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[Gmc]

who, me or the car? lol

yeah its never good when someone wrecks an old car of yours, that 2000E of mine i tried to track down again, it went to ireland, was sold to the guys brother, then was wrapped round a tree!

you musta seen it at fitp the same year i was there, i bought it in april 07, so the last time it was at fitp was when pictured above in 06' and i beleive it was there the year before sporting tsw vooodoo's and for sale stickers in the windows (got lots of old pics of it going way back, i traced old owners)

[spybeycustoms]

That's not good I did that with bm I had all I found was the shell not much use to me then ha.

I might of seen it problem is seen to many cars over the years at shows. U Must know that car inside
Out.

[Gmc]

yeah i know it pretty well, got pics of it right back to 94 taken by the second owner lol dont have anything like that for the new one, but the history has stuff back to the original service agreement with dealer stamp, pretty happy with that!

[jonyb4]

aww theres too much history there, your gonna regret selling it me thinks

[spybeycustoms]

Yeah I second that to.

I know I would their the rarest one ain't they
Well just I hope why bus it keeps it alive.
U got a good desk with the service history with
White one then, iv moved so much in last 12years
I can't find no paperwork for mine but it's not going
No where so I'm not fussed, I'll never sell it, I plan to
give it to one of my boys one day.

[Gmc]

nah i wont regret getting rid of the silver one, its had its day and needs to go on to someone who can give it the proper TLC it needs, and im left with a car which i now know inside out, and an engine that i know all the history of

[spybeycustoms]

Well least ur gonna keep one of them and put it back on the rd most ppl would just break them up and scrap them.

[Gmc]

Nah, no scrapping for me!

[spybeycustoms]

That's good. It will probably be someone else that dose it.
The state mine was in I was gonna but I dont think any car is
That far gone wen u see some really old ones ppl rebuild that
Look like their crumble if u sneeze to close to it haha

[cossiemark]

Hi you beat me by 2 days on this shell i was going for it on the Sunday as you put a deposit on it on the Friday m8 looks like you got yourself a good shell there . I don't mind now as i dropped on a real minter the other night. My topic is headed MY NEW TOY. What size are the rs 7's?

[Gmc]

Lol sorry mate, had to have it! The one you got looks a good one too, had a nosey at the thread last night, and the rs7s are my from my last car and they are the 16" versions :d

[cossiemark]

no worries m8 I'm well happy with what i am gettin and it was a steel. I am looking 4 a set of rs 7's in 16 inch i have a set of them in 15 inch but they don't fill the arches the same.

[Gmc]

Good luck with that, the 16's are probably the rarest size, hardly any ever come up, I was lucky to have got mine along with the car web I bought it! Looking for a set of rs500 alloys for a change, but I won't be parting with the rs7s lol

[Gmc]

and so the progress continues..

had it down to the garage that does my mot's on wednesday and got the bonnet catch section welded back on and the new tray welded in..

latch/panel thing


new tray welded in..


went back over to the car today and gave the tray a very quick lick of paint, just some white hammerite, i'll tidy it up properly at a later date..


also, one of my mates brought this round in preperation for this weekends fun..


and the fun begins tomorrow morning at 9:30...

[Gmc]

right.. so today was the day, half 9 start to get this ball rolling..

got over and got the crane out..


started to strip the bumpers lights etc, with my hired help and provider of muscle and engine cranes, scott..


wheels off, exhaust, driveshafts out and general carnage..


lots of pissing about and dismantling later.. engine gives up the fight and comes out..


and there we have it.. nice empty bay..


me getting in about the bay fitting hoses and bits and bobs..


and then again after very much messing about and a nightmate lining up the mounts etc.. the engine went into its new home, and i took this one as we packed up for the day..


so all we need to do is the wiring, plumbing and re-connecting everything up again tomorrow, had to stop because i had to head to the pub to work (but not without bringing the laptop so i could update lol)

the rest will be done tomorrow....

