Fuglier than a Rasheen

**finchy** · 26-12-2010 11:32

yb cosworth lump!!!

**MrLuke** · 02-01-2011 18:05

*gasp* cable ties meet classic British heritage.

Tbh I think with a large amount of success which is unusual for me :-) fairly straight forward. Previously there was a big dent in the front, essentially there was a piece of steel angle supporting the bumper, this was bent and the fiberglass was still bolted to it. The bolts couldn't be undone so they were hacksawed off.

Bar was smacked with a hammer to flatten it. Fiberglass was a bit damaged so I couldn't revolt the bar, so out came a small drill and a bundle of cable ties. Result I think is a pretty good effort, but now shows off the bent radiator and a more substantial piece of steel that needs cutting out to flatten.

Before

Extent of bentness

After

Remaining bentness

Woo getting there

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**BVSX** · 04-01-2011 20:47

cable ties ftw!

**nissanr34cal** · 04-01-2011 20:53

whoooo getting there

**scottymills** · 04-01-2011 21:42

i think to make this prettier at front you gotta make the bumper lower, extended it ? or get rid of the gap in grill ? it looks like its eaten a couple of hundred lemons! lol..

**T.K** · 05-01-2011 05:46

What an excellently strange car.

**MrLuke** · 05-01-2011 10:14

I think bringing the bottom of the bumper down and out a bit would help, but its really growing on me now.

Need to sort the suspension out, then worry about lowering and some tasty wheels. Atm has 225/60/15s on 6j wheels lol. Oh and it needs a nice bucket because its like sitting in the bath.

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**magicmat** · 05-01-2011 10:25

Its awful ! ... but love it !

So whens the DWYB day?

**MrLuke** · 05-01-2011 10:46

Originally Posted by magicmat

Its awful ! ... but love it !

So whens the DWYB day?

Shakedown will be at Norfolk arena, ask malx for the date :-p

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**Quail** · 05-01-2011 20:07

I actually love your hideous car.

Gives me nascar vibes.

**MrNick** · 05-01-2011 20:08

i really wish you well...its nice to see different

**Mini_Ron** · 07-01-2011 09:24

scap that, pics do work, just my PC taking its merry time, thats but ugly but then i drive a sierra....!

good effort!!

**Leslie DG** · 08-01-2011 07:52

wow, really its so ugly but thats the beauty of it!
i love it!!!
deffo 24valve because its already prepared for V6 engines, but if you go forward, then look around passionford.com and think about a Zetec Turbo. mondeo lump is cheap and good base for tune up. if you spend for turbo, manifold, ecu and all of those things needed, rather get a lightweight I4.

**MrLuke** · 08-01-2011 16:00

Gave it a proper tune today as it was setup really really lean for some reason. Also stripped out the rubbish ceiling lining that kept dumping dirt in my eyes, the interior lights that only work sometimes and a load of defunct wiring and general crap.

Found that the Wiper motor is borked and needs a replacement. So applied a tub of rainx to the front screen (lol temp fix) good stuff actually.

Oh and fitted some osram nightbreakers which were also better than expected.

Getting there now and is a little bit quicker but still down on power. Now roughly as quick as a e36 328

Proper update tmw, maybe with some interior pictures.

Also after looking at draw through turbo setups I'm toying with the idea of a supercharger at a later date. But suspension is the first priority got to wait till pay day though :-(

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**Dori Mat** · 08-01-2011 16:04

ugly beautiful

205 headlights/indicators
205 1.9 alloys
mk2 fiesta doors

raided a few parts bins building these

**sx baz** · 09-01-2011 14:36

i love this and its ugly face, it actually looks ok from head on + i like the wheel arches. Will be following progress to see what you do to it

**Broadley** · 09-01-2011 14:58

A bit of sick just came into my mouth...

**MrLuke** · 09-01-2011 17:13

Another small update for today.

The interior was completely minging so ive started stripping it all out

Also the dodgy wiring runs through the soggy carpet and I figure thats not the greatest way of doing things and I found that somebody had used a piece of cutting wire as an earth....

Sound deadening removal is the easiest job ever in a fibreglass car, you just lift it out none of this scraping bs

Result is a much cleaner interior, removed a solid bin bag of crap that weighed a ton. I have a feeling that I wasnt getting full throttle before from the swollen carpet as its definitely got quicker after taking all the rubbish out

**MrLuke** · 15-03-2011 20:25

In case anybody is half interested... I done gone fixed it

Got the diff welded up then destroyed the gearbox a week later

So after missing 2 days at Norfolk Ive finally managed to get the new gearbox on and replace half the wiring

Picked up some nice dishy ford fit wheels but have found that my cortina suspension has puegeot hubs

so need to get the centre bore machined out a little. Next update will contain skiddy pictures

**FreddieS** · 15-03-2011 21:26

Oh I definatly approve, its got some awesome potential!

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