well, thought it was about time i started a resto thread lol afterall, i have had the car 8 months lol

so here goes

i bought the car off Steve (itsmeagain) last August i think it was, its a beastly 1.6GL with 65K on the clock!

proppa low miles and the bodywork is in VERY good condition.

so here a few pics lol

im loving the numberplate its the bollocks

 

Should be a very good project mate if all goes to plan

 

the plan was to totally strip and cage the car so it can be used as atrack car along with a show car for the FF stands at the shows, so it didnt stay like that for long, i stripped the complete interior out while lining it up for a cage and ended up driving it like this for a month or three

it was quite funny tho, as when i removed the foam from the rear wheel arches, it seems a mouse or something has been lunchin on it for a while as there were big holes chewed through stuff



just the sound deadening alone weighed in at 11KG

 

cheers mate
ill keep adding updates as i go, its already had a fir of stuff done now but no point bangin it all up straight away

 

seen this in fast ford. looks like a great project. would love to do one myself. you already have a lot of parts for it dont you? get more pics up, ie with the cage etc.

know what you mean about the sound deadening. I've stripped my series 1 and the sound deadening weighed a ton.

 

yeah i have got a lot stuff for it now mate, soon after buying the car i bought full 2wd cossie running gear minus T5 and prop off pugo, a T34 which turns out to have a maram shaft and some body kit stuff.

i also blagged me a set of AVO Monotube coil overs too

std height




AVO's






how low yup, thats fuck all


after

 

Car looks bloody clean in the first few picks until you got your hands on it!

If you think the sound deadning was heavy, wait til you get some poly windows in there. You will be suprised at the weight of the glass.

Try opening the tailgate / boot with out the gas struts on!!! You need to be He bloody man. I can rest cols fibreglas / poly replacement on my head while i while i fill up the fuel cell!

 

lol i swapped the tail gates this weekend mate, its now got a nice white one on with a RS500 spoiler, done it on my own and it was a reeeeeeeeeet cuuuuuuuunt

 

Liked your little updates in fast ford mate, luv this project. Looks quality slammed!

whats the engine spec gonna be or is that top secret?

 

cheers mate

no my engine isnt top secret, im NOT one of those ghays that doesnt like people copying...

anyway, spec is:

2.0l silver top Zetec
+0.5mm Wiseco forged pistons
Carrillo steel rods
std crank
Specialized engine ported/polished/big valve head
cams?? dunno yet, most likey std 2.0l spec
Primary Designs tubular manifold
T34 with .63 zorst housing and Maram shaft - ALS!
Titan motorsport roller barrel throttles, with one off plenum being made
650cc injectors (not got em yet)
SECS S8 management
SECS fly-by-wire throttle contol (possibly lol)
one off flywheel from doug (Garage19) so can fit a T5 box and cossie clutch to the zetec
Helix organic clutch

aim is 400bhp, so that means running the T34 at about 32psi lol

think thats it

 

Didnt know this used to be Steves monster.
Looks good Dan cant wait to see it in its beastly sprayed state.
Need to get myself this months ff.

 

Dan that post proper contradicts itself as it says you are a gay who dosnt like people copying but then you type out your engine spec. Was it a little joke what wasnt funny.

32psi foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook me.

 

really nice, it looks mad slammed, keep us updated on his baby

 

Goona look mental mate! Get the rest of the pics up you fuckin pussy!

Oh, and has the Mrs caught you drifting in it again yet!?

 

thats wel clean, and should look the bollocks wen dun.

youd better get a move on, just bought FF mag an someone else is buildin 1. chop chop!

 

love this project

 

you sure it isnt this one?

 

Nice M8 and different with that engine in it

As said get some pics up with the cage in. looked good in the mag while they were trial fitting everything up

Keep the updates coming

Paul.

 

Amazing something that looks pretty turd was transformed, by Ford, into cars such as the 3dr Cosworth and RS500 isn't it? Here's hoping you do just as successful a job, but with modern 16v power! Good luck with it!

 

Love it mate

 

c ooont typo now edited

cheers for the comments guys, Pratley is right, Colin Stannard (Garage19's mate) has stolen my idea and is building onetoo, but hes minted so can afford to just lob cashe everywhere, like the Ł3k zoo rear beam
his bottom end is now all build up so im thnking that his is gonna be running before mine unfortunatly...

the C OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NT


nah, good luck to ya Colin

 

heres some pics of the cage (BIG THANKS TO CAGED AT WESTBURY www.therollcagepeople.co.uk)

ghay


trial fitting and stuff before welding and painting







and the thing in all painted up









flocked dash from Doug (Garage19)





and thats your lot for now lol

 

 

Looking good Dan

 

cheers guys.

about to go and fit the front bumper (fibreglass rep ) and its pissing down...

i put the whale tail and rear bumper on at the weekend, but no pics.

it looks really good now

 

 

Stolen your idea...you cheeky mooonkey. I had copyright on that one ages ago Took me a lot me a lot of convincing for Col to throw that old boat anchor out and put some big power ZT in there. Don't you go stealing my thunder lol

You gotta give money bags his due, he has fabricated alot of custom parts himself, engine is built at home, so are inlet, and tubular manifold, engine mounts etc and engine will be home mapped. He just has the expendable income to spend on good components. Bastid Why did i ever move out, get married etc...

 

and me mate, women eh

ps get col to knock up some more mounts, ill buy him a pint (or 3)

 

looks like we live quite close to each other

 

ah cool mate, wher abouts do you live?

ive only seen 2 white rst's round here, one is paul palmer and i dunno who the other one is

not seen any red uns about tho

 

Yep, used to be my car.

I bought this car, not for any real reason actually, was just driving through the countryside and saw it by side of the road

I reversed back up to have a look and it was soooooooooo mint it was crazy, so i knocked on a few doors to find out whos it was n try n buy it off em

Massive book of history n allsorts.

I bought it, drove it home, and only drove it once after that IIRC, and that was down to work to sell it to Dan

I couldve sold it for loads as its stupidly good nick, but as Dan was gonna do a quality project id rather jus sell it to a mate who was gonna give it a good home.

Glad its gone to a good home as i didnt know what to do with it, was just toooooo mint not to snap up when i saw it

Gonna be the bollocks when its done

 

Looks really clean

 

looks good can we have just one pic of it from outside now please

 

you asked for it

and no, the drivers side bit of bumper isnt on properly yet as it was pissing down and i needed to get under the car to drill some holes

i think it looks rather fetching on the steelies, especially with the indicator bulbs selotaped to the grill

 

Careful that don't end up on BarryBoys

Be really smart when it's done

 

cool thread, lol @ that last pic, should be awesome when its finnished wat colour u going for?

 

cant say colour yet, as its top secret

hopefully the next time its driven is down to the bodyshop

it turns heads i tell thee, and its low as fuck with that bumper on

 

I posted this on Retro Rides and look what i got

http://retrorides.proboards29.com/in...0618521&page=8

 

i know the colour im still not sure on that cage, had i had more time it would have looked better

 

whats worng with the cage dan?

looks spot on to me?