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[HCS PIMP]

jay when im back in yorkshire im going the scrappy and im gonna buy u some random ford things and see if u can guess what they are and then im going to make a basment in honour of all things fords all donations of scrap welcome that includes snapped engine components, broken blocks, gearboxes, ect

even ford orion sticker

[jayrs]

chris, no chance mate

pimp, go for it, im up for a game of guess the scrap

got a few pic's of the xr2 at the mo,as ive said its sat and done nothing for a while
shame to see it like it really but i know i could connect a battery and within 5 seconds of cranking and a couple small throttle blips she would roar into life and tick over with no choke

[HCS PIMP]

jay ur letting the old girl rust and mould

if i ever come to ur island that cars getting some love

[jayrs]

she aint rusting mate, the rust was always there, ive just covered it with tape

mould, 10 mins with a cloth and job done mate

[Chris 2i]

show it some love!

bit of inspiration for you:

[Tel]

Looks stunning Chris. Were them pics from when you had it polished up for the mag?

Jay, if you still haven't fitted them morrettes, you need to sell them to me. With my new engine, i'm gonna need all the cooling I can get

[Chris 2i]

Looks stunning Chris. Were them pics from when you had it polished up for the mag?

cheers

the last two pics were from the photoshoot for the Classic Car Weekly buyers guide. However tbh it's pretty much always that clean

Jay, if you still haven't fitted them morrettes, you need to sell them to me. With my new engine, i'm gonna need all the cooling I can get

perhaps we should dissuade Jay from doing anything to the XR2 and nab all his nice parts

[jayrs]

there still sat in a box on top of the book case at the top of the stairs
ive turned into a bit of a haulder (sp) i dont seem to be selling anything lately.

chris, still no word from them people on that grey xr2, gunna drop another note through door this weekend

[Chris 2i]

fingers crossed they get back to you about it, you can indulge your hoarding side some more!

in all seriousness, it will be handy having a donor sitting about. I'd have one sat at my house if I had the space

[jayrs]

i did have a blue one the other year i stripped everything out of and cut it up.
i even have bits of the body work sat in the workshop

[knuckles]

get off your bottom and give it a clean !

im losing sleep thinking about that mould !

[jayrs]

the worse it looks before the "rebuild" the better it will look after it

[jayrs]

well your wondering what the update is and whats been done to the car.....


NOTHING!

yes the car is still sat in the same spot, with flat tyres and mouldy seats, BUT, not forgotten

i have been gathering up parts along the way when i can and when i see bargins etc.

no pictures, cos im not even ghoing to waste my time with this bag of $hit Pc, it crashes enough as it is, when i get my other one back, this week i hope, all fixed ill bung some pic's of the bits up.


picked up a rear quater panel, drivers side, from ford fair, pattern part but still, i will prob use it to cut bits off rather than fit the whole thing but we're see.

got a gen ford brand new rear panel from ebay from tom, ok its not a xr2 one with the bulge for the spare wheel, but i can cut that bit out of the old one, or use the bulge i cut out from the xr2 i scrapped ages ago.
that is if the rear panel is needed...., but i bunged a bid in of a tenner and won it so bargin.

along with that i got a brand new clutch cable from tom on ebay too

and clark has ordered me in a brand spanking new front panel and drivers wing, gen ford, there be with me sometime this month when he pops over.


so far, panel wise i have

drivers wing (gen ford)
passanger wing (gen ford)
front panel (gen ford)
back panel (gen ford)
bonnet (pattern part)
drivers rear quarter (pattern part)

i do have a pattern part arch,for passanger side i think, but im thinking of fitting a whole new rear quarter that side, so still after

passanger rear quarter
drivers and passanger sill's
drivers and passangers inner arch repair panel


i know it sounds like this car needs loads of work, but its not as bad as it comes across, tbh, i could repair the rust on the passanger wing, and the scabby bit on the drivers wing too.
the front panel on the car looks ok, but for the sake of it im getting a new one.

so much for a quick fix car to have fun in, its turning into a right old rebuild! im even thinking of a colour change for some reason im thinking mallard green.....

