Hey Mark thanks, I first seen the fuel caps on kindig customs and needed to check them out, luckily I found them on AliExpress pretty cheap compared to USA shops.
Sticking a cross brace at the back could be possible with the 4dr roof having one from factory, but I will be going to install a roof lining to hide the sunroof frame and drain tubes which have yet to be finalised on the path to the outside world.
Deano had a good idea about 3d printing the speaker mounts which I will be fitting in the rear door opening, the front speakers will be hidden under the dash panel..I'm slightly copying the guys on Retro Power Cars with their 2x mk1 Escorts, the flared arches were hand beaten into shape, took over 5wks for both cars, those guy know how to fabricate and execute a fantastic vehicle. The 2x Allegras (Austin allegro body on a Honda Integra floor with all Honda running gear) are works of art . If you've not seen them, it's a must watch series.

aah, Kindig Customs was the inspiration!
I liked to watch that one, but had to give up,not good for the liver.
Everytime they said 'B*tchin" you had to have a swig.Ended up rolling drunk before it got to paint.
 
Same goes with Iron ressurrection or whatever, its always "this thing"
 
Have you got a telly in the shed Marty?
I admit, guilty, but good for keeping up with BAthurst and getting progress done....

Err I did have a tv in the shed but one day the shed decided to leak rain in and was directly over the TV, end of that idea..
I'm not really liking the stoopercars now, or even 30yrs when this garb 5.0 series started, outdated motors and it was based on the Holden rolling platform. Not a fan of the commentary either, makes it even boringer but I'll watch the support racing all day long.
Bring back Muscle Car Masters and historics. I like the Legends racing cars as well... also called Aussie racers for some silly reason.. They came from America ffs lol

yep, any of the "support" races are more interesting that the main deal, for sure.
Grab an old Rank Arena for the shed, and you'll be able to watch Mk1 Dave at the same time then, and compare resto's.
Rightiothen, not too shabby.
 
He's good, no BS and modest.
 
 

I'm hoping to catch some track action during smoko n lunch breaks today if it's on normal TV. One thinking I absolutely loathe about the tv broadcast is when there's a support race on, they'll go to another studio and talk about cooking pasta and some haberdashery shop, they always do it... But if mkr was interrupted with some random Motorsport knowledge there would be a war...

I'm up to date with Dave's Garage so far , but he might bung another clip on yt overnight as he is due for one..
I think he feels hard done by.. the Wales gument, they can only drive 20mph (32kph) throughout Wales to stop pollution, haha it'll make it worse.

smoko viewing
 
https://7plus.com.au/ 
 
hopefully Berretts gets a new commenatry racesuit this year...

That'll be right, flick on the tv and it's the precession V8s practice, ahh boring, I'd rather sort out the 3 tubs of nuts and bolts into metric and imperial..!! Chevy Belmont and Ford Fairmont racing hehe, Maingame amateurs !!

Well 4 days on and I'm up to lap 45.
Caught between a rock and the other thing. Volume on and I feel like throwing the tele out the window, volume off and I imagine what EV racing would sound like.
On another topic, have you guys ever made your own braided brake lines? getting going on the escort again with the boat out of the way for now.

Hi Mark
I have not made my own braided lines but my old boss at Quickco RS had the squish tool he bought from Burton's when they upgraded, that's as close as I got to making them..
If you know what length you want, but don't care about threads type you can look at USA eBay, they have any size, thread type and if needed, elbow ends. Price is fairly good too

OI Mark, I got watching a Saturday evening motorsports telecast on sbs, some of the classes included Mazda rx8 series, Hyundai Excel, Legend racecars ( those also have the name of Aussie racers which is a insult to the class of racing) , and the best series of the night, TA2 musclecars , a cross between NASCAR and modern v8 racing, these make the supercar racing look childish ! They have about 530bhp and weigh 1200kgz, run a 4spd box and are left hand drive, look so much like NASCAR. Next race meet is Calder Park in Dec.

So back to my weekend in the shed , it was mostly welding, cutting, welding and more welding. About a month ago I bought a planisher but it didn't have a stand so enter round fence posts , I didn't get pics of it in bits but it's just rounds cut at angles , this is the welded up frame and for those in the know, the top plate is a engine stand backing plate plasma cut down to size.


The stand was fully Tig welded for 1 main reason, I was running out of Argo Shield for the MiG and I need practice, I must be ok as only burnt up 2x filler rods !


Decided to give the frame a squirt of charcoal paint and hit it with a can of marble effect splatter graphics, only did this as my range of paints are all 2pk and I can't be bothered mixing for a small job. A Small patch of mudflap material to also help reduce noise and vibration.


It came with a couple of different dome dies for different applications so I cut some tube and welded them on the base at being angled the dies shouldn't rattle out.


This is the final setup with the air lines all zip tied neat and out the way.