hi there,
i have been on here for a while now and i have had my puma since November (the third puma i have owned). a lot of people ask my why a puma? and they dont seem to understand that when i was a 9 year old boy and first saw the puma in a ford showroom when my mum was buying a mk 1 focus i fell in love... and ever since then i have been obsessed with them.
So less beating around the bush... this is mine she is a 1998 s reg that was born on 7/12/1998 and sold on my 9th birthday 4/2/1999. i paid £500 for her with 78k on the clock all in good condition apart from the blasted standard rust on rear arches.
before i keep blabbling on here are some pics.....
here is how she was when i picked her up
i didnt waste any time got her straight into the garage and stripped down not before long she was like this...
i needed to do the timing and fit the exhaust mani so i just decided it would be easier to drop the engine out
next i painstakingly got the heatgun and scrapers out and attacked the sound deadening
then started cutting the boot out to save some weight
engine back in
i got some avo coilovers for her that i am not entirely impressed with i think i might get some kws
the exhaust i have...
after i had stripped the car out put the engine back in it was time to go get it rolling roaded and a few disasters happened. basically because i dont have a proper car trailer for her we decided to use a digger trailer it fit on (ish) but the ramp coming off was too steep and put a hole in the fuel tank but that didnt stop the run ran to halfords and got some tank hole repair worked a treat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI1P_lC3w2Q&feature=player_embedded" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
it ran 124.7 bhp which wasnt too bad seeing as it was running on asda fuel that had been on the floor lol
on the way back the puma damaged itself coming off the trailer again this time the front bumper got caught so i decided rather than damage the whole thing get a saw out and cut the part that was caught off...
my next plans are to get a rear diffuser on it (venturi) to make it stick to the floor (in theory) and i have cut out the rear bumper ready for this it is amazing how heavy the thing is.
as you can see in the pics i got bored of the green boot
there are many things i havent listed such as brake upgrades it is also fully polbushed and the interior is hardly existent i have a nice carbon fibre centre console though
keep watching for more C&C welcome i know a lot of you's would complain that its killed a good condition car but there was no point in me having 2 cars my other being a brand new focus titanium atleast i can kind of justify it this way :lol:
i have been on here for a while now and i have had my puma since November (the third puma i have owned). a lot of people ask my why a puma? and they dont seem to understand that when i was a 9 year old boy and first saw the puma in a ford showroom when my mum was buying a mk 1 focus i fell in love... and ever since then i have been obsessed with them.
So less beating around the bush... this is mine she is a 1998 s reg that was born on 7/12/1998 and sold on my 9th birthday 4/2/1999. i paid £500 for her with 78k on the clock all in good condition apart from the blasted standard rust on rear arches.
before i keep blabbling on here are some pics.....
here is how she was when i picked her up
i didnt waste any time got her straight into the garage and stripped down not before long she was like this...
i needed to do the timing and fit the exhaust mani so i just decided it would be easier to drop the engine out
next i painstakingly got the heatgun and scrapers out and attacked the sound deadening
then started cutting the boot out to save some weight
engine back in
i got some avo coilovers for her that i am not entirely impressed with i think i might get some kws
the exhaust i have...
after i had stripped the car out put the engine back in it was time to go get it rolling roaded and a few disasters happened. basically because i dont have a proper car trailer for her we decided to use a digger trailer it fit on (ish) but the ramp coming off was too steep and put a hole in the fuel tank but that didnt stop the run ran to halfords and got some tank hole repair worked a treat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI1P_lC3w2Q&feature=player_embedded" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
it ran 124.7 bhp which wasnt too bad seeing as it was running on asda fuel that had been on the floor lol
on the way back the puma damaged itself coming off the trailer again this time the front bumper got caught so i decided rather than damage the whole thing get a saw out and cut the part that was caught off...
my next plans are to get a rear diffuser on it (venturi) to make it stick to the floor (in theory) and i have cut out the rear bumper ready for this it is amazing how heavy the thing is.
as you can see in the pics i got bored of the green boot
there are many things i havent listed such as brake upgrades it is also fully polbushed and the interior is hardly existent i have a nice carbon fibre centre console though
keep watching for more C&C welcome i know a lot of you's would complain that its killed a good condition car but there was no point in me having 2 cars my other being a brand new focus titanium atleast i can kind of justify it this way :lol: