1983 Ford Fiesta MK1 with widebody tuning!

Recently updated on February 23, 2022 at 11:02 am

It has almost disappeared from our streetscape, and in the 80s it was one of the best-selling small cars in Germany and Europe. We're talking about the first generation Ford Fiesta. Few of the younger generation of car fans will know what the first generation Fiesta looked like. Because many were sent from the rust and technical defects in the car sky. To make matters worse, small cars often do not mature into classics because they do not receive enough love and care from their owners, which is why even bestsellers such as the first generation of the Polo are extremely rare.

Widebody fiesta causes a stir!

Thankfully there are tuning fans like the British Mike Johnsonwho owns a Ford Fiesta from 1983 and has been continuously modifying, nurturing and caring for it for more than 17 years. We would now like to introduce this extraordinary example of the angular small car to you in more detail. Originally it was a bare basic model, which had a lame 950 cubic centimeter suction gasoline engine under the hood, which only mobilized 40 little horses.

In addition, the Fiesta only had basic equipment, which didn't even include an exterior mirror on the passenger side when tuner Mike Johnson bought it. Now only the oyster beige is left of the low-budget specification Painting left over because the rest has been modified. The first thing to do is Wide body kit on, which adorns the wheelhouses, and leaves the little Ford fed up on the road. For the necessary sportiness were GAZ coil springs Installed on all four corners, and the track width was also increased by around five centimeters, and thus adapted to the widely flared wheelhouses.

The steering column Incidentally, the Fiesta comes from one XR2 Party the second generation, and the manufacturer of the widebody kit, which is made of fiberglass, is the German company Kamei. Mike Johnson chose multi-part for his project alloy wheels from Graku, which are installed in 14-inch format (14 × 8 and 14 × 8.5) and, in our opinion, suit the classic Fiesta well. the Rump spoiler at the rear, which is optically one of the highlights, was designed by Mike himself in home work, and the stripes that adorn the vehicle were also designed and printed by the tuner himself.

Sportiness moved into the interior!

The interior, once only equipped with the bare essentials, received a heavy dose of doping. There were Cobra racing bucket seats as well as a Six point roll cage Installed. We also find a bowl in the cockpit Sport steering wheel with three-spoke optics, and the Door panels were removed in favor of weight loss. A sporty one Watch collection including additional instruments for temperatures and pressures is also located in the vehicle. This makes the classic ideal for use as a track tool and you can have a lot of fun with it on the racetrack.

2,1-liter petrol engine with twin-turbo charging

So that you don't follow the field on the track, a 2,1 liter Zetec gasoline engine installed, which was properly pushed in terms of performance by means of two Borg Warner R2S turbos. One Omex 600 ECU ensures that the interaction between the turbochargers and the engine works smoothly.

The power is transmitted via a Six-speed manual transmission from the Fiesta ST170 to the front wheels. With this drive, the bang rifle should cause many astonished looks, especially if you let it go and the Fiesta properly spurs.

Our Conclusion for the Ford Fiesta from 1983:

It's great that small cars from a bygone era have also been preserved! They too deserve care and love, and British tuner Mike Johnson knows that too! We pay him great respect for his extraordinary project. As always, we have attached a picture gallery of the vehicle to the article. If we get more information about the changes, there will of course be an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply do ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!

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1983 Ford Fiesta MK1 with widebody tuning and a lot of power!
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