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Just around the corner from this garage was a Peugeot 205 that a lady owned. Used to love watching her cold start it in the morning while I waited for the bus to school. It always used to stall :)

+Benjamin Smith i was always nearly late for school in the 90's because of our renault 5 1.1 tl it never started from cold straight away

+michael jagger My aunt had a mk1 Renault 5 1.1 that hated starting on a cold damp mornings. my mother had a mk1 0.9 fiesta and a Mk2 fiesta 1.1, both which hated cold starting on a damp morning but my own MK2 1.1 which was my first car had electronic breaker-less ignition so at least it would usually start first time even if left for a week or so.

Benjamin Smith Electronic ignition is much better than points ignition. No points can wear out and its maintenance free. My grandma had a 1988 burgundy MK2 Fiesta 1.1 popular plus in the early 90's before she died don't know it had points ignition or electronic ignition as i was only a kid but i do remember it prettywell. It was immaculate and very reliable. My neighbour had a MK2 1.0 that hated the damp or cold on average it took 5 mins to get going.

I was nearly always late for school when my mum had a mk2 Renault 5 1.1 TL. It was crap from cold but once it warmed up it could run all day. Noisy but had a bomproof engine.

michael jagger Yes I did thanks!Ooo nice!I love Orion's! My first car was a 1.6i Ghia mk2, 1987 model running K-Jectronic.I still have the engine, which was rebuilt by Ford, and only had done 3k on the rebuild :)

ford MFI engines loved the sound of the buzzing fuel pumps in escorts and orions

It was chopped aftermarket stuff! But when I had it on the road I used GAZ coilovers and short springs on the rear :)

ok cool, I was thinking of getting 50mm lowering springs but feel they would actually lift the car a bit.

Had them on the XR2 and the front wasn't low enough!

***** Hello, I don't have the car anymore, I sold it a year ago. I may have pictures, and if not I have a Haynes manual. Either way, on mine the positive wire had a ballast resistor thus making it obviously the positive. The wire from the distributor [think it was black] goes to the negative.

Do get yourself one, they're going to go up in value, I was about to settle for a mk2 as mk1's have gone up in price quite a bit in the last year but found one luckily, BUT I am jealous of how cheap parts are for a Mk2 lol, what needs doing to my mk1 will cost about £1250, for a mk2... about £200 probably but you'd have to find quite a rusty one to need to do what mine needs, two front wings for a mk1, about 350 if you can find them... for a mk2, about £70 with postage brand new, the whole front facia for a mk1, another 350 easily, if you can find one... a mk2, I think I recall around £50 brand new. Don't let anything put you off though, they're great cars, have a great following, and for damn sure are rarer than a mk1 or mk2 escort at any car show. No joke, I've only seen about 3 mk2 fiesta's at car shows, about 3 while I'm out and about, and literally only seen 5 mk1 fiesta's ever in person (not including mine) but only at shows.

***** Truly great cars, if insurance is not a pain (most likely will be) then I'll defo scoop a mk2

+iEldilo nah insurance is cheap, depending on the company it will be really cheap or be about the same as a normal first car if it makes sense? I'm seeing people pay quite literally half of what I'm quoted through I think admiral, footman jack or something, and I think aviva, but basically look at some companies that aren't on comparison websites, for my 957cc mk1 I was quoted about 2200 on confused.com but there are plenty who got cheaper by going directly to some companies.

+iEldilo also you gotta remember that getting a mk2 even will be an investment as they will be worth much more soon as mk1s are getting harder to get and prices going right up so next thing people will get is a mk2.

Im in the middle of buying a mk2 1.1 Ghia. With Hagerty its only £160 to insure.

Oh, this mk1 isn't to great on fuel either I'm afraid, despite being a 1.1, its worse then my XR2. Yep I find most engines have a trick to starting them, and its just working out what it is :) Luckily I've worked it out for all of mine :)

I had it on the road December 2013 to about March 2014 when I then sold it and bought a mk5 Fiesta Zetec S instead.

michael jagger The HCS engine was always tappety!

i know it was a happy engine. could go on forever

James's XR2 my brother's fiesta mk3 1.1 was tappety indeed that had the HCS in it. once tappets were adjusted it was quiet for about 3 months lol

lol, they are always so noisy them engines! You could get the OHV engines in the mk1 and mk2 to run so quietly!

It is indeed a little tricky. I've just started using this as my daily and it took me a while to realise that without that slight throttle tickle while cranking it can be a bitch to start. And off course then floods!

Nope, not in this weather I'm afraid.Need to pop out a drain plug in the driver's rear floor pan and weld it up. Water keeps coming in when the roads are soaked/ flooded

oh dear

+michael jagger Depends why exactly it won't start. You probably could, but it might take a few attempts.

