Hi All,
I have finished my car and will try to upload pics of the build- haven't got the hang of providing thumbnail sized pics so will try now . See what happens......
Well got some pics up so hope they show up all right. My car had been stolen while my younger brother owned it , as well as blowing the engine they kicked the sh... out of it. Got the car shot blasted and got started . Had to setup carport under the house as spray booth and got a coat of primer on it to protect metal. Smoothed over engine bay and deleted the false fuel cap - too much rust to deal with so got cut out. No ducks bum spoiler and de-badged the boot except for ford letters. Apparently sheets of bog came off with the blasting -D/S RS decal was a sheet by itself. My mate was a panel beater so only thin smears of filler on car as panels get straightened. Had to heat quench D/S  rear quarters to get bottom body line back. More to come.....
Len

Nice,
more pics being uploaded is an  appropriate way to spend your time!.....
 
JP

Nice to see some pics of the car Len, keep up the good work.......
Cheers Drew.....

Hi All, Thanks for the comments - even tho this build is being shown in reverse! My car was originally yellow but I decided that it would be done in diamond white with silver trim and the interior would be black with chrome/silver highlights , so you will see this theme carried thru on the pics to follow. For the engine bay the trim was to be Metallic blue with rotors and other pieces to be the same . Tried to get VHT metallic paint but wasn't yet available . We had a little Suzuki in metallic blue so went with that shade instead.

For those who like their escorts unmolested -DONT LOOK!  Yes - I cut slots in the bonnet for the EL vents to get cooling in the engine bay and cut openings in the guards to fit BA side repeaters. Also opened the bars in the grill to increase the airflow to the radiator ( 3 core) for more cooling. Also hooked up a hose from the opening in the front valance to a hole in the engine bay on the D/S inner guard. The heat and humidity up here cooks everything- don't want my engine to be on the list!

Please tell us the booster bracket, cross member, rack, brake pipes, clutch cable etc arent going to stay white ... 

Pretty much-brake pipes and clutch cable were changed. The whole car is colour coded white-bumpers, grill etc ...

I remember when it was the height of fashion to have everything painted white.

All the early Falcons of the day, which I was more familiar with ( my brother had an XW GT replica) had all white engine bays and underpinnings. I really couldn't decide on any other color as an alternative. Townsville is the UV capital of the world- the weather bureau here has a scale ( like the Richter scale ) up to 15- daily readings in summer are regularly 13 or 14 and just suck the life out of your paintwork- hence no blackouts on the car, they just fade and go flat. My paintjob is done in 2 pac with clear over with added anti- UV stabilisers.

While bodywork was going on got busy with redoing stuff underneath -front struts , brakes , diff and fuel tank, patching spare wheel well, new section on the front inner guard splash plates....