A few pics of the car before i started the resto

this car was on track at national day 1 week before












then off came the nosecone to see what lies behind






not as bad as i was expecting here








Out comes the engine












with the engine out its time to strip the car of every last nut and bolt so its ready to be dipped








thats the engine bay cleared




Now for the inside










sunroof out time i think






vinyl has to go to






Time to get the grinder out ...wings off















front panel needs to go as well








thats it for now ..its all ready to go to be dipped to rid the car of all its imperfections , so i can see where i need to go next

will post some more pics as i proceed with the restoration

 

Are you doing concours with it?! Looked superb before, very good base to start with!

Look forward to seeing the process on this car, especially the dipping! What do they dip it in?!

 

Looks a wicked Resto....Good Luck!

 

The car looked mint before!
You must be a perfectonist!

 

wow credit to you i wouldnt have the balls to rip it apart like that looks spot on before but it will be worth it when its done

 

gaz what have you done!

the standard it was before there is no way i thought you'd be doing this!! i take it your not doing concourse? just being a perfectionist?!

good luck with anyway - keep us all posted!

 

fair play gaz, you have big gonads doing that pal

 

Not going down the concours route as your car has to be to perfect to get anywhere near in the mk2 world within concours

just going for a clean usable car, i know it was before but it needed various bits of paint , and i thought if im doing it im doing it properly

 

WOW ,have to agree was very clean to start with ,good luck with the resto ,will look great when done ,with the nose cone and the panels off ,looks similer to the mk1 escort from the front

 

good time to do it imo... before it gets too bad!
those nose cones hide a mutitude of sine but yours looks good to be honest

good luck with the rest of it!

 

Good luck mate, i thought it was mint anyways


dipped????

 

Yes mate im having the car diped in some sort of acid dip , it rids the car of all the paint, sealant , underseal, rust ,sound deadening etc, so making a good starting point for the rebuild.

it is safe and tried and tested ...the company that does it had a car at the classic car show showing you the before and after

 

OMG i saw the first pictures and thought that they were showing the finished article! it looked really mint before hand good luck with the resto!

 

It was stunning before mate, gonna be perfect afterwards!

 

thats sounds great! Whats the price of this mate?

 

cost is Ł750

The company is coming to collect the car from my house with a 7.5 ton curtain sider , get the car dipped , they then do other stuff to the shell to protect it , then they are putting it in welder friendly primer , then bringing it back home to me in the lorry to keep it nice and dry

company is www.surfaceprocessing.co.uk

 

wow thats wkd will be like a new shell

 

Cool.
My next project is to be a mk2.

 

sounds cool Gaz....look forward to seeing the pics

 

Bloody ell Gaz
was nice before good luck pal

 

a little update

just done a bit of cleaning today
Made a start on the gearbox , bell housing and sump

 

Fcukin hell an already mint car getting minter

A credit to you

simon

 

Gaz

You is one big nutter mate

And the man says he's still going to track it afterwards

 

Fookinhell dude ur goint to town on that

Gonna be MIIINT!!

Keep up the good work fella

 

Wow, I can't wait to see the shell come back

 

Another little update

not much progress just been doing a little cleaning

Been cleaning up the block today ready for painting , and also had a go at doing the alternator

Heres a few of the engine before paint








And a few of my nice shiney alternator

 

thats going to be one nice car keep up the good work

 

looks mint as before hand would love to see it finished its gonna be proper clean and mint as keep the updates coming matey

 

 

as evryone else has already said it looked very tidy before you stripped it, made for good viewng so far, look forward to seeing more pics

 

ooo this is going to be mint not that it wasnt already ..

 

as others, looked mint already... and a big credit to you to take on making sure a part of the past stays on the road, i remember seeing them on the road first time round

 

cant wait to see it finshed

 

gonna be minter than mint m8....keep it up pal

ive got so much respect for ppl like yourself who have the guts to rip a cars down to its component parts and rebuild and repair every single part of the car to bring it back to a better than new look.

lovin it

 

 

any updates yet gaz? keen to keep up with your progress on this one!

 

nice one Matt i wondered where this was

 

Come on Gaz whats happening

 

looks like youve done alot of hard work 2 the escort mate keep up the good work