deano
Chuff,
you'll need a vented, grooved disk, 4 pot caliper, hydraulic handbrake and chrome plated castors if you want to keep up with Marty's rotisserie :) !

LOL!
 
I have no intention of keeping up with Marty's rotisserie. I just need it to work.
 
Chuff

I bought a 30m long snake to try and unblock the storm drains, they've been getting worse over the years so thought to go at it myself using a gurney high pressure, failure, no good, now a plumber might need to take a bunch of cash to get it done.
That was today's attempt at domestic duties lol .

This is the fglass boot lid all pinned down to assume the shape it needs to be, it has a full inner frame and will bolt up as factory.



After that and with some hrs to spare I got the rear door cards out and trimmed off the excess fglass material , got it installed and looks pretty good.
I want to mount the speaker to the door frame so it's not going to sound like a 70s Sound4 system !

The fact I have a 4 day weekend every week , I'm still not smashing this car out much quicker, prolly cause it's a basket case on most of the panels but anyways I'll keep plodding on and suffer as I go.
Working on the rear panel still, it's been 'adjusted' by the previous owner and the repair wasn't very nice , I'm still adding filler and rubbing most of it off. The flat part where the number plate goes was the worst and since I had to cut the raised boss off and replace with flat, it's gone wonky a bit.
I'd rather some filler than a wobbly panel..

While waiting for the next layer to set I decided to copy a panel I bought from UK which sits in behind the dash on GT/RS models. The UK panel is made from 0.9mm but flexes like it's made of alfoil . So I made mine from 0.6mm, the same thickness as the dash panel. I only have pics of it made and how it sits in the dash..
From what I can tell, this panel does the job of the standard steady support but I'll look at pics carefully to see if it stays or not..


I will need to reshape the hole better

Small progression with the dash panel, I had been studying pics on how the GT dash panel looks from all angles including the back and trimming the dash panel to replicate an original one.
Also noticed the large hole has a 90deg return edge so I hammered the edge over to look like the real item, so here it where I'm at with it clamped in place before I clean the area to be welded afterwards


Today I also got 12x cans of primer putty delivered from South East clearance shop , was going cheap, also bought a bunch of socks from there too !!

Yeah I suppose you're correct there Deano..

The 12 cans are not all for the mk1, tho I did test about quarter of a can already. It's for when I get lazy or it's late in the day to not bother mixing 2pk and cleaning after.

Love the attention to detail 👌

Looking good.

Damn you Mark! Stop putting ideas in my head !!
I have a mk2 Focus ST3 as a daily and these engines are fantastic for torque and reliability, The Volvo T5 engine is a cracker .

As reality starts setting in I still don't know what motor, box combo I'll install in the mk1.
Pinto, might be just to get it MOT and certified then it's either..
Good old zetec 1.8 or 2.0
Duratec 2.5, 2.3
K swap 2.4 Honda VTEC yo however the sump and oil pump are the main no go here , should've got a k20 instead.
Lexus IS200 6cyl 2.0 with it's 5sp,

Fiesta 06 1600 duratec , good engine, designed by Yamaha and Cosworth apparently and used in Formula Ford etc .

I'm not a purist and like to try different avenues, it's what fits and has good power but also within my budget , in the end a Pinto or zetec seems right but with efi and other little tweaks , might use up 1 of my rx8 boxes in there too