seeing that thumbnail of them all together makes me so happy

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

I'm glad it's a great feeling of community :)

Just picked up a 9,100 warranted miles, 1 owner.. full ford history, all extras even parking sensors and front heated screen!... 1.6 Auto 2000 Mk1 Giar silver.... garaged all its life like a brand new inside and out, even had the plastic film on the cill plates...man even the air hoses were still with that white powder on them from the moulds! Brought it 1/5/2024, for £2500 cash, for a reliably auto for my daughter's first car. Looks and runs like a BRAND NEW CAR WELL HAPPY. all the best.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

12 күн бұрын

That is a cracking price for what sounds like a great example! Keep that tidy is all I say :)

17:12 walkman sony and phone nokia a true museum (I have too 😂). Great vídeo 👏

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

I know, the owner said the display was good!

I owned a 1999 V plated metallic light green Mk1 Ford Focus 2.0 petrol Ghia with a plastic walnut dash which I bought really cheap for £500 in 2008 from my brother. Only had 55k on the clock and sadly I then did too many miles and let it go at 156k in 2014. Sold it for £500 though so got my money back, was a fantastic car.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

8 ай бұрын

I'm not surprised that is a nice spec!

Este carro é atemporal, em breve se tornará um clássico!!!

What a great video! So good to see all the a Mk1s coming together in such a variety of spec and condition. These are finally starting to garner the respect and appreciation they deserve. It was lovely to meet you on Saturday and glad you liked my little green Saloon! If you ever want to feature it on the channel please do let me know, I'd be delighted to have it featured by a true fan of these cars.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

Ah hello buddy I'm sorry I missed you. All of us saw you come in and went en masse to have a look at it. The Condition is stunning and I'll bare that in mind time permitting on a review! Judging by the interest from passers by seeing clean tidy examples the interest will pick up :)

Best festival video so far. :-) I'd open a dedicated Mk1 Focus rear subframe and rear hard brakeline restoration shop for these enthusiasts. What I miss: a series of 2.5V6 Focus. That'd be a blockbuster.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

That would be cool!

Great video! It’s great to see mk1 enthusiasts! Ive got the bug as well😂

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you have because from all the point going on the line-up not only raised awareness but got tongues wagging and nolstalgia kicking in... plus these are nice examples and well-looked after which compared to the ones you occasionally see on the road is refreshing!

The millennium editions attracted the most attention out of all of ours and you can see why as they stand out with yellow colour. Was a great meet up seeing do many mk1s together 😁

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

Need two milleniums at each end of the line to attract attention!

Love my 01 zx3! It needs a timing belt, and pretty much the entire suspension, but they’re so damn cheap and easy to work on

@usuallyfixingtinkering

2 ай бұрын

absolutely!

What rots the front wings out and sill more than any dirt that gets trapped by the mud flap are leaves that get past the scuttle pannel and then sit and rot between the bottom of the wing and the wheel arch liner. A car fitted with the mudflaps are less prone to rust at the bottom of the wing at the sill due to any spray, salt and stones get deflected by the plastic flap rather than chipping the paint.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

2 ай бұрын

my experience with mk1 mudflaps is when i fitted some to mine they caused surface rust on the wings in 3 months, the wings were fine before! If its a case of preventing salt and muds build up - regular washing goes a long way!

@AJ-tj7jm

2 ай бұрын

@@usuallyfixingtinkering I had mudflaps fitted on mine from brand new, no issues problem is the clips are metal and can scratch the paint, removing them periodically increases the risk of scratching, you probably already had some minor stone chip damage and then the dirt got trapped underneath. Another issue with rust is where the door mirrors and trim attaches on the bootlid which in the case of my dad's car was damaged at the factory as they were clipped into place before the paint had chance to cure, rust started within 4 years. We had 3 MK1s mine was Spanish built the two my dad had were German Built, the difference between the fit and finish particularly of panel gaps were noticeable but oddly it was my Spanish built one that proved to be the most reliable and rust resistant.

