Decided its time I started a thread on my restoration project.

Car is a s1, always wanted one of these and finally got the chance to buy one.

It's in ok condition, not the worst around, chassis is in fairly good nick, usual rust and a few holes but nothing we cant deal with.

Plan is a restoration with no expense spared as i've come to the conclusion to get this mint will need lots and lots of money.

Lets get Started

Any advice is always welcome

Day 1





Its home for the next year(s)







Day 2

Interior out, dashboard out, remove the bodged Clifford Alarm and immobiliser (that keeps going off) and get back to the original loom and route the wiring through the bulkhead.











Holey in the drivers footwell where it connect to the bulkhead






Disconnect the engine loom, that's the loom out



Day 3

Remove exhaust. Water hoses, brake and fuel lines, remove front suspension set up, and drive shafts, remove brake servo, disconnect cables and pedal box out. Bodykit off, not sure what they had stuck the arches on with but fuuuckkk it was bonded.











Day 4

Engine out, windscreen out and remaining glass.









Shell is now booked in for soda blasting on the outer panels and sand blasting on the main structure

 

great start, looks like a good base to start with

 

best of luck with the resto mate ,it looks a very very good shell which is 90% of the battle with these

 

Windscreen bond for the kit it looks like!

Looks a very tidy base to start with, have a feeling it'll be mint when your done!

Keep the pics coming matey!!!

 

good project mate...

 

Nice project mate

 

genny transit in backround looks minter clean

 

Can't wait to see more pics of this one

 

That shell is in very good condition so should save you some pennies on resto! Good luck with it mate

 

Good to see an S1 getting dolled up.

Very good base to start from.

 

good luck with this chap!

 

Looks nice on the Speedlines.

Good luck with the resto, if you need any advice Andy AJC & DazC have just restored there's to a very height standard.

 

Looked great to start with! Love the wheels!

Good luck with it.

 

Cheers for the support guys

Day 5 - Decided to book the day off work and spend the afternoon on the car while it was snowing outside. Had a good day, removed the doors, tailgate, sunroof and had a good tidy up inside the car and engine bay removing any nuts, bolts, screws, plastic clips etc.
Plan for tomorrow is to remove the rear beam, anti roll bar, fuel tank, neck and sender, remove brake lines and fuel lines from underneath and then tackle the task of getting the front wings off. - Any tips on this would be a great help

 

Nice project!! Will keep an eye on it, good luck!

 

looks a pretty solid base to work from mate, most have a massive list of horrors lurking when you strip them.

Well worth popping onto www.seriesoneturbo.co.uk when you get chance and posting a thread, lots of friendly peeps with lots of knowledge of them on there and a few restorers as well to offer advice.

 

Good luck with the project! Will enjoy following this one!

 

Day 6 + 7 - With the long Easter break what better time to spend a couple of days working on the car.
Well i kind of wish i hadn't, what i thought was a good shell turns out to need more work than i thought, well quite a lot actually.
I began by taking the outerwings off and decided to get the car down to part metal to see what i was working with.
When i bought the car I noticed the carpets in the footwells were wet, the seller said it was the Heater Matrix but suspected the gutters from the sunroof were blocked. After stripping the car I was soon aware the sunroof gutters were blocked and had resulted in the build up of water in the a posts and footwells causing a nice hole in the drivers side footwell/bulkhead.
With the outer wings now off I soon noticed the passenger A post was a good mixture of filler and rusted metal, alot of filler I should point out. Someone had tried to temperally fix a very rusted A post.
The passenger side A post is a mess and will need a new inner and outer skin.
A nice hole at the bottom of the passenger wing adjoining the A post.
The bottom of the A pillar has a small rusted hole.
The rear passenger arch has had a previous repair - nothing too serious.
A few small pitted rust holes in the passenger rear quarter.
A hole in the outer passenger sill - new one now on order.
Both footwells are screwed as a result of the blocked gutters - new front foot pans on order.
Small hole in the drivers side outer sill
Brake servo mounting point on the bulkhead is very weak.
Small hole below the battery tray.
Two small holes in the bootfloor
Hole behind the drivers seat.
Other than we are all good.

Ive come to conclusion old Ford's are very good at hiding rust.

Drivers Side Footwell, its worse than it looks


Hole just below seat belt anchorage


Very soft around the brake servo mounting, and a next to the battery tray


Not so nice passenger A post

Repair to rear passenger arch


Sourced a good non rusted bulkhead, should save alot of time, time to repair the footwells, both a posts and lower inner wing.

 

Ive always wanted a s1 good luck with the project mate

 

Cool project.Good to another ford getting saved.

 

they do hide rust so well ,these s1,s

looks like youi have plenty to keep you busy for a while mate

 

Cheers guys.. Certainly does mate, i thought it was a clean shell lol

 

nothing that cant be fixed though mate

 

Good luck - nice to see it being restored

 

Brilliant mate looks like you are making great progress