awright Iv finnaly cought the ford fever again and decided to buy a mk 2 escort after finding the 2 door shell and paying little under 1000 pounds for it i became a little disapointed with the amount of welding to be done as always with the older shells my idea is to weld it up to group four rally spec with a 2.2 twincam lotus engine same as what was in the talbot sunbeams so ill keep yous all up to date with the build and stresses that go with it ps anyone with an exhaust manifold for a talbot sunbeam lotus get in touch cheers