Hi all been browsing the forum for almost a year now and decided to grow the minerals and do a thread I'm 18 of ages and been given this van off some mates for £500, so here it is

As you can see im not exactly going to be pushed to the back of my seat with this 1.8D, looked manky


Gave it a quick once over, topped fluids, drained, and cleaned.


My first wing repair, these wings will probably be replaced at a later date anyway, just to make the van feel like mine that bit more.


Filled, sanded, filled, sanded untill it was smooth then primered (over spray but going to be all redone yet)


Sanded rears down whilst removing a large escort badge, sanded down due to rust bubbles and some awful repairs on the body which i just cant remove


more updates soon, cheers for looking

 

What are your plans for it?

 

Got some more pictures off my phone, some are at later stages.

As you can see below the lock is a patch of i dont even know what, but i sand it down and it does nothing, now i havent tried an electric sander yet because im doing other things so just wondering if you know what it could be, patches all over the usual places, such as the wings, above the windscreen seals


Jet washed, cleaned the carpet and dyed it black


Mk4 suites rs2k wheels tbh


And the plans are
All RST exterior and interior, maybe a 1.8 tdi engine
lowered and resprayed maybe white with the old school tiger stripe theme or rst grey, i dont know yet, but already has recaro's in from the 90spec.

 

carpet looks good kyle still got them speakers here

 

currently after rst clocks or any other MK4 parts from or around manchester if anyone has anything cheap, and cheers ash ill come up soon

 

il drop em off at weekend if your around

 

They had ur pants donw for 500 quid..

 

Whys that? I never seen a mk3/4 van go for under 1k on eBay, if anything they go for more I think 500 is ridiculously cheap

 

Cool projects. I do like a sorted escort van.

 

Hi all. right so im deciding i'll be going to a tdi but if it found one out of a mk6 or a mondeo mk2 how would i go about with the wiring as obviously the fuse box is in the engine bay and mk6 is under the steering, also am i right thinking the older mondeo ones wasnt on a ecu? cheers pictures to come soon

 

UPDATE:
Been very busy moving into a unit, behind mine funnily enough, got all set up in there and the work commenced, as well as me i have my mate stripping his 2.0 pinto p100. so far i have completely stripped the bay all the loom unrevealed and taped back up nicely as i have so removed wires what i presume was an alarm at one point.



at 18 im taking this slow and nothing but correction and no dodgy wiring or anything, i want it to be safe, next step, remove the engine weekend and clean weld and smooth the bay and primer it, more updates soon, comments welcome cheers

 

UPDATE, Loom is pretty much out, engine is ready for coming out, dash is out for a tidy up and clean the bay once the 1.8 has gone

 

Nice what are your plans mate

 

Cool project mate!!

 

cheers mate, hope to get engine out one day this week

 

all new front end mate, and inner arches, bumper brackets as they've complete had it and a td hopefully, do you know much about the td in a mk4? what would i do with the fuse box if i was get one out of a mk1 mondeo or mk5/6 escort? cheers

 

Nice project dude. What's your plans with the engine? Zetec?

 

well i read up on a mk4 zetec on how much work they are, apparently i can use a converter plate and everything is just plug and play from there? if not a td for now as insuring it would be an issue

 

Drop in a 2.2 tdci out of a mondeo st tdci. Don't know if anyone has done it to a mk4 escort though. With the right mods they can produce about 220bhp and about 450lbs foot of torque!

 

with being an apprentice, dreams will only continue ahaha also wiring would be an issue

 

Keep the pics coming!!

 

as im wanting to do a td conversion, i have been offered a p100 td engine box and loom for 150? now my question is are the mounting points the same as its been mounted rwd?
also is it much work to get one from a mk6 escort? what would i do about wiring etc? ecu? and fuse box? cheers

 

Forgot all about this!

Engine is out its all being prepped for welding and paint soon

 

Being prepped now

 

forgot all about this

New panels have been ordered loom is out everything is off now just a shell so just been tidying thing up






primered


gearbox will be silver
starter will be silver and black

 

Cool van dude

 

Just get rid of the diesel engine and fit a zetec.

 

Cheers mate

and i wouldnt be afford the insurance :/