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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 10:50 AM
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Default MK1 Escort 4x4 Conversion

Originally Posted by blake999
yep that's the one, it's moved on a bit from that shot, it's all dismantled now and in a home made roll over frame with the inside, underside. and engine compartment now painted
G'day again Blake,

I've signed up to Turbosport and had a look at your build, great work!

The way you've treated the front inner wings is similar to what I'd envisioned, obviously as I'm yet to cut my car apart yet I had no idea as to whether that approach would work though. How did you go about lining up the panels before building up the new inner arches? I was planning on leaving the original hinge panels and hinges, upper inner wing and slam panel in place when removing the rest of the front end with bracing welded in to support it in the correct location as a guide, once again I have no idea how well this will work until I start cutting away at what I don't need.

Also, the way you've widened your bubble arches is also pretty close to how I was going to attack it, only at the rear I was going to extend the new chassis inner arches out to meet the widened bubble arches in a similar way to they did on the Group 4 cars with steel arches.

Last edited by Miltz; Jun 10, 2012 at 09:11 AM.
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