my new classic

[bronze4door]

this one, it was running crossflow power it got crahsed not so long ago after the guy who built it sold it

 

[tezmanian devil]

that is nice, not the one i was thinking of though but do you have a link to hes topic? i cant find anything on osf, makes me want to do a mk1 front on mine and keep it standard looking

[escrt1.4i]

hi mate how did u go about polishing the wheels i wanna do my set i have i have a polisher and mine are a tad corroded but can borrow a sand blaster and are u going cossie route ?

[tezmanian devil]

thought it was about time updated this thread, still havnt been able to get much done on the car as yet because iv been building my temporary garage

 

i managed to build it quite cheap by using all reclaimed wood and getting bits and peices that have been removed on other jobs, and we've built it in a prefab kinda style so i can hopefully sell it on once iv finished with it, but its been built to serve a purpose and not to look pretty so il proberly end up having a nice big bonfire come the end of it lol

anyway, heres some pictures of my garage build

 

first up, move the car out the way...

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/B0C321EC-772D-40B4-818F-046BF1011274-20879-0000342D90E6CF1F.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/369B5F3F-4D9A-42DE-8DD6-0C5AE5F7AB39-20879-0000342D82F85657.jpg

 

new garage floor going down (good old dad chipping in)

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/5DE92836-9E27-43DB-935C-BB357C54033B-20879-0000342D78EDF939.jpg

 

done...

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/98DC71C9-A89A-49AE-8F4D-1CF27E0DFBDE-20879-0000342D87D9BD03.jpg

 

and then the walls going up

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/C51116C3-702C-44F6-AB91-20F4DEAB8A68-20879-0000342D9A8D68E6.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/CC64FE70-05E1-4E0D-9324-EF6E9BFB9D20-20879-0000342D952D2AE2.jpg

 

doors on

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/AF931D03-8D5E-408A-871D-8937D6AAF8D4-20879-0000342D9F9C3EBE.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/ACDA1050-F349-4E1B-B21C-FF185E796F0D-20879-0000342DA33C3F23.jpg

 

roof on

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/1A83116B-1B9B-4CA1-9965-BBFCBD3B445D-20879-0000342DB36BA995.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/C46D249A-F695-4369-92AF-92B15BD4852B-20879-0000342DAF0A1A6B.jpg

 

all painted, electrics done and car now in its new home

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/20F7B877-C0DF-445B-AEEB-9AA73798EE2A-20879-0000342DB7C1608C.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/874D3CC6-3D97-4129-B15E-75AF2FDC4485-20879-0000342DE9E7995C.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/848B9B2E-B1D2-4AA1-A812-C7C5BC2E3711-20879-0000342DBB70F06D.jpg

 

and my coffee break corner lol

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/96643EAA-5DB8-41F4-940C-19B329B44B7B-20879-0000342E06357D0F.jpg

 

so with that all sorted out i started stripping off everything that was left on the car...

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/04C02925-0218-4F03-9997-BCC78A015F57-20879-0000342DEDE805FB.jpg

 

front cross member,suspension, bonnet, wind screen etc all gone

 

then it was time to take the doors off..

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/F9E02A5C-4128-44C6-B1C3-D76B02B14BB5-20879-0000342F428C760F.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/2489C4A2-DDA3-4AA8-B83C-2F1D33565458-20879-0000342DF210C957.jpg

 

and heres whats left behind the drivers side..

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/D62DE7B0-AD64-48B4-A6B9-BA4E049B0233-20879-0000342F319589FD.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/7891B1C9-F278-4BDD-8755-A5E558783606-20879-0000342F3A2B41A4.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/D3893752-FA28-436B-AB91-363269F63118-20879-0000342F299D0013.jpg

 

while i was sanding back the a post i came across abit of sheet metal just tacked over what should be the sill so i followed it right back to find it had had new sills at some point but rather than chopping them in properly they just chucked it straight on top of what was there and bunged loads of filler over top of it:(

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/99704940-BC7C-43B9-B92B-CAD2CE15E9FF-20879-0000342F211ACD36.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/D3893752-FA28-436B-AB91-363269F63118-20879-0000342F299D0013.jpg

 

il get back to the sills at a later date and replace them properly.

so back to the strip down...

rear axle assembly off

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/9B335807-B4F9-4DC8-8AF6-4EB2EC6756DA-20879-0000342DF5A2E2D3.jpg

 

i did also remove all the fuel tank and boot lid aswel but forgot to take pics.

