Here are some pictures of my escort restoration!
This is the first time it has seen daylight in 5 years!
Here are some pictures of my escort restoration!
This is the first time it has seen daylight in 5 years!
Getting excited and trial fitting the bubbles with tape, I'm a long way off fitting them properly!
Getting the car up on the spit ready to cut the floor out
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Last edited by Dave; 23-02-2014 at 11:42.
Floor all cut out and chassis rails repaired and rust treated!
Trial fitting the floor, I did this about 20 times before I was happy to fit it! When I was happy i had it fitting nice I used self tappers to secure the floor
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Floor all spot welded in!
Repairs on the bulkhead to floor sections
Removed the wings to allow splash panel repairs and fit my 15" front wheel bowls
Cutting out the front wheel bowls to allow clearance with 15" wheels.
Fabricating and fitting a repair section to the bottom of the splash panel.
front 15" wheel bowl I made up ready to fit!
All welded in, should get the clearance I want now!
Cracking job your doing keep the pics comming
Thanks
Amazing job, much better than patching bit by bit. Is it going to be a competition car or for the road?
Thanks apmonty, Its going to be a competition car….for the road haha. I might do the odd track day and hill climb in it but it will mostly be used on the road.
Today I cut out the old A pillar and fitted a new panel
hi mate,
looks good so far, what wheels you planning to put on? Is that clearance for split rims
Nice work on the floor Ive got mine to do but looking like June before I get started... did you only brace the A and B pillars I was going to do a bit more bracing.
Thanks Tony, yeah split rims
Cheers CrazyPolak, I only braced my A and B pillars, my chassis rails were nice and solid though! I took measurements to make sure nothing moved. Some people will probably say brace it more but I didn't have any issues, the floor dropped in fairly easily and all the measurements are still the same. I was worried it would move but I didn't want to fit more bracing as it would of made it more difficult to get the floor in and work around the bracing!
I fabricated the passenger side 15" front wheel bowl today, hopefully I can make a start fitting that over the weekend.
This is part way through the shaping, there is still a bit of work before its finished.
The finished product, ready to be trimmed and fitted!
I also started fitting the drivers side sill, I only had time after work to cut the old one off and get it all screwed in place with self tappers, nearly ready to weld it on.
looking good...like the wheel bowls..what did you use to form them...
mark
Thanks Mark, I formed them using an english wheel.
You can see the machine just behind the wheel bowl
I thought they looked like they'd been done on an English wheel.
nice one....a great skill...keep the pics coming..
mark
Pure skill there, awsome build and how nice does that new floor look ??? Double thumbs up
your making it look too easy mate....
Good work....You wanna make another set of those and sell them?
Thanks everyone!
Finlay, Thanks, I am very pleased with how the floor looks, I ordered some of the floorpan repair sections before and they were ripply as anything, but this whole floorpan you can get is very nice quality! Its not exactly a cut it out and fit the new one job but if you spend the time getting it screwed in place before and sat down on the rails properly it fits very nicely!
I am planning on fitting the passenger side this weekend…possibly next weekend depending on how I get on, then I am making a jig so I can make a few more setsOriginally Posted by AndyXlr8
Good work....You wanna make another set of those and sell them?
Slow progress today, I think all the 7 day weeks and long days have started to catch up to me! Managed to get the sill welded on and ground back though, every bit I do is 1 bit less to do though
Lovely fabrication, keep up the good work mate!
True craftsmanship! Not many people out there who form and fabricate metal like that.
Superb work .
Big Wing sold and gone to be a film star
Does the new floor come bare and you add all the nuts etc where they are needed yourself.
Looks lovely btw
1700cc MK1 ESTATE DONE. MK1 2DR STARTED
Thanks everyone!
Quickrack, there are 2 you can buy, the bare floor which is the one I bought at around £350 or the complete floor at closer to £500 with all the nuts and brackets and stuff already fitted, since I'm going large tunnel and and getting rid of anything thats not necessary I count see much point in paying and extra £200 for some stuff I'm going to cut off anyway haha.
I have not had a chance to do anything on the car so far this weekhopefully get some metalwork done on it tomorrow! I have been buying bits though
Came home from work last night to this, brand new boxed genuine ford 4.6 CWP
nice job RU putting steel arches on it keep up the momentum
Is the cwp going in a English axle and is it a rally ratio
nice c w p....i tried to win one (looks like the same)but got beat...well done...its for an atlas i believe... mark
Its going in a narrow mk1 capri atlas axle.
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