Cossie Sean

been meaning to do this for a while, will upload as i go.

i know it wont get loads of comments as its not an RS PMSL

H reg 2.0 ghia auto which i converted to manual and fitted poly gearstick bushes

3 owners, every MOT from new, 2 sets of keys, origional reg plates and window stickers from Ringways!

i was going to use the car to reshell my Rouse but decided against it

this is how i had the car after 3 days, and was used EVERY day

proper car for wafting about in IMO, Ghia seats are the tits!

car had no heaters when i got it, replaced waterpump, t/stat, plugs, leads, cap, rotor and made a òoooj difference.

snowflakes, chopped springs and matt black 4x4 vented bonnet
as pictured at ClassicFord @ pod last year


the car needed a wing on the front so i took the liberty of spending £258 on a pair of genuine ones and got the toolage out, Andyescos your my hero lol





while the wings were off i made some sexy plates to replace the curroded crud!





then the inner arches were Schtz`d and the new wings welded on, gaps are perfect, Quality Ford wings





then i took the liberty of taking the rear axle out, tank and exhaust off while i had the `box out and checked for rot, happily i found sod all! (although the o/s rear sill hass been patched for MOT some years ago)
floor was ground back with wire wheel and again Schutz`d and nailed back together with the tank getting a new fuel filter, painted bracketry, painted tank strap, stonechipped tank.







I have since gave up my garage buisness and got a job for a big company with company van so lost my use of ramps and workspace obviousley so the rest will be done from home

next post in a hour or so when i upload the rest of the piccies

Twins

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Looking good

Cossie Sean

Right,
since 90% of the hard work was done i just needed to put colour on the pannels, some before pics



















i then prepped the n/s wing for paint with rattle cans, looks well actually, suprising but its only to get it silver really,
Bear in mind ive never done bodywork before but i am quite anal, 3 coats of high build primer, 5 coats moonstone base, 4 coats laquer all 2500 wet flatted inbetween
fcukin things took 3 weeks

Before laquer






clear coat`d........shiny!
i also decided to paint the bottom half satin black, the Rouse bumper will be staying and painted black aswell as a STD saff bumper





then started on the rear 1/4 as it had crazed (think thats the term, all cracked up)



i got a new employee, awwwwwwwwww

Cossie Sean

Its got brand new Koni 4x4 cosworth rear shocks and Eibach springs

std chopped fronts untill i locate 2wd sierra non cosworth stuff.

also have a set of Brembo`s to go on, and 300 mm disks if they will go behind the rims! (yes or no peeps)

what the car will look like...............

satin black lower half,
Rouse 250-R front bumper painted satin black
STD rear bumper, again.....painted satin black
Azure rear Spoiler (or just a little lip like a e39 M jobbie) and bootlid painted satin black
Escos rims

Blue Ghia trim back in and Rouse one back in storage
drivers seat one of those wrap around touring car bucket jobbies in blue




oh and ive forgot i had this too Garrett T4 i paid £380 for, off a 508bhp civic that was just on for mapping, then changed for a .82 housing`d item (.70 and .63 respectivley)





More tomorow unless i get bored again tonight

Cossie Sean

some pics of the minty minty mint inner wings, which is why i bought the car as its structuraly solid bar the patched sills

Acidburn

what else you got planned before I have it

Cossie Sean

well it needs a headgasket as its weeping slightly from the front corner (think thats why heaters keep going off!!)

will be porting the head while its off, for fuel economy obviousley

wont be going turbo, thats for the A4, decided im going widebody and S4 interior.

How you like the work so far Acidburn? Doing it right??

jim_robson

Looks nice mate, ive got a 2.0 ghia saph as my daily.

Acidburn

s4 interior can be bettered, I found the seats was not that supportive. Widebody stuff, alot of the parts are now becoming nla, I know one of the wings are.

Yeah looking good, apart from the front bumper are you going for a complete cosworth rep?

Cossie Sean

NO!! no cossie rep, the bumper is a one off mate but i have a brand new one for the new shell for the Rouse build!

will have the Rouse bumper, no skirts and azure boot spoiler, standard rear bumper
would you prefer i do not to paint the roof and bootlid black?

S4 trim is just for the blue doorcard inserts/carbon strips and blue inner rear seats, fronts will be wrap around buckets like pictured above with centres trimmed in S4 blue alcantara

Azure spoiler

rik-rs

cool

tommytwotanks

"would you prefer i do not to paint the roof and bootlid black?"

not my cup of tea, but if you fancy it

Acidburn

no worries, i'd only end up turning it into a cossie rep, miss my old one. I don't mind if you paint roof/boot, i'd most likely end up giving it a complete respray anyways.

should look good with that colour interior, seen many come up for sale? I saw jp's one but dunno/doubt that would fit.

this was my old one from the isle of wight, had a turbo technics conversion, I had it on the road for a whole week before the fact it was lowered killed the exhaust and the manifold

Cossie Sean

that was aimed at Acidburn, he may be the new keeper when its up for sale end of show season

and im trying to get a silver bootlid as we speak, think it will look a lot neater

Cossie Sean

Acidburn, thats a smooooooooth sapphire!

Not many Ghias had blue trims, i really liked it but threw an absolutly perfect trim away when i was gonna shell the rouse into it, muppet lol

Cheers to Rik-RS for `shopping this for me!

p.s ambers or clears?

