Supercharged Beige Mk1 Ford Fiesta

Broken Rivet Gun

I also managed to break the mandrel piece in my rivnut gun when doing the bodykit.

Lowering springs

With my new springs i think im going to be literally tearing up Uxbridge ....with my exhaust.

The Fiesta gets wide fibreglass wheel arches

Here you go, some photos of how she sits at the moment.

Spring shortening

Saturday I spent with Williamson fitting a clutch. and in return he shortend my new springs with the oxy acetylene. he cut one coil off and heated the end down flat. (and he picked it up when it was red hot! I'm still going to wire them to the axle as they can fall out if the car is jacked up. Heres a before and after the corrective surgery:

I also painted my Gaz shock to match my orange bits

And heres how the car sits on the shortend springs

I also got round to painting my needles in the xr clocks to match the autometer gauges.

S1 ERST Gearbox Mounting

Update time, the blue car has been treated to a new battery, pads, disks and bearings, (i have wrongly bought a set of wheel bearings for a mk1 950 - 1100 cc 2/77- 7/80).

I bolted the S1 box onto the engine, williamson came over and helped out we also dont reckon the clutch ive put in will last 5 minutes but we will see. I had to put a stud into one of the lower bell housing holes because it was double threaded and chewed up.

Has anyone got a picture of this mount being used in a mk1 bay. do i need to get a rubber engine mount type thing of do you just throw a nut and bolt through the inner wing?

Paint Prep

Haven't done much recently, just been trying to get this kit to fit and started to prep the engine bay ready for paint.

MOT Pass

The Blue car passed its MOT today no worries, the sun came out for five seconds on sunday so i took some photos.

Rust under the windscreen lip

I've managed to get the windscreen out with the help of Williamson, and look what I found.

Here's the blue car on the rs 7 spokes. i can drive it to work now without the tyres scrubbing over every bump.