B13 TOY

Well, I've lurked on here for a month or so, and am totally in awe of some of you guys, and your dedication/determination to see these projects through, but seeing as I have made a start on the car, thought I could start a thread here for it. Pretty close to yet another birthday with yet another dreaded ZERO at the end, my 40th was pretty whacky and a good mid-life crisis was had really looking back at it all, hahahahahaha.....


Anyways in a "previous life" I used to be into "modded" cars but then gave it all up to start the house/children thing, now its seems I'm pretty much a Grandad too so the gap has been well and truly a long one !!!

Found myself a few weeks ago on EVILbay and before I knew what buttons I'd pressed I was on a train to London to collect this little offering from Uncle Henry...


as it appeared in its ebay ad...

complete with "CHOCOLATE" interior....YUMMMMYYYY !!I!


For a £397.00 car it drove surprisingly well on the near 200 mile journey home and to my surprise the rest of my clan decided it was a good buy (I had a soft spot for a combi/estate as I brought my firstborn home from hospital in one LOLOL)

Now this HAS to be a budget project and as I have ammassed quite a bit in my Paypal account it would be good to make some ebay/online purchases.

First thing was to remove some "go-faster" pinstripes and put my "plates" on !!!! ( the reg-transfer paperwork"I'm told" should be all done soon! (thank you DVLA for your unequalled efficiency !!!!)!! ) I felt more like it was mine now.




I won a pretty decent RST bonnet on ebay, pretty reasonable price of £35 AND it was less than 5 miles from me...miracles eh????


and of course being the totally patient/responsible/mature 47 year old that I am, it HAD to be fitted...NOW !!!... RIGHT NOW..!!!



Theres more to come yet, more ebay purchases, then we get MESSY with filler & paint..... bring it on....

Enjoy,

Charlie

Mk4 Lew

iTrader: (1)

looking good mate

chris m1

Looks good.. but soft spots can lead to very expensive days lol

Dan j

Love it other than the bonnet pins, what are your engine plans

Darylc.

iTrader: (1)

whats your plans for it mate?

B13 TOY

dont we all know eh mate?.... "soft spots" have cost me dearly in the past so I shouldnt think this one will be any different..?


I know..I know but at £35 quid I couldnt really complain could I ??? ( they MIGHT get removed, but I've been looking at them for nearly a month now and I ...actually.. quite like them

I have a couple of ideas about the engine but not certain yet will probably see what happens to "just turn up" at the "right time-Righ money" hahahaha...

ha ..someone who is ALMOST local???.... well I havent planned too much except I've bought a big tin of GREEN paint !!!!

more soon,

Charlie

Twins

iTrader: (18)

nice little project

B13 TOY

Onwards.....
well I purchased some "tatty" wheels off the bay, not too bad at £34 and local enough in Donny to collect !!!!, but they were well corroded and the tyres werent too good either,

heres the ebay piccy, nice that he took a piccy of the GOOD one eh???



local garage took the tyres off for me, then it was mini Da and lots of discs later.....
.. here they are covered in etching primer...



just a few coats of high-build to go now....with lots of rubbing down inbetween, and also EVERYONE is now moaning their stuff/bikes etc are covered in dust/overspray etc... welll TOUGH !!! its my turn to use the garage for a while hahahahahaha...

Then using the "miracle of ebay" yet again I bought some Gloss Anthracite paint along with thinners, activator, gunwash etc.... oh and I also got my old spraygun out after being stored for FIFTEEN YEARS, it was a bit of a sorry state.... but as its a budget build I had to service it and as you can see below its done a fine job!!!!

one wheel done!!!!!



Now (as if by magic!!!) theres 4 of them!!! Pretty pleased at my first attempts at spraying again for a looooong time ... I still need a couple more centre caps still though



Front bumper next... thrilling eh??????


Enjoy,,,

Charlie

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

looks like a good base for a project, I run bonnet pins myself and like them!

Get a Zetec under the bonnet!

B13 TOY

Hmm after seeing your sleeper I'm VERY tempted... I may pester you for a list of what I need If you dont mind???

