Forum: Restorations and Projects

Righto. I've been reading turbosport for quite some time and i though now is as good a time as any to start adding something. This is my 1978 Mk2 2 door GL. It's Modena Green with a green interior gotta love the 70s. ...

Gday all.. Ive gathered a lot of inspiration from this forum over the years and have now finally got stuck into my project... Ive got a running thread on a Australian forum, but have been suggested to post over here... I will just cut and paste most of the important posts and then post...

Here's the first few pics of my project - which will eventually be a tarmac-spec Gp4 Escort, running a dry-sumped Honda S2000 engine, Jenvey throttle bodies, 6-linked fully floating wide Atlas axle, gripper diff, 6-speed box, big brakes etc etc. Not a great deal to show just yet - the basic...

Well, Here are some pix of the Pinto. I got her from an estate sale where she had sat in a garage for 25 years. The engine was shot but I had another car that I had pulled a good engine from. I am in the process of collecting parts for the EFI/Turbo conversion so I can smoke a few of these young...

Acquired this back in the summer http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn311/NEWBOYNEIL/Cortina%20mk5%202dr/DSC08461.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn311/NEWBOYNEIL/Cortina%20mk5%202dr/DSC08462.jpg Been acquiring bits for a while now, the plan is to EFI it.... (parts from an earlier...

I have been fallowing this threat fore many years and I have been a escort fan for 35yars. I am a little bit disapointed how you guys are predictable. Your cars are very similar in spec. How about more variety road cars with leather interior and v8 engine. I have been watching you for many years...

My new project bought last week from a member of OSF is an easier project than the last... here's hoping :pray: Its a very original car, 3 owners, original bill of sale, all MOTs etc. Very solid with good strut tops and boot, floor but sadly let down by what seems to be stone damage and general...

Hey all, some may have seen me mooching around this forum like a proud lost cat... i diagress, as some may know i decided that rebuilding a car can't be too hard, can it?. so this is what i got myself Unfortunetly i don't have a hord of gold so i have to do all the work myself (bar the paint...

Thought id put my cortina project up on here its a 2 door mk1 airflow very rotten thats why ive called it 'PG tips ' because its got more holes than a tea bag!!ive done a fair bit on it already but ill put on what ive done so far these are the pics when i first got it.:thumb:

Decided to send my car to http://escort-tec.co.uk to have a cage and other bits and pieces, but familiar story it may have turned into something a little bigger :thinking: Pics of the car before It went http://media.turbosport.co.uk/2006/6/2006060119389973145.gif...

thought i'd start a thread whilst i am installing my new engine into the car. There are a few things i need to do over the coming months. Dry-sump plumb the engine. This is proving far more costly than i thought! I have bought all the fittings etc but as i expected, in the real world some...

Can't remember if I have started this thread before but here goes. Picked up my 1958 Anglia 100e last year. Its fitted with a 1660 x flow and 5 speed box and 105e axle. The front end is all mk1 escort including the turretts. Although I drove it back five hours from the Wirrall to Essex...

Well its been a few years but decided to build another MK1 a few months ago had a little look around and eventually bought one from fleabay that needed a little bodywork my plan was to build a rally capable toy- track wepon a done when its done kinda thing final specs still up in the air but...

please excuse if it seems out of place in parts as ive just copied it from my other project thread on another forum since I sold my last project car i done (a citroen AX GTi with a Saxo VTS engine) ive been waiting to get my hands dirty again & build another car so I decided against another...

been looking on here for a while and thought id post up my project so far First of i wanted to change the cvh for a zetec with bike throttle bodies managed by megasquirt. Then when i had it running i changed my mind again and thought id have a go at a rwd conversion, ive been wanting to try one...

got a new mk1 project in , yet another cosworth instal but the rest is up to me as long as it is slimline;)

Hi Everyone, I've been lurking around here for some time now and I am constantly impressed by how you guys seem to bring cars back from the dead and the standard of craftmanship you achieve. I finally decided to put something on here about me ptoject, I hope you find it interesting, it's not a...

I am together with my lad James building a new project in Memory of my Daughter Joanna who passed away last September of secondary breast cancer.. It is a lhd 4dr mk2 escort which I purchased from ebay a few weeks ago! It is in super condition apart from a few blemishes on rear arches & a ding on...

Had 2 old Mk1 Escorts, decided to build one proper one from the two. Chassis on the yellow was bend so used the white chassis plus parts from the yellow one. The 2 cars I started with Completely mocked up the car before sending it to paint

Hello, just thought I would put a few pics up of my project.

....well I hope it's just the weekend :D:D http://media.turbosport.co.uk/2007/8/2007082511338319703shite (Medium).jpg Starting stripping the main interior out once the kids have gone for the day :) Then I shall stand & think for a bit :D

my new project been off the road for the last 9 years about time it was finished it has a space frame chassic cosy engine ,t5 gearbox ,flip front ,coilover suspension ,hybrid mini/escort steering,just need to put floor and bulkhead in now should be done this week and then the wiring and...

This is the story of my Resto, will have to be split into parts as i just spent the best part of an hour makin’ a post to be told i couldn’t have 174 pics (oops) and had to start again because of the way the sites post edit feature works! I will try my best to get it in some form of order ...

hi all, I thought its time to post some pics of my project, as some of you know I am a uni Student in Coventry. I work on holidays to build this car. Its at the body shop right now(ıt was a rough shell as you can see,and the price they offered was rather cheap,about 2000£ for everything) I...

Thought i'd stat a post on here about my latest Escort. I was after a mk2 to use for competing in the 2010 British Drift Championship. Done a few years helping out with the championship so i though it was time to compete. So i as looking for a mk2 4 door as that was going to work out cheaper than a...

Car went away today to hopefully get bodywork done, by a pro!! Just didnt have it in me and fed up with working in all weathers on the drive so bit the bullet and gonna pay someone.An appeal on here led me to james just down the road top man and escort mad just wished id asked earlier its amazing...

This is 1 of my mk1's. started work on it this weekend, getting all the 17yrs of farmyard crap out of the inside of it. As you'd expect from being stood in a field for that long its rotted quite badly. even the new sills and front wings it had 1yr before it was laid up have rotted. but it was the...

hello peeps inspired by all your great builds i though it was about time i did one of my own, it is purely a strip of engine, rebuild of engine and the fitting of a 5 speed and maybe the setting up on a rolling road (depends on how much funds are left after this) had the car for over 10 years...

here are some pics of my project witch has just been started by Berkshire body shop i will post more as it progresses :thumb:

Having spent so much time and money on my Mini project it is clear that it is going to cost at least 10 - 12k and with the best will in the world is going to be another 12 - 18 months unless I spend quite a bit more money on out sourcing work. So in the interests of having something to drive...