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Yes complete!!! at last ... the series one is back on the road, well only if it's dry. Two and a half years of lost evenings and weekends later the series one is reborn - improved upon over standard. We have fixed it's week points while maintaining an standard external look. What next for the project rs? well for this year at least we will be doing some of the RS shows and generally having fun with it. In the winter we will be concentrating on more power. But that's the next part of the project. Below is the final stages including some footage of it on the road. Loads more to come as we "do" the shows and track days.



short road test - dial up (675 KB)

short road test - high res (6.03 MB)



White underneath too!


Nearly there - heater motor and surround
to go on yet.


Final engine bay shot - more detailing to follow.

 

Look at the finished car above ... pic above taken while we were bedding in the monster brakes and road testing the car. Which apart from the odd hose and fuel problem went well ... very well.

Just as amazing underneath, fully detailed and restored where most eyes will never see, lets see how much cleaning this takes! See left.

The final stages were easy mainly just finishing trim left unfinished and adding the finishing detail like the grill (waited for ages to get hold of a new one in the end getting a new one off ebay)

Other things like the header tank and finishing engine detail from Auto Specialists arrived and helped us finish the project.


Nice shot showing just how clean the car is, also shows the brakes off too.


Interior sorted - all the extra work sourcing mint parts for the interior really paid off. The only thing remaining is the original ford stereo, of which we have several. We are not sure if we want to put a stealth system in ( using the dummy fascia of an original stereo ) or to just put the original item back in. Watch this space.
(Any ICE specialists give me a call).


So what next?
Where do we go from here 2 years plus work hundreds of man hours in later ... just as many sourcing parts. Do we go for big power - with a 2.0L conversion? Watch this space. Also coming soon a DVD of the project with over 300 pictures of the restoration plus on the road and track footage of the car in action.

We should be doing a few shows this year so look out for us.

john@rs-ford.co.uk

Also you guys keep asking for costs so here is a quick breakdown of costs for parts and labour.

Restoration

  Modifications  
Original car
£3,500
Pace alloy radiator £370
Parts including new doors wings floor pan (plus loads more) all original ford
£1,400
Suspension - Avo and Koni setup £550
New parts from shows
interiors, lights, grill, over-riders etc.
£1,200
Brakes - Rear disk conversion, Cosworth parts £1,200
Paint, including underbody treatment
£350
Scorpion Stainless Steel Exhaust £350
Labour
£5,600*
Engine Detail - Chrome and Steel (Supplied by Autospecialists) £650
Engine parts - new injectors and cambelt etc.
£300
Baileys Dump valve £80
Subtotal
£10,350
  £3,200
Total £15,550
*Labour not applicable as we did all work in house ( put the price in to give you an idea of cost)

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