mike bird

hello.

i'v been looking thro this web site now for two months and thought i should post up my project up. So here she is it is a 89 xr2i 1.6 8v. I got got the car a month ago. my plan is to get it back on the road again.









here is my problem







basicly there is two holes in the front floor plan a hole in driver side outer sill' a hole in the botton right side of windsreen

what do you guys think is it possible to get it going again. if anyone can help that whould be great. chears for looking

Twins

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Good luck with the project and welcome to pf

G1EN

good luck with the resto...

i want to either do an xr2 or xr2i resto soon.

had both cars and lovely little motors for the money that you can pick em up for now.
think im gonna side with the xr2 (propa old skool).

but ill be keeping an eye on your resto m8.

mike bird

thank you for the replys guys

i think the next thing to do is to get it in a proper garage to do the work
on it im going to look into this tamorow.

i got the car for 450 sould have really beaten him down but was happy with the overall condition of the car it has no rust round the fuel filler cap like most of the mk3's have.

i was looking out for a frst but this came along i thought it would be worth it just for the engine it had just beed rebuilt at the begining of the year as was the gear box. all it really needs a good clean. This looked to be a good base for aconverson to a frst.

it first started of with my intentions of getting it back on the road. But it has turned into a full resto job.

yes old skool is best there is only so much you can do to a new car but there is no fun in that

again thanks for the reply's im liking your escorts twins and gien top work

mike bird

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mike bird

Project xr2i is back on. The car car is now at the welders haveing some welding done will be done by next week hopefully.

I have changed my plans for the car. at the mo i am only going to get the car sorted and back on the road.

i have got some goodies on the way in the form of sus and brakes. will post new piccys by next week with all the weldind done to the sill and floor pan.

chears for looking.

fezzajsy

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good on yer m8

Brian

iTrader: (2)

Good new's mate

Keep us updated


Brian

mike bird

Chears guy's just a small update.

Iv added a few things to the welders list he will be taking the body kit off
and replacing both sills+jacking portion also will be renewing both rear
archs. I have picked up my shocks and springs yest also ordered shoes
and drums I have got some ebc disks and green stuff pads.

chears again guy's

p-38-king

nice

JezSierra

glad to hear that the project is now back on mate

jayRS

nice one mate, get some pics up.

you gunna want to get hold on a bumper for the back too mate

mike bird

Chears again guy's got some pic's of the car and goodies
The rear bumper is tuced away in the garage as i wanted to see what was underneath. When i started to strip it as this was hiding




Engine as it stands.


Sus and brakes

Iv only gone for some cheap stuff at the mo
Chears again guy's

jayRS

thats a easy repair mate, you could cut that out and plate it as its behind bumper

wildheart

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How much did all the welding cost?

Im interested in buying an xr2i that needs welding in same places!

gary04

Nice one mate.I am in a similar boat.Mine failed the mot on welding in similar places to yours.Started to plate the outer cill and found i didnt have anything to weld to! Im ending up replacing the whole outer sill, inner arch and rear quater as the arch and filler surround are rotten through
All good fun. Stick with it

mike bird

im not sure how much it is going to cost yet as it is still being welded on at the mo it sould be around 300 mark im not sure at mo tho.

i think we are going to replace the rear arces aswell as both sills changing the sills because the jacking point has been bent up so got to take the sill of to get to the main jacking plate to replace.

gary 04 i was just in melksham sunday in the christy miller sport centre racing my rc car in the sports hall. hope you get on well with you project. why dont you post some piccys of you car on this thread?

chears for looking

gary04

You were just literally around the corner from my house then!
Ill post some pics up if you dont mind?

mike bird

cool yea i dont mind you puting piccys up here i would like to see how your going about you project

what reg is yours?

gary04

Its a 93 on a k plate!
Il post some pics when i can take some

mike bird

big update due saterday with loots of work done

iv striped the rear of the car ready for the new sus and brakes
cleaned up the inner arch and stone garded up
iv allso taken the dash out and started to paint the inside and waxoil up

thers still some things i need to get if any one has got
new bonnet (in black) + some new wheels (escort rst if anyone has got for sale give me a shout)

mike bird

so here we go

here is the hole under the rear bumper all plated up

some more of the rear valance painted up


here is the rear sus in place


some of the inside painted up


as she stands with bumber back on


right next thing to do is to replace the rear drums/shoes/bearings then get the front done the same.
sorry for the bad pics i need to save up and get a digi cam soon but need the money for this project.

so what do you guys think i know its not the best in the world but its only a temp job at the mo.

jayRS

off to a good start mate.

thats a harsh looking dent in that rear panle, how it happen?

Brian

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Looking good mate


Brian

mike bird

chears guys

yea that dent is not very nice in one of my picys it looked like a rot hole was there . i dont know how it happend as it was a previous owner