Rsmat

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Looking good mate.

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Looks well mate.So is the rouse rebuild still on then????.

R4N SS

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looks good sean - dont forget i have a full trim from my hatchback if you need one mate

Cossie Sean

Glenn, NEW shell build for the Rouse over the winter one the Ghia has gone

Ran, needing a Blue ghia trim

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Yeh im glad your still going aheaf with it matey.Will be really cool to see it at shows once its done.

Cossie Sean

well i feel a duty
just gonna put the Rouse bits in storage untill i move house end of next year i think, or buy a B5 RS4 and do it a year after that PMSL!

Cossie Sean

In need of a light grey interior i.e ghia or LX etc, front seats not important

prefer essex region as i can collect

Just completing the car to a descent standard as it will be for sale as im in desperate need of an RS4 :s

Glenn_

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RS4 very nice i love these.

Fordmad!

AMBERS!!!

R4N SS

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Sean - my interior is still here mate - dont want a lot for it and its complete mate with doorcards, etc Check my breaking thread out

Acidburn

Still think you should rs4 body yours as your engine can be done for the same power if not more and has less to go wrong....

rs4 bug gets another victim, i've been looking at them recently but got too many other projects....

Cossie Sean

im SO torn Acidburn,

RS4`s are my "unicorn" car, every time i go to buy one summat happens :S

my A4 will probebly end up getting widebodied, bought a set of coils for coil on plug conversion today also.

on the lookout for RS4 pannels as we speak

Looking forward to getting the Sierra MOT`d and Taxed.................... first thing i do when my wages clear, next weekend will be mostly smoking round in a saff again

Ambers FTW it is

Ran, will have a spy now dude

Cossie Sean

Sort of update,

my one off A4 IS 100% getting widebody`d, started buying bits, well to be fair, everything except front bumper!!

Sierra is getting paintwork finished this weekend,
bought Schutz sealer (already have gun )
moondust paint
laquer

gonna paint the lower halfs silver again, over textured schutz to match bumpers

would you lot disagree or agree?

dark lower half or silver?

i fcukin love a good project, roll on my lack of wages and punches in the side of the head from the wife when she finds out ive spent nearly £2000 on some doors and wings for the A4

wait till she sees whats on the shopping list for the 20v motor

Acidburn

Speak to dest on s2forum, he did have a spare rs4 bumper that came with his car. If you get the look with yours I think it would be better than a rs4 imo. Maybe a slight interior upgrade to match but the rest would be sorted. One thing you will require is some 19's to fill the arch's. 18's just don't cut it on them.

What spec you going for with the 20v? I need to finish my ur quattro off, its just waiting for a turbo and few odd's and ends, rebuilt engine's sitting in the engine bay and full s2 running gear now fitted

Cossie Sean

SCAT rods STD pistons, ARP bolts#
Knife edged crank
1000cc/min injectors, either this T4 i have or something silly big.
Jonus spec cams and big valve modified 7a head (JP@JNL)
VAG pencil coilpacks with red outer (picked these up yesterday)
Minhea mapped Motronic or DTA for Antislag
single mass flywheel convesion

Will just buy another S2/4 block and just build up around it and sell my good motor complete with wiring etc for a conversion, gotta be 1.5-2k worth as its just had a head rebuild etc

few people have bumpers but gonna have to wait till next month, spent enough lol

when the sierra goes it`ll pay for the paint on the A4, well looking forward to it now

Paint on the saff should be done this weekend then taxed on wednesday when pay comes in

new build threads on the way for A4, loads of tidying up i can do, i.e the Gredy gauges inside need propper pods made and not just rammed in the hole the vents used to live

Acidburn

be interesting to see what turbo you end up with, what clutch you going for?

will ~@ vrs said to stick a gt4094 on mine as its built for it but I don't know yet what I want (apart from rid of it as sick of spending money on something I can't drive)

Cossie Sean

i know all about spending cash on things you cant drive lol

flywheel will be 034 one with 60-2 pickup on it, i gotta use special flywheel as the A4 box doesnt have a removable spacer like S2/4
Clutch will be southbend stg4 or SACHS, decide nearer the ordering time

Acidburn

Either a AAN duel mass flywheel or a 3b flywheel will work fine with yours. My s2 cabriolet engine was an AAN so no spacer, duel mass, 6 speed box.

Cossie Sean

Right, stripped the spare head for posting, decoked the inlet/exhaust ports while i was in there,
grinding stones will be out next week

Sorry for pic quality, didnt realise blackberrys were shocking for quality!!

Cossie Sean

its got the AAN flywheel on now but want a lightweight one

Acidburn

3b lightened

from what i've read just remember, if you go too light you lose torque but it revs easier.

Cossie Sean

well, the missus has said its the A4 or the saff thats got to be gone before the end of the month

no way im selling the A4!

guess the sierra will be on ebay tomorow, minus trim and bumpers

£700 seem fair?

gutted i cant finish this, genuinley

-beefy-

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shame fella , great base for a project !!

Cossie Sean

well, the A4 will get finished this year, carbon widebody arches and paint anyway as i want to do something well different

and im sure the new owner will be following on this project, albeit on another thread hopefully

Cossie Sean

Did a bit more work on the rear 1/4 today, got rid of the cracked/crazed paint and its looking nice and flush after some gash work in the past