6900 miles away Escort MK1 Restoration !!!

[GonGom]

Hi guys!! Cheers from Montevideo Uruguay!!
Doing a huge effort from here to get my dream come true... not so many resources down here, but ebay and forums help me to keep going...

Here some pics from the 1st day I bought the car:

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[evans2822]

Your only just down the road then lol whats your plans for It mate

[GonGom]

Thank you comrade!
Well, plans have been changing, first it was going to be a standard Kent 1600cc with 244 kent cams, but an opportunity came and i bought a zetec st170.
This opportunity appeared in Barcelona and has arrived in Uruguay this week!!
Suggestions and ideas are very wellcome, so, now i am gathering parts, now i have:
* Zetec ST170 engine (found it in Barcelona!)
* Dave´s Retroford complete kit
* T9 5 speed gearbox from a Ford Sierra (found it here in town)
* Bilstein Sport shock absorbers: MK2 front (cause I´ve been told MK2 front suspension can held vented brake discks) & MK1 rear
* Floflex polybushes

here some other pics while disassemble and after sandblasted, fortunately no serious issues to deal with:
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[Steve]

Nice shell that

[GonGom]

yes! nice shell!, now, sandblasted need to work out every single corner to "attack", and here´s all the job done:
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[GonGom]

more pics for you guys...
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[GonGom]

and a few more.... hope you enjoy!

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[escortinadriver]

Nice metal work....

Keep it up.

[jpblue]

fair bit of work going on there, good progress however, hows the preparation of bolt on parts coming.
JP

[GonGom]

fair bit of work going on there, good progress however, hows the preparation of bolt on parts coming.
JP

thank you JP, I´m sorry, I didn´t understad your question...

[davblue]

a fair bit of work there to do .
looking good.and nic work
are u gas welding by any chance m8?
do u guys not use a mig welder.?

[bodger rogers]

Hello buddy nice to see you on here. Welcome! Your doing a great job of it, you will be fitting that window trim on before
you know it. Good luck with the rest of the build!

[GonGom]

thanks! 8 months of work actually... ufff
There are migs out there but are too expensive ti afford....

[GonGom]

Hello buddy nice to see you on here. Welcome! Your doing a great job of it, you will be fitting that window trim on before
you know it. Good luck with the rest of the build!

Hello my friend! Thank you!
Now The trim it is safety kept in my cara ge waiting to be fitted, hope you are correct!
Nice to hearing from you!

[evans2822]

Nice work there mate and good plans for It also the retroford stuffs great

[GonGom]

Nice work there mate and good plans for It also the retroford stuffs great

Thank you there! yes, i Think RetroFord stuff will be great (tomorrow will arrive the engine + kit to Montevideo!!)

My project it is not so original, you guys up there in UK have a lot of this convertions, but I am very happy with this!, any idea to get any extra power? I need to think something for electronic injection...

[oxb1l]

Looking good !

Which colour will it be when finished ?

[GonGom]

Looking good !

Which colour will it be when finished ?

Hi there!! i am thinking of a Stardust Grey, i can´t get the colour code , it´s this one below, i think it´s Stardust Silver, but I was wondering if there is any grey a little bit darker than StardustSilver....

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[caprimentle]

nimbus gray? thats slightly darker.

[GonGom]

nimbus gray? thats slightly darker.

Thank you pal! any clue where to look the colour codes?

[caprimentle]

fuck knows , i'm sure someone will know on here, but my 86 mk3 capri came with that colour and it really grew on me

[GonGom]

Well, lot of effort and i´ve boguht this shoes for my car, this are BBS e30, 9 x13'' with Dunlop tyres 215/50/13 (hope this tyre size will fit 9'' wheel)

This split rims are 6'' outer + 3'' inner

Anyone has any clue how to fit them keeping standard english axle and standard arche?

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[mk2 wizard]

Think you might struggle to get 9x13 under standard arches on a standard axle as well ,,,
Even if you roll and stretch the arch !!!!!! Very nice wheels though

And a lot of good fabrication going to your mk1 to bring it back to life ,, do I spy a few escorts in the back ground

[freddy686868]

you can run 8" rims in a mk1 escort but you will need an anglia van english axle like me. If you want so pics let me know. By the way i'm very impressed with the work you are carrying out it looks all top notch.

[micraman]

Looking good there nice to see another mk1 being saved! keep up the good work and keep them pics coming take are minds off this shit weather!

[GonGom]

thank you pal! December will start with fia homolgated roll cage i´ll post some pics then
Here weather is great! hot, shinny, clean sky

[GonGom]

some pics could be helpful, thank you freddy, however, here in Uruguay there are no Anglias , I´ll need to deal with standard english axle being narrowed.... seems to be a challenge!!!

[exboyracer]

Great work so far!

You will have to narrow the axle to get anything wider than 7" wheels to fit, if you want to fit 9" you will probably have to tub the rear arches.

[freddy686868]

I thought the wheels were 13x7" in size




Well my 8j wheels fit in the arches with loads of room! I don't know why people say it is some impossible all the time.





I think it looks sweet as in this picture!



I stole all these from my thread. Basically from shaft flange to shaft flange the escort engilish axle is 53" where as the anglia van one is 50" moving the wheels in by 1.5" a side and that pust them in the center of the wheel arch with 0.5"/.75" of space either side of the tyre with 205/60/13's on. But like you have been told in one of the other posts 9j takes tubbing of the arches as 8j at standard height is a squeeze.

[GonGom]

Well, my project started with 7x13 superlite, but now with this bbs 9x13 i will need to work arround arches due to your suggestions, wheels will arrive next week and y will be able to figure out how to fit them. I´ve been looking for arches, and I decided this ones:

Anyone know how fabricate this ones? as you can see they are not the usual bubble arches, I will appreciate if anybody can tel me where to buy them:

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[exboyracer]

I'm pretty sure those pics are of the RSR escort, which is a spaceframe chassis with a fibreglass bodyshell over the top.

To my knowledge you can't buy those arches.

[GonGom]

Wheels have arrived!!!
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[exboyracer]

It's going to take a lot of work to fit them under the arches, but I'm looking forward to seeing you try!

[caprimentle]

^^^ dito that ^^^

[bodger rogers]

hi matey! i am so jelous of those wheels they look amazing, in my opinion what ever it takes to fit them you need to do. or if not sale them to me! they will set the car off a treat
ive got 8" wheels and fitted 205/60/13s and they were fine so can say 215/50/13 should be able to fit to a 9 inch wheel

[GonGom]

thank you big boy!, well, it´s a matter of achieving the right price then.... hehehe.. bahhh... nevermind
It seems i need to turn this project up side down...and now zakspeed replica is knocking my head... maybe I´ll need your help in gathering and ship some stuff??
Merry Christmas my friend!

[bodger rogers]

would be happy to help mate

[GonGom]

Well... more stuff has arrived... attached some pics....

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[escortinadriver]

With arches you will easily fir you wheels. I have 8.5 inch wheels under standard non arched guards and I dont think you would be able to get any wider without cutting the wheel tubs. Are you going to change the PCD wheel stud pattern to BMW or do you have new centres?

I like your collection of parts and they way this project is heading

Shaun

[GonGom]

Well, I´ve taken my car to mk1.com.uy team (TS sponsor) and they are doing a great job, some pics attached, some welding upgrading, rear turrets fiting, and front adjustable seat kit...
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