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Old 09-11-2011 | 11:58 AM
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It's looking very nice mate do you think you will have it on the road for mid next year
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Just found your thread it looks an awsome one.Didnt realise the front pannel had so many holes in it iam guessing its a standard one?Will be watching this..
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Originally Posted by cutch
Thanks mate, all the waiting was worth it yesterday when i had that big grin on my face!






Did you cool, where you off too now? Close to me???






Cheers mate, the boys have done well, just hope i can keep up the progress and to the same standard.
just off maryhill rd, penthouse overlooking the canal, staying here whilst househunting,usually rent it out,got to go back and sort the boiler at my old place too
Old 09-11-2011 | 04:31 PM
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ohh bring on the road trip ŹŹ
Old 09-11-2011 | 05:11 PM
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It's looking very nice mate do you thirk you will have it on the road for mid next year
I am hoping to have it on the road by march, thats three trips back home, thats it all done.....mot'd and ready for the shows.

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Just found your thread it looks an awsome one.Didnt realise the front pannel had so many holes in it iam guessing its a standard one?Will be watching this..
Yes its standard, the whole car is going to be as standard as possible, even thinking about getting some old S1 alloys and having them modified for standard cossy brakes.....

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just off maryhill rd, penthouse overlooking the canal, staying here whilst househunting,usually rent it out,got to go back and sort the boiler at my old place too
Cool, bet your pleased to sell up, where you thinking about buying? Dont mention boilers......not happy, after a bit of digging and a couple of inspections it look sliek i need to pay out 800 quid....

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ohh bring on the road trip ŹŹ
looking forward to it, i need to phone you mate, i forgot that its cheryls mums wedding the night you were thinking about coming up...
Old 09-11-2011 | 07:21 PM
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Hi mate nice progress its looking awsome.

Are all the new bolts that you bought for the underneath good quality bolts?
Its just i am after some and looked at these but weren't sure if they would be good enough.

Cheers Bram
Old 09-11-2011 | 08:12 PM
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Yeah i checked they are either 8.8 or 8.9 grade for the hex nuts and 12.2 ??? for the allen caps. all plated. check with the guy he will tell you, i might have got them the wrong way round!
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get the rs7s on for a photo looks great im currently doing this conversion myself to an s2 will post a thread up shortly
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Might do, was going to take them to put straight on the car when i picked it up then thought better of it! Need to try and get the will power up to go out to that freezing cold garage and do some work.
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next parcel arrived from Matt, can you guess what it is yet?

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Blimey!! its a bit different from the last time iv been in hear...

Looks stunning mate, well done to all involved
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Well i have been busy today, i went all the way down to luton to pick up this beauty!

My new donor car for all the bits that are missing!

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Made good time in my wee 1.3 !!!

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Now to start building....
Old 15-11-2011 | 02:25 PM
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That looks to.good to pull apart.

Ot looks mint in the picks.That would make a good sleeper.
Old 15-11-2011 | 03:28 PM
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Back arches are rusting mate, would need welding for next MOT, it is in pretty good nick but its in between saving and scrapping?
Old 15-11-2011 | 03:32 PM
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get the rs7s on there - car looks awesome.

sopme quality work and money gone into this
Old 15-11-2011 | 03:34 PM
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ok ok will get the rs7's on tomorrow!
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good thing with using RS7s is that the std 4x4 cossie brakes will fit no bother and keeps it looking similar to OE spec - people will just assume its a RST and think they can beat it
Old 15-11-2011 | 04:07 PM
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dunno mate, really want some big brakes on the front at least but dont know what will fit under the rs7's? will be getting my std ones refurbed anyway though.
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Shame its a bit rotton. How far off are you from completion.
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Glenn would like to think its a couple of trips at home, ie 4-6 months.....dunno mate, hope i can get it done quick but its the little things that catch you out!
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That old escort is going to make your life much easier mate nice one
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good idear with the parts car fook me it saves lots time on little clips ect ,wish my made did the same when i restored a shell for him
Old 21-11-2011 | 08:22 PM
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Started bolting bits on but all the pics i took for you are blurry! Sorry...

Today I put on the Rs7's to see how they looked pics aint very good as i couldnt pull the car up the driveway by myself.

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Sounds weird but all i have ever wanted is diamond cuts on my series one and when i put them on kinda prefered my old ones???


