JoshXR2

Fiesta Turbo Re Shell (Swampy Mk2)



It about time I made a thread about the rot box that is the better half FRST.

Was purchased a year from a lovely girl in weston for a very reasonable price came with T3 conversion Beiges AVO coilovers but a leaking water pump.

As purchased


Anyway she ran it for abit turbo started smoking so time for a replacement (i just happened to have one lying around lol)




On further investigation rust started to appear

It doesnt look much but it is really quite extensive and from the name it become very wet inside on a great british day. So much so that my cabby is more water tight than hers!!

Anyway a donor car was sourced was a steal £450 from a man off EBay its only had a handful of owners 71k on the clock and mintier than mint.




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Orginal ford sticker in the boot!!!

Strut tops that have never seen a spanner or socket!!

And the worst of the rust.


So now I am at a loose end its time to get cracking with stripping started on tuesday



Had some ooopps moments along the way



But ended with this


The usual rust spots are immaculate





And thats where i got too last night.

Updates as and when

CheeRS

murfs frst

good stuff will keep a eye on this thread

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Cracking little donor car

AJC

iTrader: (6)

id be throwing a rake of wax oil in those cavaties

JoshXR2

I plan on doing everything i can to preseve the donor car for the next 20 years.

Any hints/tips are more than welcome.

Brian

iTrader: (2)

Nice project


Brian

JoshXR2

Well had a week off too go on holiday with the mrs and the break did some good.

Cracked on with things yesterday and got the engine and box out with no troubles. Cleaned the inner arches and engine bay and with no supprises they have come up mint.



















And this is where all the magic happens lol

Dre.1983

Looks a cracking shell mate. Are you gonna keep it blue?

fordrs2005

iTrader: (4)

great shell you,ve found there

keep up the good work ,

JoshXR2

no its going frozen white. cheers it was a very good ebay find the new shell.

JoshXR2

does any one know where i can get the engine bay clips from?

JoshXR2

So with the engine out of the blue car and all nice clean decided to start on the white car.

Body kit came off with no real dramas but did expose some interesting sights.



This is the drivers side front wing











Passenger side









And just for shits and giggles i got the wire brush out and found this on the rear arch!





Thats about 1.5" of filler basically the cowboys who did this used filler to recreate the arch. I was disgusted when i found this.