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hi ford fans, i was browsing the net and came across this forum and had to join, Id just thought id introduce myself, my name is Allan, I live in Portsmouth and im a self confessed car nut, especially old Fords, I am currently restoring a 1968 Mk1 escort van. The original plan was to modernise and speed her up, but after much thought i have decided to keep her completely original.
Its a 1 owner van with a genuine 23,000 miles under her belt, the last owner bought her in march 1968 when they were very first launched. He used it to potter about his farm and sometime in the early 80's just parked it in a barn and left it there. It didnt move until he died about 5 years ago and a local chap rescued it and i bought it. it was very rusty, mainly the bulkhead and front end but amazingly the inner wings were mint.
It is also now believed it may have origionally been a 'pre production' prototpe which was probably stripped back to a bare shell and put back down the production line. it has various odd build features about it and when i stripped the paint on the front end had all sorts of engraved lines, shapes and numbers under the paint. these had to have been there from new because it had never seen any major paint, and had never seen a welding torch in its life. any help on this would be greatly appreciated. i have incuded a few photos, the first of how i bought it, and a couple of its current state.
Its a 1 owner van with a genuine 23,000 miles under her belt, the last owner bought her in march 1968 when they were very first launched. He used it to potter about his farm and sometime in the early 80's just parked it in a barn and left it there. It didnt move until he died about 5 years ago and a local chap rescued it and i bought it. it was very rusty, mainly the bulkhead and front end but amazingly the inner wings were mint.
It is also now believed it may have origionally been a 'pre production' prototpe which was probably stripped back to a bare shell and put back down the production line. it has various odd build features about it and when i stripped the paint on the front end had all sorts of engraved lines, shapes and numbers under the paint. these had to have been there from new because it had never seen any major paint, and had never seen a welding torch in its life. any help on this would be greatly appreciated. i have incuded a few photos, the first of how i bought it, and a couple of its current state.
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allan@fordescortvan.com
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i have uploaded loads of the ongoing resto pics to flickr,
try this link,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9346648...7632837265318/
if i doesnt work let me know and i will reattempt it!
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/9346648...7632837265318/
if i doesnt work let me know and i will reattempt it!
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i have uploaded loads of the ongoing resto pics to flickr,
try this link,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9346648...7632837265318/
if i doesnt work let me know and i will reattempt it!
try this link,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9346648...7632837265318/
if i doesnt work let me know and i will reattempt it!
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hi ford fans, i was browsing the net and came across this forum and had to join, Id just thought id introduce myself, my name is Allan, I live in Portsmouth and im a self confessed car nut, especially old Fords, I am currently restoring a 1968 Mk1 escort van. The original plan was to modernise and speed her up, but after much thought i have decided to keep her completely original.
Its a 1 owner van with a genuine 23,000 miles under her belt, the last owner bought her in march 1968 when they were very first launched. He used it to potter about his farm and sometime in the early 80's just parked it in a barn and left it there. It didnt move until he died about 5 years ago and a local chap rescued it and i bought it. it was very rusty, mainly the bulkhead and front end but amazingly the inner wings were mint.
It is also now believed it may have origionally been a 'pre production' prototpe which was probably stripped back to a bare shell and put back down the production line. it has various odd build features about it and when i stripped the paint on the front end had all sorts of engraved lines, shapes and numbers under the paint. these had to have been there from new because it had never seen any major paint, and had never seen a welding torch in its life. any help on this would be greatly appreciated. i have incuded a few photos, the first of how i bought it, and a couple of its current state.
Its a 1 owner van with a genuine 23,000 miles under her belt, the last owner bought her in march 1968 when they were very first launched. He used it to potter about his farm and sometime in the early 80's just parked it in a barn and left it there. It didnt move until he died about 5 years ago and a local chap rescued it and i bought it. it was very rusty, mainly the bulkhead and front end but amazingly the inner wings were mint.
It is also now believed it may have origionally been a 'pre production' prototpe which was probably stripped back to a bare shell and put back down the production line. it has various odd build features about it and when i stripped the paint on the front end had all sorts of engraved lines, shapes and numbers under the paint. these had to have been there from new because it had never seen any major paint, and had never seen a welding torch in its life. any help on this would be greatly appreciated. i have incuded a few photos, the first of how i bought it, and a couple of its current state.
I came across this site in pretty much the same way as you did. Great to see another van being restored as there are not too many left now. I have a MK2 Van which i have owned since 2006 and it was finally completed in 2009 so i have some sort of an idea what exactly you will be going through. All i can say is stick with it cos at the end its more than worth it. Keep up the good work and if i can help in any way then just shout.
Mine hasnt been restored back to standard as i wanted more of a faster road van so i opted for a 2.1 pinto stage 3 running on bike carbs. However the shell has had brand new everything including new floors,wings sills etc. You are probably finding out just how expensive these resto,s are too i would imagine. Anyway keep up the good work
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Vanmad
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