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[luca]

lookingcool shaun but agree wheres the pics?


but luca you cant talk i joined passion ford yesterday to view a car and they got tons more pics of [ERRR] motor .... i thought this was [ERRR] first attemt at a fez too, lol

Im confused at what you mean I have placed pictures up on there. Or have I

Buy my manifold you wont need photos then

luca.
i meen there are tones more pic on there and i didnt realise that you had 2 fiesta disasters before making the beast you have now!!
i would buy it mate but with no job at the moment i cant afford to tax or mot my rs let alone insure it

shaun.
so you think it will be running for FF (2009 )

aH! Got you now Yes one got wet the other decided to be target practice for some dopey beast!

[knuckles]

He already has a red car!

Why on earth would you punish yourself with having two

llama

[Turboboy67]

Update time again

All welding on the drivers side has been completed today,

Wednesday night saw the sill and one patch welded on,

today saw the rear arch and inner arch sorted out,

oh and I got busy with the angle grinder cutting out things I don't want







Few bits of body panel missing from standard shells



Wednesday will see me start on the passenger side, removing the sill to start with.

All welding should be done by this time next week

[dangerousdave]

ready for FF then

[luca]

YIKES

You cut half the rear end off

Shaun you are taking this weight issue too far now

[Sphinx]

Looking good! Better than my attempts at welding today...which we won't go into.

Is that Hydrate 80 you're using?

[jayrs]

jesus man, buy a go kart

[rsonblackwheels]

awesome dude, looks like your keeping busy

keep up the good work

[ace1001ace]

What body panels did you use? And where did you get them from? cheers

[Turboboy67]

What body panels did you use? And where did you get them from? cheers

Darren, whos doing the welding for me got them fella, in total they were around £150, thats all I know.

After another 10+ hours by me today and 5 odd from Darren, the car is starting to look alot better

Passenger sill, rear arch are on, petrol panel has been replaced



Don't see many like that do you

All thats left now is abit of patching on the inner rear passenger arch, which should be finished this coming week.

Car currently looks like this



A few eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed I removed the front fuel tank bracket

Can't wait now to get the underseal and paint on underneath, so I can start putting the suspension on

[Ratspeed]

man that is a lot of work youve taken on. My hat comes off to you dude, that looks like some top notch workman ship.

[jonboisescort]

looking great mate

u wana lend me the spit when your done with it

[FRSJON]

looking good mate....

[jayrs]

deffo coming along nice mate.
when you gunna let me borrow that B&M then mate

[M1K3Y_B]

Its really getting there now.

This is going to be one clean Fiesta when finished

[happypaul]

Looks great, and giving me ideas

Although where you have cut the panel at the back of the rear arch... how are you going to mount the bumper? as normally they are attached to the rear arches to stop themmoving around, and now you have no rear arch to stick the bumper to

[jayrs]

im sure some carbon brackets are being made up like right now

[D9LSY]

gettin there Shaun,

good catching up at Ford Fair mate

[andymcd]

looking good mate, did u make the spit yourself?

[Turboboy67]

Hi guys,

Sorry, I've not been on line for nearly 2 weeks thanks to BT

All welding is now done, underseal is almost done, but I ran out on Saturday, 3 more litres will be here tomorrow,and applied tomorrow evening, I'll put some pictures up tomorrow as well

I took aload of bits in today to be powder coated, they will be ready on Friday, So I can start the refit on Saturday

The spit I bought from E-bay, around £130 delivered, the best money I've spent tbh, so much easier to work on the car.

Rear bumper will have some special side brackets made for it to fix to, its also being gutted

Good to see you a FF Paul, even if it was just as you were leaving

[jayrs]

nice one mate, look forward to pic's.
how much is the poweder coating mate? i need to get a couple of stust tops done in black or silver

[sikora]

And heres me having spent all weekend on my back under the car removing underseal! That would of been so much easier.

[R085]

the car is looking great. im going to have to get a spit when i do all the work on my car. will make it so much easier.

[Turboboy67]

Pictures as promised

All stonechip now done, I used Wurth stone chip, its £12/ litre but its excellant stuff,

I used 7 litres in total, All finished today,

next up is to paint the underside, thats happening on Thursday evening,
I'm picking all my bits from the powdercoaters on Friday,
so I can start bolting bits back on on Saturday morning

bare metal was zinc primed and I seam sealed everywhere I could



Stonechip on





Darren welded in my 63mm rear strut brace its mooossive



More pictures Thursday evening when the paint goes on underneath

[jayrs]

jesus mate that rear strut brace is massive! bet that is heavy

[happypaul]

This car is begging for a weld in cage which gives the shell some more strength

Love this project, gives me alot of inspiration

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Good job Shaun


Liking the rear brace, are you using that as a harness bar too ? I've just had 3m of bar arrive at our local fabricators, should be having it welded in soon.

[Minstral]

Shaun always wondered what is the advantage of powder coating?

[happypaul]

Shaun always wondered what is the advantage of powder coating?

Harder and tougher than normal paint. Looks good too

Also saves the hassle of prepping for paint and then getting stone chipped to hell etc.. as they just shot blast it and then powder coat it. Covers alot of imperfections too. My ex rally wheels looked near perfect when powder coated

[Turboboy67]

Cheers guys

Jay, yeah its heavy but serves a good purpose, far better than the flimsy OMP bolt in one

Chris, yeah, strapping my 3" harnesses to it

Toby, Paul has answered your question

Paul, I would go for a weld-in cage but I don't want the welder sparks melting the roof

Ordered all my riv nuts up tonight so I can sort the front wings out next week.

[dangerousdave]

Ordered all my riv nuts up tonight so I can sort the front wings out next week.

think ill be doing that when i do my front wings too mate and fasten them on with st/st botton heads

[jayrs]

yeah i bet it does mate.
im not a fan of some of them seeing the way they fix, more ofton than not there for show rather than doing any real good

[dangerousdave]

i think it will be easyer to replace as a panel as i aint buying a spot welder, also it will be easyer to paint too

[luca]

That rear strut brace weighs as much as me!!!

Im back in the lead then now

[Turboboy67]

That rear strut brace weighs as much as me!!!

Im back in the lead then now

I'm gonna have to drill some holes in it i reckon

Your miles behind atm, mine currently weighs around 200kg

When its finished I challenge you to a weigh off, (obviously drivers weight not included )

Oh, just remembered, I painted the underside earlier, pictures later