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[AdrianFRST]

Before I got a digicam and went round the shows I used to scan pics from mags to put on the site. These are some of the cars that were around at that time.

Notice how, aside from some wheels, none of these cars look stupid even 10 years later (unlike the delta kitted crap nowadays). There's a lesson to be learnt there...

Jason Ripp's first FRST, 1998. This was the first feature car to have the flush tailgate. Note how the rear bumper is a mk3 si with the slot, not the shallower mk4 item.





Adrian Eastbury, FRST, 1995(!). This was way ahead of it's time. First rear discs, first with the Mondeo spoiler (no copies back then, so pukka Ford one at £200 odd), first with the Cossie lip, first with 300mm front brakes.





Angus Munro, RS 1800, 1999. First to have the full badboy bonnet, first feature car with clear lights, still possibly the lowest ever on 17s. It's an RS 1800 K plate but with the FRST green stripe:



Ian Howell, FRST, 1998:

Running 400bhp back then was unheard of. This was the first Fiesta ever with the Cossie front back in 1995 and now the first to have the fogs smoothed over. First Laguna splitter on a Fiesta too.





Andy Stone FRST, 2000. If you want this it's on eBay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 4539994651:



Rav Khalon, FRST, 1999. First on Cossie wheels, note RS rear lights:







Greig Skinner, FRST, 1998:



Paul Roberts, FRST, 2000. Lotus Carlton front bumper. This car is still about but is now a wierd shade of blue :





A bit later it looked like this:

[~nomad~]

interesting stuff, makes me want the cossie bib on mine and reminds me i want rid of my lower spoiler even more
I like the girl on the yellow one too, any more pics of her Ade

[luke eversham]

its made me decied now not to go wide arch on my frst

[Kartracer69]

oh the good old tsw venoms!!
good post, some real nice ones in there, esp the lotus carlton style front bumper.

nice to see the cars listed on the front of the 1995 max power cover still are badboys today (MK1 golf gti and r5 gtt)

[sleeky]

You will never see a max power front cover like that again, thats for sure!

I mite have a look through my old mags and see if there are any nice frst's from that period. I know i have a perfomance ford with a nice yellow one (well bar the yellow stealths)

Lee.

[andyhardy]

This car is still one of my all time favourite modified Fords - I have this very issue of Max Power somewhere, a big inspiration for my eventual purchase of a FRST (I didn't try and copy his mods though as I got carried away with the engine! )

Great post Ade!

[Kartracer69]

i've got fast car from about 1998 with a lairy yellow ERST with the latest wheels of the time, tsw stealths!! haha. they were rare at the time

[chumkila]

I have known Rav personally for many many years and totally loved his car!! Looks absolutely AWESOME!!

But i must say it was only the first to be featured with Cossie Rims as I know of another Mk3 Fiesta that has them on before his from our area.

[andyhardy]

I have known Rav personally for many many years and totally loved his car!! Looks absolutely AWESOME!!

But i must say it was only the first to be featured with Cossie Rims as I know of another Mk3 Fiesta that has them on before his from our area.

Rav's car was a big inspiration for me buying the Cossie rims before - it's sad knowing that the car came to an early demise though

Cheers,

Andy

[DigiJunkie]

Morettes were big back then weren't they.

[Kartracer69]

Morettes were big back then weren't they.

looks that way! in my opinion they look terrible on the mark 3, stick out way too far - the best morrettes have to be on the escossies

[AdrianFRST]

I have known Rav personally for many many years and totally loved his car!! Looks absolutely AWESOME!!

But i must say it was only the first to be featured with Cossie Rims as I know of another Mk3 Fiesta that has them on before his from our area.

Jags?

TUR80 W I think it was? I've got the mag somewhere as a part of a collection I was given, but it was only a year or so ago and I've not scanned it.

[JamieFRST]

Like the white one with the euro back lights, bet if i looked in the loft ive got most of them mags....used to spend a fortune when i was about 18

[Capri]

amazing to see Jason Ripp's car as it was!

As you said Ade, it's interesting to note how none of it has dated all that badly! Awesome to see some of the trendsetters for mods which are now considered the norm!

[RS_Rawli]

good stuff, that makes me want cossie rims

[fiestakingfisher]

lovely

I've always been a fan of smooth and subtle on a mk3 Fiesta over the lairy kits

[Max M4X WW]

Good stuff ade, Couple of them are in the Max Power Haynes. The cossie wheeled white one looks ace.