[Ratspeed]

im even thinking of a colour change for some reason im thinking mallard green.....

Never seen a mk2 xr in mallard mate, it would be very cool buddy

[jayrs]

nor me mate, im tempted, wife just gave me a look of "wtf" when i told her

[knuckles]

[dangerousdave]

half expected to see some new tape stuck to a fresh rust scab then mate

[jayrs]

nice one clarky boy

tape over a rust scab... that reminds me, it must be due for a fresh bit after all this rain!

[black2]

Sounding good Jay Will be top notch when you finish it.

Malard Green......I do like the thought of that but then, I also like all the colours they came in as standard, and because my first xr2 was Red I think you should respray it in the original colour?

Gareth.

[jayrs]

im toying with the idea of a colour change mate, tbh i do like the red xr2's, my seconf car was a red xr2, but on the other hand i do think maybe i fancy another colour...hmmm dunno what to do

[jayrs]

no update on work, but the car is being moved into the garage weekend starting 10th october, where i will strip it to a shell, and the plan is, due to limited space in the workshop now due to all the engineering stuff in there is to make a bench that the shell can be bolted down to, with fold down wheels which allow the shell to sit about 3-3 1/2 foot off the ground (at sill level) and one side will be worked on at a time, then the wheels on the bench can be folded down and it wheeled out and turned around and put back in the workshop to work on the other side.
and being on wheels, it can be moved about easier to allow more room should it be needed, which was a problem when i was doing the rs.

once all the new panels are on, the plan is to knock up a set of spits and swing it over on its side where i can work on the floor etc, do any welding that may need doing and strip and redo the under side far easier than working under axle stands

so need to get hold of some box section steel to make these 2 bits of equipment up as i dont think theres enough in the workshop.

so once its stripped and on the bench, im hoping things will move fairly quick, but im not going to be spending every spare min i have on it as i cant afford to spend all my spare time on it, plus the wife said im NOT allowed to spend all my spare time on it , she wasnt happy when i told her my plans for the week between christams and new year .

the good thing is, i have a fair amount of the parts i need already, and what bits i dont have so far, i should be getting over the coming months, but i need to plan when the panels are to be welded on as i plan to hire a spot welder as it will make life a lot easier when fitting wings, sills etc, and its about £70 to hire one for the week, or about £250-£300 to buy one (cheapest) and with christmas round the corner, parts still needed etc, thats money i dont want to spend for something that will have little to no use after the xr2.

colour wise, im still undecided, i would like a colour change, ive always wanted a metalic blue car, but were see, chances are it will stay red

oh, and after the RS, i rerally need to sort some form of heating out in this workshop, the calor gas fire is ok, but the size of the workshop and hight of the room means it needs to be going for ages before you fell the heat, not the best of things is it , mind you i might sheet the work area off yet to keep the heat in

thats it for now anyway, more updates as when

[black2]

Sounding good Jay - Be good to get it inside and stripped see whats what.

Will be a stunner when finihsed though, oh and 130bhp as well. nice.

Gareth.

[jayrs]

indeed mate.
tbh its wasnt that bad when i got it really, rust in the normal places, batter tray had gone. rear arches are shot and a couple small bits on the floor, and bits on the boot floor, so really, most of the hard crappy bits have been done, but i will look at these areas closer when tis in the workshop and if needbe cut it out and redo it.

im not looking to make it look untouched and a "never welded" example by covering bits up with loads of seam sealer, it is what it is, a 24 year old fiesta which i got for a good price.

ill do the welding that needs doing, fit the new panles that need fitting and prob go to town painting every little bit i can and it will look a minter when done, but wont be a untouched/welded minter if that makes sense, after all im doing it for me, not to sell on, so if the floor has a plate rather than a complete new floor pan panel, so be it , but when i say a plate, its not gunna be a blobed on plate over a rusted hole, it will be rust completely cut out and a plate put in its place.

after all this one i think will be painted inside and out, engine bay and under side all in colour

