Well after four days welding its allmost finished
All under sealed seam sealed seam welded after taking thease pics
advise you to check your sills if you dare to

 

Been there seen it done it. Most if not all focus rot in the wheel arch area........

 

I wouldn't have thought a focus was old enough to rust.

 

Yeh they are really bad. I just scraped mine. The rot was deep into the rear floor pans. I love fords but my god there rot boxes.
The wife's 2008 ka has had the filler cap and rear wiper ready to fall in for the last few years.

 

Yes i didnt either but since ive put so much money in to to car and looking to keeping it as a first time driver i decided it was time to tackle it before it failed this year also at the same time referbished the rear axel and shocks bi**h of a job to do but at least it will last in till the wheels fall off

 

Cutting out rear bushings and bolts
Penels done on rear
Wold race alloys refered
shes coming along nicley the hardest job was the rear axel and clutch the car lived in the ronnda valleys for year so weather in high climet area allways wet and snowing

 

New front wings
exhuast right thru
clutch kit
springs + shocks
new sill cover kits
little bit of paint work
lether interior
fluid flush an all lines
new rocker cover gasket comman leak problem

new gear box speed sensor comman fault speedo reads 0 or cuts out

new coil leads plugs timing belts pullys
new rads both air con and rear rad all seals done
air con referbished
4 wheel alinement
track rod ends and steering arms
and ball joints
new cylinders lines and springs shoes drums hand brake cable on rear
front new disks and pads
fixed leak in foot well passenger side new scuttle cover pollen fillter
fuel fillter changed and genral service
full major service done
new front sumframe as comman for rotting out
gearbox referbished with new flluid
all blups done for hid bright white and led blue dash conversion

gear box linkage spring comman for snaping and hard to change gear or find a gear
Welding
list gose on but i will enjoy driving it now

 

All bort brand new mind
ow and half the engine bay parts are also new
only thing factory original is the engine it self the alternator drive shafts gearbox steering rack front callipers and rear subframe all costing a good 3-4k on the rebuild not to mension the nuts and bolts