+James's XR2 wouldnt be a ford if it didnt start first time from cold.

Once I had this in daily use it would start fine every time :)

Look better with bumpers haha

fortis619 Is that the engine from the mk3 fiesta? I get confused with the names of the OHV engine, I thought the 1995 version was a Valencia?Anyways try eBay or Burton Power.When I rebuilt my mk1 Golf I got engine parts from Euro car parts I think.What other parts do you need?

Ozzy Enzo LMAO!

fortis619 I see! Did you manage to find the parts for your engine?

+James's XR2 yes I did ,there is a shop 2 hours away that actually sells rebuilt kits I pretty much struck gold lol, the engine I was working on wasnt on a car it's mounted on a street sweeper

hey that's great, glad you got the parts you need :)

I think it was lowered 4". [62 long springs] had a load of zetec bits in the boot aswell I seem to remember.When I was using it I had 7" on the rear and coilovers on the front, the 6" springs were too low for work's speed bumps.It's back to standard now

6" long springs that should read

Trick is, one pump, full choke, then crank and give it a little throttle. But as the float bowl was dry it was anyones guess :p

they always go in the end.

Matthew Lovell Last one I see on the road was this one!Battery was low as it had been sitting ages, hence the lack of fuel in the carb, and the excessive cranking to draw the fuel up the lines. Alternator belt was indeed a bit loose ;)I know not to over rev a cold engine, I don't think it was excessive. Just trying to clear the cylinders and not let it stall.No idea if its still on the road, I sold it last year. Although strangely I was wondering this myself today

James's XR2 Oh and it didn't really burn any oil when I was using it as my daily car, don't think I ever needed to top it up!Unlike my XR2!

DVLA vehicle check might tell you.

the burgundy Y reg MK1 fiesta i saw around mansfield is still going strong runs like a dream. ive seen the first ever built ford fiesta mk1 in a car museum in norfolk not too far from great yarmouth, about 7 years back it it had only done a 188 miles from new. could take photo's sadly. but the reg is JOB1

1982, on a Y plate

they went to A-reg

yep they did indeed!

i cant decide what i like better the mark I or markII fiesta.

I prefer the mk2 personally! :)

They have a box just infront of the rear wheel and that's it. Some mk2 have an extra right at the front. But yes that is most likely why they sound so nice. I absolutely love the sound, would never change my exhaust!

what do you get to the gallon on your fiesta xr2?

The XR2 was getting about 32 to 36ish around town, And 36 to sometimes 44mpg on a very long run.

what I love about old ford fiesta's is the battery is nearly dying then it starts

hehe I love that too, It just manages to get going before the battery completely dies

+huskyhunk31 I didn't use it when it was seriously cold, but it never had to much of a problem durring the winter I used it through. A little sluggish on the starter but always started first time :)

wow, that's really impressive then.... And a pity *LOL*....

Lovely, what model is it?I used my mk2 XR2 for a daily for years with no problems :)

James's XR2 I've only got a 1.1 pop plus, love the car to bits though, good fun to drive

SO much fun to drive, do love the old Fiestas. I want another mk2 for a project ;)

James's XR2 I certainly recommend them

Yep it starts fine now I'm using it, but it was just to get the fuel level up.Now if its been standing I just crank for a good 20 secs or so, and then pour a little fuel down the venturi. It will normally start and keep running after that

thats it

It is still on the road with a new owner :)

Great the owner must have fixed her all up.

The guy I sold it to sold it on. And I'd done a lot of bodywork and other work to make it road worthy since this video :) Just needed tidying up when I sold it

I say they all had a back box, it was just infront of the rear wheel with a longer tailpipe on the mk2's and base mk1's. I refer to that box as the back box!

It doesn't really burble in the video tbh, exhaust isn't hot enough, And like I said, XR2 burbles more, but that might have a vacuum leak lol. It handled SO well on the coilovers! The standard suspension was nice to drive in, but too soft for me really lol. Was good to drive, good fun

still off the road?

The XR2 is

i hope it survives. hows your mk1 fiesta doing?

The XR2 will! One day it will get sorted out. I sold the mk1 a few months ago

No it shouldn't have, and it always started first time when I was actually using the car. It had sat for several weeks, unused, therefore had no fuel in the carb. It simply took several cranks to draw some fuel up. Full choke, and one pump as enough when run daily, and maybe a tickle of the throttle. Pointless charging/ replacing the battery as I sold the car 7 years ago, and it had a fairly new battery at the time, although obviously slightly discharged in the video.

XR2 burbled so much better then the mk1 did ;)

it did.

than the mk1 xr2?

the mk2 xr2 did burble than the mk1 xr2

old fords were cool the only let down was rust and cold starting. but you can depend on their engines