So yet another project to arrive. I have 6 on the go now, what with the Polo VR6, Transit, 335d, 420GSiT, and the Defender.








She's rusty to the eye, but ill get her in and strip it down and see whats what!

 

All tucked up with the VR Polo (which is stuck on the broken ramp )

 

whats the plans

 

The plan is to end up as a Zetec 1600i Rep like this:








so today we began the stripdown. It needs a lot of work but so be it. At least i know it should be sound after the work. So heres the day in pics:















My VR6 Polo Project







One neighbours OSF:







And my other neighbours:































So now its stripped bare its time to get the floor pans, sills, wings, front panel, inner arches, chassis rails etc etc then get it in for blasting, then welding, then painting!
Simple lol

 

So, you're going to 16i a MK4?

 

Whats wrong with that?

 

Nothing I guess, would it not of been easier to start with a mk3?

 

Ive been trying to get one for a long time, but not been able to get one. Although im enquiring about a mk3 as we speak...

 

Touche.
Are the mk3 panels easy enough to get hold of?

 

Yeah...

 

lot of work converting:

scuttle, bonnet, wings, front pannel, back pannel, etc

but if your willing, Excelent

16i one of my fave all time cars

p.s i love VR6 polos, do you remember the 1st one done in uk? M4DV6
Gilly @ Veedubs built it, was an awesome thing, schrick cams and inlet etc, i MOT`d it and he took me out

 

Seen it done not to bad to do wings bonnet etc and scuttle

 

Nice project.Havent you got enough toys??? will be following this Nice neighbours too do you know whwt the cortina is running pinto or x flow ?

 

Pinto....

 

great project i reckon white 16i's one of my fav clasic fords

keep it silver, at least its a lil more solid than most mk3's

 

looks like you made a good start to this looking forward to seeing the final product keep up the good work

 

Thanks!

 

this will be nice if you pull it of, cant beat a 16i

 

Well its going to have to go on the Back burner for a bit. My Land Rover project needs some time spent on it. 3 years so far, and i really want some use out of it. So the Escort can stay in the dry till thats further on....

 

Nice project matey.Is it going rear wheel drive then cause you mentioned a pinto???

 

No the Pinto was in reference to my neighbours cortina

 

You sound like one of my mates. 101 projects but nothing gets finished lol

 

Unfortunately im known for that! It used to be one of two things. Finish them, then strip em pretty much straight away, or buy em then sell/scrap em lol
Ive always wanted a Mk3 Escort, so im hoping ill keep this one (albeit a mk4) alive. The Land Rover will never get sold, ever! And the Rover, although worthless so therefore not worth selling, has a sentimental link and will also be kept. The VR6 Polo is 90% done but needs to go. Ive not an ounce of enthusiasm for it anymore....

 

It went for scrap. Was far to rusty. Had a Welder round to look at it and he had nothing good to weld to so in the back of the van and off for scrap. BUT.........................


This got collected yesterday....








A H-reg Series 2 with new panels throughout! Just a couple of scabs on the roof left to do

 

Shame... They're getting more and more rare. At least you have an s2 shell. But most purist's would want to see it stay as an RS.

 

This one will stay as an S2 as its had 90% of the bodywork done.
I'm still shopping for a mk3

 

This one up on the ramp:







And i seem to have bought another one!

 

So picked the replacement up:






It was in good company:






And the guy i got it from outbid me on this the bugger!






Got it up on the ramp today and its in a much better condition than the old silver one:








Im only going to use it for a week or two whilst i wait for the wheels to be done for my connect:






But couldnt bear how high it was, so got it down a bit:







And with the other shell whilst we had a clean up in the workshop:








All i need is a Bigbore 4 and a window louvre lol