escort mk1 rebuild with st 170 engine

[SAF_Capri]

Coming along very well, wish i had your welding/fabrication skill

[rvf-boy]

thanks for the comments guys wish i had more time to work on her got a long way to go

[lancer]

hi john in belfast hope stay with car dont give up. i have 1965 cortina i need welding all over but if you me did not do work like this then these cars end up scrap or broke up keek old fords going i hope send photos off your work in a e mail to me or post them on this site john.send e mail i send pichairs off my car and se whos got bad car good luck with car keep post m8

[rvf-boy]

hello all

was day off so tryed to get some more done
got this last bit done for now on this side

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will do the very front parts when i ve put new rad member in
got these new panels yesterday should keep me going for few weeks

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i ve never had a real slam panel befor so i need a catch p.m me if anyone got one for sale
waiting for the rad member, so i welded in the new crossmember tubes and zinc painted it

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and welded the tops welder is working nice but still dont weld on the
zinc as well as the old one spits but not as bad on the new zinc spray

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then i thought better weld bonnet mount back on befor
i cut any of the nearside off just tacked it for now

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then i give the offside a good clean back to bare steel and seem welded
the chassis then zinc sprayed all the bear stuff

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poped the crossmember in and cleared all the crap away
ready for the next side cant wait to crack on

[alladdin]

good to see enthusiasm

[Harry Snotter]

lookin great

[exboyracer]

This is going to be the save of the century

[Si3]

Hey Mark, not been on here for a while, whats the latest with your car?

[MK1_Oz]

Bloody awesome effort mate.

[GAZZAMK2]

Good work fella, getting there now

Have you got a st170 engine already waiting for it??

[rvf-boy]

hi ya all been busy with the twins they dont sleep much now
my day off is now baby sitting, but watch this space tomorrow is escort day 9 to 6
have lost my camrea so need to find it today or there will be no updates
and yes the engine is waiting with bike bodys, ecu, mounts sump, i just need some time

[fieldstvl]

Crikey, that's a lot of rust there! Great choice on the engine though!

[rvf-boy]

well today was frezzin cold but i did some to the car
i got the nsf wing off, tryed to get the door off but
i need to keep this one so will need to carefully remove
it on this side cut top mount back, was still
very strong cleaned back and spoted new top plate
in place then cut out under pan and 1 of the uprights
left the new top pan zinc paint to dry and cleand up were
the upright was will crack on tomorrow a bit more, sorry
could not get the pics up could not get the up loader to
work

[G.Man]

This looks like a 1000 piece jigsaw! Some awesome fabrication there, don't think I have seen a more rusty mk1, well done for staying on it and not looking for a better shell, utmost respect.

[banhambuilt]

inspiration for us all,well done
as you say,its only rust!
if you do it in manageable sections it soon becomes a whole car again

spot on work mate

dave

[rvf-boy]

thanks to dave i found his upload button so hears the newest pics



cut the wing off






then off with the top plate was still well strong got this cleaned up and tacked new
top plate in place to keep the hole in the same place, then cut the top pan right out
more pic soon

[dobuy]

bit of work to do there

[MK1_Oz]

Keep at it mate....one step at a time.

[johnnynewmonic]

Thats some work ur undertaking there m8 keep up the good work.

[FrEdOoOo]

Keep It, Excellent Work M8

[mexicostids]

lookin good m8 ,is the light at the end of the tunnel yet ??, seriously tho this just goes to sho what can be saved !!!

[rvf-boy]

hi ya all have been busy trying to stop roof leeking think it mite be better now, seems to have
dryed out a bit now so done a bit today with my bad neck killing me




poped top pan back in




cleaned back, cut some more rust out and frenched a plate back in ready for the upright to
go back in hopefully on tuesday

[Kalashnikov]

Thats the way to go.Bike parts makes em faster guaranteed,or so i believe!

[gringo!!]

a major undertaking there.. looks good tho.. keep up the good work! nice motor waiting in the wings too...

