Coming together nicely!
 
What are the plas for the rust sections?
 
Matt

thanks mate. TBH its better that i thought it was when i bought it (in some ways) and worse than i thought in other ways lol. 
 
i was looking more into getting bits for the manual conversion, and it definitely doesn't have the clutch cable hole in the firewall :( so when i take it to my mate to put the new floor in, i might see if he can also modify the fire wall for the clutch cable. 
i also found in the boot, there are some nasty gaps happening in the spare wheel well on the left hand side where the original sealant (i guess thats what you could call it) has rotted away and needs to be re-seem-sealed. again, i might see if my mate doing the floor can going over the car and seem-seal it anywhere he can find needs doing. 

Matt75

Coming together nicely!

What are the plas for the rust sections?

Matt

 
Sorry Matt, i replied to the last comment and didn't see your question 
 
for the rust repairs, i am mates with a guy by the name of Glenn, who owns GPC Restorations down in Geelong. So he has given me a quote on mates rates to repair it all, and squeeze me in for a couple of days above clients cars 
 
its great knowing people in the right industry 

That's looking very cool. I really like those 405 wheels too. Are they 14", and how wide? The offset looks perfect.

hey mate,
the wheels are 15x6 or 6.5 and the offset is perfect for the car. if i wanted to run them though, i have to put smaller and skinnier tyres on. I made the mistake of turning the wheel full lock left to see if it would clear, and it didn't. when i went to turn it back it was grabbing the front of the tyre on the wheel arch. i had to jack the car back up just to turn the wheels straight again. the wheels currently have 195/60/R15 on them (tyres came off a written off toyota prius, hence the profile) i would need to go down to about a 45 profile tyre. 
also, I'm not sure about wheel nuts, if ill get any that suit. the nuts that are on in those pics, and only just on by a couple of turns, as they did not suit the rims. 

If the nuts are only grabbing by a few turns, you will probably be able to get longer wheel studs so they grab properly and then get nuts to suit.

A 'correct' set of wheel nuts ordered through autobarn will cost about $80    Studs cost even more.
Wanli make 195/45/15's and are perfect for escorts, 4mm off original rolling diameter. 

thanks guys for that. 
come to think of it, cos the studs are pretty short, will i need to put longer studs in for any alloys i might fit? 

No, I made that mistake. You just need a set of mag nuts off ebay. They have a long shank that inserts into the rim.

cool thats what i was hoping. cheers dude.