please tell me this will be at small ford sunday this year??? is it running yet?
loving the wheels and the brakes are to die for. i will be picking your brain if u do show up to SFS. ok deal

That is an awesome mk1!
The wheels look excellent I reckon, but what makes it is the way it sits on them. The stance is spot on. Love it!!

Agreed! amazing work, love it!

And this is one of the reasons why we all love ford escorts!! looking great! i bet scortfreak wouldnt believe its the same car he had!!
 

What are the front rotors off?

Looking good Shaun.
Does front need 15"s minimum for that brake setup?
The rear stance and wheels remind me of IMBOSS a little back in the day.
 
Rhys

Car looks awesome! What rx7 inserts did you use please? iam doing the same front end sus set up as you have done and what struts? capri or 2L struts? Cheers Seb 

Thanks Guys.
 
Rhys,  yep, needs 15's to clear the rotors. Was always a fan of IMB05S, can you tell?
 
Sebstar82 used FD RX7 inserts. Not the most ideal ones to use. needed a bit of modding however they were free.  They are different models that drop stright in. I used 2 lt struts as I didnlt want to mod my genuine twink ones.
 
Ford_Escort  the rotors are from a mondeo.
 
 
 
 

Tonight I got under the back of the car to mock up the Watts linkage and check where the axle brackets will sit. Needed to do this for measuremnts as the cortina axle tapers unlike the escort which has straight tubes.
Heres how it looks, Thanks to Wozzah,

 
Anyway, whiles I was under there I started lookind at the inner tubs.
They sit 40mm out from the chasis rails, which as I see it, is 40mm too far.....
 

 
Quick measure of the back seat and it looks like it will squeeze in there... so out with the drill and a little while later, I had 2 of these out.
 


 
Will move them inwards and reweld directly to the rails, then extend the outers straight to the guard.  Few little filler pieces, hopefully a strightforward job.
That should do to maximize tyres size on the 8.5 rims currently under there.
 
Still need to do the outer N/S passenger guard.
Will post some photos as I go. Hope to have it looking factory when viewed from the boot.
 
Might be temped to respray the lot now... just need to decide if I fit the Mexico stripe kit I have.
 
Shaun

Few little updates,
 
Finished the rear tubs.  I'm certainly not the worlds greatest welder and don't have the patience for panel beating but happy with the result. Gained space to the chassis rails and removed the inners.  Can now fit decent rubber on the rims.
Pics..

 
Scary cutting this much out as I had never done it before...
 


 

 
Boot will need to tidy up the seam sealer when I paint the boot. I ran out of time.

 
How it looks now, paint is not finished, decided I will give the whole car a quick blow over as I am going to change the interior from burgundy to white.

 
Can still fit the rear seats in.  Dragged out the old interior and will use it to suit the new retro look of the car. Never realised I had a 4 door rear seat....lol

 
New larger diameter deep dish steering wheel so I can actually read the twincam gauges after 15yrs of not doing so.

 
Covered the floor in some sound/heat proof

 
Still need to pain interior/exterior
 
Have some more pics of the motor. Will upload when I get a chance.
 
Shaun