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
