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[Turboboy67]

Gotta love a good spit roast
Out of interest, how secure are the rear mounting points bearing in mind they're a single skin and not actually attached to the chassis rails?

Rear bar is secure enough fella, all the force is upwards/sideways depending on its position on the spit,

it doesn't flex because of the way its fixed to the stand, so its fine.

More progress,

The majority of the underseal has now been removed, initially with my blowlamp and scraper, and tonight I removed all the residue with the aid of a wire brush attachment on my drill.

Another couple of hours should see it all removed.

[rstirl]

Woo woo!

Delighted theres progress being made on this one. Been checking for an update for weeks!

Keep up the good work.

[jimmyesh]

Awesome work - that's true dedication, getting it on a spit!

[Turboboy67]

Awesome work - that's true dedication, getting it on a spit!

Howdo Jimbo, I'd recommend one to anybody wanting to sort the underside of their motor out fella

[jonboisescort]

coming along nicely mate

my escort will be getting put on one end of the year

[Ram]

havnt checked in on your thread for ages, your really going to town! will make sure i keep an eye on it

[Turboboy67]

I'm basically getting to the stage where I can't take much more off the car

today front wings and drivers sill have been removed and rear drivers arch

tomorrow, the passenger sill and passenger rear arch will be removed, and possibly the rear panel

I have all the body panels now, The petrol cap is being replaced with a panel and being welded up, no need for it now as I have the fuel cell going in.

Front wings weren't that bad, but thought I would replace as I want them to bolt on now

No pictures as I turned my camera on to snap a few and the battery was frigging flat

pictures tomorrow night of my weekends work

[luca]

Shaun keep the fuel flap you can hide the valve for the air jacks






£££££££££££££££££££££

[Turboboy67]

Shaun keep the fuel flap you can hide the valve for the air jacks






£££££££££££££££££££££

I've promised myself not to talk to you for a week, because it always costs me hundreds of pounds

[~nomad~]

how do you plan on making the wings bolt on mate? interested to see that

[Sphinx]

how do you plan on making the wings bolt on mate? interested to see that

I've suggested these to him:

[jonboisescort]

i made the wings on my fiesta bolt on

[~nomad~]

how do you plan on making the wings bolt on mate? interested to see that

I've suggested these to him:

gammon slipper. lol

seriously thou, the top bit is fairly obvious, just bolts in place of the welds, but what about the other areas?

[Turboboy67]

Top is simple, wing to A pillar has 2 bolts anyway,

below indicator, two holes with bolts and nylock nuts,

then a bolt through the bottom of the wing behind the bodykit,
nut will be secured behind the kit so i don't have to take the kit off every time I want the wings removed

More progress today, drivers side is nearly ready for welding, I've cut all the dodgey metal out,
so theres a fair bit missing atm

welding starts on Wednesday evening

[luca]

No no no Shaun you need to buy yourself a rivnut tool and use some steel m5 inserts.

Then everything is all removable with an allen key

[Turboboy67]

No no no Shaun you can borrow my rivnut tool and use some steel m5 inserts.

Then everything is all removable with an allen key

Cheers mate, What a pal you are

[FRSJON]

yeah nice one luke,me next.... pics with the sills off please...

[luca]

No no no Shaun you can borrow my rivnut tool and use some steel m5 inserts.

Then everything is all removable with an allen key

Cheers mate, What a pal you are

You can borrow mate of course..

Just dont buy alloy inserts as the tool tends to rip the threads out..

Ther steel are much stronger and you can really crimp them up and not damage the thread.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50-Rivet-nuts-Riv ... tsupported

[Turboboy67]

Had a look on E-bay mate, I shall be purchasing some steel rivnuts and gun in the week

Right a few pictures from the weekends fun and games







I got bored at one stage so decided to remove all of the underseal from the rear arch



There's still alot of grinding to do underneath and the floor needs cutting out in one place and a nice new piece of steel inserted.

More updates/pictures to follow in the week

[crazyshad1]

Great progress, i'm at the same stage but struggling to find the motivation.

[Turboboy67]

Great progress, i'm at the same stage but struggling to find the motivation.

I got the motivation fella, my parents wanted it shifted off of their driveway ASAP

Hopefully seeing my progress will help you find some of your own

[luca]

YOUR MAD


Thats one strippped fessi

[jayrs]

Jay, I've only just noticed what you posted up there, tugger

looking good shaun

[Sphinx]

Looking good! you'll have great peace of mind knowing it's all sorted and strong when you're done. Are you doing the welding yourself?

[Turboboy67]

Looking good! you'll have great peace of mind knowing it's all sorted and strong when you're done. Are you doing the welding yourself?

Cheers guys, No fella, a mate of mine in the Dorset RSOC works at a garage and owns a rather good mig welder said he would do it for me,
I can weld, but my welder is a bit pants tbh, Its fine for spot welding but not any good for seam welding

[AdmanGrippa]

hi m8, Not been on here for sooooooooooooo long! your car is looking bare, another propper job again, cant wait to see it when its all done.

[HCS PIMP]

hahahahhahaha Your so taking fiesta madness to another level hahahah reminds me of olleybeans when he found a brand new ford shell in primer that had been stored for 10 years hahahahah

[FRSJON]

nice pics mate..now i have a better idea what i soon face...

[D9LSY]

holy sh!t Shawn, that aint gonna be ready for Ford Fair mate

Ill keep popping in and watching the thread for updates

do you need the carnage conversion gang down to help

[Turboboy67]

holy sh!t Shawn, that aint gonna be ready for Ford Fair mate

Ill keep popping in and watching the thread for updates

do you need the carnage conversion gang down to help

Cheers for all your comments guys

No FF track sessions for me this year Paul

Just make sure you're there next year matey

Welding starts tonight, so pictures later

[luca]

Er!


PICTURES WOULD BE NICE!

[dangerousdave]

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 ur motor .... i thought this was ur first attemt at a fez too, lol

[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

[andymcd]

i hate u u just made me waning get mine like yours now did u make the jig mate?great work bye the way

[dangerousdave]

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 )