ArronP

I know I said I don't want x-drilled but they do look cool but if they are too nosey I will change them.

Fuel tank, battery holder, fuel pump

jamie rigby

jealous!

ArronP

The guys from Classic Ford Mag came on Monday and took a photo of my car for their grafter section. How pleased am I!



Photo I took.

RO13 rs cabriolet

Will this be featured in the next issue of classic fords grafter section?

mk22door

Freakin' nice one!

deserves the attention

andy escos

iTrader: (1)

very nice i like it

mk1turboestate

iTrader: (2)

well done mate, my estate was in octobers classic ford,

its all looking good

ArronP

Thanks it going to be in feb.

ArronP

Nice one. I did not get oct. but would like to see it.

mk22door

Are those allycats?

What sizes?

ArronP

Yep their allycats 13". They came off they my friends dad rally car in the 80's. Then sat in his garden. It took me hours sitting in front of the TV with loads of grade of wet and dry and metal polish. To get them back looking good. When there rest of the car done, I'll give them another going. To get them spot on

mk22door

Just thinking about brakes.

My friend has some 13 inch allycats, he's doing a sierra rear disc conversion on his Atlas axle - I don't know if they will fit?

ArronP

I've been look at it's going to very close. I'm going to roll the arches and if I need to I'll try and mill something off the inside off the wheels. I know the guy at Julian Godfrey's so they will help me out with that. And do some of their magic on the engine.
Thank for your advice. Please keep it come, if you see anything I mite of miss.

CrOwSoN15

Nice to see you went with the Alleycats!
Looking good pal

mk22door

Well, I don't think they will fit, I am into Sierra's and you can't fit 13inch wheels over rear disc Sierra's so lets hope you get round it somehow....I should tell my friend really

ArronP

Sorry I see what you mean. They do fit. When you 220 mm disc, I would think the sierra's are bigger. It a common mod in escorts and still run 13"

BigPeBe

Sierra's with discs at rear IIRC have ABS brakes and these ones feature the same brake size than XR4i all around. 13" wont' fit over the front brakes but rear ones should fit no problem.

mk22door

I stand corrected, I was thinking 14 inch was as small as possible, but actually to do with the front rather than the rear That'll teach me for opening my un-educated mouth!

mk22door

I have had a rear disc non abs sierra

BigPeBe

It's actually possible it was the other way around. All Sierra's with ABS had the so called "big brakes". I remember this because at least in Finland if you wan't to MOT a Sierra with turbo with more than ~120 bhp it's advisable to find a one with ABS because this had the bigger brakes at front.

ArronP

should not worry mate. Reading what other people have written on other thread, makes all sound like geniuses. Ha ha

WongRS

iTrader: (11)

Car's awesome!
I dont think words describe quite how cool i find moor doors.

ArronP

Making a Trolley for the car, here are some photo's.


The metal


My brother (Arron) welding it up.


Finished product, with the wheels welded on.


My brothers 'Hard man pose' on the work.

ArronP

Having great fun remove under seal!!!!!! I'm using a wire brush on a grinder. It's doing a good jod but what a mess. Is there any other way of doing it

melspec1

nice mate to see a 4-door getting the works. hope you keeping the colour!

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Nice toy.

CrOwSoN15

I seem to recall someone saying you can freeze it off, possibly liquid nitrogen? I think you can buy it by the bottle. Hope this helps.

Ben.

gouch1

heat gun and scraper then wire brush

ArronP

No she going a dark metallic red (burgundy)

ArronP

Thanks I'll give that ago.

Maxwell

Nice work. Before i got my s2 rst treated and painted underneath, i took the car to a local powdercoaters and got him to shotblast the whole underside and then etch prime it. Regretted it at first because it give me the realisation of how much welding the car needed, but in hindsite it was the best thing for the car. Cleaner finish to the underside and a cleaner base for my body man to treat and paint it. Only cost Ł110!!

Infact my bodyman converted a 4dr mk1 escort to a 2 dr and spent 3 days prepping the underside for paint. He has now took on another 4dr-2dr conversion and is taking it to the same guy as me to get it blasted, before treating and painting it!!!

Good luck anyway mate!!

r.s.2000 ginger

It will look great with the allycats pitty more people didnt use them.

ArronP

I did not know that blasting gets off under seal! I was going to get it blasted before bodywork and paint. ha ha sent 2 days so far, so I'll stop and pop it on a trailer and off to the blasters

Maxwell

It got like 95% of it off mine!! If you are 2 days in, there is no point stopping now haha!

ArronP

Thanks heat gun worked a treat. I did a rear wheel well in an hour. But i did find more holes

MrCapriScort

Project coming along a treat

ArronP

Back to work Back to working on the car on the weekends. 2 weeks working on the car was bliss. Just with Xmas and birthday getting in the way.

melspec1

hmm, still look good in any colour mate...

ArronP

May I ask you to please copy/paste the link below on to your own threads, then to sign a petition (proper government site, no con and no cost), to Re-introduce a 30 year rolling vehicle excise duty exemption scheme, for classic vehicles. For too long now the tax exemption of classic cars has been frozen, to only apply to those manufactured before 1973. History did not simply stop in 1972. These are not cars which are driven everyday but rather on sunny weekends, to attend enthusiast shows etc.. It is vitally important that we help to preserve this important part of British motoring history.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/183

gjh

Very nice, would love to get my hands on a more door escort.