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Old 16-12-2009, 08:59 AM
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Old 16-12-2009, 09:12 AM
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excellent progress; it must be very hard to rebuild a car after a fire!
Old 16-12-2009, 09:20 AM
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Good looking car you had mate. I hate it when I see a Cossie has catched a fire again. But as far as I can see it's coming along nicely. Keep it up.
Old 16-12-2009, 10:02 AM
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Gutted for you mate but its coming along nice now mate
Old 24-12-2009, 12:10 PM
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X-Mas and some new Pics from me!





















Old 24-12-2009, 12:39 PM
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fair play to ye mate ,it will be better than new when your finished .the wiring looks a onomous job you must have lots of patience


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Old 24-12-2009, 12:51 PM
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thats going to be one very clean escort cossie and also where did you get the ford wing protector wing cover from please
Old 24-12-2009, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by cossiejsy
thats going to be one very clean escort cossie and also where did you get the ford wing protector wing cover from please
Hi!

The Company is knows as DATEX and there home is in Datteln / Germany. This is round about 20km from my home. It cost 125,- Euro.

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Old 24-12-2009, 11:08 PM
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sorry about the fire but its coming together nicely so far
Old 26-12-2009, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Sascha
Hi!

The Company is knows as DATEX and there home is in Datteln / Germany. This is round about 20km from my home. It cost 125,- Euro.
Thank you very much for that and hope you had a good christmas
Old 29-12-2009, 01:23 PM
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ive not checked this thread for ages but it looks like your doing a cracking job you will end up with a better than new car
Old 04-01-2010, 11:52 AM
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Back from holiday and some new pictures from my escort!
The pics are very dark - sry for this!




















Old 04-01-2010, 01:11 PM
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very nice work fire is the hardest damage to repair top rebuild
Old 04-01-2010, 03:06 PM
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Fantastic effort. Gonna be mint when finished!!!
Old 04-01-2010, 11:28 PM
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awsome job mate you must never sleep, its got to be the most gorguos escos ive ever seen, i totally didnt expect to see the fire, my stomoch dropped when i saw it, but im so glad youve rebuilt it, i would have done too,A! job mate, talk about OCD. you should show it in concours when its done it will definatly get 1st then stunning just stunning,Jon
Old 05-01-2010, 08:24 AM
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excellent work mate you must be proud of your self so far with the cossie
Old 12-01-2010, 07:23 PM
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First of all - thanks for the good responce! its good for my motivation. i will hope to end up the finish in mai. so i can took the car for ford fair 2010 to present it.
the rebuild of the engine is at the moment 80%. pictures comes later from it.

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Old 12-01-2010, 07:45 PM
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I look forward to seeing the cossie at Ford Fair 2010 and i am liking the chrome
Old 13-01-2010, 11:20 AM
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Nice update Wiring loom looks incredibly neat and tidy.
Old 13-01-2010, 11:47 PM
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very nice rebuild matey,well done
Old 14-01-2010, 12:49 PM
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Looking good


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Old 14-01-2010, 04:17 PM
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Verry Nice cosworth mate. I've seen the car before in landgraaf. Look forward to see hime again.

Good job are you doing!

Cheers
Old 15-01-2010, 10:29 AM
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Wow. I cant imagine coming back from a fire. The smell whilst stripping it must have been horrendous!
Old 20-01-2010, 10:33 AM
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Some new pics...



















Old 20-01-2010, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Rs_Nick
Verry Nice cosworth mate. I've seen the car before in landgraaf. Look forward to see hime again.

Good job are you doing!

Cheers
Hi Nick!

I think you can see it at the new location near Den Haag in September!
Old 30-01-2010, 01:38 PM
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Some new Pics - i think there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

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Old 30-01-2010, 02:13 PM
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great progress
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coming along nicely
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Caused by another welded fuel pipe yet people still think its safe to weld a fitting on the end of the weber rails, they just dont work.

nice rebuild though, well done.
Old 16-02-2010, 08:37 AM
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Some new pics from my project:




















Old 16-02-2010, 12:42 PM
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Thats looking stunning Mate
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Amazing !!!
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nice rebuilt
Old 08-03-2010, 09:22 AM
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The progress of the rebuild in the last weeks is very bad. It could be much faster... but i must wait for a lot of parts!

Some new pics:




















Old 08-03-2010, 09:51 AM
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Wow!
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Old 09-03-2010, 07:45 PM
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stunning work and dedication ,so pleased its nearly done for you now i dont think ive seen such a thread with so much work going on. you have much skill
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Stunning


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Old 05-04-2010, 07:09 PM
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Hi - the last update is a few days old - here are some new pics!





















the work on my new engine in done. i will get it next week. i hope that the new engine comes into the car in the next 4-6 weeks.
Old 20-04-2010, 06:56 PM
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7 new pics - next week it will follow a bigger progress update:









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