Mk1 Fiesta

[Kieran]

Hopefully going to look at a Mk1 Fiesta on Saturday, it looks pretty clean from the pictures but where are the main places I should look for rust?

[SmokeEm]

The bit between the front bumper and the rear bumper

[Kieran]

Thanks for that Dave lol

[SmokeEm]

Bonnet hinges are a known rusting point mate Also scuttle are and inner sills

[over_head_cam]

Inner wings at the front, lower front panel, front. Strut towers, front floor pans near sills, and boot floor wells. These are bits I've seen a few times, but there may be others. A good check of the whole car is probably best

[over_head_cam]

Oh, and Dave. That 'bit between the bumpers' is my line lol

[Kieran]

Thanks

[turnover]

Inner wings at the front, lower front panel, front. Strut towers, front floor pans near sills, and boot floor wells. These are bits I've seen a few times, but there may be others. A good check of the whole car is probably best

What the old man says spot on

[over_head_cam]

Old man. Cheeky fooker lol

[turnover]

Well you don't get that much silver hair being 30 lol

[l j shaw]

It's finding some of the panels that's getting hard...boot floors,front panel just to name a few. They do come up on the bay, but prices have risen sharply

[Fiesta Steve]

As Phil says really. The 'inner wings at the front' can be tricky to spot. You need to open the bonnet and look at the inner wing under the headlight where the inner wing meets the front panel. Also, with regards to the boot floor wells, pay attention to the rear most corners, especially on the near side under the rear washer bottle.

[Kieran]

Thanks, went and looked at it and it was rotten or bodged in the above places