I was contacted by a customer I had already done a previous detail for, to detail a purchase he made last summer but had not done anything with.
The car is a series 1 RS turbo that has 85k and is in exceptional condition with this being a non custom the paint was very thin to start with and had previously been buffed to death by previous owners.

On arrival









Time to scrub









once washed it was inside to clay and inspect









time to strip it down, ready to machine polish











after








while the lights was out it was time to give the inner wings etc a clean




while it was in bits the customer asked me to fit clear protection film on all the spats and spotlights




a quick clean


remove previous polish left by last person

gone


grille and all lights back in plus windscreen wipers etc




Time to do the wheels and have a look underneath, this car has never been welded and all the sills and chasis rails are straight as an arrow its been jacked up properly in the past











gave the exhaust a polish too



so onto the inside; all original stickers are still in there




The door handles in this shot were not the same on both doors so I adjusted them to be symetrical







A switch mount I made to house the Clifford valet switch as the alarm fitter left it hanging on the 2 wires


and some finished shots





















thanks for looking craig

i seem to have had a spirt on doing classic RS's

 

That is mint - I loved the old fords, very old skool but retro cool

If you ever happen to be passing North London let me know and and you can give mine a once over, especially the engine bay

 

Another bloody impressive job there craig!

 

as always perfect my friend

 

very impressed m8,love the car aswell

 

Superb

 

Suddenly miss my Series 1. Mine was a custom which had a 'Special' leaking sunroof. I remember vacuuming it out with my mums new dyson and it never worked again! Great work mate i'll have to pop over and let you work your magic on the Scoob. My school is in Gleadless so not too far from you i think.

 

wow!!

 

Perfect job Craig! You sure are getting the classic Fords in lately!

You must have a lot of concours show cars coming in around this time of year?

 

Absolutley mint. Good job

 

Stunning...

 

Fantastic car never had one of those went from a A reg XR3i to a RS turbo mk 2,D reg

Loved that example in white

 

very nice bud

 

thanks mate

cheers budy

it really is a cracker

 

lol i remember them days, its not far away bout 5 mins your welcome to callin anytime



i have had a few fords lately i think the word has spread lol, i spent years doing concourse think thats where the ocd came from

 

I think after seeing a few of your threads on here a few words sum up that car-simply awesome, WOW

 

Amazing job mate

 

Wow that is one mint car,fair play to who ever maintained it

 

stunning car and a stunning job

 

Good job

I loved the old rs turbo's
I used to drive a gunmetal grey fiesta rs turbo with the green stripe
the rs turbo's are getting rare now and it is nice to see such a fine example

 

Looks stunning mate. Very good job you done there

 

Another cracking job Looks awesome

 

wow that is amazing

 

The Escort is mine, I've got to take my hat off to Craig, unbelievable job

The car is superb but Craig has taken her to a whole new level.

Now, if only they were as reliable as the modern day Japanese cars lol

 

Stunning, nice to see some of the old skool ford still going and looking better than new after your work

 

stunning

i sooo want to treat my scoob to a proper clean up,

but dings, small rust cracks and a slightly different silver on 1 panel, making me think its not worthwhile.

what you think mate - still worth doing?

 

presuming its a show car?

id be scared to drive it tbh, but at same time immensely happy

you get some haters of "non drivers" but if my numbers came up my garage would be full of the likes of cars like yours mate - along with my "daily's" lol

as the pythons say ,"you lucky, lucky b*stard" lol

 

Depending on how bad it is i do use a very good bodyshop that could maybe sort these problems at the same sort of time price depending obviously, i have done it with a few and iv got a evo having bits done there now before i then finish it, your call either way i dont want to just say yes to you ,

 

Well I'll certainly be going to shows in her but she won't be a trailer queen. Being set up this week, ready for a "spirited drive" to Santa Pod next Sunday.

They need to be driven after all (just not when there's rain/snow/grit around if it's a shonky old Ford lol)

 

haha had enough old fords, although my love was always xr3, 3i's and xr2's as sad as it sounds - to know they just dont mix well with road debris and water.

im sure i remember reading about the steel ford used during the production periods being of sub-standard quality from spain/italy or along those lines? who knows couldve just been nonsense, but it was attributed to the terrible corrosion issues of the era.

anyway, love the car, looks stunning mate. great job and credit to the man thats done the work