More pics of "River Rat" *warning for lots of pics*
 

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Acquired this in trade for some r/c stuff. A clodbuster with a custom chassis, a rs4 rally, and an original rc10t.

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Doesn't look anywhere near this good anymore. It was originally red and was a Mcnew's edition focus from back in the day. I will post some pics of it's current state tomorrow.

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And a video of it running.

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Tranny was shifting a little hard and i was concerned there was water in it so i decided to drain it out and flush it and switch it to some fresh ford honey. Here's what came out.

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Small hole in the passenger floor board that's gonna need fixed.

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The drivers side rocker panel got a got sized dent in it also. But i have stock black side skirts that will cover that up.

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Also a hammer mard on the passenger a pillar if you look close you can see it in this pic.

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Installed my old headlights.

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Made some more progress

Had to put a radio in it was going nuts without one. Got this from a junkyard for $40 dollars and bought the install kit to mount it. it's a jenson cd player nothing fancy.

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This is my good freind Andy. He is the guy who fabbed up my turbo kit for me and is a very good fabricator and welder. He was helping me repair the damage from the roof scoop. had a bunch of screw holes and a huge die grinder cut that needed welded shut.

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Got a Rousch midwing from Karl at Massive

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Ground down the welds and slapped some flat black on it to protect it until it gets painted in january.

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This is the damage that was done were the ww mid wing was ripped off. They must have used a large screwdriver or prybar. i ordered a new mid wing to go over the area and hide most of the damage. Also pictured is the green gas door that i got from a slavage yard to replace the broken one.

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This is the hammer dent on the passenger a pillar.

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It's six different colors(red, baby blue, yellow, primer, flat black, and green) right now and i may add a sen=venth color if i can find a good oem rear bumper to replace this damaged one. But it has run great so far and this is how it looks going down the road. I get lots of looks in both of my Foci.

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Got a Rousch midwing from Karl at Massive:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: for a great price. It's alot bigger than the WW one that is on my other focus, which is ok cause it covers up the damage alot better but if it wasn't for that i would not recommend this wing. I think i may add a rs or svt wing to offset it a little more.

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My replacemant green gas door:rock:

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Don't mess with the ZX3-RR:arr:

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Newest modification is a used OBX exhaust system.

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Inspiried by the $50 paint thread.

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Added a used OBX header.

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Had the hole in the floor repaired

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My super dooper intake

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Stipped down getting ready for paint!

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Spent all day prepping and taping up the rat getting it ready for the paint booth.

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Damage to the roof all fixed up.

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Here's the paint Valspar tractor paint in Flat Black.

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The brew all mixed and ready to spray.

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Samples of the paint on a street rod project the he just finished.

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Painting the jams.

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First coat going on. Bye Bye blue hello happiness.

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wow i have never seen so many photos posted in one thread. maybe post only some of the pics and link to the rest for those interested? it was a bit too much for me personally.
either way, i moved this to member journals which is a great place to document the progress of your car, so you can just continue with anything related to this car there...

Wow that is alot of pics.

looks like its really comming along!

so did you get this, by trade at the junkyard or did you get it like this and the first pics are what it looked like before it ended up in pieces?

yeah^ where did you get it from, fresh water flood or something else of that nature. but it is comming allong

I saw your car down in York when it was sitting. I had met up with the kid (cant remember his name right now) that had the flat black ZX2 that was sitting next to your car up at that garage back when I was looking for a project car.

Wow, that thing was BEAT. Good job on restoring it.

looks like the interior could use some powerwashing as well !

thank god, you got rid of that hideous blue.

Thats a really well documented build. How did it go from the shape it was in to the mess that it was when you started it, with the wing and skirts and lips torn off?

Who the hell painted it the first time? They painted the car with the body kit and wing on there, so when they were taken off it was red underneath?

Glad to see with the second paint job your doing it right. BTW, what the hell happened to the car? It got stolen?

From what I heard, somebody stole it and parked it on a ramp into the river, engine bay 1st up to almost the windshield.

with the flat blk does it get a clear coat or not, like a flat clear

not this paint it is actually flat black oil based enamel like they would use on tractor.

Wow man that is a really well documented rebuild. It's kind of funny that you traded the car for some R/C stuff, as I type this I am sitting next to two of my original RC10's, my TC3, RC10 B3, RC10 T3, and my RC12 L3's. Yeah I used to be really into the R/C stuff, Team Associated FTW!

So is this simply a project car, and you have another focus that is up in running?

Anyways, glad to see you are bringing this car back to life, looks like your doing a great job keep up the good work.

you weren't joking when you said there were a lot of pics, wow, my eyes hurt, glad to see you're getting rid of the that blue paint and good luck w/ it's progress

so i take it you must realy realy love focalyptie's (Foc-a-lip-tie) hahaha had to do tht here at springfield ford we have many names for a focus