[jayrs]

wellthe car is now in the garage, wasnt without problems, the 2 rear tyres wouldnt pump up, on closer inspection it seems due to being flat so long thr side walls were split, maybe that was the problem, maybe it was the pump i dunno but they deffo fcuked!
also on start up it appeared the fuel pump is leaking, not the pipes, the pump it self , in all my time working on xr2's ive never seen a a fuel pump leak, but it wasnt a great deal and didnt effect it

best bit was, after cranking it for a little while to get oil around, within 3 trys she fired into life, and a few small revs later she sat and ticked over with no choke, no throttle, not even any smoke and was fairly quite and running smooth
im really unsure if i should really be taking this lump out to replace with 2 litre , na im kidding 2 litre is going in,. but the old engine is being cleaned up, painted etc and wrapped up and stored in the corner of workshop.

garage took some cleaning and sorting, clark knows what im on about as he saw it last week but its in, and will be started on in a couple weeks with any luck, might start next week, but im on call so were see.

just a few pics for those that maybe dont belive i have got it in there

doors etc open to air it out and dry out moisture

[knuckles]

nice work on the cleaning mission.
bet your glad my old cvh is out of there now

now you got all that mould to contend with on the seats
cant wait to see ya crack on with this and get it back to its former glory but will be sad to see the cvh go

[black2]

Excellent work Jay, let the updates commence.

It will be brilliant when its finished and trust me you'll love the 2.0l power.

Gareth.

[Dave G fsi]

Glad to see she's getting some love mate! Good luck with the conversion, will be awesome when done!

[jayrs]

cheers guys.
clark you seen the room next to where the car is and you have seen where the zetec lump is! i gotta get that out! i will be sorting that room a little to gain extra room and to get to the zetec and the bits i put to one side for it.

as for the mould, im aint keep the seats i got a couple of FRST recaros to go in, and i shall be re-trimming the rears to match and door cars etc, well thats the plan.
so if you know of any FRST seats that are naffed i want the material

[dangerousdave]

im sure i read someones post ( thought it was yours actually) and they had a roll of the fabric in there loft....stick a wanted add up

[Chris 2i]

glad to see it's at least indoors now mate. Aren't the early spec interiors more valuable? Might be worth swapping the bench over for a later one and selling the interior you have in there.

[jayrs]

dangerousdave, not me mate, but if someone had a roll im sure there want silly money for it...??
if i can get the material from a rear seat (both parts) i would have enough for what i wanna do i think as i have the material from a front recaro and the material from a complete rear bench so it could be done i reckon.

chris, tbh mate its faded and the drivers seat is gone on the drivers side right (where all seats wear out) so tbh i dont think its worth a toss, but i do happen to have a late spec complete rear bench in stock so that will be the one i rip apart just in case i ever do go back to the faded old stuff, cant see it but will keep it as it is worth more than later spec stuff, or at least will be more sort after i reckon.



im having ideas concerning the door cards, lets face it, they look $hit, and im toying with putting in a mk3 or a mk4 dash, and the mk2 door cards are gunna look out of place...
the reason for thinking mk3/mk4 dash..... i want A/C in the xr2

anyhow thats long way off

[MK3-MATT]

mk3 dash FTW

[jayrs]

the mk3 dash would look better i think, but im also thinking mk4 as its fairly plan ish like the mk2, and i know i can get all the bits from a mk4 with A/C.
if it would fit in a mk2 i dont know, as i dont know of any mk2 with A/C, but i think i'll have some messureing to do.

[Turboboy67]

Sounds like some good plans mate,

Glad to see you've got it undercover at last as well

[jayrs]

Sounds like some good plans mate,

Glad to see you've got it undercover at last as well

aye, and another engineer asked if i would swap a standby with him, so if hes willing to do my weekend this weekend i can start on it without the fear of getting half way through something and the phone going off.

i did have the crazy idea of fitting up power steering to it, and tbh, from what little ive looked into it on the mk2 i can say its doable, but tbh it aint gunna happen, i like the feel of the steering, go kart is the word!
have always loved the mk2, and getting in that mouldy seat the other day and driving it just egg'ed me on to crack on with it