I have just started to restore my 82 5 door escort ghia. the car has been in my family since 1986 when my dad bought it.i have fully rebuilt the engine and gearbox and have a loft and a shedfull of spare parts.the car is in need of.

. new wings

. front panel

. front crossmember

. scuttle panel

. inner wing

all the parts are now cut off and new panels are waiting to be fitted. i can do a bit of welding myself but am still a bit of a novice when it comes to it. in the mean time, i have been doing lots of cleaning of the engine bay. my next job is to remove and tidy up the servo and master cylinder and give them a clean up and a lick of paint. i will add pictures when i can, cheers

 

get the piccys up lol

 

will do matey. having a bit of trouble, the pics are on my computer but i dont know how to add them. it keeps sending me to photo bucket. lol

 

after ripping panels off, i had to clamp some back on as it looked terrible.

concentating on the front end 1st, the rest is'nt that bad ( hopefully ) so once the engine bay is clean and painted, and panels are back on i will fit the engine, get it going and move on to the back end.




loads of little patches like this, but it all adds up




and the other side




the old girls a bit of a mess at the moment, but she is 26 years old!!




loads of more black crap




after a slight clean





bit better, but a long way to go.

 

my 1st attempt at welding was not the best, but its better than it was.



after a bit of cutting



bit of dodgy welding. my 1st attempt so plz go easy lol



lots of filler to cover the mess i had made. grinded it all back 1st, welded any holes in that i could and gave it a coating of zinc primer.



a rub down and primer




still needs flatting down with a bit of sandpaper, but its better than what was there b4.




bit better than before.


the cvh lump had suffered a bit of an oil leak in its time. thankfully, this had preserved the bulk head.





after a bit of parrafin came up like this.



i know which one i prefer!!

 

Keep the updates coming and welcome to pf

 

keep up the good work, nice to see its been in the family so long!

 

cheers, will do. i have now removed both wings, crossmember, front panel and scuttle. will add some more pics in the week.Ttfn

 

Hi and welcome to pf
you know you said you were gonna clean up the servo and master cylinder, careful what you use as i completely destroyed on once with thinners it affected the diaphragm inside and when fitted it leaked. just thought i'd warn you.

 

thanks for that mate, is that the diaphram inside the servo? is the servo servicable or is it a fixed unit? cheers

 

only one tiny hole in the seam under the fuse box, just needs treating and perhaps just a bit of seam sealer




just adding a few pics of how the car looks now. will only be starting back on her next week.




floor is more or less perfect, part from a hole the size of a 10 pence piece in the pass side footwell and a s hole in the drivers side but these wikll be easy fixes.



inner sills are mint as you can see.



inner wing pass side, mint



drivers side needs a repair



engine bay



Ttfn

 

Nice to see someone going to the effort of restoring a 5 door, keep up the good work

 

cheers mate

 

nice work mate keep it up

 

Look on the bright side, inner sills look solid. Great way to learn the skills of welding. Keep the updates coming matey

 

I have now replace the drivers side inner wing and done 2 small repairs on the front sills near to where the bottom of the wing is attached. forgot to take my ruddy camera, so i will add pics soon, cheers

 

Looks like a nice wee project , might be getting a mk3 3door 1.3 sport soon as my new project

Good luck mate

 

not much progress. fitted new drivers side inner wing



welded a patch on the drivers side sill ( under wing )



same on drivers side. couple of holes where id ginded the metal a little too much and the welder blowed a hole in the metal.



small hole needs patching up



drivers side floorpan


passenger side. only small holes. these are the only holes on the whole floor so not bad considering.




before i started



looked pretty good but it had its problems



rear quarter




thats all folks

 

Keep it up! Nice to see a 5dr getting some treatment!

 

retro

 

i have now aquired a spot welder after a long wait, so this will be up and running again in the next few weeks. cheers, neil

 

glad 2 see your doing a good job carnt wait 2 see it finished ive good a 5 door 1600 ghia as well in gold and a 3 door l 1300 keep up the good work

 

cheers mate.how long u had the ghia for? neil

 

looks nice mate

 

Nice to see it getting repaired and not scrapped.

 

Have now welded the front crossmember in place and front panel and got the bonnet lined up (kind of). Next job is to get the scuttle lined up and welded and then the wings and then get a bit of paint on it and the engine back in. Will add some new pics in the week. Cheers

 

this is still ongoing, not had chance to add any pics. i will soon though. cheers

 

Good to see a different one being restored!

 

worked on the car yesterday, have bought a new tailgate but when i took the glass out the lip that you cannot see when the glass is fitted has a little rust in a few places so grinded down the worst of it, treated it with a little rust remedy ( magical stuff ) and skimmed a little filler over it. gonna repair the holes in the floor panel on tuesday and then see about getting the engine bay sprayed and get the engine bay dressed up ready for the engine.

 

Excellent.

 

ace ,let me know if you need anything im breaking a ghia 5 door at moment

 

cheerss bud, ive lost alot of fixtures and fittings mainly for the indicators, dashboard and clocks. the wings are now welded on so once i have primed the front end and the engine is back in i'll give u a shout. got a long way to go tho. not had the time l8ly.

 

Nice one love the hella spot light grille very retro..

 

nae bother let me know if you want anything

 

still an ongoing project, not had tome to do much on her lately

 

updates to come when the weather get better:-(

 

this has now been put on the back burner as im fitting new sills to my mk1 mr2
am still restoring the car tho

 

Looks Good, i've got a 1984 5 door bonus luckily mines all solid except the seams along the top of the front wings and the 2.0 ZVH on twin 40's takes care of the performance side of things plus the fact it has no interior helps

 

omg! finally fitted the wings today! will get pics up tomorrow. i hate pattern parts!!

 

Great to see old fords being saved an used!!

I have a mk4 escort ghia that im stripping down to turn into a track car if you need any parts mate?