1991 Mk3 Fiesta Project Slammed and Finished. Pg5

That looks great, do the mod's you know you want to.
May I suggest investing in a large amount of waxoil to keep her looking rust free!

Cheap -60mm Kit and some 15" Saph Cossie 4x4 or 3 Door Cossei wheels will look the win!

found a set of these



at my local scrappy in need of full refurb for £60, worth it?

Like that, sadly these aint apreciated enough yet in the standard form. But if u plan on getting summut else, keep this as it is enjoying it's mintyness, save towards the other car. ;D

bit too far to collect them mate! cheers tho.

thanks for the kind words guys, think I'm going to get the cloverleaf wheels from my local scrappy, refurb them and then decide what to do!

I'd treat it to a good service to keep it as fresh as poss. get it lowered on quality new shocks and springs, and nice wheels, it should transform the handling and make it feel faster with less wobble happening.

It really is time-warp and the silver makes it look modern and smart. Simple and subtle it could be a modest honey.

i know its actually painful not to do it now!

just missed some -60mm springs on ebay but found some new shocks and springs for £100 on demontweaks! think theres an error there but might have to take advantage of it.

unfortunatly i cant afford those bbs splits! might have to settle for a set of 13" slotmags ive seen for sale

Cracking looking car and reckon the others are right that you shouldn't mess too much with it (although it is your car ). Reversible mods are always a good bet when you've got a minter - make no bones about it, this car WILL be worth money in the future, it might not be for quite a few years, but look what has happened to the mint Mk1's and what is happening to the mont Mk2's. Always worth more in original spec, so hang onto those springs/shocks if you change them.

I know some people on here will be saying "but it's only a standard, cheap to buy and not ery retro Mk3. I bet the same people would have said as much about Mk1's ten years ago.....hope you get my drift? ;D

Personally I don't think the cloverleaf alloys will work on a Mk3 - early 80's wheel designed for the angular Escorts on 90's rounded hatch....plus they are narrow enough that steels with a big drop would actually look better than cloverleafs with a big drop. Look at the amazing results you got with your Sunny to see what I mean.

Having just looked through the Alleycat VS Comp CX thread, some Alleycats would look uber on a Mk3.....but then so would some nicely banded steels (but you know this already )

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this.....especially as you understand how stance is everything ;D ;D




[EDIT] Just went looking for a set of banded steels that I remember seeing for sale in the parts section (on a Ka) but can't find them now! Typical!!

Found these instead though which would look all kinds of awesome on your Mk3; retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pfsw&action=display&thread=70858 [EDIT]

Personally I think your car will work better on steels than anything genuine Ford because nearly all the stock Ford alloys have been played out one way or another and some subtle banded steels or funky classics (like the Alleycats) will achieve a far better look.

Most Ford alloys are used because they're easy to swap over, cheap to buy and you find a lot of base spec Fords with wheels from a different model because the owner 'thinks' it makes the world of difference. For some reason I've seldom seen it look right.

A set of RS 7 spokes look right at home on an RS1600i or RST but look wrong on a stock (even if lowered) Mk3 escort. I hope I'm making sense??

As for the next PlayDay - Sat 12th Dec (+13th for anyone brave/drunk enough to stay over). It's a 'bodywork' day where we'll be looking at welding bodywork, making repair sections/panels, filling dents etc....

There are a few cars lined up for different jobs but the idea is everyone gets to learn a bit about repairing bodywork with a hands on aproach. Please feel free to come along?

More details will be appearing very soon - just getting a website sorted so that info, details & dates can be found more easily ;D

Cheers for now, Bruce.