Been hard to stay motivated of late..

short of funds, back at uni

While selling some spare parts off to fund the project, I had the old turbo setup bolted up for photos and thought.... I may as well see how much fun i can have with some standard bottom ends before I get rid of it.....

Besides, it looks neat enough and suits the old school theme of the car while I save for a new ecu as my EMS module was junk... [8~2]
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And how the engine bay looks now. Just waiting on a mig to weld up the old holes.

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Anyone need an 1100?

Well, it's been awhile, but managed to pull my finger out last weekend and do some work on the escort. My black lowback seat covers arrived from the UK after 3+ months in transit. After a clean up they have come up looking mint, with only a small tear on the back of the rearseat upright and a tiny 'melt' mark from a cigarrette on the back seat. The front buckets are perfect!!! So far I've stripped the old red seat covers and I'm waiting on some hog pliers and additional foam before recovering. I also managed to get a set of black f+b door cards that will do nicely.

Have now removed both front guards and front panel section and am in the process of fitting a replacement panel and trimming the fiberglass guards so they fit the way I want them to.

Will post some pics up soon.

Ok, so here are the low back seats I managed to obtain. As much as I loved the 70's red velour, it was ditched in favour of some original black vinyl to suit the mexico theme.

Before,



Covers before cleaning,



After cleaning and fitment,



Looking scary, yes the wheel is on the wrong side...



Intercooler fitment????



End of a hard days work...

Looks great Shaun, have you welded the front panel on yet? Looks like everything is lining up pretty well. nice work!

Thanks Nigel,

Front panel isn't welded on yet. I dont think my welding skills, (nor my mig), are up to it. Are you offering?

Just going to need some work around the seams and where the lights go but should line up pretty well.

Shaun

Pulled the heater bubble off the other day. I was a little worried as it had been riveted on so was unsure about what I would find....

To my suprise it was almost perfect, with only a little surface rust!!!

Now I can start cracking along with the engine bay. Just have to decide what to do the with radiator section as I've never been a big fan of cutting it out.

Before...


After

wanna sell ur turbo set up???

Have been plugging away slowly now there is more light in the evenings.

Trial fitted a block with the celica box, injection and turbo setup.

Celica box required the original mounts to be cut of the tunnel, the gearstick hole moved forward slightly, and yes, a lot of massaging with a FBH however after 4 trial fittings, it now fits with clearance.

Also welded the front section on and have fitted one side of the fiberglass guards. My bet is manufacturing tolerences of Escorts 30+yrs ago were a bit sloppy to say the least. [8~2] What a horrid job.

Front section welded in place.


Passenger side twink guard midway through fitment.


How the motor sits. Is a little high, will need to slot the mounts slightly.


Should be enough room for a decent radius on the dump pipe.

That looks good!

Been busy with the wire wheel and chassis black. Amazing how much neater everything looks. Messy job though...[}:)]


Engine is now out and engine bay is prepped and ready for paint (Once it stops raining and warms up here, what happened to summer?)

Should be in and re-wrapping the loom next week!!

Shaun