finally after 2 years of no track toy there is a new one on the way.
ever since the mk4 escort rotted away ive been wantin to make a new track car and when my best mate said he was also on the look out for one we thought why not go all out and build one from scratch from a bare shell. it seamed a great idea to go in on the project together as he is great wiv bugets and money and wantin to learn more about cars and i bring all my motor trade skills and knowlegde (plus it means we can go down thw workshop and chill away from work and the wives lol)

so over the next 6 to 8 months i will be posting pics on here showin how we are gettin on and wot we are doin , we are already 1 month in so as soon as the pics are loaded i will post them up

enjoy

 

the shell arrives
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the donor shell was a 1.8 diesel 95plate wiv a blown engine, good box suspension , brakes , glass doors and a little bit of interior.
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apart from the back panel and a few minor scabs it looked in bloody good nick
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the wheels are a mates they come off and are replaced wiv steelers for now
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the car hits the workshop and strippin begins , the interior trim is now stripped and the glass is coming out
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next up is the suspension and that old smoker of an engine
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no pissing about here just lift the car up wiv the tractor and out wiv the engine

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Got a mk3.5 myself - always enjoy reading up on other people's projects. Looks like a tidy shell apart from the rear panel. What is the planned spec then?

Keep the updates coming

 

look a great project. bet tractor was quick and easy

 

ta guys
the intended spec is fully stripped n seam welded 16point cage fuel cell 1 bucket seat and the engine we are still pondering over either the xr engine tweaked , the zetec on carbs or a carbed zvh not sure yet

 

the engine is out and all the suspension tank and brakes now
car is sat on a rolling platform so we can move it round the workshop easily
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next up the passenger wing came off due to the fact we could see a little rot behind the door

and that little rot turned into a very rotten post out wiv the welder i think

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the top inner wing rail is well gone to started to cut the rot out to find it was gone behind to this is going to be a long job
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ok decided to see how bad this piller was looks like the sun roof drain has blocked n filled it up n rotted it the top and bottom of the window post need some work to

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and the inner wing in here to
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bloody door wont come off!!!!!!!!!!!
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stripped the arch back ready to remove it and cut away aload of the back panel now also cleaned up any minor rust spots

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the dam door is at last off most of the outer skin of the post is going to be cut out n replaced as its to rotten

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started cuttin away the post and yet more inner wing when will it end lol

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bit off the sill has had to be cut out to
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cleaned up the wing to see just how mucj more we need to remove

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Making light work of that - when does welding commence?

 

well had to cut even more of the rail out and the wing behind it .
cleaned it all back to bare metal and zinc primered it now to

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started the welding the pics will be on in a bit js catchin up on the last 3- 4 weeks work lol

 

started to put some metal back in now , skining up the inner part of the wing rail to start with

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thats also being tied into the post with thick gage plate to strengthen it up

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also started to skin inside now
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Lots too do, shell looks mont in first pic.

Keep it up though, any ideas of the spec yet?

 

boxed in the upper rail now startin to get somewhere lol

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next up is the piller n this was a sod to do
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re skinned the post seam welded the hinges put in thick tie-in plates between the post n inner wing next up will be a triangle piece from post to wing rail js to give it some extra strength
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update time bought a xr21 16v for parts today shell is knackered but the engine and runnin gear is good its also got all the kit bonnet boot which we need 2 spare doors 5 spoke alloys and mint bumpers its also got a mint black bat wing interior in it which we will sell on along with any other stuff thats no use .

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here it is parked up wiv the shell
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the last owner bought it as a project started to strip it and lost heart when he relised just how bad it was this car has more holes than a pack of polo's
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but it does have a good motor
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and all the kit for the track car
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Looking good mate.Cant wait to start stripping mine.

My XR2i is red and a K reg and ive only found two small areas of spot rust so far.Nothing in any of the normal places lol

 

do you need a rose-jointed rear beam?

 

yer might be interrested mate pm me the details

 

pm'd

 

well the xmass merry ments are over and we have sobbered up so thought it was about time we started gettin on wiv it again .
so last night we started strippin the 2i down the glass is all out trim stripped (and up for grabs!) bonnet and boot are off so hopefully all going well all the runnin gear will be out this weekend . if any one wants any bits off it let me know
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will look mint when done ! nice one

 

think we have decided on the engine spec for now zetec on side drafts

 

anyone know some one wiv a cheap cage for sale only need the main hoop and front section as we are building the rest and multi pointing it into the bulk head , turrets and legs???

 

Lookin good!!

 

come on craig get a move on
little bit more effot

 

any pics of the door cards and front seats? how much u lookin for and where u based?

 

did you buy that xr2i off ebay buy it now Ł300?i was gonna buy that lol

 

for that little quote ur be gettin all the jap import fits next week mate lol

 

ill get sum pics on here tomorrow nite mate im based js out side blackpool

 

no got it from fastford mag Ł120

 

 

nice one ..all the best with it..

 

ta lads

 

 

update time got loads done

this is the full black batwing interior we r floggin its every thing out of the car carpet seats dash the lot
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the engine came out of the donnor xr on friday night

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of course it came out in the usual fashion A TRACKTOR

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this time though we took the lot out in one go suspension engine gearbox brakes steerin rack the lot

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