RST

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Good work mate

MK4_RS_VAN

small update today, ive spent loads of time just removing under seal, waxoyl and grease, not to mention plenty of house paint

the first pic up is the small hole that was in the n/s front footwell
in the first pic it is rot free but the surrounding metal was weak so any weak metal was also cut away

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so next up once there was only strong healthy metal left, i cut and shaped some steel and merv welded it in for me.

merv has not been welding for long so any feedback on his welding would be appreciated
the penetration is good on his welding

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also today the rear panel just under the rear doors where the number plate and small corner bumpers mount to was in a state, with mountains of red oxide and house paint, so i spent a while getting it all back to bare metal, and getting some etch primer on to it

so here it is in the first coat of etch

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and the second coat

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and unfortunately thats all i have for you tonight, hope you enjoy

MK4_RS_VAN

cheeRS RST, nice to see your enjoying the progress.
show's were doing something right lol

BIL N KEL

Van is looking sweet bud my brother recently bought a mk4 escy van which everyone in our area has wanted for years (the owner would never sell it). Luckily for us it's been fully restored body wise but it's completely standard bar rst rims. My mate is delivering us a rs1800 fiesta which is going to donate its running gear and seats. It'll end up with a Zetec turbo eventually but the rs1800 lump will do for now. Once we start on it in the next week I'll get a thread started up what are you doing body/wheels wise? My bros undecided on arches/skirts (he says yes, I say no lol) but it will defo be rolling slammed on escort cosworth alloys

MK4_RS_VAN

cheeRS mate its getting there, just need lots of time and money lol. extremely lucky to get a fully restored one, how much did he pay for it?? zetec turbo would be nice, with mine im just going to fully restore it, it will be mercury grey, same colour as the rs turbo, with rs turbo bonnet bumbers etc, ive got leather recaro's for the interior, obviously going to lowered, as for alloys im just going to stick with the rst alloys, as i think they really suit them, i would go for cossie wheels but cant afford them lol

MK4_RS_VAN

and yea im hoping to get the rs arches and skirts

BIL N KEL

It was a bit of luck that he bought it! I was on my way home from work on a Saturday only a few weeks ago and Kelly phoned me to say the van was for sale. She said he was then putting the forsale sign in it as she drove past. First thing I asked was how much and Kelly said "I'm sure it said Ł550" so needless to say I drove straight there and bought it for my bro he then went and picked it up about 15mins later

When he gets in from work I'll get some pics and start a thread

MK4_RS_VAN

Sounds like an absolute bargain mate, seeing as the cheapest one for sale that ive seen recently was Ł995 and its standard and rotten, and a modified one for nearly 5k lol, look forward to seeing some pics mate

phil_rs

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Nice work mate!

MK4_RS_VAN

cheeRS phil_rs,

no update today unfortunatly, as was busy with work, but hopefully there will be progress tomorrow.

Lee Grout

Love this. Really starting to like old skool fords now. Love the work that you've both done so far, especially how clean the inside has come up after stripping. Im no welder but all the repaired sections look pretty damn good to me.
Keep posting as much as you can, love to see it come together.

rstom95

just read through this and wish i had a missus like your . vans looking mint looks all quality work great to see it being restored keep up the good work mate

MK4_RS_VAN

old skool fords are wicked mate , but all fucking rotten as a pear , i will hopefully keep updating at least every two days, and thank you its really good to hear others opinions and feedback

MK4_RS_VAN

haha she is pretty awesome mate, she even came out to the garage today, picked up a blow torch, lighter and scraper then cracked on with removing some sound deadening , she would have carried on but she didnt have work clothes on and i was getting her dusty lol ,

and cheers mate its getting there, cant wait to eventually see it in colour ,

MK4_RS_VAN

done a little bit of work today,

the top panel above the windscreen had metal exposed so i gave it a good rub down and etch


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and heres a close up

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and here it is after a couple of coats of etch

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i also done the o/s a pillar as i had already previously done the n/s

here it is

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and for all thoose who are following this thread you may remember the holes we had cut in the n/s floor pan

if not maybe this will remind you

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merv got the welder out today
and here it is

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after this pic it was all etched

we also done a few other bits and bobs such as grinding and a blob of weld here and there etc

MK4_RS_VAN

and heres me, with the better half

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excuse the picture quality

0150carmac

looking like your making great progress mate having a misses thats willing to help is great my misses is the same when we meet she didnot no to much about cars now she can do just about as much as me

MK4_RS_VAN

Same as that lol, my Missus knew nothing about cars, now she knows loads lol.

MK4_RS_VAN

hi all, got really behind as we have been snowed under with work, also we had a week away racing so as you can imagine we have been completely flat out. working to 2am from 7-8 am lol

thought i would quickly share a few pics of the race car for you all to see


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and in a spare time we have been doing plenty of sanding, welding and priming on the mk4


so heres the new scuttle panel ready for some high build primer aswell as the a pillars

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and here they are primed and looking good

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also cleaned, prepped, etched, and primed the bulkhead,


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and then we prepped etched and primed the passenger footwell, where we had previosly welded

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also the c pillars had the same treatment


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then last but not least was the bottom section, where bumpers and plate mount.


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MK4_RS_VAN

hope everyone is enjoying the progress still, and as i have said before, please comment as much as you can and give us your feedback/views/opinions etc. if we are doing anything wrong or right please say, as this is our first restoration, and mervs new to welding etc. so all comments are really appreciated thanks

Mk4 Rick

Welding is good imo.Nice van you have there keep it up

MK4_RS_VAN

hi mate, thank you for your feedback, merv will be pleased to hear that. and thank you we intend to keep the progress and updates as often as possible

Lee Grout

Coming along nicely. Look forward to seeing more.....soon.

