well guys , its done 42k from new, 4 owners....how could i not bid?? it was on ebay



first thing to get done when i got it home was a bit of elbow grease as it was not the biggest eye pleaser



then i got it up in the air to repair what was a small hole in the floor at the usual place, desided against repair and cut the pan out



next on the list was the lowered springs off my convertible, oh its a beast hahahahahaha



i was planning on just tidying the car up in general but as usual with me, im attatched hehehe, ive got a burton 1740 cvh with twin 40webbers for it now and its all alloy'd up. im not going to bore you all with typing big stories so heres the pics to date and il post more up when i have done some more work......

puma alloys and rally flaps



xr3 spoiler.....



then i found these on ebay and had to have them, there from germany






decided to have a go at making my own "just for show" roll cage......still to grinde the welds and paint it.......















and this is the seats i plan to keep in to touch with the rest of the retro interior

 

Great work mate! Wheels look awesome!

I'd lose the rally flaps though seeing as it's never going near a stage!

 

very nice mate, seems like a good bargin

 

. nice mate

 

New wheels are awesome, i'll be keeping an eye on progress!

 

it will be after the new year i think as i am doing it in my work and we are closed for a while now. its too cold to be going in there any way. we dont have any of them massive heaters

 

Looks cool, i like the cage

 

looks cool mate! keep it up

 

looks realy nice

 

looks very kool....but i think it looked even better without the spoiler!..imo anyway!!



like that ^ but lowerd it some more with the dish alloys and with the cage!!

 

Very nice


Brian

 

the spioler is there only to hide rust arount the rear wiper spindle. got it for Ł10.... cheap repair

 

very smart, all these hidden mk3 escorts are coming out the woodwork now tho eh

 

fingers crossed like the mk1 and mk2's of the world they will creep up in value too

 

will be a mint car when done

bargin

 

how longs it taken you to make that cage?

 

IS THAT EXHAUST PIPEWORK??

 

all in all probably about 3 hours and cost 50/60 quid,

 

yeh as i posted earlier its just for the look not for any other purpose and there was no way i was spending Ł238 on a car and bolting in 6/700quid roll cage just for look. cheap as chips

 

oo fair play fella. did you keep the measurment you used by any chance?? fancy having a dabble i think lol

 

looking good so far , but i'd ditch the cage. you may not want to pay money for a proper one, but rest assured a properly made one won't kill you in a crash like yours would . i'm no expert on roll cages, but half of my family used to work at safety devices before they moved production abroad, so i know a little .

apart from that though, its cool

 

good lil projet , i have some metal for my cage , bit it seemless 1mm thick 2.5" steel and very strong lol fucking heavy mind

 

Bargain then, some good progress, but i reckon the cage lets it down you will always be able to tell it was made out of exhausts

 

thats why its not high on my priority list to crash it haha

 

wip the spoiler back off and euro style it it'd be rude not to with the rims

think i had a bod on them MiM alloys i think thy are

 

i take it you mean bid? i got them on ebay germany. they had no bids on them so the guy ended early for me. there was a set on uk ebay but they made 500 and odd quid

 

oh it was uk ebay lol think i bidded up to 250 on uk ones and was just out bid

top mota mate

 

il post up pics of the finished thing when its done then you can decide

 

Ł238 inflation must have gone up lol, mine was Ł200 on 47000 and no rust , great project, just how mine was pretty much, good luck

 

cheers mate, still a bargain happy days!!

 

DUE TO CHANGE OF PLAN IM NOW THINKING ON SELLING THIS........ NOT SURE WHAT TO SPEC IT AS BEFORE SELLING OR SELL AS IS.

CAR WITH STEALS. STANDARD
CAR WITH PUMA WHEELS
CAR WITH MIM POLISHED WIDE WHEELS
STANDARD ENGINE
BURTON 1740 WITH TWIN CHOKE WEBBER
BURTON 1740 WITH TWIN 40S

WOULD THERE BE MUCH INTEREST OR OFFERS?

I WOULD DO THE ENGINE FITTED,WEBBERS,AND THE POLISHED MIMS. YEARS MOT AND 6 MONTH TAX Ł2500
THE SHELL VERY GOOD, ORIGINAL X/MEMBER, CHASSIS NEVER WELDED ANYPLACE OTHER THAN NEW FLOOR OFFSIDE FRONT, INNER SILLS LIKE THE DAY IT LEFT FORD EVEN RIGHT AT THE BACK!! BATTERY TRAY BEEN DNE TOO.

 

nice! Looks kinda like mine too

 

spot on that mate, more pic more pics!!!

 

well there wont be anymore if i sell it as it is. if i go on to do engine etc i will post up more

 

well today i have finished my home made cage, painted and fitted it. engine out. burton engine in. carbs are on and i picked up seats out mitzi evo for it........ enjoy

 

nice one!!

keep it up!

 

seats look are they an easy fit?
are you still planning on selling then?

 

no im going to keep it, i will have to make subframes or modify seat frames but will be worth it

 

no im going to keep it, i will have to make subframes or modify seat frames but will be worth it

 

very nice love the jenveys mk3 escorts rule!!