So i bought a car blind off ebay, note to people don't do this.

lesson learnr, ill never do it again!

The ebay add said the car needed a sun roof, patch of welding and plastic's painting, this was the one of the first pics of it.

This wasnt the case it basically had no offside floor left no outer sill no inner arch left., it wouldnt start so new battery was fitted , no water in it, got it going, and kept having to put water in it,,,, head gaskets gone, !Removed! water out of the temp sender unit which bolts onto the inlet, that had snaped

in half.

did the mot after i welded it but it was a waste of time. also found the synco in the box had gone to, fuming.

so got it home and started a re-build , my original plans was weld sill mot n drive it, one thing led to another.

this car is 31 years old im not made of money, i have a two bed house to pay for and a kid so its taken 2 years so far and its not a show car..

i hope u enjoy though!

So i ended up takng the engine out

found all the water ways in the head gaskets were corroded so water couldnt pass through them hense the over heating!!

all the valve guides were worn which was the knocking noise. replaced them, the valves were re seated and new stem seals!! easy.

did some painting...

im no picasso though!!

While the engine was i got the gear box re-build feels so good now. dropped the front subframe out got it painted and poly bushed EVERYTHING, execpt the front ARB bushes one of the captive bolts broke so i had the cut the floor and re weld it in yesterday painted the inner arches to..

heres some pics.

the bumper brackets are abit rusty :(

Took the rear end out got it painted, polly bushed and bought koni adjustables for her.

it does need some more paint on the floor which im in the prossess of doing!

after all that back on its wheel time to get the engine back in...

Tube manifolds jan speed system fitten,got a k an n in there to, set the co up and the idling and it runs so so well. need a fan switch thou.

the dash was cracked so replaced it and removed the stereo replaced it with two pod gauges.

got a new wheel too.

Founds these on ebay £100

7j dish rs2000 wheels..

polished painted

looking good.

had all the plastic's painted and cossy grille. well i cut the hole.

hope you like i want to do a few shows this year :)

Looking good mate, glad you got it restored and didn't scrap it. :D

keep up the good work A+ remember mine well great car in is day

Thanks a lot guys :)

That is a great restoration mate, I wish I had the time and spare money to do something like that, great job!

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Well done. I wish I had a space to do something like this... I had a go with a ST24 but ran out of patience with it, and drive way restorations don't work well

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Looking good! These are classics now!

Thanks a lot !! Guna take it to ford fair it's not quite finished will be hopefully resprayed next year!

Great read, glad you got it running

Calvin,

Give yourself a big pat on the back. That has taken some effort and it looks ace!

Keep up the good work and do not get side tracked or let anything put you off from finishing her - i'm assuming you have given her a name?

Looking good, alot of time and effort going into it!