-beefy-

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ok folks , been a busy day and we hit the ground running


plan was to get on with the back end ,

so first up was remove the boot floor ,



k took the oppertunity to have a little dance in the boot



then unfortunately ,,,,,,,,,,,, karl slipped and the inner wheel tub was suddenly unpicked



i then started cleaning up the outer arch and it happend again !!!



the chassis leg on pass side suddenly fell off at ever specific spotweld








so with the chassis leg off , it mays well go get shotblasted tomorrow

so , me and k then had an idea lol .........


seeing as the tubs off and the chassis legs off ,

why dont we make a little more space for the wheels ????


so we did

the factory inner wheel tbu was cut to be sectioned ,

making up the section fillet template ,






karl gave me a pat on the back for the spiffing idea ,



the cunt !!! had it on me back for 4 hrs !!!

so then the card template was taped up to get an idea





then the lip taped to the other side of the card fillet and offerd back in place ,








so how a stock left looks , ( taken form same position on inner door frame




and the new right lol








and a quick measurement from inner tub face to outer arch


standard





new










so feeling rather pleased with ourselves , got on with removing the drivers rear arch















the chassis leg will be removed tomorrow, and off for blasting with the other one ,




then disaster struck , just when everything was flying , the fucking shit hit the fan and a probem that had the whole project in jepoardy !!! the dreaded rust
































for a moment i thought id have to sell up pmsl

found a hole in the lower pass inner rear arch section , size of a 50 pence peice , its touch and go wether k has the skills to repair it ,





so the tubs have been given three inches , and the chassis legs will be moved in the same , and a new lip added to suit the wheel tub to make it all look factory ,


i mean yeah tubbings not new , and anyone can get some sheet steel and make two plain tubs ,

but our goal is to have someone look at it ( who aint read this ) and think " thats not right .........how the fucks he got them wheels in there i cant see what hes done "

hence why were trying to make it look factory

so when it goes bk in , it will look like this




all be it 3 inches wider lol


what you reckon ????


karl n beef



p.s , had more pics but bloody fotobucket wouldnt upload them



beef

fezzajsy

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you've come this far mate,u shud be able to sort that out hopefully,get in there

LINCOLN

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Coolio - fat wheels FTW!

COLEYST200

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Top job lads well done you have had a good go at it today
Ps love the shorts

-beefy-

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lol its a bit of a windup on the rust bit fella


considering the shells 28 yr old , weve found less than four square inches of rust n the entire car !!!!!

and i class that dinky lil hole a 1 square lol ,

BRAM

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Looks like you been hard at work again lads.

Doing some good work keep it up.

See yous on thursday Thanks again

Cheers Bram

-beefy-

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no bother bram

Red16

You two cracked on well today, excellent progress

Do you have a target date for having it on the road?

-beefy-

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no idea ben , it wont be rushed and quality sacrificed ,

money dependant id like it to be back end of next year maybe ford fair ,


beef

Gav Diamond

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Looking good beefy

Just one thing though, having tubbed the arches this will alter the angle of the shock.
Will the shock not now determine the size of wheel you can fit or will you alter the position of the lower mounting point as well or is it not going to be a issue?

Cragrat

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hmmm not sure about that rust mate,best tread carefull round spesh in case he throws the dummy out.....

no going back now

-beefy-

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gav the cars running a wrc style rear , laqteral link setup ,


so the shock mounts and the tops mounts will be both modified to suit the larger wheels


the shock towers in pic will be removed and my new custom adjustables fitted ,


going to see what we can get in there , 9s shouldnt be an issue ,






but 10s would be nice lol

Gav Diamond

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Ah....gotya
Will be awesome when it comes together then bud

Twins

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Fantastic work lads

tommytxr

great work, that bit of rust looks bad !!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

rsturbowhite

bloody hell beefy and spesh use two havent taken long on getin the back end off !

GranaDavey

Fuck The Factory, Kustomize !
Great work there

GINGExR2 T

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Fair play Beef, looking good.