[Dave106gti]

Remember all those cars from my childhood

Angus' white RS1800 inspired me to buy a Fez (and if i ever had another it would end up looking like it, coilovers, slammed, 17" Voodoos, no body mods) ... i remember Ian Howell's fiesta when it was first featured in Revs - when it had the standard FRST bumbers on it and the first naughty engine ... i can also remember the 'Evil Type Rs' first feature in Max Power back in '97 or so, standard bodywise except a gold stripe instead of green and the small matter of 250bhp from the CVH

They all still look fantastic

Much better than the pap you see these days

[Xr_Dub]

The white frst was ground breaking @ the time

very cool

[beanyfrst]

I want those RS lights

[hoex]

interesting read, Its nice to see what fiestas looked like back then! less is more

[ianFRST]

the white one looks foooking sweet as

standard is best

[MarkRS2K]

Anyone know how low the white one is with cossie wheels? I want them now

[Pez]

Sunny bought his green beasty from Adam Hanley didnt he? I think ive got the issue of Fast Car with that in its original guise. Will have a look tonight.

[chumkila]

Adrian & Pez....... both yes's to those questions.

[heeman10]

good stuff, that makes me want cossie rims

See what I was rambling on about a few weeks back now then!

Great post Ade

[Pez]

Found the mags with Adam Hanley's car, and also a copy of Fast Car with Ian Howell's Fiesta when it was on 16' Team Dynamics Qualifier alloys, will post pics of those tomorrow. For now, possibly the first modified Fiesta Mark 3 in a magazine, check the date, 1989!!!
Also for the youngsters out there, the XR2 racer on the far left is sporting headlamp stickers which were the instigators of the now legendary "bad boy" bonnets.

[FRST RICH]

This car is still one of my all time favourite modified Fords - I have this very issue of Max Power somewhere, a big inspiration for my eventual purchase of a FRST (I didn't try and copy his mods though as I got carried away with the engine! )

Great post Ade!

Excellent. I have this issue of Max Power aswell. This is the car that made me fall in love with the FRST. I was reading this the other week as a motivational tool so I didn't want to sell mine.

Best FRST ever featured in any mag.

Can't be arsed with all these new bodykits and bad boy bonnet toss. This is about as far as you should go with body mods.

[AndyRS1800]

Paul Roberts, FRST, 2000. Lotus Carlton front bumper. This car is still about but is now a wierd shade of blue :





A bit later it looked like this:

Spotted by me at Bolton cruise the other week, i was sayin 2 sum1 that i was sure it was the same car, still got the same sunstrip, yea its blue, got the induction kit stickin out of the side, full of graphice, got a diff bumper on (where has the lotus 1 gone i want it) but its still got the wheels which is a good thing,

[DaveRom]

Adrian Eastbury, FRST, 1995(!). This was way ahead of it's time. First rear discs, first with the Mondeo spoiler (no copies back then, so pukka Ford one at £200 odd), first with the Cossie lip, first with 300mm front brakes.

Wow what a rewind

I bought mine (FRST) July 1995 when i was a mere 17 years old. I can remember buying that very issue , it used to be a pretty good read. Stunning car and it was Castle Performance that did the engine mods (who i later went on to use) due to that very feature.

Happy times

I really want to be young again

[Oranoco]

Adrian Eastbury, FRST, 1995(!). This was way ahead of it's time. First rear discs, first with the Mondeo spoiler (no copies back then, so pukka Ford one at £200 odd), first with the Cossie lip, first with 300mm front brakes.

Wow what a rewind

I bought mine (FRST) July 1995 when i was a mere 17 years old. I can remember buying that very issue , it used to be a pretty good read. Stunning car and it was Castle Performance that did the engine mods (who i later went on to use) due to that very feature.

Happy times

I really want to be young again

I remember those days, when Max Power was about tuned cars not fibre glass abortions that couldn't take the skin off your rice pudding. How that magazine has gone down the pan

Revs started well, rememerb doing the Fiesta Thrash at Alconbury when we first had the XR2i and the 0-60 and ¼ mile thrashes there. Then that one went down the pan as well

[1992FRST]

Angus Munro, RS 1800, 1999. First to have the full badboy bonnet, first feature car with clear lights, still possibly the lowest ever on 17s. It's an RS 1800 K plate but with the FRST green stripe:

Mine was LOWER than this on 17's! my 17inch rims were actually IN the arches!!!

IMO my old Moondust was one of the nicest looking FRST's in existance today

[rs steve]

Sunny bought his green beasty from Adam Hanley didnt he? I think ive got the issue of Fast Car with that in its original guise. Will have a look tonight.

My best mate owned that back in the day as a pretty much standard white example sitting on 17in blades.
Plate was somthing like H251 JVX.

Cant believe thats the same car that held the top speed record

[KEVFRST]

what a topic ade.

thought i was sat behind my BBC typing this reply for a minute.

OLD is GOLD


remember that you young `uns

[Mikee_RS]

Angus Munro, RS 1800, 1999. First to have the full badboy bonnet, first feature car with clear lights, still possibly the lowest ever on 17s. It's an RS 1800 K plate but with the FRST green stripe:

Mine was LOWER than this on 17's! my 17inch rims were actually IN the arches!!!

IMO my old Moondust was one of the nicest looking FRST's in existance today

not a fan of those rims, jap style doesnt suit the fiesta and it also shows off your tiny brakes

now the voodoos, thats a different story