OK, well thought i would give a little write up of where my project has come from, and where its at now. loads of pictures, and will updated frequently as i continue my project

 

Started life as a Ford Escort cabriolet 1.6 cvh Radiant Red (picture is what it would have looked like from the factory) apart from the dirt, lol

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/cabbefore.jpg

 

i bought it 2 1/2 years ago looking like this, shame i havent got some closer pics, the bodywork needed soring all over due to fade (bloody red) and scratches everywhere, i got it for a good price, so cant moan, so there goes the first 2 grand.

 

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/26_1_b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/44_1_b-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/b1_1_b-1.jpg

 

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/92_1_b.jpg

 

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Edited February 26, 200816 yr by vampire

I was liking it..right uptil I saw the yellow forest fresh freshner.........so spoilt the whole car for me.....shudda colour matched with the autumn ocre red one..........newbie mistake tsk

What i got for my money was:

 

genuine cosworth front arches

genuine cosworth sideskirts

full cut and fitted rear arches with extended lip

genuine cosworth bonnet and vents

morrettes

17 alloys

rs turbo engine

full leather interior

genuine cosworth rear bumper

 

the rest of the parts were shite.

 

So after finally getting the car home after it broke down 3 times. (200 mile drive) with dodgy electrics

 

i was planning on stripping it and selling all the parts but the engine and putting that in my project at the time.

 

this:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/8f93a54f.jpg

But!!!! it was start of summer, and after stripping the cars interior electrics and fitting a new alarm system (took like 3 days straight! knighmare) it was running nicely. i drove it around for a few weeks andi kinda fell in love with the soft top and decided it was my new project.

 

i had the car paint touched up, bumpers, doors, bonnet and headlights painted, and it looked ace.

 

 

now, all didnt go smoothly, firstly, the rs turbo gearbox gave up on me, so paid for that to be fixed, then the turbo engine blow a piston, so i was a bit stuck.

 

after much deliberation i decided to rip the rs turbo unit out as it was wired up a write mess, and decided i would fit a 2litre zetec.

 

the only photos of got of this are just after ive fitted it. and painted everything under the bonnet black!

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01228.jpg

 

decied to do quite a bit of work with the engine as wanted to look good and go well.

 

4-1 focus manifold

custom induction pipe.

samcos

few bits of bling.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01252-1.jpg

Edited December 2, 200717 yr by vampire

keep going .....

and while i was at it decided to sort the suspension and braking out as the old units were 15 years old!

 

st170 brake conversion and rs2000 rear all brand new apart from refubed rear beam.

 

and also fitted gaz coilovers.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01245.jpg

 

 

then i transfered my wheels over from my old project:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01247-1.jpg

 

as you can imagine, i was now skint.

 

 

 

coulnt get the engine running right, but booked it in with a garage for a few weeks time.

 

then a friend of mine offered me some seats! and said i could pay him in a few weeks. lets just say bit his arm of for them:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01362.jpg

 

 

now, all was not well with the engine, was misfiring the garage i took it to couldnt help me, so car was bacjk at mine.not running, but i was determind to get it workin after all the money and time i had put in to fit it.

 

anyway, this is how the car looked at this stage:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01242-1.jpg

 

Then while i was testing the fuel pump, disaster stuck, lets just say fuel, windy hot summer day, spark from battery, dont mix!!!

 

 

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01248-1.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01249-1.jpg

 

 

the words fuk, spring to mind, now at this point i was going to strip the car, as i had a none running engine, flame burn car, worth alot more in parts.

 

 

 

the car sats burn and neglected for a few months until i went over to see a friend at a garage, and by sods law, an old friend of mine had just started working there running the painting side of things.

 

had a chat about the car, and he came around to mine to have a look at it, said he could fix the damage easily enough as most of it was metal (thank fuk)

 

 

 

we agreed on £1000, but more if he needed it. took the car upto his garage, were he had it for a month and worked his magic.

 

this is what he did, alot of smoothing of things i didnt want, and fixing all the burn parts, eehhh

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01286.jpg

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Now i went up to see the car in primer, and give him some money, when i saw another car with an unusual colour on it, and thought, hmmmmm, i wonder what mine would look like with that colour.

 

asked him if he could change the colour of the car from red to blue, he said £300 quid more please!

 

and the rest is history as they say:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/sturgesst/DSC01296.jpg

 

 

i will update some more tomoorw, i need sleep

Edited December 2, 200717 yr by vampire

Nice. Was wondering at what point it changed colour.

Had a few unfortunate events, alot of people would have got rid but you have kept and its looking good.

fair play matey thats come a long long way !

 

 

the new rims here yet

That colour looks much better than the red m8 well done for sticking with it

love it mate always have , what you doin with ur old hardtop cossy rep ?? you still got it

Both look stunning love them

Nice to see how this car has progressed. Fair play to you for carrying on after the fire. As said, a lot of people would've given up at that point

Edited December 3, 200717 yr by Dubs

Top work & good on ya for following it through after the fire, i'd hate to think how much has been spent so far

Really like that Not usually a fan off soft tops but that looks really nice Also love your previous project

i'd have stopped at the second pic if it had been mine (albeit with the cossie bumper on)

 

glad you didnt though as it looks ace in that baby blue