I bought this of my mate about 18 months ago and only recently picked it up. It's been stood in a garage for a couple of years before I bought it so it needs a bit of tlc but it shouldn't take much if I get the time.

How it was when I bought it





a bit pink and dull but it will come up nice







that was the result of a quick polish with autoglym

The car wouldn't start and had an oil leak from the turbo so the front needed to come off. While I was at it I had a trial fit of the new intercooler. Starter sorted and now just need a new oil return gasket.



Intercooler will be getting done in black too.

Had a bit of spare time so had a play with the coilovers and fitted some different wheels so I can fit the cosworth brakes.





quite happy how it sits for now. Progress has been slow but hopefully I'll start to get somewhere now. I need to finish polishing it for a start.

 

Great little cars very now as well now stuff like that

 

Cool project.

 

Very cool. I really like the festa turbos. Is the escort van yours too??

 

Cheers chaps. Yeah the van is mine too. It started as a project about 5 years ago and never really got finished.

Not much happened but got the radiator and intercooler fitted today. Need to trim the bumper a bit then it can go back on.

 

Had a bit of time on the car this week. Managed to fix both windows and tweak the front coilovers a bit and finally got the bumper back on.



took it for a quick spin round the block. Half a mile later and I've discovered the turbo is pissing oil down the exhaust. Bit disappointing but now it's back in bits typical old ford!
so once again it looks like this.



ive also taken the chance to pull the interior out so it can have a thorough clean.