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Jun 21, 2009 21:21:24 GMT
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Wells, been looking around for a good car to have as a 'first car', and after looking over so many of the beautiful rides on here, i decided i would share my new ride, with you  The poor lil thing does need some love, as there is a few bits of grott here and there, but at the price i got it for, I'm happy enough with the car. here are a few piccies iv collected since seeing it to getting it to my uncles (he's offered to do the welding as a birthday present for me ;D). First picture was taken at the place i bought it from.  That was taken when i went to look at it last weekend... looking kind of sorry for its self.. but i liked it  Traveling this weekend, almost killed the car we picked it up in, haha ;D  At my uncles, going for further grot inspection....  back end... its had a bit of a prank sadly. so we got rid of the rear bumper and so on.  front end after bit of playing around with a spanner or two  looks sexy me thinks ;D  a not so sexy interior, but its something to sit on right?  Andy (mk1cortinaandy) demonstrating the 'monster truck' height.  the 'beasty' 950cc motor, haha. In need of a new water pump, any idea where i could get one from?.. new like, not second hand prefferably (damn that word, i hate my spelling at times, haha :  . and finally a picture to make me smile  wells, if you'v managed to read this far, many thanks:) il hopefully put some updates when i can. hoping to have it on the road with-in 2, 3 weeks (ish), as my driving test is on the 9th... being possitive.... haha |
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Lex
South East
日本車 <3
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Jun 21, 2009 22:37:07 GMT
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Best get to work dude... brilliant first car choice |
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Great little cars. A water pump for those 957cc lumps is cheap, should be about £10-15 brand new but ask your motor factors for "water pump pliers" too if you haven't already got a set.
Make sure you clean off all the old gasket.
Good luck fella!
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Dale
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Jun 22, 2009 10:05:32 GMT
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cool base! yea water pumps are still obtainable from autofactors like ashmicro said. think i paid £13 for mine keep an eye out for a mk1 rear light too |
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Fungus
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Jun 22, 2009 10:45:18 GMT
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Nice! Good luck with you test
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Jun 22, 2009 12:56:39 GMT
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cool base! yea water pumps are still obtainable from autofactors like ashmicro said. think I paid £13 for mine keep an eye out for a mk1 rear light too yea, think i might keep an eye out as well for a mk1 tailgate... its got a mk2 tailgate on at the minute. as i said, the car has had a bang up the  , so its just had some bodge work done to make it look right... thanks for all the cool comments, i was expecting everyone to just look over this thread and think 'naaaa', hahaha |
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1981 Ford Fiestaretrowagen1234
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Jun 22, 2009 15:00:30 GMT
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wicked first motor cant wait till it gets decked |
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Jun 22, 2009 16:53:11 GMT
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neither can i, is kinda high.
but its a good base:)
minus the rust will be even better.
I do have a few plans for the exrerior, but money wont allow me quite yet... haha:)
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Dale
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Jun 22, 2009 19:11:53 GMT
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i may have a rear light... i'll keep you updated |
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Jun 22, 2009 21:30:48 GMT
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he also failed to get picks of the beetle... failure horry nice name theough  need to get cortina done! |
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volvo 850 GLT - will arise
volvo 340 - skiddy skiddy john deere green thing
volvo 850r - passes everything but a petrol station
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Jun 23, 2009 10:04:41 GMT
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I may have a rear light... i'll keep you updated I must admitt man, I'm thinking about keeping the present light in due to my extremely low budget, furthermore, the upside is that i don't have to put the annoying MASSIVE ass reverse light on seperatly. and andy, your the one that took the pictures, so who's fault is it that theres no pic's of your bug!? hahahaha |
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Speedle
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Jun 23, 2009 10:10:21 GMT
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top motors mate! get the grott out give her a cut an polish and jobs a goodun!
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Jun 23, 2009 11:39:57 GMT
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good choice of first car mate , register on www.mk1-fiesta.co.uk you will be able to get parts you need from people on there and any help or advice you might need. so if whats plans you got for it? |
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Jun 23, 2009 17:03:30 GMT
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paints a bit worse than just needing a polishing Speedle :-)
the pictures make the car look ALOT better than what it is in person.
none the less... it'll clean up quite a bit.
and mk1paul, thanks for advice, il join sometime soon (think il go ride my bmx a bit this evening).
plans wise, nothing much for the minute, just basic ones, like get it running (new water pump, the engine runs, as we found out when the existing water pump died on us :-) ), then get it decked, MOT'd and so on.
but with more money, a 1300 motor with bike carbs and a four into one exaust mani, maybe a new coat of paint and other little bits like that. Running it on a set of banded steelies would be ace as well....:-)
as usual, thanks for all the interest, makes me smile :-), haha
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Padz
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Personal Plates ftw
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Jun 23, 2009 18:43:49 GMT
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cif kitchen cream cleaner may be a very good friend to you on that paintwork, sounds crazy but it works.
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dannyb
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Jun 23, 2009 20:36:02 GMT
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nice little project. as mk1 paul said, get mk1.com. plenty of parts for sale and
even more knowledge.
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Jun 24, 2009 21:25:53 GMT
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cif kitchen cream cleaner may be a very good friend to you on that paintwork, sounds crazy but it works. After today, i thinks the condition of paint is at the bottom of my list of priorities. spend the day with my uncle working on the car, and realised i need to spend quite abit more money. All the shock absorbers are SHOT. Thankfully, i've found a local dealer who's going to sell me some NOS ones cheap, as well as a water pump ;D (£60 quid for a water pump and 2 rear shock absorbers as well as 2 entire front shock set ups ). would anyone know where i could get some good lowering springs from? cheep? got some work done today though, my uncle welded a big bit up front (no piccy's), and me and my uncle sorted out the 'prang' at the rear end.  from this......   to this! big improvement! anyway, hope everyone else is having fun! thanks for interest |
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kimmy0519
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Jun 25, 2009 21:55:14 GMT
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:-)
did well with that.... well you did.
xxxx
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Jun 25, 2009 22:02:48 GMT
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good bodywork skills!
I would get lowering springs and shocks mate, sd shocks wont let you lower that far ;-)
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Jun 25, 2009 23:10:32 GMT
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good bodywork skills! I would get lowering springs and shocks mate, sd shocks wont let you lower that far ;-) thank my uncle for the body work skills, was more of a 'he tells me what to do and lets me learn by having a go' styled thing, haha does any body have an idea what lowering springs would fit the car? rather cheep ones may i add... as the whole 'tight budget' bit comes into play. The money that I'm spending on the shockers would have covered the majority of a curse word pair of 50mm lowering springs. would really like to be dropping it down 40 or 50mm, but maybe a dream for another day?... |
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