Mk1 Ford Fiesta 1.1L Restoration Episode 11: Final tweaks and 6-month update

[@robertngreen6]

This is such a lovely little car. I hope it finds an appreciative new owner soon!

[@mentaldetectingireland]

I just binged watched from start to finish , enjoyed every minute if it , cheers for the uploads

[@maxeluy]

Maybe you can make a little POV drive to say goodbye to the Fiesta and to have for posterity. Thank you for saving it 🙌 I hope that the next owner treats her well, is a survivor.

[@badbooks476]

Great work with the comprehensive & sympathetic recommissioning of the mk1 fiesta, credit to you for making it a reliable 43 year old classic. I had a bad MX5 Klarius exhaust, rattly loose baffles, the silencer was rippled & badly scratched tail pipe, obviously dropped / crushed / damaged, never used that garage since, old exhaust was Klarius & always ok, just wore out

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Aww thank you. I’ve had Klarius before on other cars and they’ve been great, this is the first time it’s been completely dreadful

[@MarkHickman-y1u]

My first car was a Ford Fiesta 1.1 L in yellow with a black vinyl roof. 1979 T registration. Bought in 1987 after passing my driving test. Loved the car. Simple to work on. Had tappets adjusted numerous times. Oh and the front screen wash was a rubber pump you pushed on the drivers side floor.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Oh I love the rubber pump on the floor! My grandmother had that in her mk1 Fiesta. Sadly this one is posh and has an electric pump; you can’t have everything 🤣

[@MarkHickman-y1u]

@@MorselsAndMotors it was easy to use. Next car I had was a Mk1 Fiesta, was a 950 popular plus in Blue with electric screen washer.

[@danielrussell446]

Well done Sion a great video and well done on the jobs on the fiesta which have really improved it and made it an even better little car it deserves a good home and what a survivor as well Always remember that loud exhaust on those and the engines as my dad said like a sewing machine it looks a million dollars now

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Thank you Daniel. Yea the exhaust note is kinda iconic, and it’s one of the first things people say when they experience it in the flesh.

[@terryatkinson899]

You had the same experience as me doing my clutch on the cinquecento, went from being incinerated on the driveway to being rained on every time I took out the toolbox and i broke the driveshaft flange and 68euro of gearbox oil flowed down the road before i noticed 😢😢 Had to get a second hand one from Spain via a Lithuanian website which took weeks to arrive.....

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Ohhhhh no 🙈🙈. Thankfully the seals only slightly got disturbed, so the gearbox oil coming out was just a trickle

[@dreammaker730]

Wow is that fiesta really that good underneath ?. I'm impressed by all that you have done . Yep fiestas were always loud.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

It really is!

[@marknorth8607]

Nicd video you should keep the car

[@markevans2280]

He will keep the car, he wants too much on eBay

[@Chris-to7qs]

I was born on 15th August 1981 when this car was only a few monthes old what is the exact date was it first registerd?

[@MorselsAndMotors]

It was 17 February 1981

[@Chris-to7qs]

That was Tuesday 17th February 1981 the car will be 43 years old next saturday

[@m4xww]

Shame it's going, but needs must. I agree about those exhausts, useless. I ended up buying a "Hella" branded backbox for my Mk3 on Amazon as it looked to be a better fit / better looking, and it turned out well.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Oh I’ve never looked on Amazon for exhausts, I’ll have to remember that in future

[@alexchan5155]

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