Well, was going to reveal this yesterday at the north meet but decided to take the RS instead as I havnt driven her since ford fair.

Basically, my dad needed a runabout and was going to buy some kind of cheap car and it got me thinking.....

I have always loved the Mk1 fiesta with its retro coolness and thought that this was the perfect excuse and oppertunity to get one.

So what I have done is given my dad the mk3 runabout (out of the sheer kindness of my heart ) and bought myself a mk1.

It is a 1.1 L model from 1981 and has done 47k miles from new and has recently had a full respray in its original venetian red, as well as full treatment underneath with underseal and paint.

One thing was the guy didnt realise it had a mk2 tailgate on it till after the respray which he was pretty gutted about so it has a very nice mk2 tailgate, but me being me thats not good enough so I bought a mk1 tailgate for it and am going to spray that up the correct colour and get it fitted asap.

The plan is to lower her over a set of RS 4 spoke alloys and enjoy having a retro winter runabout!

Anyway, here are some pics:

















The tailgate I have bought (originally off a mk1 xr2):



Stripped down:



Anyway, let me know what you think

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I want one too! lol

I was going to get one as a cheap runaround, as the 950cc ones are insurance group 1
Slam it
Some nice orion ghia alloys
And remove the mid-section
done.

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She's still alive! -23/02/2017

Dave your a mentalist!

So no surprise really

Looks like a good candidate for BDP™

Love it.

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Nice
Get it lowered definitely

Now I know that the fiesta up by my mum is a mk1. They got 2 white ones parked on the lawn that never move.

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1 way to sum up the 197 is like sex, you build upto the best bit and when it eventually happens it only last a few seconds but you always want to do it again!
Poor Orange Si is hurt. Started first time after sitting for 3 weeks and with virtually no petrol in it

you bastard!

where do u find these

love it

cvh snorter on 40's

wow, 47k!!

how do you get these minty mint cars!! I love it, plans sound good!

Awesome! don't think I could live with the retro interior and 4 gears personally I hated it in my 106! but it certainly has a cool edge to it on exterior looks! Mint condition as usual!

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Looks awesome, i'm sure you'll have loads of fun. How much was it?

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Check my project thread

Love it Dave. Done well to find one with such low milage

Was going to get a mk1 project a while back but my dad refused to let me store it on the drive

so it is a ford
looks tip top lad
hopefully see it at the next meet
you wont need to mind the potholes then

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Fiesta Si 2.0
Fiesta 1.1
Peugeot 206 sw 1.4

minding potholes? i thought he was warming his tyres up lol

MINT!

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Rest in peace Ben "Jam" Elvin. Gone but never forgotten.

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Keep the standard engine mate. Full on retro with a bit of a slam on rs 4 spokes

carbed cvh/crossflow/standard

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beautiful!

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fifi

now that is awesome, calling out for a stupidy big lump though... I wonder how much work it would take to get a pinto in there!! lol

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FEED ME MORE!!!!

wow looks sweet

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RUST IS LIGHTER THAN CARBON FIBER

http://www.fiesta-si.com
http://www.fiestaguides.co.uk/

Nice find!