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[jonboisescort]

cheers mate

thought they looked new

[jonyb4]

ahh looks great, making me want to get another one

id leave it blue mate, its a great colour

you gonna be using the starter i sold you on it?

plenty of blacktops going on ebay, gotta watch out for the rotten apples though

[~nomad~]

i agree with leaving it blue, lovely colour

[jonboisescort]

cheers fellas

the starter was for my old gearbox

wasnt sure on the blue at first but when i put the black steelies on it i like it now

unsure if it will stay blue though

[dontpannic]

I like the blue but I also like the beige!!

Looks like a good shell, judging by your track record this should be a nice quick awesome build

[jonboisescort]

have done a bit more to it today

just cleaned the inside out and stripped more bits off it

also put on some trolley wheels

to make it easier to move about

also got a new front panel with crossmember

will be painting the inside black and 100% going to be painted beige


just need to start saving for more bits












and the old shell looking very sad and will be going to the scrappy next week
just dont have the time or the space to do anything with it

[fezza89]

ive always loved these escorts

[jayrs]

nice touch with the wheels mate, just made a jig for the xr2 to sit on, and i have to say the tesco shopping trolly wheels go just fine on it too

as for the old shell, have you not thought about chopping the rear quarters off at least? gotta be worth some cash i would of thought

[jonboisescort]

good shout about the rear panels will chop it up i think

[jayrs]

:lol:

good shout about the rear panels will chop it up i think

i would mate, anything thats worth something is worth chopping off mate, i would think good gen ford mk3 panels are hard to come by now, even s/h ones

[Ratspeed]

Cant wait for the build mate, and glad to hear it will be biege too!

[knuckles]

while its completly stripped ...

have u thought about getting it on its side and totally restoring underneath and elliminating any rust ?
chop up as many repair panels off the beige one you may need. cos once its gone its gone !
remember certain panels cant be got from fords no more or pattern places.

floor, bulkhead , a pillars, boot floor etc
you get the picture

[muz]

Chop her up, Jon. Thats what I'm doing with the Ghia in my yard. Cut all the panels off, roof, chassis rails etc and keep or sell them. Genuine good scuttle panels go for good money. Unfortunately my brother lifted the bonnet on my Ghia up when the window wipers were up and bent the scuttle

[jonyb4]

i love what you guys do with these cars, down to a shell built back up, various exciting engines in and out of them

its really healthy for the mind, good knowledge

im envious

[jonboisescort]

cheers fellas

new shell will be getting stripped underneath and fully treated

will be chopping it up at the weekend

[jonboisescort]

finally got a few days off work so i can start doing some bits

today i made a start on treating the underside

its not the most pritty of jobs but its good enough for me

tomorrow i will be finsshing off the underside and front arches

one big tin of underseal and spray

the inside will be painted matt black

[jonyb4]

Wow its in good condition under there, only some blisters, did you grind it o[YouTube][/YouTube]ff first?

How much was the big tin?k I need some soon ready for the worst of winter

[jonboisescort]

cheers mate
yeh sanded it down

have left the bits that need welding as that will be done when it goes for paint


have also just won a 60000 mile 2.0 blacktop engine

so hopefully pick that up asap

[jonboisescort]

the 5 litre tin cost £15
should have enough left to do the focus aswell

[shaunrs]

good shell there mate. My first escort turbo was completley rotten on those chassis legs, got well ripped off with it. Personly i would of used 3m stone chip on the underside, dries hard and paintable, where the body schultz stays rubbery, just my appinion. Good work

[jonboisescort]

cheers mate

found a couple of rust holes but nothing major

just want some protection underneath really as will be used daily when finished

alot of the shell was already sealed so just cleaned it and painted over it

[leighk2010]

coming on nice mate how much you win the black top for

[jayrs]

nice one mate, who cars what it looks like, its protected, good enough

[jonboisescort]

now have a engine which i won off ebay lastnight and collected it within a few hours if winning

its done 65000

and is in great condition

and the best thing is got it for £80

today i messed around with the supercharger and bolted st gearbox on and put it in the escort ready for the mounts to made

the supercharger will fit better on this than the silvertop

as one hole lines up really well

will need to modify the manifold a little

the engine will be getting new head gasket and cambelt

might do some more tomorrow but i dont get many days off from work


might get the mounts done this weekend when my neighbours about with his welder

[shaunrs]

Nice. i want to put a st170 box on my zt! just wondered how are you going to get the brake servo in there without it fouling on the gear linkage!

[jonboisescort]

i will be fitting a pedal box

[Excursion]

Looks like the S/C was made for that bay

[leighk2010]

looking nice mate whats the charger off a mini? did you have to modify the manifold as it sits so perfect next to the charger

[jonboisescort]

was amazed how well it fitted to be honest

the charger is off a mercedes cant remember what model
the manifold is a focus 4 1 but does need a tiny bit of modding as the charger needs to go back abit

[Ratspeed]

Looking good dude, cant wait to see the build up

[leighk2010]

was amazed how well it fitted to be honest

the charger is off a mercedes cant remember what model
the manifold is a focus 4 1 but does need a tiny bit of modding as the charger needs to go back abit

cool mite look into this my self if you dont mind as wanting to supercharger my blacktop in my mk5 when i get it all in and working
is it the focus one of ebay for like 160? ish

what management are you planning on running it from also what power you hoping for over 200?

[jonboisescort]

go for it mate

yes the one on ebay theres a pic a few pages back

im not sure on the managment yet will probs use focus 2.0 loom and

ecu to get it going then look into aftermarket at a later date


im hoping to make about 200bhp on standard internals and managment

[jonyb4]

lookng good john, it fits up well considering, mercs had alot in common it seems

[leighk2010]

go for it mate

yes the one on ebay theres a pic a few pages back

im not sure on the managment yet will probs use focus 2.0 loom and

ecu to get it going then look into aftermarket at a later date


im hoping to make about 200bhp on standard internals and managment

200 seems good on standard internals i'm running my hole mk5 off a focus 2.0 ecu be watching how the mounting goes for the charger very close

[jonboisescort]

should hopefully get the charger bolted to the engine tomorrow

will also be picking a few bits up from the local scrappy aswell