my first car, zetec escort pickup
 

hay this is my mk4 escort pickup:grin:, i got this as a non rolling shell it was totally striped. thought i better start a thread to let people know the beast is getting built ;-) this is as far as i have gotten so far :)
i will try and keep this updated as much as possible
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here we go again lol

hope you finish what bigrs didn't as this is a good looking shell

Get it finished then il buy it back lol

ahah naww im fine thanks :thumbup: i love this car :grin:

you should of finished it mate

will be good once it's finished

getting there :P
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Hmmm! those rear suspension parts look familiar.

Long live the spirit of H886HDD.

can't wait to see it finished

i wish there was more escort pickups about they look so right ford should sold them over here

wasnt this a built up car with black escos rims

yes mate that was the one:top:

hope to see this finished this time,was looking cool too untill the break up

she will be finished this time ;-) iv been watching this car since bigryrs started it. ill get the beast on the road :DD:

ok not going turbo anymore can afford to build the engine :angry: , so im going rs1800 (got one lying about somewhere) on bike throttle bodies. still a beast for a first car :top:

im sure i saw this going about in dundee late last year:smile:

john

First car :shocked:

respect mate, my insurance on my zetec turbo mk3 with me driving 6 months, 6 points a in10 and a lc20 is only £1275.96, my mate pays that on a 1.4 corsa sri,

hope u get it finished asap

no one will touch me with it because im a new driver :wall: hopfully shell be finished in the next 1 or 2 month time :cry:

hahah yeah first car :DD:

good lad :top:

hope my first car is this good :DD:

sell it me in a few months? ;-)

naw i dont think ill be selling her for quit some time :top:

I would really like one of these

maybe a mk3 tho to go with me s1

would i feel much of a difrence in power if i ported the head ?

my mates old car.put s1 kit onit and black cossies again will look great.

still got TAYLORS RS AUTOS on it nice1:)

haha sorry but that stickers gone now ;-)

:roll: my insurance it going to be through the ROOF , iv been running my mini 1380 , on the books as a 1275 through my old man cost me £2963 :cry:

RIGHT i need to get off of here and go put her on her feet for the first time !!!!!!!!!WOOOOOOOOOO! next step engine :cry:

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id think a s1 would look awesome in pickup form !!! :DD:

Good luck with the project fella, nice first motor:grin:

it does mate my g/f got me a birthday cake with a s1 printed on it, cut it in to pick form and it looked mint.

any more news on this on you doing fiesta first

ahah nice one ahah

eh no ah the fez is not getting done till summer or might get rid but haven't made my mind yet :wall:

don't get rid

well thats what someone said to me co there hard to come buy or something like that, it can sit in my shed till im ready :content: lol just whant my pickup going like :cry: feels like its taking ages O_O

more pics

started to do the engine bay
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and got the arches undersealed
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looks good mate defo need to smooth the scutal panel

well yeah im doing lil bit by lil bit just picking away at her :top: im getting somewere now :DD:

its starting to come together jamie, recognise that wheels from somewhere:grin:,you giving them a refurb mate.

ive seen an s1 pickup before,looked quite cool,remember you would have to change the pannels,keep up the hard graft

think cottar or one of his mates had it or at least under the bonnet at some point so yeah prob been around dundee