Hi all, after a long day I'm proud to say I'm the new owner of a lovely diamond white series 2 escort, some of u may recognize the car, baggy1979 has been restoring it for the past 3-4 years and has done a great job so far, unfortunately for him he had 2 sell as a project, however a gain for me and I plan 2 carry on the great work and detail he has, watch this space.....

 

fair play at least you gonna carry on with it,best of luck

 

Glad this car is getting saved. It would of been a shame if it never got finished.

 

Thanks, yeah would of been a shame, I just had to have it, really does need 2 be seen to appreciate how clean it is and by having forged engine etc was a bonus I real good base for me 2 begin with

 

Whats the plans for the XR3i?

I'd keep it standard, no need to replicate the Series 2 with such a clean shell.

(I assume you do realise its not a series 2 as per the thread title)

 

Come on wag! We need pics and updates

 

Ha ha all in good Time billy, the rest of the bits are off to the painters on Thursday, interior is all back in apart from passenger seat as I've just got to finish off putting it back together as I've put in new bolster foam will update pics soon. Your cossie all ready?

 

Glad to see it all coming together mate cant wait for the pics ill be watching very closely.
Did you get the log book ok?
My mate who's unit it was luck get worse his engine on his A4 seized on christmas eve so another little job for me.
Keep checking the post mate i found some more paperwork so ill be sending it over.

 

Cossie is all good mate but planning to do some tidying up over the winter. Ashley said I can leave my car down his garage so I'll take him up on that he's now got another ramp fitted and the pit is now redundant so he said I can leave my car on there. I want to do an underside resto which would be a lot easier on there than laying on the floor lol could really do with sending my coilys of for a refurb as well as I noticed the drivers rear is leaking I phoned gaz up and they said its only Ł160 to refurb all 4 shocks back as if they were new so I'll take them off and get them sent away. Once I get it down the garage I'll start a thread up

 

This is a really nice series 2 RS, I followed the original thread - can't wait to see more pics asap. Good luck with this, you should be well pleased getting this.

 

Its not an RS, if you followed the other post you'd notice it is an XR3i.

 

yeah its getting there, interior and dash just about all back in now, the rest of the bits went for paint on thursday so will look forward to putting them on. yeah got logbook fine and thats great, just send whatever else u have found. thats a bugger about your mate, lets hope he has a better 2014 lol

 

good stuff, ah thats a bonus if ashley will let ya do that, thats not a bad price for the coilovers to be refurbed, kelly still got the focus rs?

 

hi, thanks mate, and yeah really pleased with the car, couldnt ask for a cleaner one really, pics will be up soon

 

yes well done mark, however the only thing xr3i on it now is the logbook lol

 

in its new home

 

 

quick update, i have been and collected the 1st batch of bits from the painters, couldnt wait to put them on last night

 

1st on was the bonnet with new bonnet raisers

then the front bumper and bonnet vents

passenger door fitted up and tailgate

 

some of u may have also noticed the new addition of 17" comps, taking shape now

 

hopefully get the skirts and arches on at the weekend

 

Very nice

 

Thanks twins

 

Coming on well. Cant wait to see it finished.

 

Wow - that looks fantastic - those wheels really suit the RS.
Can't wait to see it all built back up - definitely one of the cleanest series 2's around. Keep up the good work!

 

Looks lovely!

 

some more good progress this weekend with the help of RSsid, got all kit fitted up, all glass now in apart from windscreen, passenger doorcard so its looking like its getting somewhere now.... ill let the pics do the talking

new rivets and sideskirt fixings

 

also my mate sids saph cossie is getting treated to a winter mint up

 

Looking good bud what you think of Sids new rims? I like the wheels but not the colour Kelly still got the focus, I just fitted a decat for her as the cat was blowing now she wants a bluefin remap lol

 

very nice example!

 

coming on nicely keep up the good work

 

Thanks for the comments guys, hi bill ah I see, u gonna get it remapped then? Yeah I like SIDS new rims, takes time getting used 2 the colour but grows on ya the more u see it, I think its just cause they have been white 4 so long

 

Very nice ��

 

Like that a lot. .. good work mate

 

after a nice day i was actually able to get the car out of the unit today so it could see daylight almost there with the car now, interior is fully complete, just the windscreen to be fitted and then firing the engine up
heres a few pics, enjoy

 

Great looking car. What rear brake discs are you using?

 

stunner mate

 

Love that, looks really good on the Comps!! Reminds me of my old 90spec RST, just a lot cleaner!
What's the two wires hanging down the front? Your not going to put the spotlights on are you?!

 

Looks stunning


Brian

 

Thanks for the comments, I'm running cossie rear discs and as for the wires on the front, they are for twin fans on the front, just got to sort the wiring/plugs for them