my 1980 windowless 2lr MK 2 escort van, that i got in 2010

2017/09/17 17:05:01

griezy

considering photobucket stuffed up my last tread by withdrawing my pictures, and I can't afford to pay $400 a year to keep them going, So ill do it all again here, please bare with me as i transfer all the info over and find the correct pic for each section

I've originally started the thread on
29-08-2011

Hi guys. in this post ill be adding new pictures of work as i do them.

this is how I got the van on 17/9/2010 had major holes cut in the floor where the rust was and in badly painted undercoat and was not going, the fuel line was melted on the extractors, and needed the front end rebuild badly and oil leaks everywhere

These first few pics shows that I started sanding the undercoat back to the original blue colour and sprayed a guard out of a spray can to choose a colour, and im going with the red, its a Ford period colour "hurmtage" i think its called

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2017/09/17 17:07:09

griezy

firstly I'm rebuilding the front suspension, (I've completely pulled the struts apart out of my spare van so I still could drive around while I rebuild these for the van I'm doing) and got each part sand blasted and then powder-coated, everything in gloss black apart from the coil springs of cause which were done blue

also I've put in new Pedders shocks, new bearings, new rotors, new sport pads

new Clubman Quick rack 2.9 ratio and tie rod ends thanks to Stephen at Smaka performance 0413 389 332

These first four pic's shows before the rebuild

2017/09/17 18:01:32

griezy

29-08-2011

here is the old right hand strut already taken out of the van

These pictures below shows the difference from before and after being striped and powder-coated plus new Pedders shock inserted

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2017/09/17 18:14:14

griezy

08-09-2011

Here's a up date on the progress on the suspension work, as you can see I've cleaned and degreased the wheel well and sanded it down with a scotchbite pad and then sprayed it with under-body paint and installed the new braided brake line

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2017/09/17 19:23:23

griezy

06-10-2011

sorry guys, haven't been adding new pic's lately, been busy painting the driver side of the engine bay while i had the strut out

here is a before and after shot of the engine bay,not enough room in the garage to do the whole lot in one go

rocker cover painted blue and AccuSpark Ford Pinto Ignition Pack with red see through dizzy cap fitted

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2017/09/17 20:18:50

deano

interesting way of doing a respray Griezy.but it looks good.
Are you spraying using a gun, or just a rattle can?

2017/09/17 20:21:51

griezy

06-10-2011

finally I've got the new strut in plus the new rotor and hub painted and new sport pads in the newly painted caliper

actually found some NOS genuine Ford lower control arms

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2017/09/17 20:30:47

griezy

22-02-2012

thought to put a update on, I've now installed the quick rack from Stephen Mckay "smcka" and installed the powdercoated sway bar and new bushes for them

cleaned and sanded the passenger side wheel arch and painted it with underbody paint

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2017/09/17 20:36:18

griezy

deano
interesting way of doing a respray Griezy.but it looks good.
Are you spraying using a gun, or just a rattle can?

i was going to spray the whole thing by air compressor but it s@#t it self so i did it by cans but did it to early in the morning and came up milky now has water blisters

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2017/09/17 20:55:16

griezy

filled some dents in the front panel and fibre glassed the corner of the passenger guard for now, have a good replacement guard that ill put on at another date