My new MK2 RS2000

[Jethro]

first of all nice car,and good luck with it,secondly whats the note like off this exhaust is it loud inside car etc,where did you get it,thanks.

I got it from Peter LLoyd Rallying.
I must get a sound clip of it as Im on a couple of other forums and others have asked too.
I'm probably not the right person to decide whether its loud inside the car because I'm used to an 05 Impreza STI with a 3" downpipe, not cats and a Blitz NurSpec system that would make your ears bleed.
But I would say it is louder now than standard, but not much.

[FoMoCo]

Thanks Gary, that's interesting, why did you decide against buying it then ?

The then owner thought the car had never had any paint.

cheeRS Gary...

[Jethro]

The then owner thought the car had never had any paint.

cheeRS Gary...

There's not a 30+ year old Ford that hasn't had something done

[Jethro]

Another little update...

I got an inner light courtesy of Ian (specialbuild). It was originally my intention to replace all the lights on the front but chose the easy option and will keep the rest of the lights for some time in the future.
At the same time I removed the windscreen and repaired a small area underneath the windscreen rubber where some rust bubbles were beginning to show. It had been previously repaired in this area but there was no point putting the windscreen back in without sorting it.


Screen removed by the 2 foot method, area sanded and treated, then etch primed and sprayed.
Wiper arms were also rubbed down and resprayed, new blades fitted too.



Inner light was cracked and rusted.





Removed.




Replaced

[Mk2steve]

Nice work mate looking forward to seeing the car this year,first show is Kilrea easter sunday then rs owners day in Bangor bank holiday weekend beginning of may.
cheers Steve.

[Jethro]

Nice work mate looking forward to seeing the car this year,first show is Kilrea easter sunday then rs owners day in Bangor bank holiday weekend beginning of may.
cheers Steve.

I'll be at a few of the shows this year.
Its beginning to annoy me now not being able to get it out on the roads yet.

[Jethro]

Full 12 months MOT from today.

Sailed through its MOT first time, I was only advised of a small amount of play in the drivers side steering rack, so that will soon be removed and tightened up.

Wont be long now until its registered,taxed and on the road......yehaaaa

[mk2ddc]

Nice one mate , she`s looking lovely

[kas750]

Well done..Thats a lovely car

[Dermot]

Lovely car. Tidy work on it too. Well done Jethro!

[Jonathon]

what a beaut, just how I like them, what a great looking car.

[Jethro]

Thanks lads, its taking shape nicely.
I thought it was a pretty good result on the MOT considering it hasn't been tested in over 5 years

[south west restorations]

u be happy once u have everything done to it.

[Jethro]

u be happy once u have everything done to it.

But, do you ever have everything done to them ?
I'll always see something that can be fiddled with and tidied up a bit.

[Jethro]

Took a spin down to my local Vehicle licensing office in Downpatrick today, filled in a V55/5 form to register the car up here in N. Ireland, another form for HMRC to notify them that it was imported from the south, an ID check form and various other bits and pieces, MOT, insurance, license etc.
Should be another week or 10 days until its back on the road and on its original plates again