Just a few pics of the build

A standard "been around the block a few times" and welded up shell


Tubs first, a small cut is made




and the finished tub


and an arch and 11x16 wheel at ride height (45mm under chassis rails , race legal)


Then another small cut to fit the rear suspension pick ups in






and the finished rear .. including the chassis raise, race 4 link brackets and covers, race body box x-member and the diff tunnel, the fuel tank stand can be seen in the boot too.





and the wheel at full squat

 

WOW top work there mate what sort of power is it going to be running?

 

Havn't a clue on power. I belive he has a "stage 2" engine which is plenty quick enough, any thing above 300-350 tends to make Escorts lap slower.

 

proper job as usual

 

Impressive mate. Roughly how many man hours would it take to do all the fabrication work?

 

very impressive work.

 

Never really log all the hours, each part has a set time and thats a 40 hour job on paper, but it takes longer, ... allthough with other jobs and to help spread the invoices its spread over a month or so .

Thanks for the comments

this is a Mk2 that i'm doing at the same time .. this was done over 2 weeks

 

 

fantastic job there,,, keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!

 

amazing work

 

 

some wide ass tyres then!!!

 

The floorpans are in the tops and bottoms of the A pillars are repaired and the bulkhead and closures are in ...








Been a bit tied up getting this racecar mk2 built

 

Very neat work!

Looks amazing

 

Fantastic work Gary

 

I take it non of the guys from the newer car stuff come in here to see projects .. thanks for the replies though chaps ..

 

Wrong .

I LOVE Mk 1s / Mk II Escorts!

 

AWESOME!

Would love a mk1 or mk2 like this if i ever sold my 3dr.

 

Hi, thats an amazing piece of fabrication, so neat, love it, must have taken a while.
mucho respect.
Andy.

 

wow im of to get some tissus

 

Amazing work, should have put it in the resto's and rebuild forum mate would have got 10x more attention in there

 

Ahh but Mike did you have to put your miners hat and lamp on to come this far down the forum list ... lol

and cheers to the rest for the replies .. :thumb:

 

Been doing some more .. Along with fitting up Matt Downers new Duratec Powered car and doing the front suspension on the Mk2 racecar, oooh and bubbling,tubbing and gearbox tunneling another mk1 ..

anyways

engine mounted


gearbox tunnel started along with the new floor x-member


and the Fostek Atlas being fitted with the 4link/watts brackets and disc brackets

 

im speechless at the work

 

feckin awesome !

 

Luvvly

 

What can i say that is some stunning fabrication

Will it be ready for ford fair would like to see it in the flesh

Paul

 

Top quality fabrication!!! As usual!!!!

 

Axle is all fitted in just needs the damper brackets welding on ...





And the seat/ cross members are done along with the inner seat mounts and prop tunnel ..





rear fire wall mounts next and then the cage .. multipoint weld in

 

Firewall upper and lower mounts are in







and the prime cage is in (prime= the basic 6 point + rear diagonal), the rest of the bars (15 separate bars inside) will be going in along with the front end, but i need to finish up the Mk2 racecar first.













The other 15 bars are mainly diagonals and front triangulation to the top mounts.

 

keep up the good work gary

 

Looking very nice Gary

 

foook, im suddenly becoming a fan of escorts

 

looks spot on

 

Amazing quality of work!

 

Nothing but the Best

Top Work as usual!

 

Amazing craftman ship. Cant wait to see it finsished

 

Continued here ...

https://passionford.com/forum/restorations-rebuilds-and-projects/238475-cossscort-escort-mk1.html

 

stunning fab work m8