1981 Mk1 fiesta 1.1L

[Ande]

Hi, had this about a week now, been stored in a dealers showroom since 2003 and not used, just spotted it by chance while sitting at traffic lights so went and equired about it,that was nearly 5 months ago,went back last week and bought it.

 

[Boreham]

 

minter....

[MightySprocket]

that is a lovely fiesta mate what are your plans for it

[lotusless]

that looks like a pic from 1981! that is soooooo nice m8

[marky4]

that's s stunner

[Trevmk3]

wow that is really nice

[Trig_112]

That looks fantastic.

[Ande]

cheers guys, cant wait to get it on the road,it needs a rear box cos it's stood so long i think the condesation must have rotted it out,theres a hole in the bottom of it,blowing exhausts fail mot's dont they? The brakes are crappy too is that normal on these old things?

[Baileymk1]

soooo jealous....proper old skool!!

[evil knievel]

cheers guys, cant wait to get it on the road,it needs a rear box cos it's stood so long i think the condesation must have rotted it out,theres a hole in the bottom of it,blowing exhausts fail mot's dont they? The brakes are crappy too is that normal on these old things?

 

double yes on that one

 

well done for the find though! might take a bit of getting used to if your used to modern cars

[lusky75]

lovely fiesta there.

[faceman]

love it

[.pete.]

great looking car. I'm on the lookout for a standard one aswell. Most of them seem to get lowered, engines changed, lights changed, interior changed, alloys, etc and the standard ones are getting harder to find. At least around here anyway.

[Ande]

thats why all i am doing is lowering it and sticking some alloys on it, whenever i feel like it i can whack the steels on and have it looking standard, albeit lowered 50mm.

[Ande]

started doing a bit now, just replaced the knackered ball joints,track rod ends,brake discs,don't know if it needed wheel bearings but done em anyway,new front xr2 shocks and -50mm springs, have springs for back but gotta get new shocks as they are past it too,just got rear axle off to refurb it, and got myself an adjustable panhard rod to go on too, these pics are just trying some pots on,will post some more when i have lowered it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[banarama]

keep it like that

[Ande]

it will be apart from it being lowered

[arch]

you gota get sum 175 50 tyres on ther thou

[Ande]

yea i was thinking that, they do look better than 185's but wont my arch gaps look massive.