mk4 Escort Bonus - now Zetec'd and running :)

[rosco]

Pics as promised, wanted to build another Bonus as love the look of the base models and they are usually better looked after than the XRs and RS shells, and driven by old folk lol. Some people might remember my old blue one:




I put an 1800 zetec 105 spec in her and went well, then a 2.0 went in but still ran the 105 management so was never as quick as it should have been. Sold that one and been looking for another good shell for a few months, finally this one came up on Ebay in London of all places! Just turned a genuine 30k from new, 2 owners from new and importantly for me no sunroof, and a rare colour.










its had 2 x very small welds in all its life, but apart from these the shell is mint, the best i've had by far and i've had a few now lol. Drove down on saturday with good mate Hairdo, seen here rocking out lol



then back up yesterday with a quick visit to a fairly famous venue:



So she is now home (drove the 450 miles faultlessly) and tucked away in the garage, after a good wash to get all the poop from the journey off. My favourite part was the price.....won on Ebay for £260 as had failed mot on daft things! Spent about the same again gettin her home but was a great weekend so all good.

Plans are to give the car a well needed t-cut to get all the wee marks off and will be lowered on S2 wheels and wee plates, turbo interior and 2.0 zetec with 130 spec everything, cossie brakes etc. I've already bought a donor mk4 which was built for the track with all the bits i need so just waiting for weather to get a bit better!

hope you like, cheeRS

[rspaul1974]

well done m8 very clean car will be keeping an eye on this one

[ally7th]

that looks very clean

and a bargain at that price

[Ade]

Stunning, a great buy!

I'd be tempted to deck it over a set of white Comps..... keep that white wheeltrimmed Bonus look at it's core!

[marv]

wow mate that is clean!

hope to see some good progress soon!

Then we can see if injection is better than carb lol

[swordfish]

its always good to see the outer sills the origianl colour good sign that they are the original sills

so many get painted with bichamin cos they burn the paint with the welder when putting in new sills

think id go with ade's idea of the white mo's sounds good

any pics of the donnor car ??

[Miss Emma_RS]

A good clean find...looking forward to seeing the finished product too

[Belly123]

You and mark are a pair of dafties!!! Superperb!
Looks a wee minter neeber, al need to pop thru and see it.
P.S. Thought you wir done with auld fords

[darren_mcvicar]

Very clean looking car there buddy good find

[Big Ian]

THATS A GREAT FIND MATE,WELL DONE,LOOKS MINT TOO,

[turbochargedjjmclure]

minted fella good find, it's great to see these timewarp classics being found. did you have any tunes in the motor for the trip home? two knob job!

[rosco]

cheers for all comments

well i planned to take my cd player with me and chuck it in for the journey but forgot and the aerial was crap too, so i only got odd bit of reception in the 7 hours we were driving was a horrendous drive but all worth it

[Tam]

Kwality! I had one like that a couple of years ago that del spotted in a garden and got for nothing, Had never been welded but needed a few plates and had some scabbing on the back arches.




Turbo'd it using my red s2 as a donor, new everything, suspension, rack, arms, bushes, brakes all round, 2 wings all that was missing was a respray and i blew it up heading home one night


Tam.

[DALSY]

fookin time warp car,lookin good Rosco

[Kevin_Mc]

looks immaculate Ross, glad you got it home in one peice mate - really liked your last two Bonus/Pops, always thought Poverty spec sleepers were cool

good luck with it mate

[rosco]

well after a busy weekend fuelled by MacD's, we now have a running Zetec Bonus

the donor car, Escort Eclipse with strong 2.0 zetec, 130 spec ECU, inlet, throttle body etc, RST box, full new XR3i exhaust, Recaro's etc:






stripping the Bonus



pleasantly surprised with this



photo of how we have done wiring (ecu in cabin so water proof) and fuel filter set up



and then in she goes





Just drove it up the road and its awesome Massive thanks to Pete for doing all the wiring etc (transferred entire loom over so now have e/w, c/l etc) and all the knowledge, and also to Dad and Ben for helping as well.

Still rolling on original wheels and trims till i get my wheels on, thinking of running it for a bit like this

[rspaul1974]

engine looks right at home well done to all involved

[DALSY]

good work mate, done well there

[Miss Emma_RS]

Busy Busy indeed! Looking good

[turbochargedjjmclure]

good stuff lads well done, canny beat more poke
just a small observation tho,is that fuel filter not going to be a kant to change being where it is?