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Old 10-09-2008 | 08:30 PM
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hi my name is erik and im from holland
this is my fiesta ,ive post some random pics of how the project is coming along























and here some pics of how i got it






its coming along now,got both new sills welded in ,just one sill to smooth out,and repearing the scuttle
frontpanel ,frontsidepanels ,rearquarters ,rear panel all smoothed in

plans now are

getting all arches rolled out
getting my 14 inch steelies banded
and once its up and running(it now runs a mk2 xr2 engine)looking for a 2litre zetec engine
and still looking for a xr2 rearspoiler

what do youthink

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Keep the pictures coming,are you keeping the same colour????????
Old 10-09-2008 | 09:19 PM
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top work your doing there mate nice to see another fiesta being saved
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Excellent work mate

Have you been on www.fiestaclubgb.co.uk or www.xrtwo.com yet


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Excellent work so far . Nice little fiesta
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And another Dutchy to welcome here

good progress mate

love to see the endresult
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thnx for all the replys! and not sure yet what colour i want but not the original thats for sure!!
and are there some more people on this forum who has got their stellies banded??
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this colour is indeed a bit dull, but how about another original colour like this for example?
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Originally Posted by rinus_2005
this colour is indeed a bit dull, but how about another original colour like this for example?
it is a dull colour,and this colour is nice to but i want a colour that goes with red ,as i got red silicone hoses and red seats so green isnt much of a option,hope some off you guys have a idea for a colour???

i like this colour


someone having a good suggestion for a colour?
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found some old pics of me old fiesta mk3 i sold in favour of the mk1





it had a erst lump and somewhat cleaned ,still think its a nice car

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Great job, like MK1's a lot !
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btw Erik, are u going to efe sunday?
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Originally Posted by vRaaltuh
found some old pics of me old fiesta mk3 i sold in favour of the mk1





it had a erst lump and somewhat cleaned ,still think its a nice car


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the mrk1 looks mint mate when u hope 2 finsh keep up the top work
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Originally Posted by rinus_2005
btw Erik, are u going to efe sunday?
yes im going !!! are you?
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Originally Posted by Rs Adz
the mrk1 looks mint mate when u hope 2 finsh keep up the top work
dont know ,hoping as soon as posible ,but dont want to rush it ,as i want to do a proper job,
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absolutely, leaving tonight. First stop Eindhoven, party @ effenaar, tomorrow further south to landgraaf, i'm headed there with a silver cmax. 35-nogiets kenteken. Jij
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Originally Posted by rinus_2005
absolutely, leaving tonight. First stop Eindhoven, party @ effenaar, tomorrow further south to landgraaf, i'm headed there with a silver cmax. 35-nogiets kenteken. Jij
lol,im going with me girl and me mate in his sierra mk1 v6,(zal opletten opt kenteken)
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got this today


(the first one i bought never got send! althou i payed!! f#cker)


heres a pic with the bumper back on,(the whole rear ready for paint at last!rearquarters smoothed in ) rearlight in,and without spoiler



heres some pics with spoiler on










think it looks really good 8)

further update on the car
-got the left sill smoothed in
-inside almost done just the roof the be painted
-got new scuttle pieces to be welded in
-engine ready,just needs a airfilter
-almost everything smoothed for paintjob,just some small thing to work on

what do you think?
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forgot
-this week should be getting me bike carbs 8)
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got me carbs today

heres some pics







:P :P :P
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love it, the green would be wicked

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nice project mate..

Dat zal wel vooruit gaan strax denk :P:P
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thanx for all the replys ,still looking for a mondeo 2 litre engine tho,and got me 2nd spoiler,so got 2 now!! someone need a mk1 xr2 rearspoiler??
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little update

-manifold for bikecarbs in the making
-rearside and sills smoothed in
-just the scuttle to go
-inside painted black
-next week steelies getting banded 8)

heres some pics of me front






sitting nicely low on the front
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rubbing like hell! appointment almost made for arch rolling

what do you think??
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Nice!!

Ja dat zal best gaan denk :P :P
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very nice keep us updated
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sneekpeek






tommorow going to testfit them!
got the rears 8,5 j fronts 7 what do you think so far??

cheers

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Looking good mate. I like it
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This is a cool little project mate' Well done..

Id love another mk1
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thanx! hoping to finish the project soon
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little testfit done











just contacted the company that is going to roll the arches ,said he could roll out to 3cm without damage,hope that is enough ,
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absolutely bob on project mate got any more info on engine spec?
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Originally Posted by sportvanman
absolutely bob on project mate got any more info on engine spec?
thanx mate,its now running a mk2 xr2 engine,all standerd ,but will be putting the bike-carbs on it when my manifold is ready,then in the future itl run a 2.0 zetec on carbs
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man thats some wide ass looking wheels on that!!!!!
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