Your right Mark, we've been sourcing a few things like orig spot lights and a front guard for the Rally pack. A while back you could buy a running mk2 for the price of a front guard these days !
We started stripping the interior out on Ausday, noticed some rust about the front floors and heater area, once it's emptied out we'll install a gantry to roll it around on given to me by the late great Paul Dunstan.
This is some rust I've found so far

Genuine ford radio !

Most of the interior stripped out and dry stored


Back onto the mk1, all I done lately is have a play with the rear speaker arrangement, the plan is to install them on a frame once I have worked out a spot. I have decided to mount them as far forward and high up in the rear door cavity up the front. The thickness of the speaker dictates where it can go without magneting to the outer body panel. Don't panic this trim is fibreglass so if I stuff up I can make a new one.
Speaker is 6x9 3 way coaxial but only a cheapie , my ears can't tell between cheap and high end speakers no more , only the wallet can !
As usual I well be making a mold once done so others can do this as well instead of butchering the panel. Will see how far I get tomorrow on this conversation

We started stripping the interior out on Ausday, noticed some rust about the front floors and heater area, once it's emptied out we'll install a gantry to roll it around on given to me by the late great Paul Dunstan.

Speaker is 6x9 3 way coaxial but only a cheapie , my ears can't tell between cheap and high end speakers no more , only the wallet can !


Marty, I did not know Paul was 'late'. I assume we are talking the same guy, modified pedal box and electric steering column? If so I now know why I never heard back from him.
And yes, besides your ears not telling, whats the point of drowning out that sweet carb noise!

Yeah mate , the same fella, pedalbox and steering guru, he unfortunately past away nearly 2yrs ago, I'm not sure what from, the good news is the RS he was building is now in the road and driven by his son Josh...
RIP Paul

Correct on the tunes of the carbs/itbs over K-pop lol...
My misso got control of the tv remote last nite and I had to endure 30mins of MAFS, I was getting so furious .. Told the misso never again or she's sacked for good.
Shows like that need to banned, my brain cell count really suffered a blow and am still recovering.
Females and tv remotes do not mix, she kept saying I could learn from the show ???? ... Nope !!!

Did a small spend the other week to buy a plastic welder , mainly for the rally pack grill as it's been broken but all parts are still present even after 30yrs storage! This is the little device, paid only $21 , in not sure about the instructions tho !!


Ok, .. And now for something completely different (where have I heard that phrase before?) . Got thinking to have a go at installing a electric window set on the mk1... Well it's got sunroof, heater seats with full electrics, fold down rear seats etc. This window winder is from a Suzuki Swift I got for $30 , I'm going to see how I can install this to an Escort door..


Before you say to get a universal kit, I have one and they do not work as intended plus the motor and gantry hangs on the outside of the door frame, a big no no for escort due to limited space etc.

Moving to the rear door card where I'm fitting 6x9 speakers , I traced the shape onto a sheet of 4mm board, similar to the stuff at the back of cupboards.

With the pattern cut out on the bandsaw, I got to mark up the armrest and then cut it out with a jigsaw. I also cut the fibreglass armrest out and trimmed it down to be glued on from the back

This is the trimmed the fibreglass panel

I'll be doing a bit more on this tomorrow

working on one car at a time wasn't enough.
Must have some extra long weekends now..? :)
 

Watchu talking about Willis !

Yeah I have a 4 day weekend each week now (like Easter) for the foreseeable future , thing is I'm only $150 down a week from being full-time!

Also I'll start another thread for the rally pack once thing get happening more with it

Carrying on with the rear cards, I've integrated the original elbow rest by using filler as a bonding glue
Because I'm lazy and this is just a plug for a mold I'm using the oval speaker surrounds as a raiser to get the speaker more away from the outer skin , lazy in the way the screws were to long so I spaced them back with more card squares to take up the threads length..

Next was to add a ramp around the cover to blend in the shape nicely, using more card and a hot melt glue gun to stick the many ramps on, this is to reduce the filler usage as it doesn't need to be solid.. I got enthused and applied a slap of filler to show how it'll look. A black texta line is good too help keep the ramp even as well

time for a Yo Tube channel then mate, to add to the income.
 
Name ideas fellas:
"Marty's Restos"
Shed Time with Marty...
 
Prize for the best suggestion
 
 

A bit more filler n sanding before I give it a coat of rattle can black etch , a quick check for any imperfections, the black will highlight where any minor work will be needed



Just need to find something flat thin and strong to fill the speaker hole, might try some stainless sheet which is 0.6mm should do the trick..

Those rear cards are coming up a treat, have you got plans on how you'll control the travel on the windows or do those electric motors have a top and bottom learn adjustment?