started life as a 1.1, i brought it for £200 around a year ago on s2 alloys with 47000 miles on the clock in very good condition, i was removing carpet etc looking for rust etc and is a very solid shell. sat in garage for a while till thieves tried their luck.
so i decided to convert it to run efi fiesta turbo management, ran ok for little while but melted piston or cracked ring or something on 4th cylinder going to ford fair so decided its a good time for a resto die to odd lil stone ding etc.


engine is not out and being stripped for respray, will get xrt_si to post pics as he took them on his phone whilst helping me.


here pic of my escort before it came off the road:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010071.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010070.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010072.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010073.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010074.jpg

 

looks minted mate well done

but use the img codes on photobucket instead of the above ones

 

cheers mate, they were pictures before we started lol, got to wait for mate to post up pics of stripping it and prep work, welding up the locks etc

 

Those pics i promised for the other day:

 

cheers mate, its sitting on odd wheels due to the others being sold as i was having issues clearing the brakes, i decided i wanted big brakes behind the wheels so i mated st170 discs with alfa romeo brembos but couldnt clear them properly, so need to get comps. more pics to come still

 

what problems did u have with the brakes like mate

looks nice keep the updates coming

 

Looks good, love sunburst mk3s, i'd stick 16i kit on it

 

1600i kit is going on it lol, along with top spots, and i have the hella square ones with the white covers for the bottom.

the problem i had with brakes was getting the inside of wheels to clear the calipers, "twins" has told me a 17x7.5j comp mo should clear? anyone got any? i wana spray them black if they are not?

 

if u don't mind me asking what caliper did u use and what work was involded to fit them

 

i used alfa romeao gtv or omething like that, brembo calipers sorced from a breakers, 90 degrees union bends, 8mm steel to make brackets and i think 24mm countersunk toughened hex bolts, will get better pics at some time

 

ah ok mate, if u can get pics that will be mint

 

no prob, bare with me though, they ain on car at the moment so i can only get a rough pic wer reemoved to drive it to get sprayed as had clerance issues, handbrake worked well though lol.

 

lol sounds fun mate, yeah np fella gonna be a while till i get my cabbie sorted

 

Lookin' good!

Deja Vu to what I've got in my lockup as well

Have you got rid of the teeny skinny 1.1 driveshafts and hubs yet?!
One of the first things I'll be doing to mine very soon before they snap!

 

it still has them, i was told they had different shafts before when i was going to convert my van but when compared they were the same so i nver looked into it this time.

 

Different hubs and shafts..... but you might have got lucky and have one with the usual spec ones

 

il find out when i put more power through them, but till then, if they aint broke, dont fix them lol

 

just a quick update as im STILL waiting for me mate to upload the photos. car is set to be sprayed 2moro, is now delocked, slam panel blanks welded over and smoothed off, so are redundant holes in the engine bay, have drilled hole to take mk4 washer bottle aswell as holes to run loom inside arches. clips/brackets are welded into the inner wings to hold the loom.

spent today getting some shot blasting done and burning out thew old bushes (damn i stink of rubber lol).
Rear arms are removed and are being replaced with others which i have just had shot blasted and will be painted and have cossie rear disck conversion.

t34 turbo is on order, polybushes i will order in the morning and rs1600i graphics are on order.

and having alarm etc fitted in the week .

il pester mate to get pics up

 

need to crack on with engine now lol, and i need brake lines for under the car for a non abs model?

 

i like this

 

cheers mate, hope to have it looking alot better and much more aggressive looking

 

Whos doing the alarm now? And where you getting the turbo? And what spec?

 

got turbo of ebay, and alrm blokes johns mate

 

 

 

cheers, all in gud time lol, just wish mate would get pics up!!! lol

 

here we go, a little progress atlast, only prob being pics are in a backwards order as my mate still hasnt put pics up so prep work will go up another time.

pic of floor pan. inner seal (original condition)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...P1010079-1.jpg

here's car whilst being flatted having been painted getting it ready for polishing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010214.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...P1010082-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...P1010081-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...P1010080-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...P1010078-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...P1010077-2.jpg


hope u likev dont look much at the minute, but has had alot of work go into it, has bonnet bar done away with, slam panel holes/ holes in arches gone, loom run in arches, underside stripped and stone chipped etc etc.

 

got the wrong link think again, doh!!! lol

 

a couple of my mates orion project:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010217.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010216.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010215.jpg

 

do like a nice mk3...
that onion looks beasty...

 

he's into the lary body kit look lol, arches look like flarred s1 arches

 

tell me it aint a 1300, lol!

 

nope, was a 1400 before it came off the road to have the body work done and will be back on the road with 1600 steel bottom end high specced head (think stage 3 but i dont personally know), omex etc should be pretty quick, we have bets on for central day lol

 

good luck!!

 

hopefully will have it poilshed 2mo and maybe windows bk in, keep pics coming

 

Looking good paul, why dont you set up a photobucket site and host those pics properly?

Kams orion looks ok in those pics, should be good for 250bhp when done. Central day bet is mine boys, car is going to go on a major diet and a decent remap

 

so u not running the rwd rust bucket? lol. alarm started being fitted today aswell so there is progress, just wish kamal would have posted up all them photos he said he would have, lazy fucker!!!

 

a few pics of car going back together, ive been putting on bumpers, rear side windows and engine loom, pics taken in darkish conditions but is looking nice.



drives shafts cleaned and painted



alternator bracket and odds and sods etc shot blasted and sprayed up



painted steering rack



will have more progress 2moro

 

im undecisive if i should keep the compomotives in the pics and get the powder coated, hopefully bonnet raisers and polybushes will arive 2mo so i can fit my rear disks, alarm was finished off being fitted 2nite along with central locking etc.

 

looking good...keep it up