2023 Festival of the Unexceptional - Focus MK1 Special!
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- This time FOTU I showcase all the MK1's in attendance! Thanks to all the members of the Focus MK1 Preservation Group :)
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seeing that thumbnail of them all together makes me so happy
I'm glad it's a great feeling of community :)
17:12 walkman sony and phone nokia a true museum (I have too 😂). Great vídeo 👏
I know, the owner said the display was good!
Great video! It’s great to see mk1 enthusiasts! Ive got the bug as well😂
I'm glad you have because from all the point going on the line-up not only raised awareness but got tongues wagging and nolstalgia kicking in... plus these are nice examples and well-looked after which compared to the ones you occasionally see on the road is refreshing!
I owned a 1999 V plated metallic light green Mk1 Ford Focus 2.0 petrol Ghia with a plastic walnut dash which I bought really cheap for £500 in 2008 from my brother. Only had 55k on the clock and sadly I then did too many miles and let it go at 156k in 2014. Sold it for £500 though so got my money back, was a fantastic car.
I'm not surprised that is a nice spec!
Had a 1.6 flight special edition 2004 3 door. You got air con and ABS. CD6000. But wheel trims and no trip computer. Fun handling. Only thing is I think they didn't fit enough sound deadening in it as tyres were really loud on a cruise. I swapped it for a mark 2 and regretted this despite a much pokier and refined 1.8 and better cruising noise. Lacked the fun factor of the original. Suspect the lightness has a lot to do with it.
What a great video! So good to see all the a Mk1s coming together in such a variety of spec and condition. These are finally starting to garner the respect and appreciation they deserve.
It was lovely to meet you on Saturday and glad you liked my little green Saloon! If you ever want to feature it on the channel please do let me know, I'd be delighted to have it featured by a true fan of these cars.
Ah hello buddy I'm sorry I missed you. All of us saw you come in and went en masse to have a look at it. The Condition is stunning and I'll bare that in mind time permitting on a review! Judging by the interest from passers by seeing clean tidy examples the interest will pick up :)
1.8 tddi was our hire car in Spain. We also had a 1.6 petrol and dad much preferred the diesel with its easy torque. Yes it was audible at pretty much all speeds and especially at idle but it was easy going. 1.6 needed lots of gear changing and was sluggish. I'm pretty sure it was really the 1.4 engine. Bought the last of the mark 1.6s for myself and it was zippy enough. Struggled when loaded with luggage and passengers but fine the rest of the time.
Este carro é atemporal, em breve se tornará um clássico!!!
Love my 01 zx3! It needs a timing belt, and pretty much the entire suspension, but they’re so damn cheap and easy to work on
absolutely!
Best festival video so far. :-)
I'd open a dedicated Mk1 Focus rear subframe and rear hard brakeline restoration shop for these enthusiasts.
What I miss: a series of 2.5V6 Focus. That'd be a blockbuster.
That would be cool!
I saw a 1.4CL for sale on Facebook today that I was tempted to buy, only £600. Pictures aren’t great but I think at least 1 of the rear arches maybe on the cusp of being completely rotten. The high mileage and the colour also put me off though. 156000 miles and it’s the same colour as my ghia.
I can understand that
too many similarities Jason but we definitely need one. I've very rarely seen one by me in 10 years and it was battered beyond all belief! A CL focus is very appropriate for the FOTU but still too exceptional, just without the thrills.
What rots the front wings out and sill more than any dirt that gets trapped by the mud flap are leaves that get past the scuttle pannel and then sit and rot between the bottom of the wing and the wheel arch liner.
A car fitted with the mudflaps are less prone to rust at the bottom of the wing at the sill due to any spray, salt and stones get deflected by the plastic flap rather than chipping the paint.
my experience with mk1 mudflaps is when i fitted some to mine they caused surface rust on the wings in 3 months, the wings were fine before! If its a case of preventing salt and muds build up - regular washing goes a long way!
