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Old 13-07-2010, 06:39 PM
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Default My Escos Resto

Started what i thought was a little resto/ tidy up before this years show season. The car hadn't moved for about 2 years

took the side skirts to find huge amounts of rot forgot to take some pictures before the work started, heres how it stands now.

Front section repair under the front wing


rear quarter repair


repairs to the floor / inner seal




small repairs


inside the car under the carpet was bad too



repairs front section


rear quarter repairs



new sil fitted





couple of the poor car



it will need the same doing the overside, plus two new front wing and pretty much a full repaint. Should be ready for castle combe
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UPDATE TIME
she pretty much ready for primer now, another 3-4 weeks and she'll be ready














converted the wings to bolt on too








think i know why the front section of the sil rot, pipe rund straight into the front of the sil

Old 13-07-2010, 06:46 PM
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i love the way you took time to sheet it up lol,nothing a valet wount sort ,looks good hardly anyrust
Old 13-07-2010, 08:48 PM
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Good stuff, never nice to find rust but you're doing a nice job on the repairs.

Is that an umbrella resting up by the steering wheel?
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Made some sill repairs one mine too, mine was worse so dont worry, it looks good.
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Looking good.Any more updates.
Old 14-07-2010, 07:10 PM
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great bit of work there mate

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Old 14-07-2010, 07:47 PM
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looking good mate
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Nice job Keep up the good work
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Always good to see another Escort Coss restore thread.
The sunroof drains are shocking!! At the end of the pipe is a square of foam. Clever Ford thought this was a good idea! Thats why every escort rusts from the inside of the sill to the outside. On the std Escort theres a hole below the hinge. Pull the pipe through this hole and trim the end of so its nearly flush. Now the water will just drain to the floor. Repeat for the other side The rear ones are fine as they go into the rear vent behind the rear bumper and drain to the floor.
This was mine after doing the sill. I then trimmed it down so was nearly flush.
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Had the sills replaced on mine to, I'm struggling to find a solution to find a way to reroute the pipe, got any more pictures of the result? And also how you made the lower square holes that holds the side skirts.

/Michael
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Looking goood


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Good work Dene, hope you're all good mate?
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