one my mates cars another free job as I love cars . looked mint when we picked it up ,been sat in a garage for seven years



lites are burnt don't worry

 

those bodykits always hide so much rot

 

needed a lot of work
inner outa arches
sills
front panel repairs
back panel repairs
were seats mounted
and one wing and section in boot lid an bonnet

one side welded

 

skim of filler in



next floor repairs





and painted

 

Good to see one getting the treatment

 

other side took some work to get straight

 

after a lot of cutting an welding we ended up with this

 

boot lid was rooten around wiper so as he on a budget I repaired it

 

next was get everything ready for primer

 

then it was the under arches turn for a lick of paint after a going over with sprayable factory sealer ,also made some zetec s shocks fit with aid of rose joints

 

Looking good.....wish I could do something like this..

 

then time for some primer on the car







pretty happy with the lines one small dent that needs repriming on wing

 

door needed panel beating an 2 skims to get in rite

 

great work

 

kit got primer on aswell




we building a proper wooden booth tomorrow that's were we at now as weather been bad its to bad to paint

wheels were blasted an primed also





il update as we go ,im hoping to get it ready for lakes tour as my mate wants to show it on the sunday

 

yes I never seen a good fiesta they all root


the heart is good on this one andy so worth saving


you have love welding an cars as they take time mate thanks

cheers pal

 

small up date on this ,when we rubbed down the kit ect started to paint it all an every part reacted ,found out someone had used a oil based product in unit witch was airborn ,anyway rubbed it all down again and sealed them all ,booth is being built to mro evening so should see it painted in next month









primer when is dried for 12hours then rub down for paint

 

all parts back in primer now and we knocked the booth up to nite ,fan and few things to finish but should do the job all free timber aswell












roof an front will be polly sheet

wheels done also ,i think after a season of shows they will get powdercoated

he needs a centre cap if anyone got one

 

amazing work!!!

 

Great job .love the workshop too

 

Great work Dingla
Gonna be a lovely car after all your hard work

 

Awesome, what colour do you use for the wheels?

 

cheers raj



yes im lucky my friends dad lets me us it ,also the lad with fiesta has a big play shed aswell

thanks dave it should make a nice car
its a upol solid metalic silver 2k no clearcoat ,fella i knows own mix .nothing like the original colour but we arnt going for concours

 

Top work there matey.Its looking well.I like fezzer turbos i wud have one.

 

coming on great mate keep it up

 

starting to look realy good! what is the milage?

 

Great work Andy

Can I be your mate? then you can weld and paint my missus' saff

 

That looks like aircraft primer!!

 

cheers glenn getting there


thanks mate we need it done for lakes tour
not sure on milage il have to ask mate

sure a man like you can weld ,id do it if you were nearer plus im getting out of painting when i got these cars done

not seen a aircraft primer mate ,its metalic silver the lite on my phone dont make it look great he happy so thats all that matters

 

The world wide standard aircraft primer is here:





That is why i asked!! lol

 

cool yer dos look the same

 

small update ,i was doing some over things black so painted the spare wheel holder ,all been well i should be painting the car at the weekend

 

Looking good Andy!

 

looking good

 

Love it, looks like it's gonna be a corker.
Quick work too!

 

cheers steve my fellow plumber


cheers

thanks gadget we normly work most satdays on it as iv not been doing building work on weekends for a while

 

shell is now sat in paint had a problem with to much drag on the fan witch dragged crap in throw the seams at the bottom so roof is to polish ,think im doing doors an bootlid Friday nite so will upload some pics of shell ,

 

Cool matey.Nice to see another top ford been saved.

 

Looks good the work youve done already, nice paintbooth.

 

cheers glenn it will be ready soon




we over did it with the booth as when we sealed the front off the paper on the floor lifted quite high when the fan was on dragging shit in ,was more for the heat than dust

only roof and wing tops to polish tho ,

gun finish













un sure weather to paint the grey back on the wheels ????????????






moved stuff round so I can paint doors an boot lid Friday evening