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37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:10 pm

Picked My new fiesta project up today , plans are keep her clean sort the little bit of body work there is and generally look after her , no mods planed :)

one previous owner from new
37,000 miles

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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby RSGeorge on Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:30 pm

Looks tidy that, whats the plans with it then?

EDIT - Jusr re read it lol :rolleyes:
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:34 pm

id like to use all ford parts on her aswell but progress would be rather slow and be saving months just for parts
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby Dave G fsi on Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:36 pm

Nice clean base there :aviator:
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby EUFez on Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:02 am

Nice and clean. Give the bay abit of a clean up. Keep up on the rust if any, as I thought I'd be fine with my Fiesta. But it soon catches up on you, damn Mk3's, they rust so quickly so easierly. Good purchase though mate! Any idea what the colour is?
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:04 am

Yeah plan to get back arch done professionally just a bit worried it being shades out etc being freshly painted !

not sure on colour name will have to look the code up , its grey with green tinge , down as green on logbook.
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby jayrs on Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:49 am

looks a nice tidy motor there mate :Q
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby jonyb4 on Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:48 am

lovely little fiesta mate, looks great and man thats low miles, a 1.1 is it? according to the airbox :P

please dont ruin it :P

what happend to the mk4?


im interested to know the colour name too, not seen it before and looks nice :Q


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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby Max M4X WW on Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:02 am

My favourite Mk3.5 colour that!
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby emblem on Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:58 am

As i said last night mate, looks very nice and clean.

Please dont do anything stupid, lol, i know what your like, but im sure you have grow out of that stage now (we all go through it) :bonkers:
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:36 pm

Dunno why you say that for craig nothing ive dones been chavy to be fair i dont see wacking great kits and spoilers on any of my cars lol

Yeah i thought the colour was diffirent and not so common either

Mk4s my road car , this is my project :P

as for people saying look after etc i will be , just hopfully can sort some money out and get the minor rust sorted , just worried the colour match will be poor! :cry:
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby EUFez on Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:15 pm

Don't worry about the colour match. Buy a machine polisher. It does the job, trust me. :)
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:30 pm

Ive got a sander that has velco polishing pads you can get for it , never used it propperly to apply and buff off polish as dont want to ruin the paint so need advice from some one in that area
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby rst-steve on Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:11 pm

Looks a nice base for a project that, very low miles!!

EX.............. local car too :wink:
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:42 pm

How you know its local?
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby FiestaBen on Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:45 pm

xr2irhys :Ive got a sander that has velco polishing pads you can get for it , never used it propperly to apply and buff off polish as dont want to ruin the paint so need advice from some one in that area


Spray bottle with it set to fine mist, and spray the area first, that way the paint wont be dry and wont burn. Also don't spend ages on one area and don't use loads of pressure, just let it do the work for you!
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby rst-steve on Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:50 pm

xr2irhys :How you know its local?


It's a local car to Norfolk i mean 8)

The two letters at the end of the plate chap, EX is Great Yarmouth :)
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:56 pm

Really Did not know plates told locations lol , the main dealers are from norwich that its on if remember correctly :) will have another look
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:01 pm

Hopefully ill get her going road worthy in time for FITP and then ill swap insurnace over for a month and tax her and bring her alone , if any one fancys a gander ? :)
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby rst-steve on Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:03 pm

Yeah if it's Norwich that'll be Lex Ford or possibly Bussey's i'd assume.......
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:06 pm

Busseys :) bought her in norwich too , talk about sticking right at home :)
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby rst-steve on Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:09 pm

Nice! :)
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:11 pm

ah also keeping the car in norwich at the mo to do her up lol :wink: need to get a car cover really keep her dry!
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby jonyb4 on Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:30 pm

my Si was originally from Essex, now its in south Wales, gone quite far lol
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:01 am

checking her over today :Q
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Postby xr2irhys on Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:47 pm

cleaned the bay today also car and also mot inspected her :)

will let pictures do the talking

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Postby Max M4X WW on Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:15 pm

Does it have a snapped front spring?

And are those pics before or after you cleaned the engine?
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:28 pm

pics are after,not cleaned the engine fully and gear gox have cleaned just a patch to see how it will come up,will look lovely once whole bay cleaned :)

as for Mot,

one spring
Uj joint to steering

all brakes and bearings are good how ever spongey brakes so either just need a bleed,or wheel cylinders most common to leak,will check brakes next time round.
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Postby jonyb4 on Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:21 pm

it doesnt appear to be in best mechanical condition given the milage, was it mainly kept outside?

best looking part is the brake pipes
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:26 pm

not sure he got it from an auction,as for mechanically to be fair its done 40k so a snapped spring and uj is nothing,buy a new fiat that would be back in the first 5k... nothing to say what work the cars had from new

it has metalic paint :)

code has a 6 in so , star dust silver,logbooks green lol.
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby Excursion on Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:39 pm

That's nice, wait until we've had a a couple of weeks of hot weather over the summer and Waxoyl it :D
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby FiestaBen on Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:27 pm

jonyb4 :it doesnt appear to be in best mechanical condition given the milage, was it mainly kept outside?

best looking part is the brake pipes


so just because it's low mileage, it's not expected to have 3 problems? :rolleyes:
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby Excursion on Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:31 pm

It looks like a good, honest car to me. For 16 probably un-garaged years, it's very good.
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2irhys on Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:35 pm

Excursion :It looks like a good, honest car to me. For 16 probably un-garaged years, it's very good.


cheers,exactly what i think of the car i love it :D
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Re: 37K Ford Fiesta

Postby xr2imetalhead on Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:08 pm

good find m8 i really like that colour. arnt you tempted to put a 2i kit on it ? i would be :lol:
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