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chris99puma

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Hey Guys,

I have been sulking around this forum for almost a year now, but only decided to join now. I am the proud owner of a 1999 Puma 1.7L. If you can believe it, I first fell hard for the Mk4.5 Fiesta. The Wife was telling me that if I was going to pour some money into a nice project car, it first had to be nice! So, alittle over a year and a half ago, I started looking for a Puma to replace it with.

I finally settled on a fixer-uper, that I discovered on autoscout24. Originally she cost me 2200 euro, but to me that's worth it. It came with (from what I can tell) an untampered with 45,000km.

Unfortunately she has some minor hail damage on the right hand side, but is currently being addressed at the body shop.

What may be an interesting conversation starter, is that in 2025 I will be importing my Puma to the USA. It may be one of the first to eventually find itself on the rallycross with a few mustangs!

Currently searching for a few hard to come by parts before making the trip! Thanks for the read!
 

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Just to list a few things I have had to work thru to get her running right.

Replaced & Repaired both headlights & taillights
Replaced Idle air control valve
Replaced Mass air flow sensor
Full brakes
Replaced a burnt up speed sensor
New Valve Cover Gasket & Oil
& Fixed all 10 coolant leaks
 
I'll have to check the videos out! From what I was reading on his post, I believe the parts may be easier to come by than people think. We did get the ford festiva in the states. Alot of the part numbers seem to show the same.
 
Welcome to the site Chris, nice to see these being imported over to the US. Certainly be a talking point to those who may have never seen them over there, which will more than likely be most (y)

And Rick/Yog, thanks for those links, gives me something interesting to read/watch while I'm waiting for a huge download :ROFLMAO:
 
Welcome to the site Chris, nice to see these being imported over to the US. Certainly be a talking point to those who may have never seen them over there, which will more than likely be most (y)

And Rick/Yog, thanks for those links, gives me something interesting to read/watch while I'm waiting for a huge download :ROFLMAO:
Appreciate the welcome!
 

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