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by **Fezzy Turbo** on Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:13 pm

sphinx :Looking good! and your not welding any of those panels on?!

Its all glued

by **random_dav** on Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:31 pm

Quality, glad your not giving up on it

by **Choosey** on Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:44 pm

Happy birthday old man! That 52 now yeah?! :lol:

Good to see the motor coming along. Will be pretty much a new car when you get it back! :aviator:

by **Mikee_RS** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:17 am

happy birthday

by **heeman10** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:49 am

Ouch, you'll be hoovering that dash for a while! It'll be so nice to clean all the interior again, get glass back in and see it with paint on the panels again. Glad it's still moving forward at a reasonable pace

by **Swanick** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:02 am

Choosey :Happy birthday old man! That 52 now yeah?!

Good to see the motor coming along. Will be pretty much a new car when you get it back!

you have been in hiding for a while now :lol:

good to see another frst saved, top job

by **fiestyRS** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:42 am

im so jelous mate,first ive seen of this thread.
just read it all and gotta say total respect to you.
if i wasnt married i would do somthing like this lol.

by **xr2imetalhead** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:50 am

coming allong nicely matey and happy birthday dude

by **ianFRST** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:28 am

have you looked behind the dash board aswell then?

even mine started to go there, where the front chassis legs meet the bulkhead.

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:40 pm

heeman .... dont worry, im changing to a black dash anyway, so its all coming out.

ianFRST .... thanks for letting me know, will get the guys to check

choosey .... fook off! :bonkers:

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:43 pm

Yet another trip to see the Fezzy.

IanFRST, you were right to check. Well it wasnt bad, but a couple of wee bits getting sorted out.

The driver side is on and just about finished....

Oh and complete new chassis legs and front end. These will be welded....

So it really will be a brand new FRST

Please see for sale section for engine parts :wink:

by **D.J** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:58 pm

Where are you getting the chassis legs from? Surely they can't be new as well?

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:13 pm

D.J :Where are you getting the chassis legs from? Surely they can't be new as well?

New ones from Ford

by **ianFRST** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:28 pm

its very hard to spot place, even with the carpet out, hence why you need to have a real good look.

now all you need to do when its complete is move down south a bit more where its warmer :bonkers:

by **Big Walker** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:29 pm

Surely this should be in Members Gallery :-?

But the project looks ace mate nice work and can't wait to see it completed, glad to see that it's another Fester saved

by **heeman10** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:50 pm

I reckon you'll have lost a bit of structural stiffness at the front there :lol:

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:24 pm

UncleFesters69 :Surely this should be in Members Gallery

Been in here since July last year and not got moved ...... damn, just jinxed it :rolleyes:

IanFRST .... no thanks, too crowded down there :wink:

but dont worry, i will take the car down south when its finished and im not away working

heeman .... you think ? :bonkers:

by **MarkRS2K** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:49 pm

i dread to think the bil so far mate, but its coming along nicely all the same

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:12 pm

m4frd :i dread to think the bil so far mate, but its coming along nicely all the same

about £3500 so far ......

by **Mikee_RS** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:15 pm

one of the best restorations ive seen mate

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:25 pm

Mikee_RS :one of the best restorations ive seen mate

cheers, will probably be the only FRST left in another 16 years :wink:

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:01 pm

Latest update on the restoration....

New footwell....

Engine bay side....

New inner wing....

nice new battery tray as well....

The front end is coming along now. Most of the fiddly bits have been done, so its a case of fitting large Ford parts

by **DaveRom** on Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:18 pm

I'm liking how they've done that above

Brings back memories of when mine was done :lol:

The car will be superb when finished

Might need to pick your brains at some point Greg re the parts in the above post.

Cheers

Dave

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:05 pm

DaveRom :
The car will be superb when finished

Might need to pick your brains at some point Greg re the parts in the above post.

Cheers

Dave

Cheers Dave. Nae worries about the parts, just give us a shout.

Greg

by **knuckles** on Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:46 pm

Ive been watching this restore thread for some time now. You have literally renewed the whole car, gotta have big balls to do that kinda restore

Its always the passenger side foot well that goes :lol:

Ive recently discovered a big hole in mine. Water has been getting in via the bottom of the windscreen. something new :rolleyes:

I really admire the amount of time and work and mostly money that has gone into this fiesta. Please don't end up selling it like most people do with there finished projects.

You will want to lock it away in a garage once finished and just let it out for shows for people to drool over ...

Keep those updates coming .....
All the best
Knuckles

by **MAD_Adamski** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:14 am

GO GREG GO!!!

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:58 am

adamski frst :GO GREG GO!!!

Go to where ?? :wink:

Knuckles .... both footwells were repaired as a matter of caution. I only had a very small hole on the passenger side, but the driver side was the dreaded orange colour. So to save having to fix that side 2 - 3 years down the line, its all been cut out and replaced now. Thats been the theme of this restore. It might not be rotten, but if its even looking dodgy, its removed and replaced.

by **niracka** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 3:29 pm

muchos respectos for this dude. Its not often you see someone properly go to work on there car to this extent. It would be a shame to see another rs shell die to rust. Its obviouse you really do love this car So keep it up man. I'l b keepin an eye on this car

ollie

by **ianFRST** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:37 pm

by **MarkRS2K** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:04 pm

looks good mate

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:09 pm

Cheers for the comments guys

Some even better news, finally stripped the rest of my engines bottom end. The bores are absolutley mint and there isnt even a lip on them!! .... not bad for 16yrs old and 148,000 miles. So, im thinking of using my original block and having it worked on, instead of the block i bought.

Must be some truth in doing regular oil changes :wink:

by **joe boy** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:23 pm

well done mate lookin very good to how it was,

i bet your wallets guna be screaming lol

by **Fezzy Turbo** on Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:27 pm

~joeboifiesta~ :well done mate lookin very good to how it was, i bet your wallets guna be screaming lol

I have gagged it :lol:

by **KEVFRST** on Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:32 pm

looking so good now, and its gna be brand spanking!!

cant wait to see it..............

by **paradox** on Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:19 pm

Mate please take the dash out and check behind for rot i have stripped a fair few fiestas in my time and most of them had rot showing on the inside of the bulkhead even though the bulkhead looked mint from the engine bay side.

I would hate for you to go to all that expense and trouble only for the bulkhead to go badly after shes been painted and rebuilt.

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