Looks good, nice work.

Is that the original header tank? If so, how did you clean it?

Awesome work there Tristan. One of the best around and everything you are doing to it will make it worth more in the long run.

Cheers boys

TCR ... yes its the original. I soaked the header tank in warm water and clothes washing detergent (I used to wash my hands with clothes soap after a hard day!) and used a bottle brush bent into allsorts of angles to scrub. Did a good job, but I made sure it was very well rinsed afterwards!

Linc ... thank you, I hope that includes the six deg rear beam

I'd driven it a couple of times now (mainly to work) and it was time to start a service. All doors lubricated etc etc but most importantly a service to the ignition components (I remember how sensitive my 'pinto' escort was for a strong spark ... and I'm reading that the old 'yb' is much the same) so this little lot went in ...



I wasn't having problems with the car but the new plugs/dizzy cap/rotor/coil makes it feel smoother, anyway some more pics ...

Well I've made it to 2008 ! ...

On the weekend I displayed my car for the first time at 'Small Ford Sunday' ... I had been to it a couple of times and they get some great cars there (Escorts, Capris, Cortinas, Fiestas, Focus' etc) and this year was the biggest gathering I had seen.

I knew of a couple of cars that were around and I got to put some faces to names. I had a look around but didn't get to take many pictures of the other cool stuff ... enjoy.

Mines the second from the left ...



Its not often you see this sight in Aus ...



The turn out (for 'cosworths') got to four Moonstone three doors, one saph, one Escos and one black RS500.

Keep it up Tristan - watching with great interest!

In the first half of 2008, after the Small Ford Sunday, through the RSOC (and a massive thanks to Paul B ) the Unique Cars magazine got in contact with me to utilise my car in a photoshoot ...

Its something a bit different ... they're doing a story on performance cars available around the same time in the eighties, and are using real life examples for the photographic story Cars from Aus Ford (XE SP), Holden (VK GrpA), US GM (Camero), Mercedes, Lambo, Porsche ... and my little Cossie!

Well the day of the photoshoot was an early morning start with more terrible weather ...



Here's the Cossie stuck between some Aussie and American muscle ...



I was even outdone on the rear wing stakes ...



But seriously ... first we parked our cars for the group shoots and then the two photographers did the individual photos (half the cars each) ... of course I was one of the last



I reckon the ol' girl scrubbed up alright

Here's some more of my shots from the solo action!

She took a fair few shots ... and I've asked if I can have some of them sent to me. They said they will ... after the magazine has run with the photos they've selected. Cool.











Had a great day ... what an experience.

Well this threads still in 1998, which is a year I spent a lot of time in BNE training for work and hardly any time on the car (infact, less time than normal!)

... and when do I make it home (briefly) the most attention the car gets is a start (or a jump start ) and a quick lap around the block.

For the concourse boys, in my time look what I have managed to source locally from a motorsport tyre dealer ...

... they said they had one (yes just one) and we had to go searching through shelves and shelves (I should have taken a photo ... for anyone with a rubber fetish ) of tyres ... but look what I found brand new, last one ...







Oh Yeah ...



It was a lot of money for something I don't want to use ... I think I might have gone a little overboard ... but there is no more left.

It now sits as a spare in my boot.

ZOMG! D40! Great find mate. It still amazes me how prestigious these are in the UK. Very cool.