bronze4door Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 that doesnt look too bad actually, i best get saving up and get some tyres on them rims and get them on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris179 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 when Joe (the lad that owned that GTi at the time) said he was going to spray the wheels white i laughed at him and said it would look shite. However it doesnt look bad lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris179 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Decided I'm going to put my white 106 Rallye wheels on my estate haha!!! should be for the next time i visit Urmston lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze4door Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 well this has been sat on my drive for over 12 months and i decided as i am not wroking at the moment (long story but i have been suspended) that i would do the little bit of welding that was needed to the sills for its MOT after doing some proding about the little bit has turned out to be alot the only good thing is that i want to learn to weld so i can do my own cars in future and save me some money so rather than scrap another escort i am going to weld it up myself so if it passes its MOT i know my welding is alright here it is looking sorry for itself: note the odd wheels and the red oxide patches on the sills http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31141029_zpsc6b4c69e.jpg the red oxide patches on the sills are from where my friend who said he was a good welder started to have a go at patching it up and frankly they were rubbish this is the rear of the drivers side sill that has been patched up http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31140150_zps5f737035.jpg same on the passengers side where i started to grind down the welds and make it look better http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31140039_zps3083371c.jpg then i moved onto the front where there was a hole in the sill and cut the rot out http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31140117_zpsc0f1e487.jpg i then proded about inderneath and it had been pathed up on the floor pan previously before i got the car and the patch had rotted so i lifted the carpet up and found the patch and then i cut it out and the inner sill was found to be rotted too http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/1356879562975_zps5a0ff473.jpg after this dissaster i decided to pull the rest of the carpet up to find the full extent of the rot and to see how much work it is going to need only to find more previous repairs and holes http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31131127_zps539100a5.jpghttp://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31131143_zps36dbc5a5.jpghttp://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/1356959521889_zpsf6363559.jpg then the drivers side carpet was lifted up to find how much work is required on that side of the car this is the same bad repair work in the dreivers side front floor pan, again i knew about this when i bought it and it seems solid so i am undecided on what to do with this bit http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31135818_zps57272ca5.jpg then moving back down the inner sill to find this http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31135828_zpsd0ceb0a8.jpg outside view http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31140219_zps72e06ad7.jpg and this towards the rear http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w267/bronze4door/2012-12-31135854_zps6db8031c.jpg that is it for today as it has been raining so i couldn't get the grinder or welder out i am quite looking forward to attacking this and to get it back road worhty i am also considering refurbing my RS wheels to a grey colour to fit to this as it will take over dialy duties from my black escort that is also suffering from the dreaded rot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevmo3691 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 plenty to keep you busy there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee grout Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Blimey, if that gets any worse thefloor pan will fall away from the rest of the car lol. You'll be driving 'Flintstones' style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze4door Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 my mk1 was far worse than this is and that was fixed, i think i just need to be confident in what i am doing and not worry that i will ake a mess off it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 its only metal, get on with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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