Hi im neil and i thought i would just share the work im currently doing on my GTi estate with you as its a bit of an unusual one.

ive pretty much had fords the hole time ive been driving, but have mainly been mk4 escorts and an orion.

my RS replica that i built as my first car





anyway onto the matter at hand,
I bought the gti estate in the summer for a bargain price as i was bored of driving a 306 d-turbo and wanted somthing a bit different

when i bought it complete with distorted dodgy repair to the dr wing with runs in the paint and messy cracked front and rear bumpers.





right so i was really pleased with it until a month later the clutch went, i didnt have a garage to do it so set me back £300,
also when underneath it i spotted quite a bit of rust on so the plan was to take it off the road in jan when the mot ran out and sort it all out.

sorry about lack of pictures but this is basicly what ive got don so far

dr sill looking through the floor when i was cutting the rust out





rear end of the dr sill missing



the rust was cut out of the floor and replaced with new metal, restitched to the chassis from above the all welded from above and underneath





rear of the sill reconstructed





also there was a big hole in the dr door shut so that was cut out replaced and now in filler



ive now started to repair the front bumper with fibreglass and done abit of a cutout which ive never seen before





first bit of filler



also ive now got new wheels



which im now going to be doing white after doing a little trial









ive now got the pas side to take apart and sort then the plan it to give it a fresh coat of red as its really pink in person, possibly bike throttle bodies lowering and im considering putting saff 4x4 bonnet vents in.

hope you all like it

 

Fair play,, I'd of been scrapping that personally! Looks much better on it's original wheels though...

 

It wasnt too major ive done alot worse, and I like the look of the wheels and im really not keen on the puny origional wheels espesially on the estate they look really small

 

You planing on changing the engine? defo needs to go lower mate

 

Just a small update the rear end is now lowered 30mm,

one of the old springs next to the new ones



Springs in



Back on the ground








Then got the passenger sideskirt off which I was pleasently suprised by compared to the other side









Now I know what im dealing with onthat side I should be able to get those bits all cut out new bits of metal cut out and all tacked as im nearly out a welding reel

 

Keep up the good work the one thing i have found out about the escort is they all rust in the same area's Just like my S2 turbo it's been off the road now for just over a year and im only now getting closer to driveing her again keep at it mate

 

That they do, ive been quite lucky with my escorts ive had 6 and this is my first one with proper rott on it and odly the newest lol, as for engine change I think that might wait till next winter as I want this done summer and im trying to do it all as properly as poss

 

im up against the same sort of thing with my black 3dr gti gettin 2 new front wings home this week hopefully tho

 

A bit of an update today, sorry in advance for not many pics as im always covered in underseal at the moment lol,
anyway I got all the welding finished of so rang up mot testers and gave myself a week to finish the car so the first job I undersealed it all this is the only pic of that



Then I cleaned on fitted the interior and sprayed the rear arches but havent took a pic yet lol,

the next day I set about putting new fluids in the engine and putting it back together as id had a couple of bits off for cleaning so here it is back together and running



I then started on sorting out the bumper a bit







Then while I waas doing the bumper the postie brought me some presents

my new front tyres



And my new cam belt

 

Anyway the mots tommorow and ive still got alot to do so hopfully its all done in time and then I can take some proper pics

 

Looking good! Don't think I've ever seen a mk6 with so much rot! Guess it's a good job my wife managed to write hers off before I had a chance to look behind the skirts

 

interesting project. keep at it

 

I never expected there to be so much rot when I bought it but hey its rot free now and fingers crossed for mot

 

Cool little project would look good with rs7's i reckon.

 

Well it failed mot but nothing major, collapsed front flexi brake pipe and too much movement in handbrake but sailed through everything else so I should be getting retested monday

 

Oh and heres a couple of pics from mot, wheels need repaint as theyve gone rubbish and front bumper needs a proper coat of paint and it shows the front needs to go low aswell lol

 

Good little project there

 

So strange that there's a Youtube video of another red Escort GTi estate with the number plate S68 VDA (one in this thread is S86 VDA). Neither show up on DVLA

 

I broke a few with simular reg numbers too