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[Tweek]

As some of you know, I've been gathering a bunch of zetec turbo parts over the last few months with the intention of building up a new car, this time I wanted a 3dr, shocking. Anyway, after many painful months of searching, big thanks to those who have gone to view shells for me! I today finally collected one. It's not a stunningly mint shell, plenty of scuffs and scrapes but it is surprisingly clean underneath with just a few bits of surface rust, no bubbles. For the price I paid it's spot on, the only issues I have to put right before starting off is there's a bit of rot right on the ends of the front wings which I've not seen on mk3 before.

Here it is, a blue 1996 mk3.5 Frascati, just what I was after




Nothing exciting in here...


Epic power plant, looks a mess but other than the usual battery tray rust, it's just in need of a clean out (and removing)



This is about as bad as the rust gets underneath:


Finally, one to show how I need to get it to look, eventually


As I said, it's not a stunner but it's a lot better under the skin than my 5dr

Let the games begin

[jonyb4]

why make it look the same? why not venture a different look?


looks good, frascati always had a well spec'd interior

[Tweek]

why make it look the same? why not venture a different look?

Because I want to.

[jonyb4]

cant argue with that, hows the mileage?

[Tweek]

96k, but quite irrelivant really as almost everything is being changed.

[jonyb4]

corr must have been garage most its life, good find

[- Danny Boy -]

When I saw the title, I instantly thought of something other than a car...

Good find though Wayne, does look very clean indeed!

[Max M4X WW]

Good find with a Frascati! I always wanted one but wasn't really arsed when I bought my shell. Yours looks cleaner than mine I suspect I paid conciderably more than you too

[Gmc]

nice base you have there, but that passenger airbag needs to go lol where are you gonna stick random things if theres no wee dookit for stuff!

[knuckles]

sleeper it

much more fun !

[dontpannic]

Looking good Layne Woomes.

Ready for Combe?

[jonyb4]

hey that airbag was very expensive extra, seen alot of frascati's with them though, my old green one had one too

[Max M4X WW]

hey that airbag was very expensive extra, seen alot of frascati's with them though, my old green one had one too

Factory on the Frascati.

[Smo]

sleeper it

much more fun !

Too right!

[Tweek]

nice base you have there, but that passenger airbag needs to go lol where are you gonna stick random things if theres no wee dookit for stuff!

Lol funnily enough I was complaining about that as soon as I saw it!

I'll get a pic tomorrow of the rust on the wings, it's cringeworthy!

[Turboboy67]

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[hb69]

would love to make a sleeper mk3. Looks good Wayne

[hb69]

Wayne has just informed me hes been practising launching in it today

[Tweek]

LOL, the clutch is so high it's hard not to

[hb69]

Can i have the engine for my zs when you take it out?

[Tweek]

Absolutely, due to the raw power of it though it won't be cheap...

[jonyb4]

oh ha ha

[hb69]

Its the knowledge it wont blow up im after

[jonyb4]

if you honestly believe the Se is a strong engine your an idiot lol

[Tweek]

Jony f**k off out of this thread will you

[FiestaBen]

Nice find Wayne! The 5dr has always looked great so I'm sure the new one will be just the same

What other plans do you have then? Any fancy new parts/changes?

[emblem]

Nice find there mate,

Finding a decent mk3.5 is hard enough let alone a clean one.

Looking forward to this project.

Craig

[DanFraser]

Wow, a fras in 3 door? I thought these were just Ghias with the slow engines effectively!

[Tweek]

Cheers for the comments guys It won't look too different to the 5dr. Those that remember my first 5dr will know that doesn't look much different to the current one other than colour

Frascati is a sort of half way between Ghia and base model. It has the electrics but no cig lighter (although I've found the wiring blanked off behind it), 2 speakers, low level interior trim etc. It's the electrics and PAS that made me want one, saves me a job wiring stuff in.

Back to the top post, this is the rust on the wings that is my first job to do, then to clean it all inside and out before engine removal.
It's pretty nasty but because of where it is it's no major issue to sort

[DanFraser]

Probably the bonnet being in the wrong position and when it was driven it was in dirty conditions. With a hand wash its the perfect conditions for water buildup there.

[- Danny Boy -]

Strange place for it to rust! Shouldn't be too hard to sort out though

Has the wing in the first picture (drivers side) been sprayed before? Or is the paint just a bit funny because the rust is creaping under it?

[Tweek]

It does look like it's had a quick repair there some point yes

[Max M4X WW]

Can you let me know how the PAS tank is attached to the inner wing please

[Rhinopower]

Can you let me know how the PAS tank is attached to the inner wing please

There is a bracket that screws to the inner wing, then it slides on

[Tweek]

It's exactly the same as the Zetecs if that helps?