Dan j

Looking good mate like the colour of the wheels

RAPID 3DR

cool project mate,ive got a soft spot for estate's to lol
ive had afew aswel,got a mk3 project aswel

good work so far

B13 TOY

Thanks Guys, now the wheels are painted I have a tyre "dilema". I have got some Spax -30mm springs to drop the car a little and was wondering on tyre size, I know the most common to use on an escort running 15" wheels is 195 50 15 but I was wondering if 195 45 15 would look a little nicer, a bit lower sidewall or does anyone recommend a better size(narrower)?? than either of these two...

Thanks,

Charlie

rs clint

low profile will look good if you have good arch clearance i would go wider 205 or 225 if possible would give good stance

JK12

iTrader: (1)

i did see this on ebay as was local to me! looks great mate!

i got one but its a combi RS now...

B13 TOY

so thoughts anyone else????.... 195 50's or 195 45's ????

any help/advice appreciated


Charlie

jonesymk2

iTrader: (2)

looks a nice base to start with mate ive got 2 estates myself lol personaly with tyres i would go with 195/45s mate

B13 TOY

Thanks for that, Jonesymk2 !!!

B13 TOY

well , yet another ebay purchase, this time not local enough to collect , but delivery was included in price!!! RESULT



only an early spec but it was only £50 delivered so it will do for starters...

here it is being "de-trimmed", smoothed and primed....



and at this point I'll probably loose half the foillowers of this thread cos i know its either a "love it or hate" it colour.... Porsche GT3 RS Signal Green
a nice BIG tin of this was sourced on ebay too !!!!!



just to compound it nice & shiny now.....


Enjoy,


Charlie

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

Blimey that's a bit bright!! You painting the rest of the car the same colour? Nice job on the front bumper

jonesymk2

iTrader: (2)

looks an interesting colour choice but should look good with the anthracite wheels plus it doesnt hurt to be different

kdavie86

Nice project. Good job on the wheels. Think I've got 2 90' spec bumpers and an 88 bumper lying around. Would have donated one for the cost of postage for you.

I'll be watching this...

that colour?!?!

stembo21

iTrader: (1)

nice project mate i have a escort estate myself got big plans for mine
al get a load of pics up in the next few days

B13 TOY

Thanks for the "heads-up" guys, Stembo21 we are virtually neighbours I'm only in Winterton, would be good to meet-up/ swap ideas at some time maybe???

heres the bumper in todays rare sunshine!!! ( struggling with camera settings though--bloody modern contraptions!!!)



Hoping the black/green will work and heres some of my inspirational piccies...( credits obviously to the OP's..)







Probably go for the black roof or bonnet option, or BOTH bonnet & roof ?????


Started to work on ( abuse???) the rear bumper too..!!!



not a lot gonna get done now as mates boys are racing at Cadwell this weekend......

Enjoy,

Charlie

stembo21

iTrader: (1)

yer sounds good to me mate are you going to
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The Ford RS Owners Club National Day calendar of events

escort1989uk

will be nicw to see a different kind of colour for a change loving the progress

s23rta

Keep it up, fair play for painting it that colour, we've just finished a frst rep in the new triumph green metallic lol

harvcore

iTrader: (8)

ace another estate owner ,check out my thread on my estate and ask away any questions if you want

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

no prob mate, will do my best to help. This thread will be helpful to you to:

https://passionford.com/forum/pictur...uid-guide.html

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Love it, will look great when done

MikeyRobbo

That colour is amazing! Id have black roof and maybe trial some black vents in the rst bonnet, wouldn't do the bonnet black though, tacky imo, coming along well though

stembo21

iTrader: (1)

think 90 spec bumper would be better tho mate, but its only my opinion
i happen to have spare one lol

boothy

iTrader: (14)

Looking good mate

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Nice project.Your never to old to have modded cars.

jonesymk2

iTrader: (2)

ive got black bonnet vents and black roof on my cossie estate but i also had the front pillars painted aswell as it would have looked a bit odd with a straight line where the 2 colours meet at the top of the pillars

Maxwell

IMO you should have left it biege...each to there own!

doctor stavros

Great build so far, keep it up

RO13 rs cabriolet

Good project mate keep up the good work and keep the pics coming I will keep an eye on this 1

siscossie

iTrader: (4)

Looking good fela reminds me of the good old days

RAPID 3DR

cool i like the colour,you got a nice finish on that mate