@@usuallyfixingtinkering I had mudflaps fitted on mine from brand new, no issues problem is the clips are metal and can scratch the paint, removing them periodically increases the risk of scratching, you probably already had some minor stone chip damage and then the dirt got trapped underneath.
Another issue with rust is where the door mirrors and trim attaches on the bootlid which in the case of my dad's car was damaged at the factory as they were clipped into place before the paint had chance to cure, rust started within 4 years.
We had 3 MK1s mine was Spanish built the two my dad had were German Built, the difference between the fit and finish particularly of panel gaps were noticeable but oddly it was my Spanish built one that proved to be the most reliable and rust resistant.
I absolutely love the mk1 focus. we had one for 12 years, 1.8 tddi bougt with 35.457 miles on it traded in for mk3 mondeo the focus had 169.000 miles on but oneday i will have another focus
Go for it best thing you can do its grab the best one you can and then hold onto it lock stock and barrell!
The tddi is quite nice and more refined than you would expect, and it is impossible to get less than 500 miles from a tank of fuel. Some nice mk1s there.
After this day I second this. There was nothing unrefined about the TDDI. Slightly more agricultural moving off but otherwise a great motorway drive!
Just picked up a 9,100 warranted miles, 1 owner.. full ford history, all extras even parking sensors and front heated screen!... 1.6 Auto 2000 Mk1 Giar silver.... garaged all its life like a brand new inside and out, even had the plastic film on the cill plates...man even the air hoses were still with that white powder on them from the moulds! Brought it 1/5/2024, for £2500 cash, for a reliably auto for my daughter's first car. Looks and runs like a BRAND NEW CAR WELL HAPPY. all the best.
That is a cracking price for what sounds like a great example! Keep that tidy is all I say :)
Do the plastics lower trims on the sides stop any of the corrosion found in the versions with just metal trims?
They're not metal trims - that is the outer sill. On pre-facelift models they are covered by the plastic trim which is actually a good idea to stop most dirty touching the sill therefore better rust protection is provided. However one problem with any car with plastic sill trims - if you don't take them off and hose down the built up rubbish in the ends of the sill in particular that causes horrendous rust. It's apples and pears, I'd prefer the Facelift models, I can see any deterioration and jump on it especially with wax!
The millennium editions attracted the most attention out of all of ours and you can see why as they stand out with yellow colour. Was a great meet up seeing do many mk1s together 😁
Need two milleniums at each end of the line to attract attention!
For those who wants intermittent wipers all you need is handle and attach one wire from handle to GEM (facelift models). Also you missed estate you missing lol
great point! Estate is needed... I suspect estates like any classic will be rare because they are generally workhorses. There was a sierra estate 1986 that showed up... I almost fell over with surprised!
I still don't understand the whole Ghia is a Focus and a Focus is a Ghia thing.
Ghia was a design studio in coachbuilding... Ford bought the company in 1970. After time it be amended Ford's top trim. It was replaced in Europe in the late 2000s.
Tddi was always my preference over the tdci, but then I ran a diesel Escort turbo mk6 van for years
That may explain it, I bet you had no issues at all with the TDDI?!
@@usuallyfixingtinkering appart from snapping the cam when I'd filled it with heating oil instead of diesel by accident it was brilliant
Great turnout and to fly the flag for the MK1s. I was invited to come to this show last year and I said I will but unfortunately I had to sell my MK1 Edge couple of months ago, very reluctant sale. However I am on the hunt for another soon 👍
Plenty of time and plenty of shows to come... I'm glad I'm flying the flag because it looks like virtually every other youtuber bypassed them!
Just moved my ST170 that's been stood for a while, nasty noises from the left front on moving the steering. Is it a possible cracked coil spring?
That could be the top strut mount, the bearing may have given up. It will sound and feel grindy!
@@usuallyfixingtinkering is that an easy fix for a garage?
