gcfcos

Thought it was about time I had a record of work I'm going to be doing to my Cossie. Ive had it for approx 11 years now and been through a few changes over that time. I bought it very cheap due to the colour but was 100% standard when I first bought it with less than 43,000 miles on the clock! I have never had much money so everything has been on a very tight budget but finally landed a job that well paid so hopefully now I can crack on with some proper work! Plans are to totally restore it one day with full respray but I was to be able to use it all the time so I'm not going for any concours type restoration just nice clean useable example. I'll post some pics up that I have on this phone but will try and get some earlier pics up from when I first bought it

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This is when it had rs 7 spokes on it that I fitted not long after buying the car. Think I'd had it less than a few months in this pic

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This is how it sits now on temporary wheels borrowed off my mate

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This is the engine bay how It is at the moment, very home made "on the cheap" offering I'll grant you but funds were very tight!

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Just bought this kenwood stereo off eBay for ÂŁ25, I had one in the car when I first bought it and always wanted another as it works with the multichanger under the passenger seat. Nice and retro you might say! Fitted it few days ago and works a treat

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Photo from couple of weeks back at Haynes motor museum ford meet

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In my old work doing some tinkering on lunch break. Luckily still good friends with my old boss now I'm with the rac so I can still pop back and use his ramps and keep my mot licence going

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Got it cleaned and then took it to a local show where I got snapped on entry!

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Story so far is it's basicly stage 3 spec

Dark greens
3 bar map sensor
Rs500 style 60mm intercooler
Group a coil conversion
Group a heasgasket and air filter
Samco hoses
Dump valve blanked (for chatter)
Msd stage 3 chip
Peaks 26psi holds 24psi boost
Standard t3 turbo
Koni shocks and springs
Full polybushed throughout
Mongoose exhaust
Interior boost,charge and temp gauges
Intake temp gauge
Temporary alloy wheels 17" tsws
Updated discs and pads

Mostly just spent years servicing it and fixing it when it goes wrong and keeping it mechanically well. Due to the low mileage being 34,000 when I bought it it's never had any welding done apart from a new wing which was hit a month before I bought it. I've kept it waxoyled since I've had it. Paintwork is pretty terrible and needs a full respray but never had the money before, just enjoyed it. I have a new bootlid in the garage as centre spoiler post area on original has rotted through and needs both o/s doors as some silly woman drove Into the side of it hopefully I'll be able to make a start of a lot of the work it
Needs fairly soon so I'll add updates to this as and when I can. I've bought some lattice wheels a few months ago and their in the back of the garage waiting for a refurb but I'm still making my mind up on what wheels I want on there.

slammedorion

Good to see a build thread
Keep the pics coming... will it stay yellow when repainted?

moondustka

How many miles is it on now?!

Sounds like it's well worth restoring. As least you know you won't be wasting any money spent on it.

gcfcos

Thanks mate, it'll be very slow progress from here as working a lot of hours but I'll try and get a few full days on the car pretty soon. I was thinking of going back to the original moonstone blue but I'm not 100% decided yet. I'd love to have it painted another unusual but darker colour but I think the moonstone would keep the value of the car better?

gcfcos

Sorry just looked and it was 43,000 when I bought it and it's on 64,000 now. I keep on top of all the servicing and change the oil and filter every 3000 miles

studabear

I love the color, very 90's Cool.

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Cool. Your engine spec is the same as mine. Mine also boosts to 26psi and holds at 24.

Your the same as me. Im not loaded and have tried to maintain mine with not alot of money. The most money ive spent on mine is for bodywork due to 2 shit bodyshops.

I always got told for eg if you buy a saff for 5k you will need 5k to maintain it.

gcfcos

Yeah that's where the most money is going to be spent on mine is the bodywork and respray. Probably be more than the ÂŁ3750 I originally paid for the car I'm hoping to get the lattice wheels refurbed and get some new tyres at the end of this month

visa_broke

Would be very retro to keep it the same color. Think as i've put before the cossie rims are my favourite you've had fitted to it.

colarado red

Love citrine yellow still looks cool now.

moondustka

Still nice and low then.

Some people think every 3000 miles is excessive - I don't, it keeps the engine completely carbon free.

gcfcos

Yeah I'll always change the oil and it'll do more
Good than harm but I don't do the miles really prob less than 2000 a year these days but oil sat for a long time idle probably isn't too good either so when I mot it I change it while it's on the ramp

moondustka

A while a go I was trying to read upon on oil degradation over time if it's sat there..

From what I read, if the oil is in a sealed container, drum, bottle etc. then it'll be fine, even years later. But possibly not in the bottom of an engine, because air or more importantly, oxygen, can get to it.

I wouldn't think it a good idea to use oil that's been sat in a sump for 5 years for example.

gcfcos

Well I was about to make a start on the car but I'm going to be like this for a few good weeks!!



Hospital said it was a sprain 3 weeks ago, went back to physio and turns out it's not! another few weeks off work, bored to tears!

james kiely

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although it stands out and look well in that colour if i was going to repaint it ,it would have to go back moonstone .it would just make it a lot easier to sell if you ever wanted to sell it ,and would certainly add value to it .

gcfcos

Thanks my thinking matey

Sapphycos

Nice upgrades