paul16v

Cheers for all the positive comments

Some more pics

Carbon rear dust shields made by Karl they look amazing in the flesh








Front hubs were blasted & painted then rebuilt with new Ford bearings & seals








Bolted the rear diff into the rear beam & fitted it to the car, every single clip replaced with new, fuel lines painted & refitted



New Ford fuel filter, bracket & some plastic fuel lines fitted. Powerflex rear ARB bushes

MONSTER

Like those splash guards Ginge

Will he make some more?

paul16v

Yes Dave I will ask him next time I see him

Petrolhead

If he would make a few I think they would be good sellers, price depending.
Please ask.

MONSTER

Top man, cheers

paul16v

New front Koni struts, Ahmed springs & all new strut top bearings, bushes etc from Ford



Built up



Rears & new ARB drop links



Rear arms, hub assemblies built up with new Ford bearings, carbon fibre shit shields & struts fitted



Rear roll bar fitted



Bulkhead to be drilled for hydraulic clutch conversion



Marked off and drilled, nearly cried doing this to my nicely painted shell lol



Pedal box removed to be modified for the clutch conversion



Couple of holes drilled, & some brackets removed, sent all the bits off to get powder coated, new bushes & pedal rubbers





Built back up



Been looking for years for a new bulkhead sound deadening pad but have never found one or heard of one ever turning up so gave up and made my own





ABS block fitted with the bulkhead brake pipes, every clip renewed



Servo etc cleaned up & refitted, along with pedal box back in car (no pics of that) and a heatshield made that replicates the original one

maxest

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Very nice... good move refitting the door locks too!

Twins

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Stunning

MONSTER

Fantastic job on the bulkhead sound deadening mate, did you keep the template?

paul16v

I didn't make 1 Dave I just cut it to fit, I've got plenty of the material left tho.

MONSTER

Excellent, I know where to come then

paul16v

What's happening with yours at the min Dave, I'm sure I saw a pic you had posted with the motor out?

Glenn_

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Top work matey. Its gonna be a concourse car when its finished. Whens the rest of the running gear going in.

MONSTER

I bought a new motor for it Paul, I'm going to swap them over hopefully this winter & fit my Bara box at same time so I'll probably be in touch about the bulkhead material once I get the old engine out

Mark V8

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Cracking job there mate, great attention to detail

kosienutter

That is looking beautiful. Great work gone in there.

Cossy Mike

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Really liking this

Can I ask what Black paint you've'e used for the steering knuckles etc. please?

Moonstone Mo

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That looks foookin amazing!!!

BRAM

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Looks great mate, where did you fet that sound deadening for the bulk head it looks loads better than the one ive got on my car!!!!

gingerturbo

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One of the best colours ford made, cracking car that

RSLUBBY

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Looking wicked mate

SmudgerByName

This is my dream cossie so I am paying close attention to this thread. Looks like it is going to be amazing

paul16v

Cheers everyone

Hi Mike, I did them in Upol satin black IIRC, blasted them and etch primed beforehand

Joe Grp4 Escort

Love it Ginge

What wheels will it run Compomotive 6 Spokes or Rondell's?

Glenn_

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Get a set of 18 inch escos wheels or 18 inch montes lol. 2 of my fav wheels for an escos

paul16v

Was thinking of just getting the MO's I've got done silver for now, would love a set of 18" montes for it but got an engine to built etc first before I start thinking about wheels, I should have just bought some montes when they first came out

Brand new 3 bar






New power steering reservoir with powder coated bracket




Custom HEL brake line kit with banjo fittings for the AP's & slightly longer rears for the big brake kit

Lee Grout

This is awesome. Great attention to detail, really doing yourself and the car proud.

paul16v

Cheers, I never meant to take it this far it just sort of snowballed and I ended up stripping it to near enough a bare shell, only left the loom & dash in, kept on looking at it thinking 'fuck'

It's become an obsession now, have been collecting parts for years and have got lots of rare parts that are impossible to get hold of now, I'm on first name terms with the parts guys at my local dealers

cozzy jeff

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Doing a nice job paul, nice to see gaz working his magic again.

frsjon

awesome work

paul16v

New stale air vents for the rear 1/4's

carlo

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Stunning job mate you should do a thread on the escort forum too

m4tt274

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No minor job then! Jesus.
Full rebuilt.

Car looks amazing!

James B

Looks better than when ford built it first time around!

Glenn_

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I never thought you would be a bufty ginge/Paul lol

Mr RS500

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Looking great

Attention to detail is what makes it much better than the usuall resto

Paul

fezzajsy

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Lambchop

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Beautiful mate. JV is such a stunning colour

paul16v

Not done a lot lately, going to try and get a few hours down the garage tomorrow.

Been over to see Mark at MT Motorsport to pick these up today

Staffi

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Cracking work on this, great attention to detail, love it pal