WENNY

you`d get 10" in beef but the offset would have to be sumit strange like et60 or machine the inside face back to bring the wheel inover

-beefy-

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yeah wenny were going to have a look at wheels and offsets ,

think im going to try and sweettalk warren into borroing one of his 18x9 et45s and offering it in the arch to give us a gud idea of what we got ,

still the outer arch to go on yet so bit of playing about getting the wheel to where we want it ,





ohh ill be up later this eve with them keys mate


beef

WENNY

ok beef il see u then

-beefy-

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todays update , just a small one as i couldnt get to the garage this morning , and k had some bits on ,


anyway , got to the gargae to find the spiffing chap he is ,had found time to pop out and pick up some steel for the tubs ,



he really is a gem lol ,


so with the steel there ,it was time to fab up the first tub ,

sheet was cut to rough size and then template marked and taped ,



bit of cutting and a few tack welds later ,

1 widend inner tub





and how it looks in the car , allbeit still to high as the floor needs cutting back ,




and with that tacked together and us having an eairly finish as we both had things to do

got the other chassis leg off




and thats how the car looks as of today , the pair of legs have been dropped at the sandblasters today and after a bit of arm twisting ill have them back tomorrow midday


ohh and just got a phonecall from an agency so ive got a job to start in the morning , the bit of grafts a bonus as bill need paying lol



week cant get much better tbh !!


will update on saturday


beef n karl !!

jonnyboy

looking good buddy

-beefy-

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aint you due a visit down fella

been ages since i saw that charming face ,






and got slanderd lol

Twins

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COCHYN

Nice start there Dad, looks great

lawnsy

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looking very nice....you will have to look after this one beef....or let karl drive it for ya....lol

Cragrat

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can you not cut the shafts down and shift everything in ala dragtsters,then offsets are your oyster

-beefy-

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yeah daz , thats the advantage to lateral link setup ,


i can put the wheel hub ect where i want and then mod the links to correct length ,

popped bk to karls ,


hes been bk in the gargae for an hour


tub in , floor modded and tub at correct height



you can see here where karls cut the floor back hes added a downward lip to the leading edge, to allow it to be spotwelded bk in per factory



here the front sections of the inner lip will be profiled together to suit



and how it looks in car

to the floor where the seat will be




looking in thru door






so as im @ work tomorrow karls going to get on with repairing the rear hole we found, making up the other tub for the drivers side , and hes going to pick up the chassis legs from the blasters !!



beef

boothy

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He is very good mate

ROADWARS

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not messing about mint work

scratch18

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hi beefy fantastic project you got there chap
just bought myself a mk4 escort to do, so if you got any advice or tips?
anything would help please, also do you know if you can turn a mk4 into a mk3 looks and it still be rd legal as this was my plan

thanks alot jamie

Zetecfiesta

excellent work beefy! looking good with them tubs.

-beefy-

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u know folk whove face lifted a mk 4 to mk 3 mate, to do it properly your going to need

mk 3

front panel ,wings , scuttle panel ,and back panel


eaisly done if your compotent , you planning on cossying it ?



im just off out to pop up brams garage , ill poss update later ,



beef

focus 4x4

Nice one Beef , looks decent !

H7 CYA

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Top top stuff as always.

billy.

hi love the work going on!!, um what are you doing to do about the seat panel ? the chassis legs are to wide for the new position! wouldnt it have been easier if you cut 6" out of the centre?, just thought that would look more factory, if only a little bit narrower lol, ps karl i a tin work wisard

scratch18

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thanks for the reply, and yes changing it all, as you said wings, front and rear panels,scuttle and front crossmember, keep picking bits up going to start it after xmas now, and yes going to cossy it, so its going to be semi striped anyway, noticed you and others have removed the wings when restoring and my car needs new ones so thats half the job done, got the car cheap so what the panels will cost will be what i would of paid for a mk3 too, and when its done it will be new almost, going to sell the mk4 bits and engine and throw the money back in to it, got a few ideas for looks but like you keeping it secret lol, if you have any advise or ideas to help with the cosworth floor etc would be great

cheers jamie

-beefy-

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the chassis legs are being moved in the same amount as the tubs billy ,

cant just cut 6 in out the middle fella , the tubs would still need modifying ,


seats are easy , just a bit of modding to the backs and there being re coverd in black leather anyway ,


keep watching and youll see how we do them lol



im sure karl appriceates your praise mate

-beefy-

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jamie happy to help anyway i can , if youve read from the beginning its a good insight into whats involved



ohh and ive a brand new mk3 back panel if you need one , was destined to go on mine , but the one on is 99% mint , and well karls going to sort the other 1% lol


beef


got a little update from today , will post in a sec