[Dave G fsi]

Good progress

[Gmc]

Right well.. After a lot of putting back together.. It's in! Got Broon to take a vid first time I turned the key..



Still bits and bobs to do, but it lives, reversed it out along the drive and back in again, all I can do for now but at least it's now mobile!

[rsturbonutter]

Fair play fella not hanging about are you. Well done keep up the enthusiatic approach mate be on the road in it in no time

[Gmc]

Nah not hanging about, it's booked on the west of Scotland RSOC regional day club stand on June 3rd lol hence the quick progress, that and I want to get some use from it before the show season is up!

[knuckles]

glad to see you got the tray ok

[spybeycustoms]

Cars looking good mate is coming along fast!! U want to do mine haha?!
Iv hit a wall was trying to take turbo off Monday but every bolt started
Snapping that's was it then iv left it still annoyed go back next Monday
Tooled up ready to beat it.

Looks great tho, got any more pics.

[Gmc]

Yeah it's getting there, still a few small issues to iron out but nothing major, hopefully going for an MOT on tomorrow morning

Don't have many more pics as I've not done anything exciting, but I did take this one..

[Fraggle]

Fcuk i miss mine even more seeing that pic above

[Excursion]

That looks superb

[FRSJON]

Yeah it's getting there, still a few small issues to iron out but nothing major, hopefully going for an MOT on tomorrow morning

Don't have many more pics as I've not done anything exciting, but I did take this one..

nice pic that

[Max M4X WW]

Looks great, makes me miss my white one!

[Gmc]

Cheers guys, it will be back with me on Monday, complete with MOT, didn't need much done, rear wheel bearing, front suspension bearing of some sort, front brake flexi hoses secured (woops!) and some water in the washer bottle (double oops..)

After that all it needs is tax and it's ready for the road, all in under a month

[jonyb4]

not bad at all mate! fords dont often go so smoothly

[Gmc]

Hi again, no pictures this time but an update nonetheless!

took it in for MOT friday just there (25th) and it failed on a couple of daft things, which were..

"Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid" washer bottle was cracked, got replaced with spare

"offside rear (stalk) statutory seatbelt of the wrong type" strange one, all the sockets & the lap belt + 1 seat belt in the back were the wrong type, square type. and the rest of the car was the correct type. was swapped out with matching ones from the other car

"(both front) brake pipe inadequately supported" Hadn't clipped them in, so they got clipped in. easy

"offside front (top strut bearing) steering system excessively tight" apparently there was NO strut bearing fitted at all, so that got fitted, bit worrying, but sorted now!

"nearside rear wheel bearing rough when rotated" simple, it got replaced.

also had them replace both gearbox driveshaft seals as they were leaking, most likely from being disturbed during the engine swap.

anyway, got it all sorted and got it back on Tuesday, took the seats out, cleaned the dash and all the plastics, hoovered the carpet, picked the best of the seats, cleaned them, hoovered them and fitted them.

Then today, switched insurance, taxed it, stuck my stereo in, put the mondeo away for the summer.. and took the fiesta out

what can i say, more than happy with it and all in time for the show on sunday, not a bad turn around in a month if you ask me! all i have to do now is polish it like crazy and get some pics of the finished article, but for the time being.. its Mission Complete!

[jonyb4]

well done mate, you must be chuffed

[Gmc]

indeed i am, looking forward to the weekend now, the West of Scotland RSOC Regional Day @ Kames Motorsport Complex, saturday setup / camping / piss-up and then the show on sunday

[RS EDDIE]

Nice wheelage....16s????

[DALSY]

congratulations Grant, youve done really well to get it done in time for KAmes on Sunday

Ill have a wee look over it on Saturday nite, with a beer and a burger

[jayrs]

[Gmc]

yeah eddie, 16's

cheers dalsy, ive surprised myself to be honest, didnt expect all to go as well as it did! oh, and you'll kindly put the beer and burger down before approaching