My 95' 95,000 (miles) zetec was on the way to the junker and with a little time and about $1000 it runs flipping sweet...
I'm 16, So I'v hit curbs, spun out, taken out poles (no worry I got the "tripple wax"), mashed the pedal many times, still runs great....
Rear brakes + solinod things
new tires all around
timing belt
radiator flush
plugs + wires
new battery
sanded out all the rust and repainted
painted the inside of the trunk black (something died in there and I could no get the smell out)
oil change every 3,000 (that damn sluge pluged the filters)
now I'm running synthetic
wet sanded the headlights
Replace burnt out lights, and fuses
Installed tachometer
cleaned the MAF
armor-all the whole shot
put in a new dome light (now I get to have a 2 map lights)
lubed up the sticky gas door
new driver side mirror....mine was ripped off (lady in SUV)
and there's more to do
need to put black tape over the CEL
new serp. belt
fuel filter
trans flush
...then maaay be fix the CEL