[rvf-boy]

have done a bit more it seems easyer to do a few hours than get a day on her at least this way
i am getting some stuff done but my 4 days a week looks as if it will be back to 5 days


got this pan leg back in

poped a patch back in hear

my 2 grinders are both worn out well the brushes are, a good mate is getting a new one
for me on his way over, so i cut this sheet part ready for the hours of beeting that i know
it will take as did the last side

then cut the other side out ready for clean up the in side of this chassis this side
will need some work later dont let me forget lol

new grinder is hear and a cup of tea later i put luke to work helping me get the door off
have found a much easyer way than last time i have been spraying it with wd40 for weeks
but a few taps and it did not move, so out with lukes blow torch nice and hot use the hinge pin
tool to remove but used a air chisel insted of big hamer and after a min or two and reheat
out it flew the second one was even easyer

made a quick patch and poped it in ready for the pan leg

pan leg welded back in not done this much in months lol so back in doors to order more stuff

[DarrenM]

Fair play mate, most people, me included, would have admitted defeat on your car but I can see your capable of doing anything you find, well done!

[RwdRob]

Wow,,,lots of work needed there, good to see it being saved though. ill be keeping me eye on this resto...

[rvf-boy]

thanks for your coments guys it keeps me going, got stuck in today
for 5 hours or so, i removed a pillar skin first to find more rust

had to chop out and patch this first

then 2 more bits that i could not bring myself to cover up

i cleaned it all back to shiny steel and zinc painted it cup of tea
then poped the piller skin on theres me old welder RIP lol wish
it still worked use to weld so nice compeared to my new one

then put the bulk head end on was going good so spoted then seemed 90% of it

just need to tie it back to top mount and it will be getting strong again

[exboyracer]

Bloody hell, there's bits of actual car appearing out of that pile of rust!

Keep going mate, I never thought anyone would save a rustier one than mine, but you are proving me wrong!

[rvf-boy]

most of them are less rusty than mine lol i should not have left it standing all them years
out in the wet just glad i did the back end last time i only stoped using her coz the wings
needed to come off and it could not stay parked out side my house to have that done
so it got parked up at my dads were it was out of sight and out of mind gutted it rusted
so bad out there, so i made a lot more work doing it now but when done will live in the
garage, my new parts turned up today


will soon have these on as soon as the car can take its own weight

picked these rad panels up too thought be easyer to fitt all new
when i do the front panel crossmember and slam

thought i would finish this bit to tie it all back a bit more

put a nice strong edge back hear too ready for top bulk head now
i need to make this one the same as the other side so i called it
a day coz thats no 5 min job and was time for cup of tea so hears
my up date guys

[bodger rogers]

fair play mate some good work going on there.

[Bower]

Hi mate ,
Top work going on their. I have found a big box to put your nice new bonnet in mate !!

[rvf-boy]

Hi mate ,
Top work going on their. I have found a big box to put your nice new bonnet in mate !!

thats spot on i am going to see steve today to sort out pick up, thanks mark

[justinveal]

wow thats serious rust, xcellent work on saving it

[Bower]

Hi , hope you got the bonnet and pins. I was a bit sad to see it go. I have had it for 16 years ! ! . . But i can see its going
to a good home plus was not using it and needed the space.Your courier mate is a Top Top bloke good on ya

I have other items you may need. Keep up the good work

[rvf-boy]

well its been way to long but anyone following this resto will know i have got twins and thay have taken over are lives so the escort has just stoped but not wanting to admitted defeat, have got back out there in the cold and got this ns coner back on will put the new pics up as soon as i can work this new uploader out cant nfind the upload button

[rvf-boy]

see if this works

[Nuttynil]

nice one for keeping with the escort got 3 kids myself youngest is 1yr looking after themonmy days off aswell find it hard to get time,it must be hard with the twins it willbe worth it keepus posted cheers Neil

[bodger rogers]

i wondered if you were still going on this resto, nice to see some more work done on the car. its always hard to make time when you got wife n kids, and i get put off working down the garage in the cold when its nice and warm infront the fire watching the tele. glad to see your still geting on with it when you can, as you have worked so hard getting it to where its at now good luck getting the rest done. great work mate

[rvf-boy]

got out there in the wet and done some more to this nsf, finished screen edge needs a grind back and check
screen fits i will do this when i have done the rest of bulk head then the screen can stay in for a bit.


so cold the paints not drying very fast

choped a small hole hear to get all of the rust out

made a new plate

and welded it back in can't wait to get this bulk head done car will be strong again i hope