confusing title for a confusing car gonna make an attempt to keep up to date with my cars progress on here here it is when i saw it advertised (note grille and things like wipers!) when i bought it..... no wipers no bulbs no relays no chrome no dipstick no mirror glass no interior mirror no breather filter no fan no seat belts changed steering wheel no horn no horn wiring no numberplate lights no boot lock (obvious from pic) no wiring into boot different grille no airfilter or piping just what i can remember... i had initally planned to drive this car 200miles back on trade plates, on the previous owners word that the car was road worthy and i'd make it back with ease. he rang me when i'd set off (luckily for him with a car transporter) to report a fuel leak which later turned out to be condensation dripping from a hole in the exhaust i had it on the ramp straight away for a pre MOT check, underside is very clean suprisingly, aside a squashed outer sill, upon jacking the car up the NSR wheel which looked out of line had an alarming wobble to it when jacked up, upon further inspection a very bent 7mm spacer was removed from one side! eliminating the wheel wobble.... there wasnt one on he other side, nor a need for one on either side!? strange... can just make out here where its had accident damage repairs to the chassis leg and inner wing to! pics from the previous owner of it in Mk4 form, and being converted panels not many progress pics so far mainly fixing things as you can imagine had to find a mk3/4 fuse box in a scrap yard and take all the relays and correct fuses buy all new bulbs and fit them get the sidelight bulb holders and resolder these into the look mount headlights properly change grille (been given a knackered standard grille for now but it looks miles better IMO) remove homo numberplates source and fit seatbelts fit an escort steering wheel and all horn wiring assy! fit horn and rewire in fit intake pipe and air filter source and fit numberplate lights wire up numberplate lights bolt in seat! still got loads to do before it can even see a road but i feel like im heading in the right direction! dont like having to double check everything but ive no option now looking at some of the workmanship! few pics as is and my 40s to go on with my 16i rocker cover when it eventually sees the road

 

Nice looking motor. You keeping the cage in?

 

nice car mate ,how much you lowered by ?

 

thinking of doing yea, its got some supports misssing from the rear strut tops, looks almost like its missing a front strut brace type fitment onto what i can only describe as a swivel point to the rear legs,

seen here


i was going to rip it all out completely and fit it propperly, repaint it either all white or all black, but a friend put the idea in my head of getting it trimmed or wrapped. will have to see i think

chris

 

i think its about 35mm down on what appear to be gmax springs, ill be binning these for konis or coilovers in time

 

Nice one. I'm doing a MK3. If you decide to take the cage out I'll take it off you.

 

ill bear that in mind

 

Nice project, just needs a private plate, or an older plate put on it

 

yeah i know, either dateless or a prefix or A plate

least of my worries at the moment though! lol

 

very nice,looks mint

 

Hello fella how you doing, long time no see ,i remember this being built on here a while back wondered where it had gone

 

the cage is a old grp a ally cage

was chopped to suit a cossie'd rwd mk3 escort rally cross car (bob gooding's)

 

no way its aluminium? i hadnt even investigated!

might have to get some rears fabricated up then. any ideas what was there originally?

dave, yea guilty, i saw it and couldnt resist, jus wish it was as mint as i first thought. Nothing a bit of TLC wont sort out still need to make a trip down your neck of the woods again

 

Hi mate, how you doin,

Nice project. Love the title.

regards

Andy

 

im doin well mate, you? long time no speak

haha, yeah i thought it was suitable for the mixmatch car

 

Will be nice this with a bit of work.

Shame the lad who sold it to you is a nobhead. I hope he reads this aswell.

 

i know the lad you got this off..i wanted this for ages and would have had it it but he told me about the accident damaged chassi leg so i didnt. good luck with it bud.

 

yeah, he didnt tell me, he let me drive 200miles for me to find out for myself

 

Hes a grade A wanker, hes on my MSN for some reason so i just told him about this.

Said he wrongly advertised it and its a dog compared to what he said, he laughed and seemed to think it was ok because he let it go a little bit cheaper.

Fucking nob.

 

dont worry about it dave, its done with, ill just take it on the chin! its to be expected pal

 

Spose mate!

It WILL end up a proper little thing with some Rawli magic tho.

 

yeah cannot wait, ive been looking into renewing the chassis leg, but dont actually know whether its worth the hassle

 

the rear turrets on the rallycross were completly different, the chap you brought it off said he was gonna weld it all up to suit

being ally guess its a bit more involved to weld

 

yeah, i have facilities to get that done though, just dont know how to go about mounting it to the rear turrets, especially as i havent decided on whether its having a trim etc in as well

shortstuff, yeah only time will tell

 

at least it still kicking about, remember him building it, will be good to see it finished

 

good luck with it bud. shame you didnt find out it was rough when before you got it tho. where was it advertised btw?

 

i spotted it on driftworks, bit more progress today, all lights are now working, horn and wipers are fixed to

only a few bits and bats to do before it will pass an MOT then its time to rip it to bits again and start from scratch

the "radiator from the scrap yard" he's fitted is pissing out to, quality fix!...

 

i was thinking of doing this to mine but just thinking if you can find panels still?there used to be a h reg s1 that used to come up birmingham s bends years ago it had killer stickers on it

 

That's really cool! Looks well too.....

I bet if the Traffics had a clue about older cars you'd be getting a pull in that, but they seem to be clueless about them so prob wouldn't even clock anything odd with the plate

 

bizzar car but i like it mate should be top when finished

 

yeah i bet i get pulled in it off an old bobby with some beans in his tin! haha

 

saq's only car remember this, went cheap if i member correctly good shell.

good luck with the project mate

 

believe that's the original rad

 

Hi Mate. Long time no see. You still got your little Fiesta and Skyline?

Look forward to seeing how you get on with this.

 

looks different i say that but will be a minter when finished keep it up

 

cheers for that marky, yes it is clean, but its not straight and its literally a good shell cos everything else on it is in need of looking at! lol, thanks for confirming the rad though

tim yeah, still got those, thats why im a bit snowed under with this, expecting to just throw it on the road you see

 

Not forgetting the Poo - Loo.

 

no worries

 

yea wot a tosser he was good job i made the trip with u rawli n kicked him in the balls 4 it lol i got me sum cheap 7 spokes as well hehe :-P

 

interesting work from a paki i guess