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[Turboboy67]

Well, I have been after this car for nearly 7 years and finally a month or so ago the owner decided to part with it,

87k from new, All original paint, absolutely mint seats, 2 owners from new.

The car was last on the road October 03, but has been stored very well since then.

Plans;

Hopefully going to go standard concours, but it will be at least 2 years before this happens

The original engine and box are not in the car but I got them as part of the deal so they will be both rebuilt.

Total restore of the underside and engine bay, I'd like to keep the original paint so atm no plans for a respray.

This really is a long term project so it may be a few weeks/months between updates.

First thing today was to collect the car and bring it back to my local Ford bodyshop for a once over.

I know that the upper part of the sill under the door seal needs very minor work, the driver side is mint.

I removed the insulation tape that was covering the green stripes and rear ford badge as it was the wrong one.

A few blurry pictures but you get the idea.



Mint original fuel cap area



The paintwork is amazing



Driver's seat







I have lots of new parts to go on the car, I want to get it as close to standard as possible.

I'll get some better pictures when I go back down on Monday.

[FRSJON]

thank god for that,couldnt hold it in much longer lol looks good

[Turboboy67]

So, I've been down to the bodyshop today and had the car in the air for the first time.

Thankfully no nasty surprises, the underside due to my plans will be subject to a complete refurb, atm, I'm planning on doing it as Ford did, so no seam sealer and very little underseal

I do need a new bonnet, the one on there is good but the underside lip is rusting and really beyond repair to the standard I want.

It is also fitted with a full Bilstein suspension, again, this will be sold and I need to sorce and standard suspension set up.

Exhaust, currently turbo back Magnex, again replaced with a genuine Ford one (I know these are ultra rare but I'm hopeful I can find one).

Bodywork, generally very good, but there are several dents which I'm confident a good dent man can get out, there is one spot of rust on the drivers door about 3mm across, possibly a stone chip which will need to be sorted. overall the bodywork is very good/excellent. I'm thinking I'll leave it as it is and see what points I loose when it's finally entered into Concours, if it's too many I will have to have it resprayed.

Engine bay, lots of work here to do, I've seen how much work Eddie had to do on his and this is exactly the same.

ABS, I actually thought it didn't come with this option, but it did , my plans atm is to dump this and replace the brake lines etc etc. as I know how much trouble and complicated they are.

more updates soon

[Excursion]

I will look forward to seeing another one improved

[rs_fiesta]

Looks very nice mate and glad another one is being improved.
Get some more pics up!

[Maxwell]

Beautiful car!!

[Turboboy67]

Cheers guys, I will pop down tomorrow again and try and get some half decent pictures for you all.

[Dave G fsi]

Looks like an excellent example! Good luck with the project

[Turboboy67]

Cheers Dave, I managed to take some better pictures today.



a lot of work to do here, but it does have the original ignition leads



The last time it was on the road



The rear arches do look very good but I'm going to have to remove the kit, I got a feeling this will end in a full respray



small amount of corrosion in the driver's side rear arch



Plenty of work on the underside needed as well

[FRSJON]

looks great ,hope you keep this one for a long time

[Turboboy67]

Cheers mate, yes, this one is deffinitely a keeper.

One thing I have discovered is, it use to have a tow bar !

[luca]

Ooooh you lucky buggerrr

Lovely keeper that mate, let me know when your ready to sell though hehehe!

Look forward to seeing the build thread

[Turboboy67]

Ooooh you lucky buggerrr

Lovely keeper that mate, let me know when your ready to sell though hehehe!

Will do mate

Now, about that white Motorcraft battery I "lent" you

[luca]

Ha ha I was thinking about renting out for a show season

[Maxwell]

That looks superb underneath!!

[fiestarsturboblack]

Looks great mate. Is she goin to be submitted to a full strip down?? Nut an bolt resto??

[mrorange2]

Look good mate and looks a very good car nice find.

[Turboboy67]

Thanks guys

Looks great mate. Is she goin to be submitted to a full strip down?? Nut an bolt resto??

Yes bud, everything, I'm thinking now of getting the shell acid dipped, something I'm going to look into further.

[Michael!]

i need an frst, never mind a concours one. look forward to the updates

[BLOKIE]

Hi Shaun,
Looks a good one mate
I thought you told me it was a secret, mums the word and all that.
Seriously mate if you want a hand with anything just let me know.
Cheers Blokie

[Turboboy67]

It's a secret from Facebook mate as my girlfriend doesn't know I have it yet

Thanks for the offer, I will be on the phone to you with various questions I'm sure

[rs_fiesta]

pimsle^^^wish i could do that!

[fiestarsturboblack]

Would be good to get that done mate. Wer wud u get it done???

[Max M4X WW]

Only just stumbled on this and can't wait for progress, if I ever come into some money I'd love to buy one already done (as I'm lazy!!)

[Turboboy67]

Only just stumbled on this and can't wait for progress, if I ever come into some money I'd love to buy one already done (as I'm lazy!!)

I think standard restored (or unrestored) examples will be the ones in the near future that make good money.

I need to do more research on the acid dipping, there is a place in Dudley, West Midlands that do the process.

[Maxwell]

If you look on png (performance nova group) there is a guy from
Northern Ireland called Keith Robinson, who built a Nova turbo but got the shell dipped and then coated in dome mad rust proof coating etc. He shipped his car from NI to England (Newcastle Upon Tyne rings a bell) and them shipped it back.

Might be worth finding the thread to find out the name and location of the place who done it. The nova is absolutely superb!

Edit: there is the link to the build thread:

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread ... urbo-build

Edit #2: Its the place in Dudley that you spoke about

[MattPym]

Wow that is a lovely example. Did you know the previous owner or knew of the car and were waiting to leap on it if it ever came up for sale?

I know this is a concours project, but I had to laugh at these lines, They are almost like the exact opposite of every other project!

It is also fitted with a full Bilstein suspension, again, this will be sold and I need to sorce and standard suspension set up.

Exhaust, currently turbo back Magnex, again replaced with a genuine Ford one (I know these are ultra rare but I'm hopeful I can find one).

High quality uprated suspension........ Replace for standard components
Uprated exhaust system........ Replace for stand components

I'll be keeping an eye on this one

[Turboboy67]

Wow that is a lovely example. Did you know the previous owner or knew of the car and were waiting to leap on it if it ever came up for sale?

Yes and yes

I tried to tempt him a few years ago before I bought H196 JNE, but he didn't want to sell,
then I heard through another mate (who has a mint unrestored Mercury FRST) that he was thinking of selling, so I gave him a ring, popped down to see him and a deal was done.

Not much to report atm, the car is still down the body shop (I've told them not hurry on the minor work being done)
I'm now on the hunt for a small workshop where I can fully strip the car and get to work on the resto.

Lots of new parts are being sourced, the list is endless

[tin-ribs]

Looks a lovely example, cant believe it had a tow bar !
I can picture it now on its way to brean towing a 2 birth !

[jayrs]

Ah so this is the one you been on about lol looks good fella

[Fraggle]

Mega jizz tastic that, want want want

[jayrs]

[rob pace]

just seen this, good luck with it fella

[Turboboy67]

just seen this, good luck with it fella

Cheers Rob, it's going to be a long hard slog to find all the parts I need,

I can't believe how much harder it is now to find stuff compared with 4 or 5 years ago, everything is getting rarer and rarer.

[jayrs]

It sure is, and it's getting expensive too!
I'm a little surprised you do t have most if not all of it in stock Shaun lol