View Full Version : My new run around (sorry buts its a Ford)
Matt2107
19-08-05, 01:23 PM
So the GTE is still being worked on and I needed a little run around to get to work and shit.
Through my gf's parents I managed to find an automatic fiesta on the Isle Of Wight (some of you might have seen the earlier posts) Turns out that instead of buying the car for ?50 the fella said he wanted rid of it and i could have it.
It had a knackered gear box but was still driveable so i started the hour and a bit journey back to Oxford. Christ knows how i managed to get home, the car would pull away real slowly and take about 300 metres to get up to 15 miles an hour. It made it with a little luck... all the traffic lights were on green :-)
So anyway I managed to source a replacement gear box which wasnt too expensive and was just a case of taking out the old and in with the new.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/fiesta.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/fiesta3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/fiesta1.jpg
We just dropped the old one out with a little help from a trolley jack but luckily it was my little brothers birthday the week before and he got the nice new engine hoist in the photo. Bloody good job because the box weighed around 50kgs.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/fiesta2.jpg
Also had to replace one of the c.v joints and mot and tax the bugger. It sailed through the MOT which was a nice surprise. I've kinda got used to the garages telling me my previous Nova's have failed.
So I'm expecting most people to rip into me for driving a ford but i fancied something different just for a couple of months. Might even try and sell it on for a profit as its low mileage, body works not bad and interior is mint.
Even so I couldnt resist buying some clear indicators for it ;-)
used to own a few mk3 fiestas
rs1800 xr2 and 2 I's .. i like em ..
worthy of a free runabout that atleast fella 8)
andyhayes77
19-08-05, 02:01 PM
So I'm expecting most people to rip into me for driving a ford but i fancied something different just for a couple of months. Might even try and sell it on for a profit as its low mileage, body works not bad and interior is mint.
Even so I couldnt resist buying some clear indicators for it ;-)
I really must say MK3's body shape is horrible in Fiesta's I love the MK2 there so easy to mod and look really stylish and the MK1 well I dont need to say it everybody knows its a classic. Yours looks in really good nick though get some XR21 bumpers for it and it will double its value. Another good tip stay clear of the lexus lights they have chav written all ova them get some tinting spray ?8.99 motosave and give it two coats. White bodywork with smoked lights will look mint
Here's a good example for you to work upto
http://maxeduk.com/project/kit.html
It started life as a standard 1.3 looks mint now
Here's a good example for you to work upto
http://maxeduk.com/project/kit.html
It started life as a standard 1.3 looks mint now
Might look good, but that poor guy can't park for shit :lol:
andyrs1800
19-08-05, 04:09 PM
Mine started as a standard 1.1...
ive had 3 fiesta's and i think there great. even though my cambelt did snap on my 1.8 lol. didnt take me a day to fix it though
a G-reg fiesta that isn't a pile of rust on the floor :o
hmmmm interesting
if its still on its original steering rack ill eat my hat, and i dont even have a hat :lol:
scott.parker
20-08-05, 10:08 AM
There not too bad a car,but i would never have a XR2i again,mine was very fast but it borke down every week,and not just littel things! :roll:
Though the white one is nice.
Excuse any iffy styling this was 4years ago now :lol:
Spot the vaux styling addon :wink:
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/3093/picture7158rk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
but if had a ford again i wouldnt mind this one!
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6393/picture907small8hr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
nore this
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/5060/picture909small3gi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Or even this one looks like fun!!
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/9345/picture957small2mc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
:D Scott
Matt2107
20-08-05, 10:21 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/fiesta4.jpg
A vast improvement over the orange indicators and all for about ?3 a side.
I've also got my eye on some tinted rear light lenses. Although they do look a little too dark for plods liking.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7992990170&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
I am also after a set of XR2i alloys.
Just gotta make sure I dont let the GTE fall to the side lines.
Spot the vaux styling addon :wink:
Front bumper lower valance from an SR/GTE?? :wink:
Matt those rear lights should be fine mate as long as they have red reflector on them, which it looks like they do, they shouldn't be a problem.
Philsutton
20-08-05, 01:11 PM
id be scared of falling asleep while driving a car like that. I mean fiestas arent exciting at the best of times but an automatic, christ lol.
Yup, my mums had a separate guage on the dash to tell you exactly how bored you were at any given time, and it was in the red most of the time :lol:
Philsutton
20-08-05, 05:35 PM
lol, thats some serious boring factor
scott.parker
20-08-05, 08:36 PM
Spot the vaux styling addon :wink:
Front bumper lower valance from an SR/GTE?? :wink:
Matt those rear lights should be fine mate as long as they have red reflector on them, which it looks like they do, they shouldn't be a problem.
Nope its off a newer vaux :wink:
scott.parker
21-08-05, 09:43 AM
Astra Mk4?
Yes mate,looks quite smart on there realy i thought. :P
Scott
ANDYRACER
21-08-05, 08:44 PM
Cant complain for a run about. And Scott thank god u grew out of that styling phase. Sunstrip+eyebrows=chav :lol:
scott.parker
22-08-05, 07:40 PM
Cant complain for a run about. And Scott thank god u grew out of that styling phase. Sunstrip+eyebrows=chav :lol:
Lol everyone stated doing that to there cars aftter i did,the top strip is window tint much better for not wanking your wiper blades up,and the light brows i made my self from some black sticky back plastic,i use to have some on the fogs and cut it in oval shapes,no one know what car it was behind at night,and the blue indercators is shrink wrap :lol:
As i said it was a fair few years ago,and not to mention money was not so easy in my pocket,so cheep mods for cheep times. :wink:
LMAO i just found a pic,god i was 19 in the pic :o
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/4633/mexr2iova0os.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Scott
Mate, 1100 Fiestas are shit, really really really fucking shit. Not regular shit, terroble hate filled vile shit!!! I've one as my run about and its Shit. That siad, if you stuff it into a wall, or off a cliff or something, you'll not exactly miss it!! :lol:
Watch out for the feature of "HOW DODS FIESTA VAN MET ITS MAKER...."
Watch out for the feature of "HOW DODS FIESTA VAN MET ITS MAKER...."
What, some manual labourer on the Ford production line? Will this be like a telivised reunion?
scott.parker
22-08-05, 08:12 PM
LOOKIN' COOL :+:
I bet you have some cheesey pics of you with your EVo nova :wink: :lol:
Scott
Alas none with me in them! Although I do have a polaroid somewhere of me and my old Fiat... eeeeegggh, I had some crazy ass shorts on lmao
scott.parker
22-08-05, 08:18 PM
Do show mate :lol: ,mine was a polaroid,hence why its so crapy finished.
Scott
Alas none with me in them! Although I do have a polaroid somewhere of me and my old Fiat... eeeeegggh, I had some crazy ass shorts on lmao
scan that picture, i need a good laugh :lol: :lol:
Watch out for the feature of "HOW DODS FIESTA VAN MET ITS MAKER...."
What, some manual labourer on the Ford production line? Will this be like a telivised reunion?
No silly, how it met its maker as in a 20 yr old Cleica when the paint work STOPS holding the rest of the car together meets its maker. :lol:
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