Help!!! 1985 series 1 mark 3 restoration

[Steve-A]

Hi Jake, welcome to the club and forums

White suits her well!

[Ian65]

looking great.... we love white series 3\'s !!!
That looks exactly like my old \'A\' reg s3, with the red stripe ! Nice.

[A7RXY]

I like the red stripe, and would like to put a stripe in my moulding, but being a red car I\'m not sure what colour to use, as I don\'t fancy silver, any comments.

[jakeyd07]

what about a white or a yellow? you want something that isnt going to make it look too boy racerish!

[myatt1972]

I do like a white 7, really suits them.
 
Dibs, leave your car alone, you cant improve on perfection. (well apart from a working electric aerial)
 
 
 
P.S Welcome to the forum.
Which Newcastle are you from upon tyne or under lyme ?
Keith...

[jakeyd07]

[syebba]

I like the red stripe, and would like to put a stripe in my moulding, but being a red car I\'m not sure what colour to use, as I don\'t fancy silver, any comments.

Ford put red stripes on red cars,aka XR3.

[syebba]

have u had a poke around underneath for rust?

[jakeyd07]

[Ian65]

Jake,

your photos are difficult to follow. If you edit your post, put each photobucket image code on a separate line with a space in between and they will then follow one above the other. You only have 10 mins after posting to edit though.

[jakeyd07]

yeah iv been under a couple of times, and had a bit prod , just the odd little bit of surface rust but its solid. ill not be able to tell properly until i get it up on a stands but its fairly solid. i dont know if theres anywhere i should look out for where theres a usual problem??? i know that the thin bit of metal under the engine has a fist size hole in it but i dont think thats an issue, just putting rust inhibitor on places where needed

[jakeyd07]

sorry about the photos i tried to edit the lay out but the administrator wouldnt let me, aka 10 mins up!!!

[jakeyd07]

@ myatt1972

i live close to newcastle in a small town called Hexham.

[captainbizzaro]

Gotta love a White 1st gen.

[syebba]

The front nosecone looks holed,can get these £20>£30 on ebay.
You need to get car up on stands & search everywhere underneath,fb\'s are very good at hiding rust.
Usual places,sill ends,all of chassis,inner arches,outer arches,suspension mounts etc.
Seen it loads of times,a new owner with what looks like a g8 condition fb,only to find horrors lurking underneath,better to find out before spending time & money!
ta stu[plenty of posts on here ref areas to look for rust]