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So last June I bought a Mk5 Golf Tdi as a reliable and economical daily whilst I build my mk1. Didn't turn out to be too reliable and the turbo went. Twice. So took a hit and sold it at a massive loss as it was broken. After various arguments with my parents I finally bought another old 's**tbox'. This time in the form of a Mk2 Fiesta as opposed to the Mk2 Golf I had previously. Most of my friends are generally Ford nuts and figured as I'm already building a mk1 golf then I would switch it up a bit. I knew of a guy geting rid of this fiesta, it now has 3 previous owners, 42,000 miles, 5 months tax and 10 months MOT. Most important of all it's absolutely solid, the sills and arches etc. are mint. All for the sum of £800. It also has Gaz coilovers fitted and a full set of polybushes sitting in the boot waiting to go on.
Not insured on the car yet so it's sitting in the golf's space at the workshop while thats away having its cage built. I'll take some photos when I get up there next. Plans are to respray the rear bumper and bonnet including putting a badge on the front, fit some top caps to the coilovers as the previous owner didn't when he fitted them. It also needs a fan fitting too, gonna get rid of the silly camber and have the tracking fully set up. These are all the little parts it needs then I can get onto modifying it more. I've got a set of Escort RS Turbo Recaros ready to go in the front, just need to swap the subframes over from the original seats. Also going to fit the polybushes and upgrade to XR2 running gear ready for a 2ltr Zetec conversion. A friend had a mk2 previously and did the conversion in a day so will be relying on him to help as I will be using this everyday and can't afford for it to be off the road.
Lastly I plan for some decent wheels. Ford owners are generally really boring when it comes to fitting wheels to their cars. I guess it's quite difficult as these don't take wide wheels too well. Will be looking for a set of 13"/14" splits for it over the summer, maybe some old compomotives. Who knows. This will probably happen before the engine conversion. I shall update with some more photos once I get working on her!
Thanks for looking
Not insured on the car yet so it's sitting in the golf's space at the workshop while thats away having its cage built. I'll take some photos when I get up there next. Plans are to respray the rear bumper and bonnet including putting a badge on the front, fit some top caps to the coilovers as the previous owner didn't when he fitted them. It also needs a fan fitting too, gonna get rid of the silly camber and have the tracking fully set up. These are all the little parts it needs then I can get onto modifying it more. I've got a set of Escort RS Turbo Recaros ready to go in the front, just need to swap the subframes over from the original seats. Also going to fit the polybushes and upgrade to XR2 running gear ready for a 2ltr Zetec conversion. A friend had a mk2 previously and did the conversion in a day so will be relying on him to help as I will be using this everyday and can't afford for it to be off the road.
Lastly I plan for some decent wheels. Ford owners are generally really boring when it comes to fitting wheels to their cars. I guess it's quite difficult as these don't take wide wheels too well. Will be looking for a set of 13"/14" splits for it over the summer, maybe some old compomotives. Who knows. This will probably happen before the engine conversion. I shall update with some more photos once I get working on her!
Thanks for looking
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