Hi everyone, I had a T reg mk1 focus tddi but it was stolen. What was thought to be my car was recovered by the police, but it turned out to be a 52 plate tdci with my panels, bumpers, lights etc to make it look like my mk1 car. The problem is, it will now have to go on a Q plate, I have argued with the DVLA until blue in the face that this is not needed, as there have been no structural changes to the car but the police "specialists" insist the rear axle has been changed as it now has disk brakes on rear! (The whole car is the MK2!) Even the insurance loss adjuster agrees with me (he had to examine the car for me to buy it from them)

Due to this mess, I have decided to find a donor car to place the engine in, hence avoiding the Q plate, and to be honest, the car isnt in great nick anyway, but the ci engine is so much more refined and quicker than the di. The proiblem is that even non running MK2 focus are still quite expensive, but I have seen a few mondeo tdi 130's that are quite reasonable. I know that they have the 2.0 tdci, but would my 1.8 tdci fit straight in, bareing in mind that I have the donor car complete with ecu, keys etc. If not, has anyone got any ideas where I can pick up a mk2 focus with engine / slight bodywork damage? Ive scoured Ebay, but theres nothing much there.

Sorry for such a long post.

Thanks,

Chris.

Hi chris,

have you looked at salvage or breakers yards you just might find a cheap car that will suit your needs?

steve

www.sr-performance.co.uk

Hi chris,

have you looked at salvage or breakers yards you just might find a cheap car that will suit your needs?

steve

www.sr-performance.co.uk

Hi Steve, Thanks for your reply, Ive thought about this, but can you normaly buy a complete car/shell from abreakers yard, as I would have thought they would lose too much money by not breaking it. There are a few breakers yards around here, I will ring around them tomorrow.

Thanks,

Chris.

Hi Steve, Thanks for your reply, Ive thought about this, but can you normaly buy a complete car/shell from abreakers yard, as I would have thought they would lose too much money by not breaking it. There are a few breakers yards around here, I will ring around them tomorrow.

Thanks,

Chris.

Hiya chris,

I should think they will, cars like the focus will have their running taken out anyway as they will sell them easy..

steve

www.sr-performance.co.uk