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[Curtis]

Got myself a 1.1 classic quartz. Pretty much got two projects on the go here, my own for modifying it, and another raising money for Cancer Research




Shortly After Painting the rear panel of the car, the idea is for a minimum of a £1 donation, people can sign and show their support for the cause


As of early February




Fitted a new spoiler


Got a feature in the local paper




Debadged the rear


Then the car got broken into, nothing stolen though :/




Fitted a new Sub hi-jacked from a land rover

Watch this space for more updates. Donations are sat at over £100 now, going to be painting the door very soon, and i will be at Fiesta in the Park if anyone wants to get involved

[emblem]

Love it mate......

Really good idea, and i for one will def sign at the shows...........

[Curtis]

Some of you may have heard, but i ground the engine to a halt through lack of oil :dickhead: anyway, chris179 on here very kindly donated his old 1.1 for the cause. Well we started work on it today, and got pretty damn far to be honest XD


got the engine on a hoist, ready to put on the stand


it looked a bit worse for wear, but thought we could work with it


we got the rocker cover and cylinder head off to assess the damage inside


it was worse than we thought :/


started stripping the whole engine down to the block, to try and free the pistons


fortunately, the bottom end is absolutely mint, so we can still go somewhere with it.

plans now are getting the pistons free of the block, and then taking it to a local milling company to get it re-bored, hopefully wont be too much bob.

[EUFez]

Awesome mate. Well done on the newspaper feature, fair play!

Looks mint, like mine! Love that you've gave a name for her too. My Fez's name is Fanny!

[jayrs]

good on ya for the sign the car idea mate if your at fordfair i will come sign it too, or better still, PM me ya paypal address and then you can sign it on my behalf

shame about the engine going, but nice to see your sticking with it

[Fraggle]

Respect Fella,,World Needs More People Like u In it

[Curtis]

well the block is a no go, got a quote and its in the region of £300 to salvage it i'll be at fiesta in the park, going with the fiestaguides group, so i'll be on their stand. my missus will be staying with the car collectiong donations, while i check out the sweet metal ^_^

[jayrs]

i wont be at FITP, can i PP ya and you put my name on?

[Curtis]

Ahh gutted, yeah, it curtisrosselliott@gmail.com, just put the name you want putting down in the comments on there

[jayrs]

Ahh gutted, yeah, it curtisrosselliott@gmail.com, just put the name you want putting down in the comments on there

donation sent mate.
if this space is still free bung it there, if not, anywhere

[Curtis]

cheers dude, just received it that panel is full due to a fundraiser i did at a local school. i'll get you a spot on the door when i paint that mate

[jayrs]

no worries mate

[jonyb4]

very nice mate, warms me up inside

ill save a coin for ya at fitp

[Curtis]

Little update, just bought an engine for £140, not cheap, but hell, it was my only option left save for a swap, but wouldn't be able to insure it. Hopefully that'll be with us next week and we can get perry back on the road!

[jayrs]

good good mate.

hope its a good lump for that price too

[Curtis]

oh don't, i've had enough trouble as is! the ebay shop selling it is a scrappers, i found there website and they were selling it there for £120, so i thought i had 'em. it wasn't until i got to checkout that they were like, oh btw, £42 delivery. It comes with a 60 day warranty though, so thats at least some sign that it'll be ok

[jayrs]

thats not too bad then when ya take delivery off of it, although they should of stated it in the listing.

be sure to get it in there quick smart when you get it incase something is wrong with it

[Curtis]

Well we're emptying the bay at the moment while we wait for delivery. most of those extra bits are off now, all thats left is the alternator and a few pipes nearer the bottom of the block. We can then disconnect the gearbox

[jayrs]

wont take long to swap it over when it arrives mate, be back up and running in no time

[Curtis]

Right, new engine delivered today, old engines out and in the garage. Got loads of bits ordered like some new sparks, oil filter, timing chain and a few gaskets, fan belt was on its way out as well so thats been replaced. all thats left is chucking this stuff on and bashing the new engine inside. its all coming together finally ^_^

[jayrs]

thats good news mate

[jonyb4]

any reason to why you want to replace the chain?

never even heard of one failing not to mention wearing down

[Curtis]

the engine i've bought has a 60 day warranty, its only valid with a new chain and oil filter

[Curtis]

nice photodump for you all

long overdue images of the break-in damage




some photo's from the build

the new engine, excellent condition


old engine out


Perry's proud plinth

and a bonus, perry's made a friend!



not jealous in the slightest!

Hopefully making the final push on tuesday, and will be at fitp ^_^

[jayrs]

wtf, someone went to all that getting the lock out when they could of done a window.......... c**ts

nice GT in the background there
is that the one that was at fordfair?

[Curtis]

well it was a professional job, both locks were drilled out. i'm going to assume they did the passenger lock first, as that lock was fooked anyway, and you can't even open it with the key. so they smashed it to f**k and did the drivers door. alarm must've gone off as they opened the bonnet, disconnected the battery and ripped the speaker from its stand. you can see the bent frame on the left of the bay.

and no, the only show he ever takes it to is the stoneleigh kit car show, and he only properly finished it last summer. quality motor though, sounds gorgeous!

[jayrs]

bloody hell, what the fcuk were they after to go to so much trouble, they wasnt trying to rob the whole car surly?


well he want4s to get it to more shows, thats bloody lovely

[Curtis]

their target was a snap-on van, over £50k worth of tools. we can only presume they intended to use my car as a getaway, but a nearby motorhome was easier to break into.

[jayrs]

ah right, im guessing they got the van then.
at least they didnt get the car though mate, just a shame about the damage

[Curtis]

well the engines fitted and eventually fired, took a bit of dicking around with the hoses mind. Only problem is, it idles at about 2500-3000 rpm, anyone got any ideas what it could be?

[SLEEMAN]

bloody hell the those twocers did a real nasty mess of those locks, and use your car as a getaway car? i mean in the world of high powered astras, vectras, insignia's even ford focus cop cars and maybe the scary scooby, evo's and st220's how on earth would they getaway in a 1.1 fiesta?? seriously! some theives are actually dumb. but maybe in a sense you could delock the car now and install a remote central locking kit

[Curtis]

i would if i had the money! stone broke at the minute though :/ and because of all the mishaps the car is in nowhere near show spec. haven't even managed to paint the door. So if you want to donate, you can, but you'll have to find a spot on the wing. Oh yeah, the car runs now! turns out the clip for the throttle cable had shuffled down slightly, it was simply holding the throttle half open! sometimes its the most trivial things!

[Curtis]

Some more artsy shots for you to mock my lack of photographic prowess


All the gunk away now, and a new lock fitted. Bit rough, but at least i can secure the car now.


All red rear lights, look a bit orange in this shot still, may give them another light coat...


Subtle FiestaGuides Sticker


New Badge, I love how this works with the car, massive improvement

So there you go guys, gotta get low next ^_^

[Curtis]

Just thought i'd drop this here ^_^