Tidyin up my Fiesta RST Continued into 2010 now
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:35 pmMost of you who have been around the Wos Group for a while now will know my little Fiesta Turbo, it's been around the RS scene
for a few years now however the passage of time is not being kind to her
. What was once a very tidy wee car has slipped
far below my ussual buftying standards. For those of you who don't know the car I restored it about 2 and a bit years ago and
have covered about 14k miles since. I used the car right up untill February this year then put it off the road as I awaited the
funds to buy my Series 1. A friend of mine let me store the Fez in his garage so I could sort out some of the body work and
interior and there it has stayed almost abandond untill today
.
Lets start with some piccys, this has been it's home for the last few months
Thats my big mate Jason's 4x4 Saph above the Fez, it's been recieving an underside restore going on 2 and a bit years now
He started it not long after he finished restoring my Fiesta but as it never gets touched as he's allways to busy working on
customers cars
.
He promises that it will see the road next year but he did say that last year and the year before come to think
This is how the front bumper looks at the moment after my neighbours daughter decided to try parking for the first time
She cracked the glass on one of my front fogs too but it's a bit of blessing as the front end had a good few stone chips and
the bonnet was also due to be repaired and resprayed too due to my tubular manifold melting the paint
I stripped all the interior out many months ago to check the floor after the door seals went last winter and so I could clean
the carpet and seats again
. I've gave all the panels a good t-cut to remove the mountain of tar spots and just to
bring the paint back up fresh again.
The floor looked better than I thought to be honest as it had sat with a small puddle in each front foot wells for a month or so
but there were signs of surface rust appearing half way up each door line
The floors cleaned up really well although I did find a hole about the size of a 50p at the bottom of the drivers side wheel arch
in the foot well. We'll get that welded up though and give it a wee spray along with the bits half way up the doors
The rear foot wells and door checks came up lovely so once that wee bit of weldings done and it's painted the freshly cleaned
carpet and interior can go back in again.
Once the front bumper and bonnet have both been repaired and sprayed she should look like new on the outside once again
Then it's just the engine bay to tidy up and remove the Tubular manifold so I can send it for a proper ceramic coating
for a few years now however the passage of time is not being kind to her
. What was once a very tidy wee car has slipped far below my ussual buftying standards. For those of you who don't know the car I restored it about 2 and a bit years ago and
have covered about 14k miles since. I used the car right up untill February this year then put it off the road as I awaited the
funds to buy my Series 1. A friend of mine let me store the Fez in his garage so I could sort out some of the body work and
interior and there it has stayed almost abandond untill today
. Lets start with some piccys, this has been it's home for the last few months
Thats my big mate Jason's 4x4 Saph above the Fez, it's been recieving an underside restore going on 2 and a bit years now
He started it not long after he finished restoring my Fiesta but as it never gets touched as he's allways to busy working on
customers cars
. He promises that it will see the road next year but he did say that last year and the year before come to think
This is how the front bumper looks at the moment after my neighbours daughter decided to try parking for the first time
She cracked the glass on one of my front fogs too but it's a bit of blessing as the front end had a good few stone chips and
the bonnet was also due to be repaired and resprayed too due to my tubular manifold melting the paint
I stripped all the interior out many months ago to check the floor after the door seals went last winter and so I could clean
the carpet and seats again
. I've gave all the panels a good t-cut to remove the mountain of tar spots and just to bring the paint back up fresh again.
The floor looked better than I thought to be honest as it had sat with a small puddle in each front foot wells for a month or so
but there were signs of surface rust appearing half way up each door line
The floors cleaned up really well although I did find a hole about the size of a 50p at the bottom of the drivers side wheel arch
in the foot well. We'll get that welded up though and give it a wee spray along with the bits half way up the doors
The rear foot wells and door checks came up lovely so once that wee bit of weldings done and it's painted the freshly cleaned
carpet and interior can go back in again.
Once the front bumper and bonnet have both been repaired and sprayed she should look like new on the outside once again
Then it's just the engine bay to tidy up and remove the Tubular manifold so I can send it for a proper ceramic coating
