Originally Posted by
blake999
Cheers for that it is a lot of work but interesting work, as to the lining things up there is a photo of how I did this somewhere on the thread, but it involved a screwed rod frame that was bolted up through the original Sierra inner wings then kept central by bolting that frame to the engine, then the screwed rod was bolted through the very end of the wing drip rails the other end of the drip rail can only go in one place in relation to the scuttle panel, the idea with the screwed rod frame was it was completely adjustable to get height, and gaps spot on, then just fill in the difference between Sierra inner wing and Escort drip rail, you will also notice that wings and front panel are bolt on hope that helps
Blake
Cheers for that info Blake! I saw the supports in a few shots on page 2 of your build, the ones connecting to the wing rails to the new chassis inner wings anyway, I didn't notice the final support going to the engine that kept everything in line though. With that piece of advice I may go along a similar route but will still have to weld supports in to keep the original wing rails and slam panel from breaking off while cutting out everything else. Obviously having the adjustable rods in place to get the right fitment between the Escorts front wings and the rails would have made work a lot easier when it came to lining everything up, it's tips like these that I was hoping this thread would bring out of the woodwork!