My Mark One Escort Build
03-07-2012, 09:56 PM
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gotta say youve done a cracking job on it mate a total stunning build buddy.love the colour,needs the rear axle or rear wheels wider and dropping abit more i fucking loveit
18-07-2012, 10:09 AM
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Thanks everyone for the comments. I haven't actually touched the car since Classic Ford Show, I've just bought another car so the funds are a bit low at the moment 
But I'm hoping to get most of it complete by Ford Fair, apart from the rear axle. Then I will most likely get that done after.
And thanks mate, much appreciated. Thats actually the first on my to do list, I'm putting 2.5" lips all round (they're 1.5 now), which should make quite a difference. The front needs to go a little bit lower, but I had to raise it for CF Show to get on the stand. I'll upload some pics in the next week or two once I've got a few bits ready to go on.
But I'm hoping to get most of it complete by Ford Fair, apart from the rear axle. Then I will most likely get that done after.
And thanks mate, much appreciated. Thats actually the first on my to do list, I'm putting 2.5" lips all round (they're 1.5 now), which should make quite a difference. The front needs to go a little bit lower, but I had to raise it for CF Show to get on the stand. I'll upload some pics in the next week or two once I've got a few bits ready to go on.
18-07-2012, 12:23 PM
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I'm afraid it's not a Ford 
I got an E92 BMW 335i M Sport. Twin Turbo 
I went and picked it up after I saw you monday morning. It's a great car! I now need to somehow acquire the funds to do the Escort..
Thank you mate, appreciate it!
Cheers mate!
I got an E92 BMW 335i M Sport. Twin Turbo I went and picked it up after I saw you monday morning. It's a great car! I now need to somehow acquire the funds to do the Escort.. Cheers mate!
18-07-2012, 01:06 PM
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20-07-2012, 07:53 PM
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what a car,just spent an hour studying the build posts,you have done one of the best mk1 escorts in the country,picture perfect,your detail and panel work is second too non,in the only words i can find at the min,ITS THE BOLLOX.
21-07-2012, 10:34 AM
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jesus thats stunning!
i would have kept the front half of the cage, that s bend looked perfect! once the welds were ground down it would have been sweet!
like thee bbs's too! who did you get to convert your pcd? i wanted to get a plate welded over some 4x4 wellers so i could run them on my e30 but no one would touch them!
stunning work mate
i would have kept the front half of the cage, that s bend looked perfect! once the welds were ground down it would have been sweet!
like thee bbs's too! who did you get to convert your pcd? i wanted to get a plate welded over some 4x4 wellers so i could run them on my e30 but no one would touch them!
stunning work mate
top job ginn ,if you don't mined ginn where did you get the gaz shocks from and how much thanks jock. 
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We've cracked on with the car a fair bit in the past week, it's really starting to make progress now. The rest of the panels arrived Tuesday..
Really pleased with the Mexico wings, their much better than I was expecting. However the front inner panel was pretty shite though. The slam panel doesn't line up with the Rad Supports like it should, so just going to order a new one next week. It was still handy to line up the inner wings though.
We first made a flitch panel for the nearside front wing.
Got the wing on, which surprisingly fit really well, but the flitch panel had to be lowered slightly.
Cut the off side inner wing off.
Lined up the new one.
The bodged up area on the inner wing was removed, but now as you can see the top plate doesn't quite come down quite far enough to marry up with the inner wing, so that will need to have a piece welded in. Luckily it's only a few mm.
Also managed to get the near side quarter in Reface today. Really pleased with how it's came out. We've put a more defined edge in the swage line as well as the arch. Which is different but still subtle. It's still not perfect, but it's almost there.
Next job is replacing both A-Posts and getting the inner wing welded on. We've welded up the front offside footwell as well today, but it's not quite finished. I'll get the pictures up Monday or something.
Really pleased with the Mexico wings, their much better than I was expecting. However the front inner panel was pretty shite though. The slam panel doesn't line up with the Rad Supports like it should, so just going to order a new one next week. It was still handy to line up the inner wings though.
We first made a flitch panel for the nearside front wing.
Got the wing on, which surprisingly fit really well, but the flitch panel had to be lowered slightly.
Cut the off side inner wing off.
Lined up the new one.
The bodged up area on the inner wing was removed, but now as you can see the top plate doesn't quite come down quite far enough to marry up with the inner wing, so that will need to have a piece welded in. Luckily it's only a few mm.
Also managed to get the near side quarter in Reface today. Really pleased with how it's came out. We've put a more defined edge in the swage line as well as the arch. Which is different but still subtle. It's still not perfect, but it's almost there.
Next job is replacing both A-Posts and getting the inner wing welded on. We've welded up the front offside footwell as well today, but it's not quite finished. I'll get the pictures up Monday or something.
Are those wings Fiberglass or are they steel? If they are fiber, can you explain the way you fixed them to the car.
Cheers,
Sam
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