SP Paint and Preps racecar

[markb]

looks excellent.

top work Gary!

[Joe-Tait]

Great work as always Gary

[Retromotorsport]

A few pics with the engine on show and front panel removed ... not a lot of Escort left

[lee 1]

Your car's just keep gettting better Garry

If i ever win the lottery you will be my first call

[angliaant]

your work is the best ever gary
if you ever in wickford and bored mate, i know where there is this rusty old anglia

[Steve Hooghiemstra]

Gary, your work is always just stunning

[flowmetrics]

GREAT work!!!

[trig]

Fook me forgot about this one Gary.

That front end is just simply

[merp0]

Thinking well outside the escort box. Presume front end running gear is going to be equally unorthadox?

[PERKY]

Stunning work, ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!

[Ratters]

not bad



awesome work gary very different to the norm but you can still tell it's your work though

[sp racing]

Well I thought I'd finally come and have a look at my car on here myself

Hi to all that have viewed my car and cheers for the comments everyone

Got to say a huge thankyou to Gary for making my dream car become a reality, I can't wait to get it on track and show him what it can do with a nutter behind the wheel

I'm going to be going flat out to get this done as I'm trying to get out for the last few rounds of the DMN later this year

Incidentaly any potential sponsors out there?????

Keep up with the pics Gary as I'm crap on the PC

Cheers again

Shaun

[mk1matt]

I was privaledged(sp?) enough to have a sit (thats s.i.t.)in this last week and i must say i think its going to be a fun place to be

[Red1]

Well I thought I'd finally come and have a look at my car on here myself

Hi to all that have viewed my car and cheers for the comments everyone

Got to say a huge thankyou to Gary for making my dream car become a reality, I can't wait to get it on track and show him what it can do with a nutter behind the wheel

I'm going to be going flat out to get this done as I'm trying to get out for the last few rounds of the DMN later this year

Incidentaly any potential sponsors out there?????

Keep up with the pics Gary as I'm crap on the PC

Cheers again

Shaun

Nice one Shaun, cars looking the nuts We are all talking about your car up at B.A.R

[Retromotorsport]

I can't wait to get it on track and show him what it can do with a nutter behind the wheel

You bend it you mend it

and welcome to TS ...see it wasnt hard ..

Allthough I have a feeling that the next post from Shaun will be when Matts around his house again

[Retromotorsport]

Damm all the way down on page 5 .. you lot are busy with your projects ..

Anyway some more pics

[angliaant]

cool, that looks sweet
good airflow

[turbo m]

Fook me! is there something in the water in harlow??What a cracking car i notice the front end is simular to cbc"s jack am i right hats off to you keep the pics commin...

[Retromotorsport]

Both front ends are sort of like the old Super Tourers, original chassis legs, allthough 'jack' differs here i belive, original suspension picks up give or take a few mm, still monocoque just revised inner wings/tubs .
Its an old formula, just not seen on escorts that much these days. Allthough with good shells disapearing into hedges and tress at an alarming rate this is a cheaper way of re-building the fronts ends when they are rotten. Basicly this is a group 5 car, original suspension type, original block, alternative head, and forced or increased capacity.
With a N/A BDA/ or homologated alternative it could run to the old gp4 regs i belive.

[sp racing]

hi gary matts not her well now his got that Durtec yellow back his out having fun.My car is looking very spesh mate thanks for all you have done and looking forward to getting it up on my spit so i can get spraying made up a new one off shade so now the hole car is bedspoke (and so is the driver ) to much paint i think,well on that note its 00:28 and i must get back and give that helaye two more coat and YES its in real B/c and not that egg fart smelling water bass. See you soon mate and keep up the gooooooooooood work and the Asda prices coming in

[Retromotorsport]

Blimey... you found that computer again

[Toymex]

Whos Spit looking good though m8,cant wait to see it finished roll on next year

[cossie matt]

Good one mate, and I wasn't even near his house Gary

That Rad and Intercooler fit a treat like it was designed to be there

Seriously, it's looking awsome mate, i can't wait to drive it

Matt

[Stu.C]

Astounding fabrication going on here Gary - form and function

Must be having a brain fade day though ... what's an "EPS mount" hold when it's at home?

[tom burgess]

Astounding fabrication going on here Gary - form and function

Must be having a brain fade day though ... what's an "EPS mount" hold when it's at home?

electronic power steering i think

[Sprint Neil]

Seriously impressive work. keep them pics coming.