Good video Andrew, thanks for showing my car at the beginning. I am strangely attracted to a Focus saloon!
I think after this show everyone was looking at the saloon in a different way, it's been modified very subtly and it looks like a car that I want now! Didn't think that about the saloons before :)
Liking the video. Makes me want to really step up my search for a Ghia of my own! Need a lottery win to free up more time, not for the dosh to buy one! Keep up the good work.
Cheers buddy it made me want a 2nd one it was that good, grab the tidiest you can afford, I still see many solid ones without major work that needs doing. I'd avoid them models at the present.
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I’m prepared to spend a bit extra to get a lower mileage one in better nick. There’s never any guarantees though. There does seem to be quite a few around but they’re mostly all Midlands and London way. Just keep looking, patience is the key.
That is never a guarantee at this age, they all need work but buying a lower mileage one in good condition will give you the best fighting chance. I cannot promote these cars as cheap runabouts anymore. Hence why they are not dissapearing from hands of "non-enthusiasts". Usually at MOT time!
I have a focus reg is X563VOO it has brown seats cloth in a green/blue frost colour is it more rare mk1 zetec ?
The csr is a green blue colour ?
That business aquafrost most likely being an early colour
Do you have to be part of the Focus Mk1 preservation group on Facebook to attend this? I would love to come to the next meet with my Mk1 but I don't have any social media to join the groups
Not at all. I will update on here what's going on.
@@usuallyfixingtinkering top man, love the videos by the way. Keep it up👍🏼
Nice cars there mate! No Estate version over there?
Nope not at that time but we have a few in the group. The estate will be rare as it's the workhorse of the bunch!
Great video 😊 sending support 😊
thankyou!
I have the rain expert tyres on mine and they don't perform as well as the ditchfinders that were on it when i got it.
That is very surprising!
@usuallyfixingtinkering and disappointing 😞 not cheap either.
not at all! Mid-range tyres I always buy, a compromise between cost and quality with no regrets either way. I actually find mid-range to be just as good as premium tyres. Roadstone Eurovis is a great tyre... highly recommended if you get the tyre shop to order some if they don't have them!
My dad has a mk1 focus estate LX TDCI in white nearly done 200.000 Miles 2004
that's still running in for a TDCI!
@@usuallyfixingtinkering Still running fine never failed MOT
@@usuallyfixingtinkering I want to have one when I’m older I will have to buy a welder lol
What would you say your dream car is?
That's a question I can't answer in a paragraph but put it that way I used to have one. Now I don't.
@@usuallyfixingtinkering Oh sad to hear that! :/
I'm glad we got the Mk1 here in the USA up to 2007. I have an 07 with the Duratec engine.
Oh thats the 2.0 and 2.3 Mazda L-Series, great engine very few issues.
I have one with sunroof cassette & electric front mirrors & windows
The sunroof is a very nice luxury on an early MK1 Focus :)
My Ghia has perforated leather in the door cars I thought this was standard
no not all got them
seams a bit tight to have leather seats and cloth door card inserts were leather inserts an option then
Lol less of the rust bucket
The Gia badge she had both but one was pinched the night before I took her to Nics x
Oh honestly... I'm sure that got them their "hit" for that night!
I suspect they were very disappointed the next night when they came back and realised she had gone so they could not steal anything else from her
I actually drove to Cumbria with the bonnet unlocked but did not realise and Nic noticed the badge missing
The theives were using her as a scrap yard until I took her to Nics
But fab videos x
that's just desperate, well the car will have all this stuff replaced again :)
@@usuallyfixingtinkering Thank you for your kind help
I just had my car in the garage yesterday to replace a steering rod and tighten up the handbrake they sure know how to charge the labour lol x
@@kathreenoconnell2843 I'm afraid so but far cheaper than getting a new car for sure!
Your driver loves the loud pedal. Watching those revs fly up
That's pretty normal especially on an overtake :)