My Puma 1.7, more than a year on (A works in progress)

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Took the Puma for it's MOT today and it passed with flying colours, even the dreaded emissions test but I had to get the cat well warm and it was great to see the red numbers on the screen scrolling down until they went into the black. The CO was nearly up at .4 and the lambda 1.009 before they counted down.



Underneath the car is still looking as good as it did four years ago when I finished bare-metalling it and then properly undersealing it.





The only comment the tester said was that the lower power steering pipes are starting to get corroded but I have a plan for that when I get the power steering pipes off my scrapper Thunder I'll take them to Pirtek and see if I can get them re-made but with better quality materials.
 
My boot won't open other than getting inside the boot and pulling the release lever with a screwdriver. Tried wd40 on key without a result and key fob works on central locking. So I am thinking the solenoid has failed.
On the last time it opened using the boot lock , a few weeks ago, , I had to press the button in quite a few times and the solenoid was whirring a bit.
Any ideas guys? And if you agree with my thoughts about the solenoid, I can't see one on Ebay so I bet they are tricky to source.
And then I think the fitting is a tricky job as well, starting with needing rest bumper removal.
 
If I may kindly suggest to move that kind of question to a relevant part of forum? This is a project thread about particular car. There are other sections meant for the very purpose you need: to ask, get a response etc and to be searcheable in the future should anyone else have a similar problem...
Moreover, there are already some discussions along these lines...
 
With the promise of a fine day today I decided to finally get around to fitting my new drivers side door handle that Andrew had found for me at Ford Fair last year. The existing handle was well past it with lacquer flaking off all over the place.



I had done a practice run on my scrapper Thunder a few weeks ago to make sure it was do-able without scratching paintwork etc but it is a fiddly job especially removing and putting back the lock guard. Anyway after an hour or so I had this;



Then an hour later with much cursing and swearing;



Done and nearly dusted but looking at the door mirror I needed to do something with the paintwork;



So I quickly stripped it down, flatted it back and had a look for the colorado red paint I thought I had in the garage which it turned out that I hadn't got so it looks like I'll have to get some tomorrow but thw weather forecast isn't so good for painting so it may have to wait a bit.
 
Looks like a nice job on the door handle mate. Does the colour match up OK? It's hard to tell from the pic.
Is Squire's Ford meet coming up soon? Give me a buzz and I will see you there for a catch up.
Paul
 
Hi Paul
The colour seems to match up to my geriatric eyes so I guess it's a result :)
Yes the first of the season Squires cafe meet is on Sun 7th of April and I will post it soon but it will be good to see you there
 
I finally got my drivers side mirror rubbed down and repainted but no time yet to flat and polish it but it still looks pretty good.



Last Thursday my friend from the Westfield club, Des , Started work on the paintwork of my car to remove the myriad circular scratches. We didn't have much time but I just wanted my boot and bonnet doing before the Squires show as they were the worst panels. Some of the stuff I learned I would have never guessed but Des checked the paint thickness first with his meter to make sure there was sufficient paint and then attacked the paint work with various DA's and compounds.



Anyway by the time he'd finished the car looked fantastic with virtually all the scratches gone and he says when he does the rest of the car he will see if there's enough paint over any remaining scratches to try and get rid of them all.
So I went to the Squires all Ford show today and as per usual it was really busy.



In total there were 5 Pumas there including mine (but no FRP's}



Here's 3 of the others but the last one, a medium steel blue one, I forgot to take a photo.
 
Last week I went to a classic car show at Crows nest park in Dewsbury and my car was asked about a few times and I saw a few Ford fans looking around the rear wheel arches for rust.



It turns out that the Grinnal Scorpion owner next to me must live near to James (XAF} as he lives at Dodworth and has seen James minter FRP
 
Ooh, wonder if he saw it at Pot House Barry. Either that or it’s infamous!

I took the FRP to a show at Newby Hall last Sunday and it was spoilt by the 2 hours it took to get in so didn’t really take any snaps.
 
Hi James
I'm just under the impression that he saw you knocking about in the FRP around Dodworth but I could be wrong. I still haven't made a Newby Hall meet yet but I will eventually. This year it was the National Kit Car show at Stoneleigh which clashed with Newby but Stoneleigh was pretty cool so I'm ok about it :grin:
 


I went to the classic car show at Ripley castle (N Yorks) today for the first time. It was a pretty good show and the car had a good bit of interest shown in it. I also had a lady ask me if I wanted to buy her thunder so I directed her towards this forum as it sounds like it may be a nice one and it may well appear on here over the next few days.
 
I went to a classic car show at Locke park in Barnsley today. It was another well attended event with lots of varied and nice cars and bikes. The weather could have been better as every time the sun went in it got quite cold. I got situated next to a couple of high powered cars but still I got asked about the Puma.



On Saturday my son and I went to GBS (Great British Sportscars) to see their unvailing of BRAND NEW!!!! MK11 Escorts.



These are not repaired old shells they are brand new from China, adapted to Group 4 spec, hence the arches etc and then fitted up by GBS with brand new 2.5 litre Duratec engines (200bhp and 200 ft/lb) and all other ancilliaries before being put through the IVA test........I really want one!!!!

Last Sunday my son and I went to the classic Ford show at Mallory park which was brilliant apart from the heavy rain early afternoon. A lot of people left early but we hung on in there and the weather improved. This Anglia 105e was a V8 cracker but later on in the afternoon he lost it on the trackday but fortunately it was only a minor kiss into the tyre wall.

 
Any idea what the damage is for one of those GBS Escorts? One of if not my all time favourite car in wide arch form. Looks awesome!!

As does your Puma of course :eek:k: . Stance looks really nice with those wheels on it.
 

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