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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    yeah hope so. The guys done show cars before, lots of escorts and has got a good rep around here. saw a mk1 in vista orange at burnley show today and bodywork and paint was fantastic.

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    got the grill all polished and repainted today at workIMG_2235.JPG
    also managed to get a bar made up for the door mechanism. left it longer so it could be welded to the other piece securely and then bent round so its the correct angle. IMG_2236.JPG.
    just trying to keep myself busy doing lots of little important jobs now the cars at paint.

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    got the plastic piece made up at work that goes on the back of the door locks.IMG_2239.JPG
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    got the final door lock mechanism bar made up from scratch today aswell. Turned out quite well I think.IMG_2242.JPG
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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Awesome car bud

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    Hopefully getting the car back next weekend

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    sorted the rust out on the inside of my fuel tank as its been sat so long. Took 2 bags of bolts. put them in the tank and gave it a jiggle.escortrust.jpg. Then flushed the tank out with some diesel I had lying around. Its a lot better now but will run it with a couple of inline filters for the first couple of weeks.

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    Haven't updated in ages. Car has been back a while now. While it was away I stripped and painted the fuel tank also got the flywheel skimmed to remove surface rust
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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Some pics of the car
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    Got the flywheel and clutch on and then thrown in the car
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    Made my own fuel tank and wiper seals also
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    Seat repaired, just need to get some dye and do the full interior.
    Quick pic of the fuse box I decided to use. My solution for the bike fuel pump issue as well. Turned town a piece of stainless to act as a step down from fuel pump to fuel pipe
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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Finally what I've been working on as my dads doing the wiring. Decided to have a crack at making my own centre consol. For my first attempt at anything like this I think it's turning out pretty dam good too. What are your opinions or this ?
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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Few more pics to come tomorrow as the engine bay is now completely finished bar a few bits of wiring. Almost time for tirst turn of the key as soon as I find somewhere to rebuild my locks. Also got door cards etc now

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    ok it's far past tomorrow where are those promised pics m8 lol.
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    where did you go?
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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Looking good, I used to bring my parts into my in laws house...moh they loved me 😃😂

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Looks very tidy !

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Your right rampant racing. I've been slacking haha. I'm in the garage today so I'll get some pics and post them up shortly. Reason it takes me a while is my daily is a mk2 golf which I'm kind of restoring whilst driving so time gets split between the 2. However as the mk2 is my transport to work it takes priority a lot of the time

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    cracking job, and cracking car

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Love the lairy orange paint job! Centre console looks like it's going to fit right in; what are you thinking about mounting in it?

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    It's got 2 little tabs round the back that screw into the transmission tunnel and 1 at the gear lever side that petrudes approx 1cm that's also going to screw into transfer tunnel. This one will be covered by carpet. The other 2 won't be but won't be noticeable as they only stick out approx 1 cm and will be printed crackle black and secured with black screws

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    Update. Due to change in jobs and a few other stuff there has been very little work done on the car. However now I'm back on with it I'm hoping to have it sorted in a few weeks so they will be 1 big final update and then some more photos after its been back to the body shop. Sorry for the wait for those who were following this

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    good to hear

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Just gone through the whole thread start to finish, you have more patience than me with the filling for sure but the car is looking fantastic. Look forward to seeing the finished restoration and thread updates

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    Having trouble getting the brakes bled at the moment so just looking to upgrade to a servo and Tower as I was just using a big mca before, no photos unfortunately. Interior and engine is all in etc, I'll get some photos tonight

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    IMG_3641.JPGIMG_3642.JPG sorry for the poor quality, roof lining in and all sorted with minimum creases.
    IMG_3640.JPGseats not bolted down yet as I dropped a bolt in the seat crossmember and need a magnetic to get it out, you get the idea though. Next is my solution to filling up the gearbox IMG_3639.JPG.

    Dash top on and all wired up,not finished tidying it up yet obviously, just need to buy a centre consoleIMG_3643.JPG

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    Few of the boot with the fuel tank and battery tray and battery inIMG_3644.JPG
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    Engine bay just about there, upgrading to servo though so think I'll have to move the washer bottle to make room for the towerIMG_3646.JPG

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    Finally some of the wheel arch gaps, only running 2 leafs on the back with 2" lowering blocks so think I might have to go could version on the front, just gunna let it settle first and then request evaluate the situation. IMG_3647.JPG
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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Cracking project mate

    Doesn't look too far away!

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Not far away at all, just need to either buy a servo setup or bias box at classic ford, centre console, gear nob and a few other boys, was hoping to start it this week but my dads nicked my cool and distributor to try find what's up with his pop. Gunna have a go at getting the bolt I dropped out tonight if weather stays good as there's not enough room in the garage to get the door open IMG_3686.JPG. Got the front grill all on and sorted last night tho

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    That's going to look great when you get it back out of the garage!

    Are you putting the F.O.R.D letters back on the bonnet at some point?

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    It didn't come with any so going to see if I like it without them first

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    Re: Mk1 escort 2 door barn find

    Picked up a few bits at classic ford today. New ht lead since my dad broke mine GetFileAttachment.jpg

    New engine hoist brackets GetFileAttachment-1.jpg

    Few fuel filters for first start as the inside of the tank was a bit rusty GetFileAttachment-2.jpg

    New gear lever boot for my new centre console GetFileAttachment-3.jpg

    Dash trim that I've been trying to get hold of for months GetFileAttachment-4.jpg

    And finally a new centre console for rs2000 GetFileAttachment-5.jpg

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    Got the lifting points on as soon as I was home, had to take a notch out of the front one so I could use my coolant pipe securing point still GetFileAttachment-6.jpg
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    For some reason the dash trim end hole closest to the clocks was about 1" out so I had that sorted in about 15 mins GetFileAttachment-9.jpg

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    Was checking out some grommets to fill in the holes too GetFileAttachment-19.jpg

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    Also masked the chrome off ready for paint the centre satin black as the car had no wooden trim in it at all I thought it would look out of place GetFileAttachment-16.jpg

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    Also forgot to add I bought a servo tower setup etc so if somebody can tell me what parts I need to rebuild it and upgrade to duel circuit that would be good ��

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    Got the dash trim painted today in black GetFileAttachment-24.jpg

    Also got the tower stripped down and primed, just looking for the rebuild kit at the moment for the servo and a duel circuit master cylinder. GetFileAttachment-12.jpg

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    Nice work ..going to look great..love the colour...what happened to the consule you were making....keep posting cheers mark

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    Lovely .... Keep plugging away .... Gonna look mint

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    That servo tower cleaned up nicely!

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