This is how it is at the mo



I am having bits, colour coded,chromed,anodised and powdercoated.
Here is some progress on the strip down,all the painted parts are being redone,aswell as some new parts.



some bits off





some more





plenum cover off for painting,breather system removed to be chromed, power steering tank off and binned,map sensor bracket on its way too,throttle body removed to be cleaned up




This will be a slow process as I am in no rush but I will update as and when something is done, firstly a trip to Ford for new clips,screws,bolts and a battery cover

 

Looked well enough in the first place. Should look good when its finished.

Good luck with it all Mat

 

Cheers Paul, it did look ok, but was just beginning to look a little bit tired, I have always wanted to get it cleaner so thought I would jump in the deep end and start taking it all apart
Have just done the back, where I removed the spoilers and got new whale tail seal, modified the bottom spoiler as it wasn't letting water drain properly,rust proofed inside again and gave it all a damn good clean-doesn't look any different but should keep it going for another 10 years

 

Nice work ,have to agree very clean before hand

 

Yep the first pic is bufty compared to my minging engine bay

 

matt ive got some wicked cleaner left from the days of being a cos buff if you want it

 

Hello stranger
How you doing Jas? , I will gladly take it off your hands if you dont want it anymore, I am off work this week if you wanna come round for a quick cuppa-you can see the carnage in the garage

 

 

Looks nice
It must feal great that you only need to remove the parts because you wanna make things look better

 

Small update-have fitted new Powersteering tank and cleaned up header tank
will get bits back in 2 weeks from spraying -have seen the plenum and it looks




In the mean time the car is back on 4 wheels for the first time in ages and I have fitted new 300mm's to the rear
here are some pics

back from anodising (smaller bells)



Manky standard rears



Adzbelcher on the spanners (note the bloody big hammer-just in case)



Modified splash guard



pic through wheels



Calipers and pads need tidying now

Not the most interesting of updates but in about 2 weeks I get the engine bits back and will hopefully of replaced all nuts and bolts for grill, lights cam belt cover etc from Ford - will update then

Stay tuned

Just realised I originally posted this in Oct Doesn't time fly!

 

Looks very good m8, keep up the good work!


question; how the fook did you get the headertank looking like new??

 

Good question actually

 

If you look at the top pic (at the top of the thread) you will see it was nearly new anyway-it just had a tide mark from the coolant so filled it with dry rice and gave it a bit of hey macarena
Sorry if you thought I had stumbled upon the holy grail of header tank cleaning

 

Yes I thought that but now i'm totaly depressed after reading your reply.










only joking m8

looks very nice

 

As the car has been in the garage for 6 months and hasn't moved it needed a clean, so I started to remove lights etc and wax car today

Let battle commence










bonnet vents out and grill off




Side lights and indicators out-these will be replaced









Exhaust polishing tomorow then flush coolant and power steering fluid and refill.

 

I do like to see Cosworths being looked after in this way

 

Nice job, keep the pics up

 

Car looks lovely, good to see a car being looked after so well.

Dishwasher, for getting header tanks clean

 

Love this escort cosworth mate

 

love that m8

 

Thanks lads-will keep pics coming as and when

 

looking good matt

 

Cheers Ryan

 

looking sweet as... mate, keep up the good work

 

OK the bits are back he has done a top job with painting them too
Anyway today my mate and I got an early start reassembling the engine bay-I will put some pics up of it finished when I have all new clips, bolts and hose clips but here are some 'uncleaned' pics
Here is the plenum freshly painted



The heatshield



Battery cover in situ




Plenum on




Hockey sticks on







Coolant and power steering fluid drained and refilled and fingers crossed we started her up

Glad to report no probs, I now have to change all jubilee clips and P clips, any crappy bolts will be changed for new ones in the bay and at the front of the car-Indicators are in the dishwasher as I type, not sure if that will work but we will see-need new side lights and side indicators new Ford badge for the grill and that will be pretty much it except for a bonnet respray but that will have to wait till next year as this has taken me ages to get round to doing

 

Brave man having the plenum colour coded

I have thought about it, but plumped for the easy option lol

Out of interest what was the charge for that?

 

Damo-I am glad I did it but am now petrified of going near it with a spanner
I was lucky enough to have a friend do all the work for the price of a 1/18 AutoArt model -and I really like the way it's turned out-have just fitted all the new s/steel hose clips and rubber lined p clips too and once I get it out into the sun I will post up some pics.

 

Stunning

 

Looks great

 

Thanks lads-much appreciated

 

know the feeling,lol,its worth the hassle in the end though isnt it,looks nice

 

Cheers Nick

 

Looking good

 

Thanks Paul

 

Very nice


Brian

 

Godd work there fella.

 

Looking good.

How much was the power steering tank mate? I could do with a new one. Do ford still stock them?

 

Good work Mat, look forward to seeing it back at the hampshire meets soon

 

car looks fantastic Matt, when i wash and wax mine it looks great , but you got it to another level altogether, well done that man!
what do you think of the zymol products, i was thinking of investing myself in some, is it easy to use? streak free etc?
bets regards stookay

 

very nice result mate, car looks mint!