right then had this a while now and have pulled my finger out and getting on with it

now, you will have to bare with me as this will be a fairly long project but ill update as and when i can !

so the old boy is away this weekend so thought id go in and crack on with the underside, it is going to be a everyday car so the whole underside is going to be nice so it dosnt get bad with the bad weather, i plan to stone chip the underside in black, its very clean under there with only 50275 miles on the clock but it will be even nicer soon

anyways enough chat heres what i got done

The car.




the car originally came with grp a fibreglass morrettes in it, i didnt really want the modified look so they came out in replace for these

they were off a normal sapphire gls or something but the glass is good

so i popped the clips off the top and bottom, fully cleaned the light then got all the clips plated in gold/zinc,



back panel is dead clean



the car is originally a cloth car, but it has a minty mint set of leather in it so will be keeping them for now and purchasing two fitted seat covers to keep them good



steering wheel will be re-trimmed one day



check out that phone and original radio/cassete they WILL be staying



right now for the underside, its a real clean example with very light surface rust only which will get cleaned up and be perfect









thats all really underside it will come up a treat !

i got a few goodies ive collected so far that will be fitted near completion








and the wheels they wont be staying white






well thats all for now more as it comes

 

Looking forward to seeing it progress mate, should be awesome if the Escort is anything to go buy.

Soooooooooo jealous of those wheels too!

 

aye theyre well smart, ! got the dymags too got some centre caps now too as bro bought a set and sold me the caps

 

Don't rub it in

Got somethin to ask you actually, will drop you a PM in a sec

 

Are you selling the grp a fibreglass morrettes!??

 

Looking good Jim, should be a nice looking motor.

 

Nice one Jim ,did you sell the other white saff then

 

yes

my mate bought it off me and is doing it so both will be done together

 

Looks like a cracking base car mate. Should be a beauty once its done.

 

Looks nice mate, good like with it


Brian

 

Oh my! It's gonna be a riot!!

 

looks a cracking base to start with jimbo

 

Cheers chaps it is a real good base and can't wait to get the underside done !


Oh hell yeah

 

Very nice Jim , will have to drop by for a look at the progress.

 

Yeah wait till I get underside done then I can show off pmsl

 

Nice project Jim.

 

I have a good car in mind to go by Paul

 

Looks great Jim, about time you started a thread..

 

Ta gav I thought so ! Will be ringing you constantly from now on lol what's next !

 

Lol, no worries dude

 

Should have bought it when it was for sale Jim

 

Just ten k short lol ! Always nice to build rather than buy IMO though

 

very nice clean car to start with

 

looks like a nice shell you got there mate,
i'd have bought that just get the phone lol, thats prob worth something on the antiques roadshow,
it staying rwd i take it?
you just gonna build it a nice useable torquey engine? no need for 700bhp in that realy,
either way looks nice mate especialy with those wheels, i like that looke

 

Lol ! It's deff staying in there completes the 80/90s look don't it


I'm not going mad on power to start something beginning with a 4 will do me

The thing is I'm used to driving my fwd escort and my old mans 4x4 escos so its gonna be a learning curve so don't need silly power, to start lol

 

Says the guy whos dad owns a tuning company lol
Good project, and great base to start from

 

Lovely car mate good luck with it all like u need it lol

 

Very nice car to start with - loving the wheel choice

 

Nice car Jim, did you buy this of mole123? lol

 

no he bought it off a bigger gangster id say mark[so your the mole in disguise mate lol]

 

All the best with this project Jimbo. Im sure it will be the bees knees when its done .

 

I hate that poxy mole

mark has the softest hands in the country I'd say he's a nivea model no gangsta


Cheers rod, one day !

 

righto then more !

and its bloody hard work

first things first thanks to my old man what a diamond ! he dragged it outside, lifted the rear up and steam cleaned the whole underside ! he got drenched lol !

not all of it was got as it wasnt high enough but helped no end and probably knocked a good 5 hours cleaning time off !

after this we left it to dry for a day out in the sunshine, then tonight back on the ramp for me and my cleaner to get scrubbing again

heres some pics of the latest

left side cleaned right side as per after steam clean



underside still in a mess after steam clean






and heres after a good clean up !







so thats pretty much that whole back section done, just the arches after

worked my way forwards a little to see how it would come up

only a quick wipe over but side by side clean with dirty







thats all for now, more as it comes

 

How boring is it Jim, done both my series 2 and my brothers saph now takes bloody ages to clean and we only had the car up on jacks lying on our backs getting drenched!

 

Its stupidly boring !!! I wouldn't advise any one to do it lol will be worth it but I'm gonna be hours, luckily have the ramps so can't complain too much

 

gonna be a minter

 

Yo sugar lips, looking good.

 

How mint does that look Jim, can't believe I missed that phone when I was down....man NOW you really are the man!

My wheels look good there too

 

looks spot on jimbo

 

thats one mint shell jimbo