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[Dave5300]

howdy chaps, got the ferry over to wales three weeks ago to pick this little beast up, ive wanted a black rs since i crashed my red mk3 back in november so i was chuffed to find this one at a good price,

plans are,
-strip engine out and and clean up and pain engine and engine bay,
-underseal the whole car and paint all of the suspention components,
-buy a full set of green stripes,
-set of escos alloys,

acually theres loads of bits i wanna do so ill just update as i do them,

anyways heres some pics and specs, shes a 1990 rs, engines standard bar a pace double capacity intercooler, interiors in really good nick not much wear at all, ill be putting a standard front bumper and boot on it,









let me know what ye think

[Maxwell]

Nice buy mate

Where in the south you based?? Im up north. Get onto rsoc ireland

[Dave5300]

in kildare mate, in on the rsoc just not that many posts ha may get them up

[Maxwell]

The new irish forum??? Im not talking about the uk rsoc irish section....im talking of the all new rsoc irish seperate forum!

http://z13.invisionfree.com/rsownersclu ... /index.php?

[jonyb4]

wow well done mate, good move!

where in wales did it crop up?

chuffed for you mate i know you been wanting one for a while!


shall follow this

[rsturbonutter]

Just outside Cardiff jon I had a look at this a few weeks back cheap money too. It was only my misses nudging me saying don't you dare that stopped me buying it

[Excursion]

That looks nice, what's it like underneath?

It could do with a rear wiper and lock IMO

[MircoJ]

Looks nice! I'd refit some standard items, needs def. green stripes and amber indicators.

I'm really jealous, that you guys over there in GB can go out and buy a FRST. Here in Germany there is one car offered in a year.

[Excursion]

Looks nice! I'd refit some standard items, needs def. green stripes and amber indicators.

I'm really jealous, that you guys over there in GB can go out and buy a FRST. Here in Germany there is one car offered in a year.

That's a shame, would you be able to import from Italy or Spain?

[MircoJ]

@excursion: I'd do a lot to get a mint example, currently i'm trying to find one in the Netherlands, Belgium or France. If that doesn't work i'm prob. going to buy one rhd.

[jonyb4]

that is a shame, rent Neil in fast Ford just buy a German rst?


that's too close to be ignored Dave! should have let me know lol

[MircoJ]

that is a shame, rent Neil in fast Ford just buy a German rst?

Iirc it's a car from Switzerland. The FRST was never sold by Ford in Germany, as from the beginning of the 90s all new cars neede to have an cat.

Sorry for "hijacking" your thread Dave. Back to your car: Do you keep the front splitter?

[Dave5300]

wow well done mate, good move!

where in wales did it crop up?

chuffed for you mate i know you been wanting one for a while!


shall follow this

cheers mate yeah been dieing for one since loseing the other mk3, loved that car!

That looks nice, what's it like underneath?

It could do with a rear wiper and lock IMO

shes really solid underneath, whiped the whole interior out yesterday and theres not a drop of rust on the floor, solid! bif of a bend where somone tried to jack it up by the floor but nothing a hammer wont fix yeah i dont like the flushed look either, shell be getting a standard boot and bumper, ambers and of course green stripes!!

[Dave5300]

The new irish forum??? Im not talking about the uk rsoc irish section....im talking of the all new rsoc irish seperate forum!

http://z13.invisionfree.com/rsownersclu ... /index.php?

oh i didnt know bout that one, just joined it

[jonyb4]

new sig is required it think mate!

[Dave5300]

update,,, couple of pics of her in her new home, i then went rust hunting and tore out the interior to find no rust to speak of, just a few surface bits which will be getting treated








out come the seats and carpet









as you can see the floor is nice and solid aswel as round the filler cap





and the oily engine to soon be ripped out and cleaned up



decided then to clean the header tank, came up quiet well i think





and my replacement bumper, needs green stripe, painting and a splitter



comments welcome as always

[FRSJON]

nice clean car,well done,not many left that look like that...well ive never had one any way

[Dave5300]

thanks mate! yeah shes not bad now, nothing a good tidy a few quid spent on it wont fix

[FRSJON]

thanks mate! yeah shes not bad now, nothing a good tidy a few quid spent on it wont fix

and not having to spend thousands on rust is a good thing
will be a nice car

[mrorange2]

Very nice look good and clean

[Maxwell]

Awesome dave

[MircoJ]

decided then to clean the header tank, came up quiet well i think

Can i send you my header?

[- Danny Boy -]

Very nice indeed. I like what has been done with the rear brace to make it adjustable! Might do that to my spare one

[Excursion]

That looks good. It would be well worth drilling out those seat mounts whilst you are there, as they will be totally though in a couple of years or so

[Dave5300]

decided then to clean the header tank, came up quiet well i think

Can i send you my header?

i just used some rice and water



danny i made that strut from scratch myself haha didnt wana buy one

[jonyb4]

thought it looked homemade, but a cracking job!
it being square tubing is what gave it away


this is a bloody good find mate! very rust free considering most on here have undergone a massive restore by now


keep it dry and rust free! and underseal the baxtered

chuffed for you, and uber jealous

[Dave5300]

thought it looked homemade, but a cracking job!
it being square tubing is what gave it away


this is a bloody good find mate! very rust free considering most on here have undergone a massive restore by now


keep it dry and rust free! and underseal the baxtered

chuffed for you, and uber jealous

cheers jony! you can have a look around her in august! the strut brace just needs a lick of paint and shell be sorted

[jonyb4]

oh yes!

we shall camp together again mate, and bring the old geezer with you (jason)

[MircoJ]

i just used some rice and water

I tried to clean mine. The result wasn't even close to yours. I have to admit, that my header was a lot dirtier at the beginning. I sourced a new one now, but i'm afraid of using it, as they get dirty inside very fast.

[MircoJ]

i just used some rice and water

I tried to clean mine. The result wasn't even close to yours. I have to admit, that my header was a lot dirtier at the beginning. I sourced a new one now, but i'm afraid of using it, as they get dirty inside very fast.

[Dave5300]

Haha hes comeing again alright jony, bit faster in da rs this time tho



and microj, mine was really ful of rust sediment at the bottom the pic just dosent show it, just spent a good while at it haha was determind to get it all clean!

[JasperJ]

Nice clean lookin motor you got there dewd what is to become of the front bumper that is on it now is it for sale and is that a MC rallying splitter attached to it?

[Dave5300]

Nice clean lookin motor you got there dewd what is to become of the front bumper that is on it now is it for sale and is that a MC rallying splitter attached to it?

thanks man! i actually dont know what spitter it is, could be an mc one dunno?? ill be keeping it tho, maybe putting it on my track car whenever i get around to building it

[Rs Adz]

looks a nice clean frst nice find

[Dave5300]

howdy chaps small update, had the vrt on monday so started stripping the other night, had the dash out looking for rust and started stripping the engine, comeing out this saturday weather permitting so i gave the carpet a wash and the dash, also, i hate the way the steel nut on the rear popouts as they rust and leave a horrible rust streak on the glass so spent the day in work makeing new ones out of stainless although when i went to fit them on the passenger side, the bolt on the latch side rung of, all rusted up so may sort a new one also i picked up a few goodies from maxwell on here last week, a set of compomotive mo5 flatface alloys in really good nick, also got a radiator as mine has a hole and a fan as mine got a bad spray job in silver, and i managed to get my hands on brand new mk3.5 mirrors

anyways on with the pics



















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