MK4_RS_VAN

cheers mate, hoping for another update before wednesday

cabriolet

proper job u doing there fellas

MK4_RS_VAN

cheers bud, feedback is always apprieciated, and its nice when its positive.

MK4_RS_VAN

bit of a delayed, small update. we realised the rs bonnet i brought had a dent in it across the front where the ford badge goes, so we decided to de-badge it

so first of all i completely stripped the paint of that area and gave it a good rub down

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and then i made up a template and cut out some sheet metal to size

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and here it is in place and clamped ready for merv to do abit of welding, it sat in there perfectly

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and here it is once merv had welded it up,

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once that was done i got the good old grinder out

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and then we put fibreglass (p40) over it and sanded it down with the long sanding block, to make sure it was nice and level etc, still needs abit of work, but as you can see its taking shape nicely

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i also put a small amount of p40 on the slam panel where it had been welded/smoothed, next up we will be putting some p38 on it to smooth it off and finish it
but for now here it is, and again im happy, as you can see its taken shape nicely

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the 90 spec bumper i brought also had a small amount of damage on the bottom where it had caught a speed hump, the cracks where properly repaired on the back of the bumper, but where still visible on the front so i gave them a good sand down

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after

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and thats all for now folks,

as always pleeease leave comments and feedback, positive and negative, all is wanted and welcomed, also any advice etc etc

thank max and merv

Lee Grout

Did you really need to put fibreglass on top of the welded plate? If it was fairly level you would of got away with the smallest skim of filler, or if the plate had been slightly raised it could of been ground down level thus needing NO fibreglass or filler. Good work though, bodybork is my fav to watch people do.

Glenn_

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Top update.Your doing a good job,keep up the good work.

Korda

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Looking good

MK4_RS_VAN

Hi there, thank you for your response, basically the reason behind the p40 fibreglass filler was because there was a dent in the bonnet across the front, so it wasn't actually for the de-badge it was to bring it all up flush, and I couldn't really see any other way to do it due to it having a double skin on that section. Thanks you again and please give me some feedback on my response thanks

MK4_RS_VAN

Cheers bud

MK4_RS_VAN

Thanks mate, and thank you for following

Nick 172 Sport

looks good keep up the work i remember knowing a x plate van 1982 plate it flew had a rs turbo lump in it lol

MK4_RS_VAN

cheeRS bud,

im putting a rs turbo lump in this ,
my plans so far are to go EFI and put the t3 turbo on to it with full stainless exhaust from turbo back, nice induction kit, ie k&n etc, dump valve, and chipped ecu and that will be all really,
so should be nice and quick.

just got to source funds and parts

Lee Grout

If its got a dent on the front in general then fair enough. I thought it was just the de badge. I do what you done there, fibreglass as much as poss then minimal filler. Not one of these people who slap filler in like there's no tomorrow! Lol look forward to seeing it painted up.

MK4_RS_VAN

haha yea i know exactly where you are coming from. i absolutly HATE filler , only us it if i really have to, and even then its a very thin skim. and yes me two lol, hopefully wont be to long, planning on spending morst of tomorrow working on her, hopefully will be sprayed around december, january at the latest. fingers crossed, what do you think of all the welding and other bits and bobs????
thanks max

Lee Grout

All the welding looks top notch to me. Admittedly I've NEVER welded in my life ( although would love to learn) but have seen plenty of shonky looking welding and yours is by no means shonky.
Im enjoying your build a lot. One of the ones I follow more closely. Hopefully that gives you some more motivation to keep going I know nothing engine wise but I do know a little about bodywork which is why I mentioned the above.
You seem to know pretty well what your doing anyway so jobs a good un'

MK4_RS_VAN

thats good to know , its not me that does the welding its my buisness partner merv, im sure he will be really happy with the feedback . its also good to know your following and enjoying the thread, as i was getting worried that i wasnt getting much interest .

thanks again
max and merv

MK4_RS_VAN

so todays update
i got on with doing some filler work, and mervyn done some good welding,

here is the slam panel with a skim of filler,

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and then it was thoroughly rubbed down, it is now perfectly flat with a couple of coats of etch, there is a few minor bubble holes that need a smidge of filler but here it looks now

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the bonnet also had a skim of filler

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it was then rubbed down with the long sanding block, but there is still work needing to be done on this,

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also some filler on the n/s suspension turret where we done some welding to flush a few holes

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unfortunately i don't have an after picture at the moment, but ones it was rubbed down there was next to no filler there, and it had filled anything necessary perfectly.

next up was the big hole we had cut out, the drivers/o/s footwell

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BIG hole lol, not for long, merv manage to do it all in one plate, so nice and strong

the man himself in action

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and here it is all welded

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Arial view

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and here it is all etched and protected

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and heres the view from underneath,

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merv then went on to weld a plate unerneath, as the floor is double skinned here

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and here it is all done, with a new bracket welded on for the arch liner.

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close up of the new bracket

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we decided not to make any holes in the new brackets untill we are ready to put the arch liners in, so we then know exactly where they need to go.

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distance shot

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and here it is all etched

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here is another hole welded up in the rear footwell on the drivers side

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our method of getting it up higher to work underneath lol

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last bit of welding today was the drivers a pillar, doesnt look to pretty in the photos but its still got to have a bit of work and then it will have a skim of p40 fibreglass/filler

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also made progress inside the van today, as got the majority of it all rubbed down with scotch pads

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and thats all for today guys, as always please give us some feedback, good or bad thanks

max and merv