First of all,I am sorry if my english isn't the best.
Second,this is my car.Basically I am removing the rust,and doing some free
interior work,like red stitching,I love red stitches
These are the pictures of my work so far.
When i bought it,sorry,this is only picture i got uploaded,rest of them got broken link,there are a few more of them on my computer but that's not importaint

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btw.engine is 1,3 efi,44kw,enough for now

 

wow that was a pretty wrotten escort

 

that's the point,WAS ,well,still is actually,it will take a lot of sanding and some welding to make it good as new,but i have already done a lot of job,and i have a lot of job to do,hehe,and then put everything back to it's place

 

well done as most would give up with all that rust

 

LOL My thoughts exactly, those rails are fooked Well done for giving this a bash. I love to read any escort project so will keep watching this one. Whats your overall idea for this? Just a restoration to standard plus couple of additions or something a bit more in your face? Best get that welder out

 

well,i am still 17,going in school and not working,this will be,like you wrote,just a restoration to standard plus couple of additions,and when i get a job i will give him an euro look,a bit lowered,hood bra,maybe widened steelies,something like that

 

Euro......cool

 

It was a nice day today so i went to garage and did some more work









"Artistic"

Red stitching

 

Finally found some time to do something,hehe
Exhaust is cut off the car




More pictures tomorrow

 

Its in a bit of a sad state.Well done for repairing the escort.

 

It is,but that is why i am doing all this

 

In primer








I will have to use compressor to get primer in there

 

right rail is done,left rail and 2 holes in floor will be done tomorrow,all sills will be covered with rubber for sills,(sry,don't know the english word for it,you will see tomorrow ),cover everything with anti-corrosion liquid,than primer,a lot of work for one day but it has to be done tomorrow becouse i wont be home for the next whole week

 

Worst part is over,finally

 

you cant seriously be calling that finished?

those plates are barely tacked on

 

lollolol shocking

 

Was all looking good until the welded plates ,take them back off and get someone to weld them on properly for you ,just thinking of your safety

 

All that hard work and then probably the worst welding I've ever seen. I'm with Twins, its not safe like that

 

I dont think so

I dont like to pick fault by any means but it almost looks as bad as plain rust! Id either cut 1 piece of metal to suit or get a replacement chassis rail and just replace the whole thing. Way Safer, at the end of the day if you leave it its only held together by a few spots! I know its not seen but thats no excuse. Good work on the beam though.

 

still not done with protecting,more work next weekend

 

did you sort out the dodgy welding before you undersealed it mate?

 

kind of,sanded out primer and did some more welding,and sealed it with some kind of a glue,than undersealed it

 

hope it holds up then mate.

 

it will hold up,it was driven at least 2 years with rotten chasis legs,probably more,so there is no reason this wouldn't work

 

Done with the protecting,beam and reservoar will be on the car this weekend,so essy will stand on 4 wheels

 

honestly looking at that if you haven't cut the patches off or at least welded them properly you might as well just have stuffed newspaper in the holes and covered it with filler.

this could have been a really nice project, but looking at the standard of the work, it'll end up a bodged death trap.

good luck to you and all who ride in it

 

like I said,i sanded down the primer around the welds and welded it like it should have been done in the first place,so no worries about that.

 

That welding is grim as fuck. Screw your head on and get it done properly before you kill cunts in that thing.


Cheers,
Grant

 

Tank and beam are up!

 

Shocking welding.... If that was in the UK it'll fail on the welding alone.

I see you haven't fixed it as per your new pics......!

 

Bloody hell. I have worked on some sheds in my time with some epic bodgery but that welding is shambolic. That will not support anything and will fail fairly quickly. As previously mentioned, get that cut back out and get someone who can weld to fix it, it would seem a waste to put all that effort in a car to have it let down by such a shoddy repair.

 

bullshit, you can still see how bad it is in your latest pics

 

Can we get this in the shonkyness thread?

 

I dont think everyone's trying to be mean but it still looks rough. Tidying up the welds wont make the actual repair any better. Like said, dont want this to let down the car when your putting the effort in elsewhere

 

Exactly! No offence dude. Do it right, do it once. That's a standard that applys to most things.
Just make sure it's safe mate. They don't come out the factory like that so at least make a decent job of it.

 

I suggest you to look at some profi welding here on passionford. What you did is no repair, just fix for another year, then it will be rusty again. I don't know why you didn't first learn somwehere else than just go straight on chassis legs.

 

did some more work




























started sanding the roof

 

Have you just put filler on top of the old paint?

 

Ofc not,sanded it first

 

Well, this has gone a bit to shit enit, it started off so promising too.