well here goes,my daily driver had blown the headgasket on the way to work wedensday so needed a car pretty quick,i had been looking for another escort bonus anyway and just at the right time this turns up,picked it up last night off Gav(stembo)nice one matey good to see you a little rough and tatty around the edges but seems to be solid as a rock even the standard radio works bang on.the plan was to be daily driver with a difference and 240hp rst mechanicals
heres some pics which gav had taken previously,i will get mine up shortly





got a few tricks up my sleeve with this one if all goes to plan

 

Looks well,i like the colour.

 

hope you like mate

 

yeah its not bad glenn quite solid,colour wasnt my first choice but it looks bright and sparkly
its great nice one,

 

When does the modding take place then.

 

cool

 

id love it

 

gunna get my other cars headgasket sorted so i got something to run about in,so in the mean time,
1 tidy it up
2 new reg plates
3 sort the interior/ and give the arches a fettle
4 wheels,brakes, suspension
5 hopefully engine conversion

 

Good luck and keep the progress coming.

 

Good little project

 

i have a freshly built low comp cvh which has ARP bolts etc...fully lightened and ballanced by NMS then built up by ourselves, got a vernier and a cam, a t3 and mongoose with a 4" pipe

 

just a few pics now its back home, mint battery tray and fuse box


as you can see very clean for what it is! note its not rust boot just needs a good clean lol

tatty looking bonus interior give the rat look

so first off needs a good old clean up

 

you cant beat a turbo'd bonus looks a nice car mate

 

cheers pal its all fun,i actually like the colour quite alot now

 

looks a good base mate - nice one - roll on Ford Fair

 

cheers pal,we will have to get a pic of them all together

 

if theres enough done on the grey s2 by the weekend i may fit the 6 point cage from the moonstone s2 into this for a laugh

 

looks nice mate, was watching 1 of these on ebay the other day, but got told i wasn't allowed it

 

not much been done as yet as all the focus has been on my grey s2, but my dad wanted to borrow the car and gave it a little modification of his own

broke my indicator and cracked the bumper you cant see all the damage as i looked in the parts bin and fitted a new repeter and put some sealer to hold the bumper together for now luck for me theres no panel damage
also the carb got replaced yesterday as i nicked it from my other bonus

painted the back arms ripple effect and fitted pollybushes

and got another 1.6cvh rst lump from a mate

and some cheeky pics while it was sunny



comedy boot spoiler,not sure i should leave it on cause it looks too sporty LOL

im still using this as a daily smoker and covers upto 600 miles a week sometimes,so when i get my logbook back and another car to smoke about in,this will ave it

 

brake pads worn down and discs needed replacing so thought id fit some xr2 calipers and vented discs to go under the 13" steels to retain the sleeper look

oops
someone previously done the brakes and fitted self tappers it was like they were welded in cause would they fook come out

so out came the drill

xr2 vented discs and calipers

perfect for fitting behind 13"steels

fitted

standard bonus discs

vented

sleeper look

oh and look what i found in the parts bin due a refurb soon but will do for now

seats could do with a serious clean but im loving the comedy look it will have soon

 

i really want one for first car

 

front coilovers fitted

you can see the difference to front and back



i quite like this pic, not even on lowest setting

fitted a new back box,the exhaust note is very raspy


and will add this for some character, its all in the little details

will put it somewere like this once i get long enough bolts

future parts to add will be rear coilovers and full polly bushes, bigger brakes front and rear, wheels then the most important part the engine and management hope you like so far

 

love it mate, the 'crystal cachet' is a very rare car lol

 

LOL cheers mate, wanted to try leave the steelies on but common sence kicked in

 

looks good mate, although everyone will think ur a chav with that backbox :/

 

I'd remove backbox and higher it a little.

 

thanks for the input backbox is just temp because my standard box was naff

dont worry pal its not stopping like this long its just a quick fix untill the transplant gets sorted, got a mongoose stainless system, and think il be tearing it round a track anyway to take the piss cheers folks

 

I managed to get cossie 4 pots inside the steelies on my estate





there 15inch steelies off a fiesta fusion
just an idea for you if you decided to upgrade to even bigger brakes

mark.

 

cool!!

 

looking good this keep up the good work you cant beat a good bonus sleeper was one of my best mates cars this stembo glad to see its got good plans for the future it is a solid little car i like it a lot hope to see it again sum time when its finished

 

Looking good mate.

 

Taking shape

 

Ha ha ha i love it.Nice toy.

 

yes it is a solid little machine, will probably be at ford fair so come over and have a peak and chat

slowly but surely
thankyou kind sir, and everyone elses comments

well ive only just gone and picked up a cossie management l6, wasted spark,coilpack to run greens,msd chip and set at 18psi, should be good for 250-60hp i think things have started to get out of hand again all in good fun tho

 

what turbo you going to use

 

pmsl jonny u just cant help yourself can ya ,


wtf is that spoiler off , never seen one like that before ??


if your coing to chuck it can i have it ?

may come in handy with an idea i have ,


beef

 

Thats really low

 

stage3 t3 but i do have another turbo which aint been used on an rst to my knowledge and would make it mega if i decided to fit steel rods
no i guess i cant its a rare bonus rubber boot spoiler LOL not sure what im doing with it yet,my bros already asked but if not using it i will pass it your way sir beef. keep getting people seeing the spoiler and backbox and trying to race me not for long tho eh
yes its very low, not even on the lowest setting once the rear gets fitted it will be raised and setup for roundabout bashing

cheers folks more soon

 

gave it a little clean out to check how strong the shell is lol

couple of blisters nothing to worry about


can safely say boot floor is solid



done just over 5k within 3 months on the ickle 1.3 without causing major headache,and still loving it. so it will stay in for now

 

Looking good jonny nice talking to you mate