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    Mk1 Escort Mexico

    This is my car when i got it.I have now finished the roof panel and will put some photos up later
















































    This is what im aiming for when finished .....



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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    looks good should stick with the yellow... im only saying that because i was going for the Silver with a the mexico stripe down the side with out the mexico name

    but still... looks great and good luck
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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Here are the photos of the roof panel.i bonded and riveted a piece of steel the width of the car and then filled it in.








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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Looks good mate. Nice colour too!

    Ant you can get them stripes with anything written instead of mexico, I was thinking of 1300 Sport myself...
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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Ive been busy today,got quite a bit stripped down and hopefully will be nearly done tomorrow evening.













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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    nothin like strippin a car out great fun!! looks good and solid and the roof looks loads better now

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Looking good, also looks like you have one of them atlas style escort axles...are they koln's????

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Quote Originally Posted by dangerousdave
    Looking good, also looks like you have one of them atlas style escort axles...are they koln's????
    It's a normal English from what I can see.

    Edit: spotted the one you mean now Dave.
    Last edited by Dave; 17-04-2006 at 14:14.

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Not with a rear loading diff dave?

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Quote Originally Posted by dangerousdave
    Looking good, also looks like you have one of them atlas style escort axles...are they koln's????
    Looks like an Atlas.... the Koln's dont have the top and bottom bolts running down the centerline

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Quote Originally Posted by Lee S
    Looks good mate. Nice colour too!

    Ant you can get them stripes with anything written instead of mexico, I was thinking of 1300 Sport myself...
    aye i was looking for something along the lines of this

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Quote Originally Posted by Retromotorsport
    Looks like an Atlas.... the Koln's dont have the top and bottom bolts running down the centerline
    Im hoping its a atlas.....i was having a browse through my local scrappy and came across a 1975 3 litre capri.i got the axle for Ģ35 and Ģ5 to remove it trouble is,when i compared the half shafts, the standard mexico ones were thicker

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Ive been very busy the last couple of weeks..... i bought a bosch electric scraper and have been attacking the underside to get it back to bare metal.Trouble is,your hand goes numb after a hour on the scraper but i will get there in the end










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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    top stuff ive still got that job to go my self but lucky im cutting the floors out so thats some underseal i wont have to worry about
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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    looking good but buy some anti vibration gloves from the builders merchant otherwise you,l end up with white finger vibration not good,and permanant just a hint,good luck

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    looking good there dood

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    After 5 months of sitting in my lock up,with the occasional scrape at the paint,i have decided to have it sandblasted i found a place local to me who are blasting it and coating with a zinc primer for Ģ450...they have a good reputation and i cannot wait to get it back,photos will be put up soon

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    I went to the sandblasters today to get some photos its a bit cheesey in places














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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    had a bit of work but looks like a good un to me m8,mine was worse than that when i got it back from the sandblasters m8 ,keep the pics coming tho

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    yeah its had alot done to it but it looks bloody solid
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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Hi all
    yes she is a good'un and fairly solid but has had a bit of welding...i expect that there are lots of minters running around that are a lot worse than this underneath the paintwork but i know there is no rust in mine

    regards mark

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Did you have the body blasted as well ? What sort of blast did they use & what sort of pressure ?

    I remember getting a Mk2 shell blasted that had a weld in cage in it, the lad blasted the cage and buckled the roof !!!

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Hello all,

    can anybody tell me what type of frontseats are on this pic? Are they original mk1 seats?

    I have the same in my garage but donīt know to wich car they belong.

    Regards from Germany, Thorsten

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    think they are Mk2 escort RS2000 roll tops .

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Yep mk2 Rs rolltops.


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    Re: Mk1 Escort Mexico

    Hi mate, looks sweet, good base there for you to work on.

    Can you elaborate on the roof skin replacement for me a bit? Did you remove the old one and re spot weld new one in and do you have any more pics of this? Its something mine needs so interested to see it done.

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