| Restoring C25 BEX |
| October 1995 to May 1996 |
| During 1994 I became interested in showing C25 BEX with my local branch of the XR Owners Club.I'd shown it at FordFair '93 & seen some amazing cars in the concours arena.The East Anglian branch at the time contained the XR National day standard XR2 mk2 class champion D331 CPV,owned by Colin Kent.He told me everything he knew about entering concours so I decided to rebuild C25 BEX to compete in the modified classes.This means you can paint/polish/upgrade & change anything on the car,something not permitted in standard classes.On May 1st 1996 C25 BEX was ready to commence battle................ |
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| I stripped the car to a rolling shell & it was collected for repairs & respray on December 4th 1995 |
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| The battery tray had rotted along with the front edges of the inner wing tops & front edges |
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| The bodywork was free of major rust but needed many minor dents & areas of surface rust attending to.New OE front wings were fitted...... |
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| ....before it was primed,including the engine bay & boot interior in preperation for a 2 pack respray....... |
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| .....in Ford Radiant red (it was previously rosso red).C25 BEX was resprayed during January14-16th & delivered home on January 18th 1996 |
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| The engine was good at 72000 miles so it was cleaned,painted & refitted. |
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| New Boge gas dampers & 1" lower springs were fitted along with Goodridge stainless steel flexible brake hoses |
| The restoration was completed on May 1st 1996.Total cost was around �1700 including �1000 for the body repairs & full respray.C25 BEX won its concours class at FordFair & XROC National day & has been a show car ever since.Latest award was a class win at FordFair 2001. |
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