Gp4 Mk2 Escort
 

Hi all, I've got myself a new shell, here we go! :top: It's gonna be awesome, I got it from a very nice guy from Chorley who won the MN Tarmac championship in '98 and a few guys off here have navigated for him, I love the shell, it's v good for it's age.
This is it in action
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and here it is now, in my soon to be finished garage,
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it's pretty good underneath and has a big tunnel
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it's also 5 linked
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and has a big cut out to mount the engine against the bulkhead
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watch this space!
this is the Gulf colours I'm going for,It's my old car, but photoshopped.

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looks good andy :top:

he will be gutted when he sees it finished m8 :top:

couldnt get over when you collected , was busy - good luck

Looks like a good shell to start from mate :top:

Andys' lad seamed more gutted than him!

yeh he prob was , david loves the rally cars , but i dont think he ever got to go in the escort , he was always too young when andy was rallying it mainstream

As soon as the cossie is up and running i'll pop over Andy and have a good look :DD:

Get some pics up of the new axel you got :top:

cool as fook. :cool:

nice one :cool:

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Come on Andy More up dates :blabla: :blabla:

build one
 

why buy one when you can build yaself one............... just curious

He as still got to build this one :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
He only brought the shell ;)

This is a proven shell that has all the right bits, to get a good mk2 shell is £800+, then just the bits alone, arches,link boxes, tunnels, etc is near on £1500+, then you gotta seam weld and paint etc so £1300 for a proper built shell aint too bad.
Andy

Stop posting and get working on the shell Andy then you can post some pics up aswell then :blabla: :blabla: :blabla:

things have been a bit busy building a house for it recently.
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Next your have Running water in there and Central heating :cry: :cry:
Whots next :DD:

You mean this running water!(oh, and it's got broadband, 5.1 surround sound and a flat screen!)and, I've been winding up the wife that I'm getting a hot tub!
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nice one mate :top:

Awesome! :cool:

the past is definitely the way forward! :top:

Any more up dates andy ;)

my 5 linked Atlas axle, 5:1 ZF Diff, should only get to about 90 mph!
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Nice mk2 shell , is it gona get done , any pics yet :top:

Come on Andy any updates ect :DD:

Or is it like my saff Its been put to one side for abit :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Hi Al, well , I've got my magnesium Gp4 rear billies, v. expensive but awesome, and my Image split rims are in the garage too, The problem is I work 90 hours a week so finding time to do it is hard, I've still not got a garage door fitted yet either before ya ask. I'll post some pics soon.
Andy

Must live in a nice town not to have a garage door on there.
not worried about someone pulling a trailer up and draging away your shell. or even the dry wall for that matter.
maybe the sink.. :cry:

TF

They got to get over his big fence first tho ;)

Well come on Andy I'll have to bring my m8 over to yours and you two can have a chat about your mk2 and his monster mk2 in the making :DD:


PS i have his ESCOS @ the moment to MOT :banana: :banana: :banana: And i FCUKING LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Here ya go, and be carefull Alan,they're a heavy car and don't slide like a Saph does! I've allready had to take the roof off one cossie this year.
See ya soon.and be good!lol.

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and the XE going in it,(on throttle bodies) Oh yes, Vauxhall power!You can see the Atlas axle in the background too.

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The cossie power is out the windo then :( Mind you XE well be easyer and less likly to break :cry:

Rims look good m8 whot are they off of :cool:

Ps im not driving it hard/fast as its not mine and i cant aford to break it ;) So im in grandma mode :oops:

The rims are proper Image 3 piece items off a guy who does sprinting in a Mk2, he's gone back to minilites, I want 235/40/15 tyres if I can find em.I need to narrow my axle 15mm to fit em though, time for a trip to Gartrac again! "Kerching! ££££££££££££££"

Looking very very nice Andy :top:

looking great andy cant wait to see the finished item :cool: :cool: :cool:

C'mon keep us updated Andy :top:

I remember that car when it was a browny beige colour, had a vinyl roof and chrome window strips :cry: :top:

Andy now has a Nova he's seen the light and gone FWD :DD: :cry:

good stuff, I knew he wouldn't stay away, you'd of thought he'd of bought a mans car and not a girly FWD? :blabla: I've been buying some more bits on ebay, pics to come soon, still not touched the shell, busy doing 90 hour weeks before Andy jnr comes.Every thing comes to those who wait.
Andy

check these out,
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I need an adjustable in situ rose jointed rear panhard rod made up so I'll be in contact soon Tony.

Andy ... thought you was going tarmac not forrest, get a long threaded twink roll bar on there, with alloy blocks instead of the bushes.. :top:

Nice one andy i'll have to pop over to yours soon and bring my m8 over that has the mk2 thats going 4x4 cossie with a thunder salon body kit on it i'll get pics asap for you but his garage is a bit full off parts engines and whot ever else :cry: :cry:

You can make out how bad the gaarge is in this pic :eek: :cry:
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How come the twink arb's are better?, a few people have said that to me now, I had RJ comp strutts on my old one and it turned in amazing, used to sit very high at the front so under breaking it was level and v well balanced.