Ok so as he username sugest i have a few projects, not any of them finished mind but the collection is certainly to big. Long sory short, I am an avid carp fisherman (feel free to take the ****) and looking at all the motors in the drive rotting isnt the best. The fishing season ended march 15th and starts again june 15th which leaves me 82day (from time of writing this to finish the project (or atleast near as dam it).........















There is however a problem, and that problem is dad's (Oldbloke's) project filling up the garrage.







This however has been resoved with dads latest purchase to stor his car in ............











So with a re-spray and zetec conversion on the cards its not going to be easy coupled with the fact i am am self employed so work 5-6days a week but hey working to a deadline may push me to actually do it!



picked up a blacktop on ebay with 22000 miles on it (apparently) complete with mega jolt cvh flywheel to keep the original crank sensor and some suzuki zxr9 bike carbs!











Wish me luck........ any tips with the zetec conversion would be greatfull!

Awesome stuff!! Love mk2 escorts, good luck with it. As for tips with the zetec conversion, look here> http://www.retro-ford.co.uk/shop/

So whats happening with that white mk2 in your 1st pic then?

lol yer i have been scared by their prices allready lol gunna go for one of their sumps but try fab the rest myself! as for the rest of em i think retirement projects

where does the sump need to be? front or rear? as other ford model sumps may fit

sierra cvh has a rear bowl, fiesta and escort zetecs have front bowl, etc etc

Cool cars you have.

Yer true although you need to mess about with a different pick up pipe, that is the one area I don't wanna mess up lol could be expensive! Think this will do.......http://www.retro-ford.co.uk/shop/con...lacktop-a002bt

CheeRS Glynn!!

Ok so due to stupidly cold weather and my angling club opening a new lake in april finally got round to making a start on the motor. So let the stripping commence and see what sort of base i got...



Getting a pinto out of an escort with a type 9 attached is very very very tight



Hummm





So am going to need a jig (sorry dad)





















5 mins with a wire brush brings the original paint through





All in all not a bad base so should not take to long to get the repairs done and the bottom sprayed! The big question is do I stay original red or go dimond white........................

Ok so been getting intimate with a wire brush attachment on the angle grinder. Hideing under the underseal is a fair few patches, some ok others a bit crap although the worst bit for me was the inner wing water rail. It has been repaired before badly and has to come out...........



















Luckily my dad had a spare drip rail in the shed well at leaset i assume it is..... BE WARNED the following repairs have been undertaken by a complete amature so go easy on me lol





























Re-fit the bonnet and place the wing on to check the shut lines, not to bad!





Quite happy with the repair hopefully get it finished this weekend but the other repairs are definatly making the deadline tight!

fair bit of work for you there but your doing a good job. now if that snickers had been a marathon then it would have been a better find. all the kids havent got a clue what i mean i bet lol

Looks good, seems you had a pretty solid shell to work with.