 

so with the strip down now complete i started chipping all the sound deadening off ready to replace the floor pans

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/FC915046-41C7-4A1A-B317-3FB28520D765-20879-0000342F46692FE2.jpg

[Ahmotorsport]

Saw this garage pop up in what seemed overnight. Keep them coming.

[tezmanian devil]

while iv been doing all that iv slowly been gathering a few bits and bobs that have come up aswel...

 

frost's body panel clamps

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/5E63D47F-23BA-43CB-B0FC-94BCCDFFCB8B-20879-0000342F52636F9B.jpg

 

cheap crappy panel beating kit, had to spend and whole night polishing the hammers and dollys because they wer a bloody mess :banghead:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/22E67DA7-4C49-4EF0-92B4-1108F748B489-20879-0000342F5B4DE79C.jpg

 

2 new front floor pan's

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/2812D991-6E03-4CF7-92EC-ADFD4B6A3A63-20879-0000342F56AAFBC0.jpg

 

2 new splash panels

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/89DCD7B0-4604-43E6-A250-89A3B06450F4-20879-0000342F62D00677.jpg

 

radiator cut out

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/E7D5EE54-24F9-4B11-89BE-818555F913D5-20879-0000342F5EF8DE84.jpg

 

new gen ford n/s front wing

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/3430DB79-AB88-47CE-9DB7-305B0BB71F6A-20879-0000342F6B41E661.jpg

 

new front panel

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/A26A6EAE-BD6C-41B3-ACE9-98CFA891ACD9-20879-0000343120128849.jpg

 

2wd cosworth loom

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/33AF9C2A-4A9C-4253-AEAA-0435FE0EE443-20879-000034311BAFFAFA.jpg

 

and that brings us more aless to where i am now with the rot box, i have started doing the drivers side floor pan and splash panel, but still have a little way to go befour there finished, but heres a couple of pics i have so far...

 

floor pan out, chassis rail isnt overly bad, mainly surface rust but does have one small hole so i'l tackle that when i get a rollover jig sorted. i did rub it all down and give it a quick coat of zinc weld through primer befour laying the new floor in place but forgot to take pics

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/F79CBFC6-450D-4F82-8DA9-F445E6F99C06-20879-000034311723760E.jpg

 

after that it was the spash panels turn..

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/7F1A39AD-FDCA-4CBB-9870-6EFC7EB89B38-20879-0000342F35A76A6F.jpg

 

and gone

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m106/tezmanian_devil/mk2%20escort%20estate/AB96EE9B-5AB0-464F-9986-9BE8D52B8F6D-20879-0000342F674B587B.jpg

 

thats as for as i could go with that, so hopfully next time i get out there i can fit the new panel and finish off the floor

 

i do have a question though, so if anyone can help id really appriciate it!

 

first off, im going for a cosworth 2wd gearbox so do i need a larger tunnel or will it fit in the standard tunnel?

 

once i know that i can finish that side of my floor pans off...

 

but for now, that is all, fingers crossed i can get back out there tomorrow and get abit more done :thumbsup:

thanks for looking.

 

Saw this garage pop up in what seemed overnight. Keep them coming.

 

lol, yeh did go up pretty quick, was lucky really, weather was spot on and we wer pretty quiet at work that week

[Ahmotorsport]

Aye, bit of an eye sore, but as you say, serves a purpose.

 

I have that hammer and dolly set.

[ganges]

cracking work you done there, really am enjoying this thread, really looking forward to the finished article, hope it will be worth all your hard work, keep it up

[tezmanian devil]

Thanks bud :-)

[bronze4door]

i think you will need to put a bigger tunnel in it as the cossy box is much bigger the standard escort box unless your car was an auto at some point in its life with the bigger tunnel already fitted, one of the escort specialist is probably best to talk to and aftermarket tunnels are readily available to purchase

[tezmanian devil]

Yeh I had a chat with someone last night about it and they said I would need to get a bigger tunnel so iv just bought one and hopfully with any luck il have it tomorrow