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[1098]

..punish yourself..

haha harsh words

[jayrs]

He already has a red car!

Why on earth would you punish yourself with having two

i know, it is greedy having 2 of the best colour, but still, if i can have 2 of the best colour why cant shaun

[Smo]

I think white with the carbon bonnet, roof, and dark wheels will work great

Could even go for the frozen white (I think?) that you can get the Fiesta ST in, orrrrrrrr, the other way, be a bit daring and go for an off white? (More so than diamond white already is )

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

White would look good shaun, with the black wheels and carbon roof/bonnet. Satin black is what mine is inside, looks very hygenic.

If i ever get around to re-spraying mine it will be satin black with orange wheels, wing mirrors etc

[THEHOG~]

nice touch with the top mounts look well made m8.
good stuff

[luca]

..punish yourself..

haha harsh words

only just noticed that

[Turboboy67]

Finally an update for you people

Today after a 7 week wait , my top mount plates were welded in position

This now enables me to crack on with the paint (colour, tbc ) to the engine bay,
and then the underneath & wheel arches,
The exterior bodywork will be the last thing to be done.

Also Luke and I have had some lightweight alloy front bumper brackets made, picture will follow when I collect them off Luke next weekend

So today, the car was loaded up onto my trailer and taken down to Ferndown nr. Bournemouth for the mounts to finally be welded in, they are made from 8mm steel, laser cut out





test fitted & then removed and paint was ground off where it was to be welded.


Finished thing




If anybody wants a pair of these made I can get them for £35+ postage for you

Stand by for more regular updates now I can finally progress with it

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Where are my my bumper brackets then

How much where they in the end?

[Turboboy67]

Where are my my bumper brackets then

How much where they in the end?

i have asked for a set for you fella

£45 was what I paid

I'll find out from Luke how long yours will be

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

i have asked for a set for you fella

£45 was what I paid

I'll find out from Luke how long yours will be

Sweet, drop me a PM when you want some reddies

[luca]

Im still waiting for mine, im such a gent I always let Shaun have the first set of everything.

If they break then, its his bumper not mine

Il chase up my mate, I know he has a jig for them now so shouldnt be too long.

If its is Il be using Shauns to "test" next weekend.

They are alloy + powder coated in satin black.

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

They are alloy + powder coated in satin black.

Spot on

[FRSJON]

looking good shaun..nice to see a update.... tempted buy the strut tops...

[jayrs]

good to see its being cracked on with mate

car looks like some pikey had been at it the way it is on the trailer


oh hang on...





sorry couldnt help it

[Turboboy67]

[jayrs]

wait till tweek sees it

[snakeyjake]

[Luke2008]

Lovely car mate, really really nice.

[rsonblackwheels]

very nice mate

looks awesome, its gunna be a complete weapon

[Brammer]

very nice mate

looks awesome, its gunna be a complete weapon

I'll second that comment

[Turboboy67]

Finally found some time to get the car up on the spit I bought today.

Its completely stripped now, all the underside can now be sorted.

Plan is to remove all the old underseal, do the welding needed, new underseal,

coat of paint, powdercoat all suspension parts.

Pictures from today;

Fixing bars fitted to front and rear for the spit





Car then raised up



then rotated



Few areas need attention, both sills need replacing, rear arches need replacing and rear panel needs some work.

I'm removing all the metal fixings underneath that are currently there for the fuel tank and spare wheel hanger.

You can see how much easier now it is to work on



Work will move fast now, welding will be done during next week,

then everything else will follow quickly. I've written off this year for getting it back on the road,

I do want it back on its wheels and the engine in before the end of the year.

[luca]

awesome work mate

[~nomad~]

wicked, will be so sweet when its all done mate

[HCS PIMP]

awesome gr8 work

[ace1001ace]

spit looks good, where did you get it from and how much did it cost?

[Turboboy67]

spit looks good, where did you get it from and how much did it cost?

Thanks guys,

I bought the spit from e-bay, it was £132 delivered, money well spent me thinks,
I can also of course sell it once I've finished with it

[Chris 2i]

looks good Shaun, should save you a ton of time (and backache )

[THEHOG~]

hell that some good progress.
the body will look like brand new when ur done.
also i didnt rellise the body stands were that cheap and it looks pritty sturdy.
i am contimpliting 1 of these for my fez so i can keep on top off the underbody tim worm.

good wwork fella keep us updated.

[muz]

I realy reaal wish I had bought a spit to do the Escort!

Looks good though Shaun. Will it be ready for FF for a few laps round Silverstone?

[FRSJON]

nice one mate...

[rsonblackwheels]

ohhh very nice dude, if only i had the space

very cool

[hb69]

Cool, must be so easy to work on when its like that

[Tweek]

Looks very peculiar like that

Jay, I've only just noticed what you posted up there, tugger

[Turboboy67]

Cheers guys,

Been round tonight and stripped the majority of the underseal off

took me basically 4hrs in total, and not one piece went in my eye

so easy to work on, can't work on it now until next week due to doing other things.

Next stage is wire brush off the remaining bits of underseal (used my blowlamp to initially strip it)

Then the mig welding can begin

[Sphinx]

Gotta love a good spit roast
Out of interest, how secure are the rear mounting points bearing in mind they're a single skin and not actually attached to the chassis rails?