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Post by LandieMark on Mar 22, 2018 8:51:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 8:57:37 GMT
Looks like a VW!
Apart from the wheels being a tiny bit Carlos Fandango, that looks good.
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Post by LandieMark on Mar 22, 2018 9:00:18 GMT
Indeed, slightly less flared arches and narrower wheels would suit it better.
Mk1 Golf is another car that matches the design brief in the simplest way possible.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 9:01:27 GMT
306 as well.
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Post by johnc on Mar 22, 2018 9:05:39 GMT
I had a Black MK1 XR2 for the road and raced another tuned red one at the same time. I really enjoyed mine although it was made at the time when Ford had designed everything to break or fall off after 2 years - at least the bits were cheap and easy to fix. It was a bit of a Go Kart too and there are some corners I come to today and wonder how I managed to go round it so quickly in the XR2 - in our local group there were certain notable corners and on and off ramps where there was an unofficial record cornering speed and the XR2 was always near the top of the tree.
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Post by Blarno on Mar 22, 2018 9:25:13 GMT
I love Mk1 Fiestas. Lose the flares, too-wide wheels and the black number plate and it's perfect.
Also, that exhaust manifold is usually used on Zetec turbo conversions. I've never seen one on a NA engine.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 10:55:29 GMT
Apart from the wheels/tyres that looks good.
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Post by Blarno on Mar 22, 2018 11:22:29 GMT
Goes to show something that the basic chassis setup on the Fiesta remained largely unchanged until the most recent version, if my memory is correct.
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Post by Tim on Mar 22, 2018 13:22:16 GMT
I thought the Mark 3 (the one that included the RS Turbo version) was a new platform as it was a reasonably larger car than the first 2?
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Post by Blarno on Mar 22, 2018 13:24:51 GMT
I'm basing this assumption on the fact that you can fit Puma suspension to earlier cars without trouble. The newest model appears to have independent rear suspension rather than beam.
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Post by Tim on Mar 22, 2018 13:34:45 GMT
I thought the Mk3 was a new floorpan and evolved into the fish-faced Mk4 (?).
Not sure if the subsequent sqaurer one was a new floorpan or not.
Perhaps it wasn't really new but a stretched version of the original, hence the parts crossover.
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Post by Blarno on Mar 22, 2018 14:54:21 GMT
Wiki confirms you are correct.
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Post by michael on Mar 22, 2018 15:56:55 GMT
I think the first generation Corsa (sold here at least) was based on a Nova. That lasted a long time.
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Post by Tim on Mar 22, 2018 16:34:37 GMT
Wiki confirms you are correct.
Wiki concludes that I'm a sad bastard for actually knowing that 
I don't even like Fords!
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Post by Blarno on Mar 22, 2018 17:18:49 GMT
I think the first generation Corsa (sold here at least) was based on a Nova. That lasted a long time. It also explains why it was such an understeery shitpile to drive. |
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Post by chipbutty on Mar 22, 2018 18:26:45 GMT
I love those wheels, but the silly low pro stretch tyres ruins the look (IMHO).
It must go like a shit house rat up a drainpipe though.
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Post by Blarno on Mar 22, 2018 19:57:25 GMT
That's got to be running an easy 160 bhp on bike carbs and lumpy cams. More than enough for an 800kg box like the Fiesta.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 27, 2018 7:26:37 GMT
I've started following that FB group since you shared the photo of that utterly lovely Mk1 Fiesta, Mark. There are some horrors on there but there are some quite nicely modified cars too. I even liked that Talbot Horizon!!
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Post by racingteatray on Mar 28, 2018 8:38:46 GMT
Ford really got it right with that car. Cheap, compact and a design free of any fussy details. It looks just right. If I remember correctly, the original design is by Tom Tjaarda (of Pantera fame). Which would explain things... |
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Post by LandieMark on Mar 28, 2018 16:03:45 GMT
For some strange reason, I thought the Pantera reference was about the band! 😳
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Post by chipbutty on Mar 28, 2018 16:55:56 GMT
The band is (in part) named after the car. Although the main reference is the fact that Pantera is Spanish for Panther, the fact that a car the drummer had seen was called a Pantera sealed the deal (because it was a cool as fuck).
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