Also tried to remove my sunroof on the donor car and cant figure out how to do it?!?!?!?
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if its like a s2 open sun roof ,and undo all screws round edge ,remove winder handle and pull it out ,fort the engine be in be now
Old 21-11-2011 | 08:42 PM
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na mate, its a Y reg mk3 escort 5 door......


must admit mate, i didnt touch it for ages as I didnt know where to start! Soon sorted that out and sorted out all the parts i had and got rid of a car load of crap that I dumped, put all the right bits into boxes and stored them for putting back on. Going to put all the parts on from my donor car and then get rid of that before I get the engine in. Very tempted to just get it in though.........
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take a pic the sun roof open mite be able see better how it comes apart as im sure there not that different ,only saying that as my engine still in a thousand pieces carnt beat the engine going in tho
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Originally Posted by cutch
Started bolting bits on but all the pics i took for you are blurry! Sorry...

Today I put on the Rs7's to see how they looked pics aint very good as i couldnt pull the car up the driveway by myself.















Sounds weird but all i have ever wanted is diamond cuts on my series one and when i put them on kinda prefered my old ones???


Also tried to remove my sunroof on the donor car and cant figure out how to do it?!?!?!?

That is one beautiful motor
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Originally Posted by dingla rs
take a pic the sun roof open mite be able see better how it comes apart as im sure there not that different ,only saying that as my engine still in a thousand pieces carnt beat the engine going in tho
Will do, i was trying to do it as it was getting dark so that didnt help.


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That is one beautiful motor


Cheers mate,
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looking very cool, i aways prefered std 15" 7 spokes to 17's

as for the sunroof:

wind it fully open
remove screw from winder
above winder (in sunroof shut) there are 2 screws, these will remove the inner handle surround
remove all other screws around the outer edge (in shut)
lift/slide sunroof out from top by pulling on the runners/rails (this is abit jiggery so about of side 2 side motion should see it out or you can try wind the sunroof slightly closed to aid getting it out but keep an eye on the runners as they will move about abit as no longer fixed/screwed down)

you can change over inner sunroof blind once out as the s1 blind will be darker.

reverse instructions to refit

if you get stuck with any bits just give me a pm mate as only built my mk3 cossie up 99% last year b4 selling it so its fresh (ish) in my mind.

hope this helps & keep up the good work!

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Looking sweet that cutch,love them wheels almost as much as the borbets I want for my 3dr

Crack on fella..
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Looks gorgeous Cutch Well done to all involved

Gonna be one sweet ride when finished
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Originally Posted by lockie
looking very cool, i aways prefered std 15" 7 spokes to 17's

as for the sunroof:

wind it fully open
remove screw from winder
above winder (in sunroof shut) there are 2 screws, these will remove the inner handle surround
remove all other screws around the outer edge (in shut)
lift/slide sunroof out from top by pulling on the runners/rails (this is abit jiggery so about of side 2 side motion should see it out or you can try wind the sunroof slightly closed to aid getting it out but keep an eye on the runners as they will move about abit as no longer fixed/screwed down)

you can change over inner sunroof blind once out as the s1 blind will be darker.

reverse instructions to refit

if you get stuck with any bits just give me a pm mate as only built my mk3 cossie up 99% last year b4 selling it so its fresh (ish) in my mind.

hope this helps & keep up the good work!
Yeah mate, got it today and swapped everything over and changed the blind inside too. Could see it straight away after looking at it in the light!

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And it even works!!



Originally Posted by Cragrat
Looking sweet that cutch,love them wheels almost as much as the borbets I want for my 3dr

Crack on fella..
cheers mate, yours is coming on too mate, looking forward to seeing it built it up.

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Looks gorgeous Cutch Well done to all involved

Gonna be one sweet ride when finished
thanks mate, got the bug now, love building it, got the window mechs in after about on hour trying to figuure out which side was which and where they went, what holes they went in etc, part of the problem is i didnt strip the car so dont know where bits go! Took a couple of mins to fit the other one.....also got the boots jewelry on and got the cavity wax in all the doors, sills, etc etc

getting there...
Old 23-11-2011 | 06:18 PM
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well today i was busy, managed to sell my x5, but i did get something done on the car, all the side windows are in.....

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Manged to get the windows back up with the aid of a battery charger woohoo! now i have space to sort out the locking mechanism on thedoors.

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After that i cleaned up the rear parcel shelf supports that were kindly donated by russell...forgot to take a before pic!

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used some special cleaner and paint that some of you may recognise....

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Then went to ford to pick some stuff i had ordered...

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Ł79 of clips and pop rivets!
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Old 23-11-2011 | 07:16 PM
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Stunning mate.

Are you getting the Evo now the X5 has gone?
Old 23-11-2011 | 07:36 PM
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if he answers his pm, i am going to try and get it!
Old 23-11-2011 | 09:04 PM
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well put an offer in, dont think he will take it so might look for a wee saph!
Old 23-11-2011 | 09:26 PM
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yr doin a good job m8 keep up the good work



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thanks mate, hows yours coming on?


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