Hello from a new classic ford owner

[Ross Bunce]

Hi all
i have just brought a 4 door mk2 escort 1600 ghia, this is my first classic car I have ever owned.
It looked in ok condition apart from drivers door had been eaten by rust from 18 years worth of wet news paper on it.
The car is now striped and on a spit and Safe to say is worse then first thought, so buying my first classic ford has now turnt into my first restoration.
i will be keeping a log of everything that is done so watch this space for pictures and questions that I am sure someone here will be able to answer.

Thank you for reading my first thread of hopefully many.

[Ross Bunce]

[alancdavis]

Hi Ross ,,,, looks an interesting project you have there

[Ross Bunce]

i have started it now, i am hopfully going to have all the panels welded on in the next couple of weeks. i will be putting up photos of my whole project soon.

[123ESCORTS]

hi ross welcome to t/s fella!!!!.....and welcome to old ford ownership!!!!.....yep they nearly always are worse then when you first see it.....your doin it the best way tho striped to a bare shell and start again......you'll get all the help and advise you need here mate get the pics up in the resto section......whats the plans for it then???

[exboyracer]

Welcome along, that's a very early MK2 shell !

Good luck with the restoration

[Ross Bunce]

hi ross welcome to t/s fella!!!!.....and welcome to old ford ownership!!!!.....yep they nearly always are worse then when you first see it.....your doin it the best way tho striped to a bare shell and start again......you'll get all the help and advise you need here mate get the pics up in the resto section......whats the plans for it then???

Hi Thanks
Im just getting all my photos together for the first part of resto then il have to get them up. For now it's going to be resprayed midnight blue, fully poly bushed whilst I'm there, lower 2" on a set of 7x13( thinking jbw not sure ).
going to keep it 1.6 xflow. Then the future hopefully a z-tec may be who knows.

[Ross Bunce]

Welcome along, that's a very early MK2 shell !

Good luck with the restoration

Hello thanks
Is there a way to tell that it's a early mk2, or is it just because i said 1975. I do not know too much about old fords yet but learning more every day, I have some help by a mate that is helping me, and has done a orange mk2 2door that is meguiars advert car so sure he will teach me as I go, anything else I'm sure il be able to find out on turbo sport.

[exboyracer]

N was a switchover reg, late MK1s and early MK2s were registered that year. I haven't seen a N reg MK2 in years!

[Ross Bunce]

N was a switchover reg, late MK1s and early MK2s were registered that year. I haven't seen a N reg MK2 in years!

Thanks for that, I learnt something new about my mk2 again.