Hey Ford Folk,
I'v taken on an almighty Project - my dream vehicle - an Escort Van.
Mark 3s are hard to find, so the decision was made to buy a mark 4 and convert it to mark 3.

And so the project begins.........







and then the strip down........

 

looking forward to seeing the finished van

 

Me too, Looks very Max Power in the first few pics!

 

Set your sights high there mate

Good luck with it

 

I love mk3 vans.

Good luck with it!

 

Sounds an ace project. Good luck. Looking forward to updates

 

Nice project,

Never give in and see it to the end Bro!

 

I had an escort cab that colour about 14-15 years ago.
Thought it looked the dogs,same fibreglass front bumper too,bloody hideous thing looking back.
Ironically it was a mk3 made to look like a mk4!!!!
Can't wait to see the van done.

 

Good thread = lots of good pics!

Keep up the good work

 

sorry its took so long to ad more pics been busy with the van

heres some more of the strip down...........

 

dropped full front suspension before getting to wrok on taking the engine n box out


















hope these pic keeps yous happy will try update more later .....and thanks for the comments guys

 

long day stripping out more parts off the van big thanks to beetlesi,del n bryan for all your help got to work on removing windscreen,dash,loom and fusebox heres a few pics

 

next was the task of marking all the wires so i could get the fusebox out.....oh what fun











all bagged up for




nearly empty engine bay just the servo and a few pipes to remove

 

Looks nice mate big job how long do you think it's going take you ...?.....

 

above shot...





the parts list,,,hope i dont need much more as i'm nearly out of metal to wright on haha

 

i'm hoping to have it finished for next summer,,

 

Intresting better you than me lol

 

haha ok so i'm going to need luck on my side for a possible lotto win,,,but it should be ready for summer as long as i can get parts easy enough

 

Hope you can after all that hard work should get parts ok though ......

 

Nice project there, good luck with it all.
Be good to see.

I remember when people were putting MK4 bumpers onto MK3 Escorts.
Full cirle now lol

 

seem to be plenty of parts stores on line and they seem to be quite cheap too,,, yeah how times have changed eh always thought the mk3 was a nicer looking car been a fan of them since a was a kid

 

started to check and see how bad the rot was on the van..... found the last owner had filled the sill with expanding foam!!!!










this is just some of the foam that i managed to take out

 

Looking forward to seeing this done fella, I have also bought one of my dream card for my first car. Just need to get working on it

 

the holes left on the roof from the spoiler




coony got to work filling them with a weld












some body filler

 

beetlesi on the sanding block

 

good luck with it then mate,,,,,cant wait to see the pics

 

good luck with it then mate cant wait to see the pics

 

CheeRS mate, I've got a thread up on here

 

good stuff will go have a look

 

lots of work there

 

Sure is but it will b worth it in the end,,,, if there is 1 lol

 

cool project mate, looking forward to seeing your progress.

plenty of parts out there for the mk3, just done a full front end on a
mk3 cabby in restoring, just don't go for genuine ford parts as they are
fetching stupid money lol.

 

Good luck with this mate, hope you finish it 'cos so many on here don't make the end. I like it.

Benni

 

looking good cant wait to see the finished project

 

cheers guys its not going to be a fast resto but yous will see a finished van on here

 

picked up the crossmember and front panel



hope to start lining them up for fitting tomorrow

sat the front panel on just to c how it fits

 

vans are pretty rare on the roads these days n its great to see another been saved even if you are building it as a mk3.....keep up the good work

 

brilliant project iv subscribed to this, look forward to the progress, out of interest what engine will be going back in? hoping you say cvh turbo

 

The xr2 engine will be going back in to get the van on the road,, but i intend to put a cvh turbo into it, but thinking it will be a winter project

 

Bit more work on the van, mainly bare metalling











Has had previous rear arch replacement to high standard