A little something for the weekend....

[5tox]

I have only just stumbled across this fantastic thread and read it from page 1

The skill involved is just brilliant, i will be using many of the photo's as a guide for doing mine

Top bloke ratters!

[Ratters]

Outstanding fab there Lee!! Hope mine turns out as good as yours. Two questions, what do you use to cut out the bits of metal in them hard to get places? and what is that blue stuff you are using on the repaired sections? Keep at it

Kurust on most parts but I've been using zintec sheet for the repair sections. All I have is a grinder & a 240v reciprocating saw.

Looking good mate How are you bending your steel they look nice and crisp on the edges?? Be good to see it at CF next year parked next to mine

Bending with a length of angle iron, vice & hammers

This has taken a serious back seat so far this year. There has been a little more done than shown but very little really.

I had to move it so it almost went completely but it's currently sat in a temporary new home awaiting a proper space in the garden to keep/work on it until it eventually goes to Trigs for whatever is left to do, filler & paint

[trig]

Bump to the top things will be moving on now it's in the dry.

[trig]

....well I hope it's just the weekend



Starting stripping the main interior out once the kids have gone for the day Then I shall stand & think for a bit

Start date 25/8/2007
End date...... TBA.

[mexicotait]

Been a few weekends now lee

[Ratters]

In all fairness that drivers floor pan at the beginning did take just a weekend to do

It was when it came off the road in Oct 2009 it all went wrong

[mexicotait]

Hope we are going to see some more progress

[bodger rogers]

Well I never. lee's got the old escort outta hibernation.
I hope to see you back driving her again mate.

[mexicotait]

Come on lee start making it look easy again !!

[Ratters]

Escort is currently somewhere getting some love at long last

[merp0]

Be good to see it done

[bodger rogers]

Hi lee nice to see the old scort again good luck with the spruse up.

[vwroyd]

Hey Lee,
How's this going?? On the road yet??

[Ruudje]

Hey Lee,
any updates?
Or do I need to check the 'your cars ' section?

[123ESCORTS]

come on we are all waiting mate!!!!!

[trig]

It's painted.

[lincolndanny]

Lee, do we get treated to some finished pictures?

[Ratters]

Guys. Thanks for the long lost interest....!!!!

I'll sort something out for you at some point

[justinveal]

Be good to see it mate

[Ratters]

I think she spent about 2 months in having the main welding finished off as I had nowhere to do it myself or anywhere to keep the car.

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From there, Trig very kindly took her to Dave's who very kindly lent me his garage so I could get more bits done while his was in being painted!! I had to have back panel, door bottoms [inside & out], wings welded on & a right rear arch I think..... This was summer 2014!!

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[Ratters]

While at Dave's I managed to get a lot of the fitting up & replacements bits & pieces done - I won't bore you with too much but it was what is the usual I guess

Rebuilt master cylinder/brake lines, replaced & re-routed fuel lines, refitted extinguisher, welded in seat bars, fitted decambered single leaf springs, new ball joint boots, calipers, binned the boot [which I later replaced with a better one], fitted plates from rear seat belts, etc etc

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[Ratters]

And eventually it ended up back on it's wheels

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And I'm pretty certain Trig was at the rescue again to take it to another mate's [Stu] who lives about half a mile from me rather than the other side of Bristol that Dave does Had a few bits to finish off there including the boot swap & repairing the front edge of the bonnet

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This was around Christmas time 2014 & not long into the New Year it went off for prep & paint......

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[lincolndanny]

Go on then you tease

[turbo m]

Who made the sump guard???

[mexicotait]

Any updates lee?

[Ratters]

Who made the sump guard???

I did about 15 years ago!!

[Ratters]

Any updates lee?

I don't know what I got up to. And I don't know where any of the photos are. FB or an old phone I expect

But I secretly took a day off & got it MOT'd with only a few people knowing on a Thursday I think it was. I moved the car to the lock up I had rented on the Saturday & then on the Sunday we had our local "Queen Square Breakfast Meet" which we used to attend pretty much monthly. I popped out early, swapped cars, then returned in the Escort to pick the kids & girlfriend up If only I could have got a photo of their faces

Edit - This was October 2015!!

Anyway, it's first outing.....



As you can see. It wasn't 'finished' as such. Trim missing, no carpet, no badges, old steering wheel.... But it was taxed & MOT'd for the first time in six years



Post paint. Pre bolting stuff back on...



Pre prep/paint...

[Blower]

Been following you on Flickr for a while now

Recent snow pics were cool
Need more Escort pics though ...

[mexicotait]

Great to see it finished looks awesome

The garage looks smart too