As you've probably seen I'm got myself a racing puma shell. Not sure of the number yet but will try and get some history on it.
Plan is to restore it with a few unique touches. Original plan was to convert my current puma to racing spec, but can't beat building the genuine article.
Rebuilt my Monte Carlo escort cossie from a bare shell, but that's now gone to a collector so it's onto my mk1 escort cosworth build. But seeing as my 5 month old daughter is taking up time, my mate is welding that car up in his spare time and I wanted something to tinker with whilst I wait.
I've been a fan since the launch of the racing puma and when I was working for BMW Rover on the mini project, we had one of the racing pumas on the fleet as a benchmark car. Since then I've always wanted one. My time has finally come so now the challenge begins in finding genuine parts to rebuild.
After measuring up a spare ST 5cyl I have and realising the amount of time needed to fit that I'm onto plan B, with a worked 1.7 on throttle bodies. However, I do have my eye on a 1.6 fiesta ST ecoboost engine as another option.
But I'm way off the engine phase. Its corrosion protection and underseal first. But I'll be needing some bits a long the way so always happy to hear of parts for sale.
Looking forward to sharing my progress.