Hello.
Been thinking about which forum to join for ages, as I don't do FB etc, and decided you are the people I'd like to become a burden to .
The story goes....
Wanted a Mk1 Escort since I was 3. At age 15 I managed to get one from a scrap yard for £150. In 1993!
And the bond was formed.
Got her finished and on the road in 1996 (scrapped about 5 escorts to make this one good one, and that hurts now seeing the prices of them) she got hit in 1999, repaired/restored and back on the road in 2000 with bubble arches, abused her till around 2006 and then the whole family thing happened and she's sat around since then with just an occasional start up.
Now it's time to have her restored again, but this time I want to pay someone else for the bodywork and welding as the quality of my own work just doesn't cut it in the 21st century.
Been shocked at the quotes I've had, seems £200 resprays and £2000 restorations are a thing of history with quotes now coming in at 10x that number! Had Andy from Andy's Auto body restorations in Rochester (Kent) come look at the car yesterday for some quotes, but again I suspect prices will be eye watering.
The other problem I'm having is my memory used to be like a sponge, I knew the size of every nut, bolt, washer, what parts fitted which components, even my cam durations and cam timing, it was all in my head and nothing written down, but now I've forgotten even basic stuff and that's where I'll be hoping for help.
Cheers.
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