Your driver loves the loud pedal. Watching those revs fly up

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

That's pretty normal especially on an overtake :)

Good video Andrew, thanks for showing my car at the beginning. I am strangely attracted to a Focus saloon!

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

I think after this show everyone was looking at the saloon in a different way, it's been modified very subtly and it looks like a car that I want now! Didn't think that about the saloons before :)

The tddi is quite nice and more refined than you would expect, and it is impossible to get less than 500 miles from a tank of fuel. Some nice mk1s there.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

After this day I second this. There was nothing unrefined about the TDDI. Slightly more agricultural moving off but otherwise a great motorway drive!

Great turnout and to fly the flag for the MK1s. I was invited to come to this show last year and I said I will but unfortunately I had to sell my MK1 Edge couple of months ago, very reluctant sale. However I am on the hunt for another soon 👍

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

Plenty of time and plenty of shows to come... I'm glad I'm flying the flag because it looks like virtually every other youtuber bypassed them!

I saw a 1.4CL for sale on Facebook today that I was tempted to buy, only £600. Pictures aren’t great but I think at least 1 of the rear arches maybe on the cusp of being completely rotten. The high mileage and the colour also put me off though. 156000 miles and it’s the same colour as my ghia.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

I can understand that too many similarities Jason but we definitely need one. I've very rarely seen one by me in 10 years and it was battered beyond all belief! A CL focus is very appropriate for the FOTU but still too exceptional, just without the thrills.

For those who wants intermittent wipers all you need is handle and attach one wire from handle to GEM (facelift models). Also you missed estate you missing lol

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

great point! Estate is needed... I suspect estates like any classic will be rare because they are generally workhorses. There was a sierra estate 1986 that showed up... I almost fell over with surprised!

Great video 😊 sending support 😊

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

thankyou!

I'm glad we got the Mk1 here in the USA up to 2007. I have an 07 with the Duratec engine.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

3 ай бұрын

Oh thats the 2.0 and 2.3 Mazda L-Series, great engine very few issues.

Liking the video. Makes me want to really step up my search for a Ghia of my own! Need a lottery win to free up more time, not for the dosh to buy one! Keep up the good work.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

Cheers buddy it made me want a 2nd one it was that good, grab the tidiest you can afford, I still see many solid ones without major work that needs doing. I'd avoid them models at the present.

@DMcC_pool

11 ай бұрын

@@usuallyfixingtinkering I’m prepared to spend a bit extra to get a lower mileage one in better nick. There’s never any guarantees though. There does seem to be quite a few around but they’re mostly all Midlands and London way. Just keep looking, patience is the key.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

That is never a guarantee at this age, they all need work but buying a lower mileage one in good condition will give you the best fighting chance. I cannot promote these cars as cheap runabouts anymore. Hence why they are not dissapearing from hands of "non-enthusiasts". Usually at MOT time!

Tddi was always my preference over the tdci, but then I ran a diesel Escort turbo mk6 van for years

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

That may explain it, I bet you had no issues at all with the TDDI?!

@RobsonRoverRepair

11 ай бұрын

@@usuallyfixingtinkering appart from snapping the cam when I'd filled it with heating oil instead of diesel by accident it was brilliant

I have one with sunroof cassette & electric front mirrors & windows

@usuallyfixingtinkering

9 ай бұрын

The sunroof is a very nice luxury on an early MK1 Focus :)

My dad has a mk1 focus estate LX TDCI in white nearly done 200.000 Miles 2004

@usuallyfixingtinkering

7 ай бұрын

that's still running in for a TDCI!

@kylobudgie9841

7 ай бұрын

@@usuallyfixingtinkering Still running fine never failed MOT

@kylobudgie9841

7 ай бұрын

@@usuallyfixingtinkering I want to have one when I’m older I will have to buy a welder lol

Nice cars there mate! No Estate version over there?

