My first car!

I recently passed my driving test and purchased my first car. It is a 1979 Ford Mk 1 Fiesta. I have always wanted a classic car rather than a newer one, and since asking at the garage what would be best in terms of cost and maintenance, I decided on a classic. I had always liked Mk 1 Fiestas as there are a few in the town I live in so I stared to look at some. This was the second one we went to see and after having a good look around and talk about the price we decided to buy it.

It is a 1.1L 1979 Ford Mk 1 Fiesta

The previous owner had resprayed the car white from the original gold colour.

So far the only work I have helped on, is to service the car and fit new rear shock absorbers as the rubbers on the old ones were perished.

I plan on keeping the car in original condition without any aftermarket wheels or a performance carburetor.

The Mustang

In October of 2012, my Dad purchased his dream car; a 1968 Ford Mustang Coupe. It had just been imported from the USA and he is the first UK owner. This section of my blog will detail jobs that i have done to help him in the restoration.

The car, a 1968 Ford Mustang Coupe with a 302 V8.

This is the first job I did. These are the indicator bezels that the front lights sit in, I took all the surface rust away with a wire wheel then sanded the bits that it couldn't reach before painting it all black. The one on the right is after next to the other side as before.

This is one of the housing bodies from the rear lights before I sanded the paint off. I did these with much the same process as the front lights.

The same real light housing body but whilst I was sanding them down. you can clearly see the difference between the bare metal and the amount of rust and paint that was on this.

Once we jacked the car up and put it on axle stands, we took off the power steering cylinder and I helped to rebuild it under the guidance of my dad. We rebuilt it using a kit we purchased that included all new seals and rubbers needed to recondition it. (The tape at the end is to hold in the grease). We still need to paint this before we put it back on the car.

Whilst we had the car up off of the ground, we took off the strut rods. Here I am cleaning one with a wire brush before painting it and putting it all back together.

Here is the finished product. As you can see I've added new bushes to the end and repainted the bar itself as well as the caps. (The gold disks)

This is the anti roll bar after I rubbed it down and painted, ready to go back on the car.