[sp racing]

Good one mate, and I wasn't even near his house Gary

That Rad and Intercooler fit a treat like it was designed to be there

Seriously, it's looking awsome mate, i can't wait to drive it

Matt

No prob mr Downer just do not forget your ECU and will that arse fit in my seat mate or even those blooming no8 sholders fit,but you no i am so looking forward to driffting out of bottom bend at brans in yet a nother sorted N/A car of yours, and hope we can rub some paint on the track like we did in the good old days mate of screeming 210 Pintos mate ,0 yes that pushed all the buttons and now i wish i could have my hair back and barking 48s as my ringtone , now the cars are 25k+ and get the VIP wire ever thay go so i have a plan put some boat boys down the sides and lets do it i love driving escorts backwards or vans and i have your paint in stock. Ps not sat on pc just doing that grave shift again and waitting for paint to dry come on water bass dry

[sp racing]

Whos Spit looking good though m8,cant wait to see it finished roll on next year

i no your garge is to small and im not charging you storage got room for that new trailer to mate

[Retromotorsport]

As this car is using 16 and 17" wheels with a low ride height, we always knew that the arches Shaun wanted to use where going to need modifiying.
The plan was for Shaun to cut the GRP Gp2 Zakspeed arches up and re glass them to fit, then smooth over, and then get moulds made so we have spares (its a racecar, they tend to take a bashing)
Now Shaun has repeatably said he hates GRP, saying things like he wanted a spacesuit before touching the stuff .. and generally whinging away about modding them.
So I got to thinking ... Shauns that busy painting various cars that he is stuck for time, if he was to do the mods on the arches, he wouldn't be painting (earning) so i figured that I may as well make the mock ups that he can then do what he does best, prep and paint. I didnt mention this to Shaun, I just did it. And sent the pics over in a PM ... now that was the first mistake, as Shaun first look at a computer was a couple of weeks ago. Well two days later he rung me up and i talked him through on how to get to his PMs ..

"have you found the message?"
"yes its loading"
"see the arch?"
"...................."
"Shaun, have the pictures worked"
"......................."
"Shaun you there"
".........................."
"Shaun?"
"......................."
"Shaun"
"................... sorry .. I was having a private moment with a body part"


I think he likes them

So the arches ... they are based on the Gp2 arches, just a little bigger, slightly wider and in steel. Shaun will prep these rears and get the moulds done, then clean off the fixing edge and I'll re-profile it for the fronts and then we'll have the moulds done for the fronts.

So what do you lot think?

the rear









The front,

[PaulAlex]

Great work again Gary!!!! Those arches look wicked

On one hand I think you should slow down, so that I can take Matt's advice and get my Shaun busy on my paintwork...........and on the other hand I want you to hurry up so that I can get you busy on some shall mods and a prop centre support (amongst other things!).

Cheers,

Paul

[justmental]

they look good very good actualy
i did some arches on a blue convertable mini pickup
so i know wot its like to get it right and then the customer
to have that fealing when they see them.
and hope they like them

[markb]

they look superb Gary!
I'm jealous!

[105Ian]

They look very nice Gary

[Clint]

Clever fucker

[angliaant]

they look quality gary
whos ya arch holder?

[williammclaren]

As usual gary you are a artist with steel your ideas and fabrication skills are genius ,
do you make the inner front arch area as well the black curved area as i need fully shaped ones for rear arches on my manta regards william

[cossie matt]

Yea you may be a clever fucker with steel mate but you take a shit picture I look half asleep for god's sake!!! Must have been those Magners

Quality mate, they look superb but then you know that cos I was holding them

[sp racing]

[quote=cossie matt;1472988]Yea you may be a clever fucker with steel mate but you take a shit picture I look half asleep for god's sake!!! ]
thay look ok but still thinking about Nicks kit. im not going to bang on again how graet you are Cos it only makes your head get to big and your to big already for putting in roll cages mate,but i must say well done again for letting those fellows in from that cair home again nice 1 gary and i bet you fed them to,but mind thay do not hert them selfs cos you no what happend larst time you left them alone in your work shop thay change a eng and put some Scania mud flaps on a escort to only joking mates thay are Cooo0o0o0oSss mic sorry ive not been up to play just got abit to much on at mo doods off to bed now for dream time ah mmmm filler. PS got a new grp 2 Zakspeed kit for sale and over bits pm me ts peeps

[Jon]

Wow............

[Joe-Tait]

Always amazed by the quality of the work at your place Gary