Hi all new here my names Brett


Got my self a old mk2 escort £1200 and 55,000 miles 2 owners :funky: and was going to have it built in to a historic rally car by the wife's uncle who has a business building mk2 escorts to rent to the Irish to use in historic rallies"these cars are so cool" BDA engines zf diffs,ap brakes,aero style looms :funky:so though he'd build me one for bugger all ............NO :bitchslap:well the prices where massive 8000 to do the shell,5000 for rear axle and brakes,BDA engine by Wilcox's was 10,000 it just went on and on well over 50,000 madness
I also bought a k reg 4x4 saph with no sunroof so Grant the wife's uncle said why not build a group a rep saph???mmmmmm I thought,yes that could be good.So he orded the cage and a shap grp a escort cossie pedal box.I will strip the cossie out to bare shell over xmas for them to seam weld and prep after xmas
pic to come soon
He looks afters all ford rally cars mk1 2,and cossie escorts,has had 1 or 2 spahs as well he said he could get some wrc/grp a bits brakes,shocks,engines parts ,diffs cheapish :-XSo I swopped the 2 for the prep work on the cossie shell well some of it
So i can't wait now



thought I'd do a stage by stage post here about my Sapphire.So I want a big power track car........one day : but for a start I will do the shell and get it to handle and stop well.
Pics so far

Freeman,lardy helped strip it out cheers lads

Me sortting the loom



Now I have a motec ecu off my old GT4 celica and will fit this to the cossie" freeman will now tell you what he thinks of this cos it ain't a chip!!!!!"

But I think it's the way to go ecu wise, feed back welcome :thumbsup:
More soon...........

 

More pics of the shell



Drayton windscreens came and removed the bonded glass

Bit of rust to sort out n/s/r wheel arch and n/s/f inner wing under the header tank


Sound deadning and seam sealer to remove now ready for seam welding and cage.I not looking forward to this job :BangHead:

 

Well it took 4 hours the strip the sound stuff off using a heat gun and scrapper.If you heat it up well it comes off like butter :thumbsup:.Now I will use "glue and tar remover" to clean the bit left on... off
PICS



Me on the scrapper did find one problem,if you slip with the scrapper you get branded by the red hot heat gun :cussing:

Finished ccasion14:


Next cleaning off the seam sealer and paint for the welding will have a go saturday if the wife will let me in the shed!!

 

looking good lads keep up the good work and welcome to passionford

 

Thanks for the welcome,been looking on here for a month I think it's great and want the buy every thing in the for sale bit.

 

welcome mate, looks like a good project

good luck

 

welcome to pf and what a good project

 

Looking good,keep up the good work lad's...

 

Nice work

 

welcome, cant wait to see your build!

 

Good looking project ,nice with no sunroof

 

Cheers all thanks for the kind word

Yea the no sunroof is good,the car was a police car still had all the wiring and a brace over the rear seats to stop people getting out the back though the boot???But the roof has no holes in it and the dash is as new,like to know witch police force used the car.
Any one know where I could get the two roof flaps/air vents like the GRP A saphhire had?rare as hell I bet.
Brett

 

Had three more hours in the workshop today cleaning off the tar pads shit messy job


And no it's not rust on the seam it's the tar shit staining the seam sealer
I also used a de-spot weld drill bit to remove the battrey tray and all the lugs/brackets and any thing else thats not going to be used.
Brett

 

Making good progress there mate in a short time keep up the good work, you'll need too as i'm starting my winter tuning now!!

 

Hello mate what you going to do pump the tyres up?

 

For a start yes, but don't you worry about me i'm gonna make her handle so well she'll make an EVO look like a blimonge.

 

Got most of the seam sealer off now and cleaned up for welding ,not a nice job but just got on with it and soon got there.Got all the unwanted brackets off
pic







And started welding 10 welds done and the gas ran out :BangHead:

 

what happend to the mk2 ??? shame you didnt do that.but good luck with the build

 

Swopped it for the new cage and fitting,new grp A pedal box and bulk head mods, seam welding on underside
Painting car inside/cage
Brett

 

Looking good mate

 

nice work mate.
i think i recognize some of them faces is that the lardy boys?

 

It' is the lardy man he could make anything if you let him have a roll up, beer and a think about it

 

Thats going to be great

 

Started the welding,but now the shell looks a mess with all the burnt paint oh well be ok after painting




Still loads more to weld up, finish it over the weekend

 

Well got a call in the week saying they where ready for the shell :funky:
So put it on the trailer



This beast was in for some body work



Need to get the 909 front and fear a/r/b s now to mount the brackets to the chassis, and a seat so the mounting bars can be welded it.
I got a carbon tunnel cover and a new carbon grp A panel that goes where the radio was "lower dash" we will fit the fuses and relays and kill switch in to it

 

Had two days off work to strip the underside of the shell 16 hours of pain :







All clean and ready for seam welding the underside and the cage,fire wall and plating up all the holes in the floor the ones that had the plastic bungs in
Picked up a set of 18" wheels And a pro alloy intercooler :thumbsup:

Mk2 pics :thumbsup:


Alot of work goe's in to a mk 2

 

I picked up some newly refubed ohlins shocks to day :funky:I'm very pleased with them as well ,should do the job :thumbsup:
front

rears


The GRP A cage is also with grant and will be fitted next week.Been thinking about the chassis GRP A engine mounts and bladed anti roll bar brackets and modded rear arms so went to see Andrew at ATM motorsport to have a look at the parts ,very nice to and very pricey :BangHead:but as he said a non sunroof grp a shell is worth a bit with all the right bit /brackets on and I want the car to handle like on rails !!!so need to get saving now.
Let me know what you all thing :thumbsup:Brett

 

Went for a look today and at the car had to take the dash over ,thay have started on the cage wwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeee


going to look rally slag!!! :whip2:
Hi when I broke my celica for parts I kepped hold of the motec ecu a will fit that to the cossie It is a upgraded pro M4 so has anti lag,lunch control,flat gear shift ect ect

I also got a used pro alloy cooler

And a Tial 50mm BOV

And a set of greens.Turbo is passing oil so will be replaced for now with a T34?until the diffs and gearbox are found and payed for :BangHead: I don't know how I will afford them but hey :'(/??!!! > then 470/500hp here we come wwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

Moving fast now








:thumbsup:

 

Top project mate.The mk2 escort looks mint too.

 

Looking good


Brian

 

looks like your cracking on there mate. keep up the good work boys...

 

amazing work!

 

I just caught your post, good read, plenty of crappy work done already, nice project

 

Nice work ,who is doing the cage for you

 

Very nice!

 

looks like it will be bloody good when finished top work

 

Hi its a safety devices grp A cage being fitted by an ipswich company called rally extreme they do mainly mk1/2 escorts builds for historic rallying
But will do all types of cars but he likes fords

 

Thanks for the praise all

 

Looking good! shall be following this project