Some of you may remember that about 2 years ago i bought a 1985 Series 1 RS Turbo Custom.

The car had a genuine 55k miles from New, with FFSH, All old MOTs, receipts from 1985-2006 and all paperwork etc.

Interior was mint, bosy was solid and i bought the car with the sole intention of cleaning it up, to use as a weekend / show car.

The car was Mint, it had just been sat in a garage for a couple of years, and was showing signs of grub, dust etc.....my "small" project went way too far though lol, and i ended up :-

Stripping the full underside and suspension out
Stripping all the engine and engine bay and rebuilding the engine and gearbox
Painting the engine bay and bodykit with genuine Diamond White
Replacing every single part on the underside and suspension for Brand New Genuine Items
Every nut and bolt and clip replaced for new with original or stainless
Powder coat wheels / New Tyres
Powdercoated everything underneath and painted underside, seam sealed etc

The list went on and on......in the end i went so far, painting the underneath etc, that i didnt have the heart to drive it on the road and sold it !!!! Gutted now !!!

Anyway i have recently been in discussion to buy another S1 Project, and a few forum members have asked me to post up pics of my old one i sold....so here goes......enjoy...

When first purchased it was good nick, but grubby..


Engine bay was stripped to the bare bones, and engine out..

Engine bay was cleaned out and ready for prime / paint



Underside and arches were completely stripped, rubbed down to sealer / metal ready for prime and paint, there was no rot, and only small areas of rubbable surface rust....came off with a flatwheel

 

Old fuel tank binned


Engine was removed ready for rebuild and strip


Whole front end stripped

 

The gearbox was removed, stripped, rebuilt, blasted, and recoated to new standard


After


Engine was rebuilt fully with original parts all over, new clutch, powder coated rocker and crossover, and everything cleaned, block painted, head rebuilt and cleaned, and every single thing renewed or cleaned....

After





The engine bay was prepped ready to go into the paint bay

 

Engine bay and front panel / slam panel was done to an exceptional standard by my mate who is a painter







Once that was finished, it was time to clean the loom.....replace all the tape with gen ford black stuff, and rerun the loom with new clips all round.




New master cylinder and reservoir etc were fitted...

 

After that it was time to paint the arches, underside, and powdercoat all the handling kit, arms, etc etc, new suspension etc was ordered








New parts were ordered, every single nut and bolt, for the underside, poly bush kit, wheels powdercoated, and new tyres

 

Now it was time to start the underside rebuild...new EVERYTHING or powdercoated







Finally the underside was done..

 

nice that

 

Engine and box went back in as well as all engine parts, new hoses, new brake lines and fuel lines, new EVERYTHING again....alternator, etc etc







Front end started to go back together, new headlights etc




New jubilee clips all round header tank etc

 

Bodykit was removed and NO RUST OR ROT underneath......painted in proper Diamond White and later refitted...

Sills were MINT


Engine bay nearly finished, rocker powdercoated, crossover coated, all cables replaced, all hoses replaced, all jubilees replaced,all tanks renewed or cleaned, everything done, new plug leads, cap, arm, cover, etc etc etc etc etc







New manifold studs, blasted manifold etc etc etc

 

stunning mate.....looks fantastic fair play

 

The bodykit was painted and refitted, with GENUINE original ford white plastic rivets

 

Engine bay was polished up and every single hose, clip, connector etc cleaned.....to this standard...new horns, etc etc

 

Once all that was done.....it was polished, machine polished, sealed, and cleaned to the bare bones....

This is the end results after 18 months....

 

The finished article....






I didnt have the heart to use it, and sold it 3 months later for Ł10,000.

Dont even ask me why i sold it after all that please, gutted now to say the least.

Hope you all enjoy my thread....comments all welcome.

 

was this the 1 on e bay a while back Ł10k buy it now?

 

Yeah thats the one, i sold it for Ł10k.

Didnt have a buy it now though

It went to Ł8600 within 10 hours, and 357 folk watching it

 

That is one of the best if not best s1 i have ever seen

If i had that i would of never sell it

 

Your mad for selling it mate

Lovely car...id love an S1.

 

Stunning car mate you should have kept it would have been a good investment

 

Stunning S1


Brian

 

very nice! i would say that is well worth the 10k

 

Very nice car, definitely one of the best

 

Very nice... awesome S1

 

very nice !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

stunning ride

 

very very nice, credit to you mate!

 

Looks Like Its Just Rolled Off The Production Line!!

 

Nah looks cleaner than that m8!! Usually covered is wax etc from factory

 

perfekt

 

That is stunning! A true credit to ya mate

 

better than new

 

thats amazing mate i love it, jsut needed amber indicators to be 110% perfect

 

Cheers for all the comments guys, its sunny sunday afternoons that i regret selling it.....

I had the amber indicators, they were given to the new owner.....who hasnt EVER got in touch with me since he had it collected on his behalf sadly.....

Apparently its not in storage with some other cars from his collection.

 

Decided to look for another project.....

If anyone knows of a half decent, fair priced S1 point them in my direction please.

 

Really really nice Michael stunning work.

Who done the painting?

P.S. got some nice bits for your Evo sitting here

 

One of my biggest regrets not buying this car, especially for the price you offered it to me for, couldnt believe it sold for as much as it did

 

Paul - Come on then, tempt me....what you got ? lol you sold yours ?!

Maxest - That would have been steal of the CENTURY !! i regret selling it even more though

 

I remember you offering me TOP money for mine mate then having to buy this one as I refused!

Stunning car, only thing i'd do was put the Ambers back on the front...

Do another, to the same standard and keep it!

 

ive just bought a house with the girlfreind so mine will be going back in the carcoon for a long time so i never regret selling it.

 

I did indeed mate !!

Trying to find another workable one for decent money is proving a nightmare

There was one on here that would have been a good project went for 2500.....and i missed it...

They are all either massively modified, stupidly high money for not standard cars, or sheds lol