Hello all of ya, I'm new her at this forum and I tought I show your my project..

I'm busy with building a s1 rst cabrio "replica".. Now I am busy for a month of 8 with the car.. @ first I only want to get an s2 motor in the car but when you're busy with it you better can do everything

This was the car when I started...






The interior..



The engine..


And this was the donor car where I get the engine from, and for a while also the interior.. (I maybe have found a interior from a s1 rst but it isn't sure it become's mine.. )




The engine I almost stripped completely except of te piston rings and the crank shaft... Here some pics of the rebuilding from the engine which I cleaned and painted..




Yes, the car is gonna be orange




The underside of the engine...


And here the almost finished engine bay, (btw, engine runs properly )




Found some rust also...





Rust gone...






And here the car how it looks now with the s1 bodykit taped to the car Looks good don't it?




Grtz Victor.

 

look at that lovely brown interior !!!

 

This is the interior that was in just before I stripped the whole car.. The S2 interior from the turbo.. (the doorpanels I've retrimmed with some new skai, I've already got some mk3 door panels with s2 striping...) But I'm searching for an S1 interior and a good mk3 dashboard (the mk4 dash is tempory..)

looks better?






Grtz Victor.

 

thats going to look great mate, keep posting them pics .

 

fantastic, i have always planned to have an escort in that orange, really wanna see what this looks like when done

 

looks kool m8ty i love that orange colour keep us updated

 

Looking cool with that in ya face orange!!!

 

mental

what spec is the engine?

 

@ the moment the engine is just a standard RS Turbo s2 engine, but in the near futher I want to chip the car, a -31 actuator, a rvs scorpion exhaust and another camshaft kit from kent.. Now I'm going from 69 hp to 132 hp so that's fun enough for a week or 2


Grtz Victor.

 

wicked mate that engine looks well clean victor,
when is the shell getting painted ?

 

In about a month I hope

 

Are you changing the clocks ? There std 1.3 clocks in there at the mo....no rev counter

 

fingers crossed then, it will look phattttttttttttt

 

blackRS,

Yes, the clocks are already changed, just standard rst s2 unit.. But I hope soon to find a good mk3 dashboard with an mk3 unit with a rev counter off course

 

keep em coming done a couple of these conversions myself look sweet when finished good luck m8 p.s paint it white of course

 

So, a little update of the cabriolet...

I've found some rust @ a very strang place or so I think.. But the rust is gone now

Here are a few pics of the proces..



This is why I have had to remove the old one, some rust en some holes






Here some pics of the removel..








And here is the new one fitted..








Rust is gone and its almost ready to be painted

 

Why oh why do people cut holes like that for 6x9s... I guess they don't realise the damage they're doing...

Car looks spot on so far mate, keep it coming!!

 

Looks good, that orange is and the clean colour coded bay look really original

 

thats gonna look sweet when done fella keep up the good work

 

Hejj Victor,

Looks verry nice,

Can't wait to see it when it's ready at Landgraaf

<Dutch mode> Dus nog ff hard door werken he!! <Dutch mode>

 

Very Very Nice indeed, but U knew that allready!

 

"Wicked" Victor!! Kom snel weer eens bij je kijken.

 

alot of work has been odne there m8,u got ya self a great project,will be loverly when its finished

 

Very nice mate

 

sweet as fook!!!!

 

R E S PE C T, wished mine was in that stage, very nice

 

Yes, finally some progress with the convertible.. After I've had found some more rust the cabby is finally painted in the primer There is still some welding to do but I couldn't wait to paint de other things te see some progress... Next week the new left front screen is coming on Then I'll only have to paint the interior and boot in color and the car can go to the painter, so he can do the outside

Here are some pictures of the progress...

 

nice one m8t its getin it there

 

Hé Victor, looks good m8!!
Next week the next update??

Greetzz,
Willem

 

I hope sow

 

Again a update of my car, the front screen is now on the car and I've sprayed some primer on it, I have also sprayed the boot in the primer and the whole car don't have any rust any more

Here are some pics...




Grtz Victor.

 

It's starting to com together m8, very nice!!!!

 

versse bak man:P haha nu nog rijden:P haha groeten michael

 

very good m8

 

Again a update of the car, I've finally painted the inside of the car, see the pictures

 

top work but that is going to be really bright hope you have bought some oakleys

 

Hmm, no I didn't bought some oakleys because all the money goes tho the car

 

quality love the colour m8t keep the updates commin

 

Hey Vic,

Love to see the progress of the car m8!
Looks really well.

 

Nice job mate!! Looks sweet!