1991 Mk3 Fiesta 1.0 Bonus

Cheers mercdan68, thought now was the right time before they start getting too expensive.
It is pretty tidy but still room to improve.
The photos are slightly out of sequence, I took the 'driving lamps' off as they were working themselves loose and not even wired in.
Has your lad kept the red one? I saw you had the maroon one for sale

Very nice! Do love Mk3's. These in OEM+ style look ace!

First picture is a spitting image of my moms old Mk3 she had mid 90's. She and her side of the family only drive Fords, even to this day.

They are becoming popular within ford circles now
The mk1 and 2 models are not around at sensible money now
Ford scene tax is annoying! The mk3s are rising in price now that’s why I told George to hang on to his red one, good ones are worth keeping

So, when I collected the car from Stockport, there were a couple of issues on the way home.
There seemed to be an oil leak coming from somewhere and the car pulled alarmingly to one side when braking from speed. The seller agreed to rectify these under warranty, so new drive shaft seals were fitted along with a new caliper. Strangely, there is still a small oil leak from the driver's side of the gear box. Only appears when driving, not on idle. Anybody any ideas?
Next up was the leaking sunroof (what a surprise!). It's a webasto pop up job. Tried to find a new seal for it, but no luck as yet so had to resort to silicone as a temporary measure.
Fitted the new wheels. They are mark 5 xr3i wheels from 1992, so appropriate age for this car. They came with almost new 50 profile Yokohama tires, so the radius is almost the same as the original wheels and tyres which means the Speedo remains unaltered (not that excess speed is much of an issue!).
The interior is very tidy. Seats are clean and undamaged with just a little bit of sag in them. Running with seat covers in the front to keep then protected.A previous owner added a subtle after market stereo, which has an aux input so keeps me happy with plenty of Spotify playlists.
The number plates were very scruffy, so ordered so new ones. I'd normally go for pressed plates, but decided to try a (poor) approximation of the original ones. The car was originally purchased from QUICKS Ford in Chester, so wanted to reflect this (lots of interesting reading on this. The building still survives I believe, it originally had parking upstairs via a ramp. Anybody have more info?
A significant amount of time has been spent under the car (it's all good under there). Any surface rust has been rubbed back, treated with hydrate 80 then a liberal coat of waxoyl applied.
Not sure on next plans.
The temperature gauge reads very low. The car warms up, the thermostat opens etc. Think it is just the sender (have a new one on order).
Just wish I could be out driving it a bit more. At least lockdown keeps the mileage down!