hellooo. been watching here for a while so i thought i would join up. i have an w reg xr3 carb model done lots of work so far to it but still lots to do

this is what it was like when i first got it

just a taster will post plenty of pics of what ive done so far later when i have time



cheers drew

 

welcome mate

 

Welcome buddy another good person keeping the MK3's on the road

 

Welcome man. lovin the mk3s. any plans for it

 

seems a good solid escort u got there mate.
whats the plan for it?

 

Welcome, nice car ! Love Xr3`s

 

thanks for the welcomes

i purchased this off fleabay. described as complete but needs a bit of welding.
i think if i had of welded it all in one go it would have taken me about three weeks. luckily i have a mate with his own garage and use of his welder.

took a while to reconstruct but im proud of this





n/s inner wing

the holes just keep coming





made the bits off a mk4 fit as money was tight and i couldnt afford new panels



im not the worlds best welder but im good at grinding


this o/s rear inner sill was a right pig to do







put interior back in



ive had to take the interior out recently as there is a leak into drivers side, i cant find where it is coming in yet though
repaired big dent in the wing

its looking more like xr3 now
there was a deep scratch to the rear panel but i noticed the rear panel i rippled so there is accident damage here

the roof also wants sorting so my mate is coming in the new year to give me a quote for a respray. so im still aquiring bits for it,i have 2 mint doors and tailgate in the garage to go on

so it got put on hold over summer as we bought my son a mini for his 18th birthday but that ended up needing more welding than the escort


cheers drew

 

cool project , defo got your work cut out with the rott, looks bad, good luck

 

here are a few of the roof it had a vinyl roof on before i got it which had been removed. its full of dents like someone has run over the top




i did sort it took ages


i didnt get chance to sort it properly due to the weather so this happened



found a few pics of my old car




cheers drew

 

got your work cut out there good luck with the restro tho

 

good too see it being kept alive!

 

Welcome mate and good luck with the escort

 

thanks for all your comments

i will probably spend twice as much on it as it is worth though


cheers drew

 

Welcome and well done . Another mk3 lover. I'll be revealing my latest over the xmas period. Keep it up pal. I have loads of spares, try me if you are struggling.
Jon

 

thanks jon

do you have a dipstick with the wire connector attatched? if so how much?

cheers drew

 

f*ck me side ways i thought my mk3 was rotton, nice work for keeping it alive mate

 

They was not kidding when they said it needs some welding doing to it all the best mate . And welcome mate

 

I'll have a look for the dipstick pal. I'm sure I'll have one somewhere.

 

thanks for the welcome mate . im ok for an interior mine came up ok after i cleaned it, but thanks for the offer

cheers drew

 

good on you m8 will make a nice car when its finished

 

I love my old fords but they rot like fook.Nice to see its being looked after.

 

ive been busy this weekend while we had nice weather.Managed to fill, sand and respray my damaged roof.















after alot of wet and drying and alot of t cut im finally happy with it



took my side window out and sprayed in the mat black, but i marked it when i put the window back in so i will need to touch that bit up again



i also removed th screen so i could sort th scuttle panel



put all my interior back in after i found out where my leak was



this is where it was leaking it was very well filled by the last owner but i decided to be brutal with it and found it was just filler and sealant.



so overall im very happy with my results


cheers drew

 

Looks like a real nice car mate i like it when peaple do this kind of resto at home on the drive instead of throwing loads of cash at someone to do it for them

 

looking really clean now mate!!

 

been busy over the last few months
replaced rotten spare wheel well


my mate gave me this






im very happy with the results



struggled to my old rear my lamp out, when i did i found more holes to fix



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now fixed

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sorted my wheels, took me weeks to sort these


then got buried for winter


so recently got it running properly, fitted a new alternator, sorted the none existing brakes


now ready for an mot when i can afford




thanks drew

 

Coming along very nicely had one years ago was a X reg cracking little cars

 

looking loads better, well done for your efforts mate

 

all yr hard work as pay`d off m8 welldone

looks very nice


jay

 

very nice

 

that looks awesome mate, your hard work has paid off

early mk3 too awesome