@usuallyfixingtinkering

5 ай бұрын

Nope not at that time but we have a few in the group. The estate will be rare as it's the workhorse of the bunch!

Lol less of the rust bucket The Gia badge she had both but one was pinched the night before I took her to Nics x

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

Oh honestly... I'm sure that got them their "hit" for that night!

@kathreenoconnell2843

11 ай бұрын

I suspect they were very disappointed the next night when they came back and realised she had gone so they could not steal anything else from her I actually drove to Cumbria with the bonnet unlocked but did not realise and Nic noticed the badge missing The theives were using her as a scrap yard until I took her to Nics But fab videos x

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

that's just desperate, well the car will have all this stuff replaced again :)

@kathreenoconnell2843

11 ай бұрын

@@usuallyfixingtinkering Thank you for your kind help I just had my car in the garage yesterday to replace a steering rod and tighten up the handbrake they sure know how to charge the labour lol x

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

@@kathreenoconnell2843 I'm afraid so but far cheaper than getting a new car for sure!

Do the plastics lower trims on the sides stop any of the corrosion found in the versions with just metal trims?

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

They're not metal trims - that is the outer sill. On pre-facelift models they are covered by the plastic trim which is actually a good idea to stop most dirty touching the sill therefore better rust protection is provided. However one problem with any car with plastic sill trims - if you don't take them off and hose down the built up rubbish in the ends of the sill in particular that causes horrendous rust. It's apples and pears, I'd prefer the Facelift models, I can see any deterioration and jump on it especially with wax!

I have the rain expert tyres on mine and they don't perform as well as the ditchfinders that were on it when i got it.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

That is very surprising!

@richardhaywood4123

11 ай бұрын

@usuallyfixingtinkering and disappointing 😞 not cheap either.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

not at all! Mid-range tyres I always buy, a compromise between cost and quality with no regrets either way. I actually find mid-range to be just as good as premium tyres. Roadstone Eurovis is a great tyre... highly recommended if you get the tyre shop to order some if they don't have them!

I have a focus reg is X563VOO it has brown seats cloth in a green/blue frost colour is it more rare mk1 zetec ?

@user-zn6gh4qm4m

3 ай бұрын

The csr is a green blue colour ?

@usuallyfixingtinkering

Ай бұрын

That business aquafrost most likely being an early colour

What would you say your dream car is?

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

That's a question I can't answer in a paragraph but put it that way I used to have one. Now I don't.

@aztech5191

11 ай бұрын

@@usuallyfixingtinkering Oh sad to hear that! :/

Do you have to be part of the Focus Mk1 preservation group on Facebook to attend this? I would love to come to the next meet with my Mk1 but I don't have any social media to join the groups

@usuallyfixingtinkering

8 ай бұрын

Not at all. I will update on here what's going on.

@Mechanikool8

8 ай бұрын

@@usuallyfixingtinkering top man, love the videos by the way. Keep it up👍🏼

My Ghia has perforated leather in the door cars I thought this was standard

@usuallyfixingtinkering

10 ай бұрын

no not all got them

@garyrussell1749

10 ай бұрын

seams a bit tight to have leather seats and cloth door card inserts were leather inserts an option then

Just moved my ST170 that's been stood for a while, nasty noises from the left front on moving the steering. Is it a possible cracked coil spring?

@usuallyfixingtinkering

12 сағат бұрын

That could be the top strut mount, the bearing may have given up. It will sound and feel grindy!

@richardspencer4901

10 сағат бұрын

@@usuallyfixingtinkering is that an easy fix for a garage?

I still don't understand the whole Ghia is a Focus and a Focus is a Ghia thing.

@usuallyfixingtinkering

11 ай бұрын

Ghia was a design studio in coachbuilding... Ford bought the company in 1970. After time it be amended Ford's top trim. It was replaced in Europe in the late 2000s.