and the rest is just coming off with a razor blade, surprised it stayed on the car as long as it has.







Passenger door has about half an inch of filler in it so will be replaced, i have a spare door but it has been de-locked so will clean off around the lock and see what condition the rest of the door is in.

old door



Had a look at the drivers sill aswell and its not good will need new sill and have too check the inner sills, think ill take the seats and carpet out now and check the floor and inner sills more work but at least ill know if its ok or not.

Sill





Will try and get a bit more work done this week, not long till show season.

 

crazy how that paints comeing off!!

 

Well after wanting to get the car ready for the coombe show and realising this week that it is today thought i better get on with the car, with all the crap weather and a lot of personal stuff going on lost interest for a while but started to get back into it.

Fixed the broken side bracket on the front bumper





took the bracket off an old 3 door bumper i had




Carried on taking the old paint off the car body is really good underneath so luckily it was just a bad paint job on top




Just a couple of small dents on the drivers door and will take off on monday and etch prime and prime, it gets surface rust really quickly at the moment because of so much moisture in the air because of all the rain weve had so need to get a move on.



New sill turned up friday so can start to cut old one out now.



Had a bit of time today so took seats and carpet out to check floor, needs a repair to floor and inner sill and the usual seat mount plates but other than that its all good so will start welding next week.




More to come next week.

 

Good bit of work needed then.

Be great when done.

 

Regardless to the work needed it's for sure going to end up a mint looking car when solid and painted

 

Coming along nicely

 

Nice to see it being done properly. Glad to see another one saved before it got too bad.
cheeRS

 

Yes it is a bit more work than i was hoping but at least i know it will be right, just want this one to be nice and useable and not have to worry about cleaning it all the time, ive got my other three door that will hopefully be show condition when i get round to doing it.

 

Looking good mate I can never mind it being the rough when I had it ,nits on the right road now

 

Awsome work, cant wait to see it come together

 

Looking very good mate stick at it and keep us up to speed

 

I proper love this car this is how I want mine

 

Love three doors. Best of luck with this!

 

looking good!!! good to see progress!

 

Didn't have as much time as i thought i would have on the car last week but managed to get the drivers door etch primed and primed.




Got the rest of the old paint off the bonnet just some dents to repair and hopefully get primed this week.




Also got my spare passenger door out and started to clean off the old paint to see what condition its in, all looks good so far a couple of small dents and a lot of paint but looks to be straighter than the door thats on the car, just need to de-de-lock the door now but should be ok.




Hope to get some more done this week and will update.

 

looking good see you next week!!

 

Crikey, its amazing that these cars that look totally mint turn up like this only a short time later. Will be a cracker once its back together again. One of my fave lookng cars this