been a long time since ive updated this, most of the welding is done, replacement logbook arrived, steel bolt in cage is in, stripped the car to bare metal and started primer and filler work on panels as i work through it to get it all one colour and look again...
 

 

 
seat ebay win
 

 
still long way to go, hope to have it running by the end of the year
 
 

'Bout time you posted an update.
 
Looking great
 
Matt 

Are there more bars and reinforcements to go into the cage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are there more bars and reinforcements to go into the cage?
From the photos, I'm not sure if it will be CAMS compliant.
 
Cheers
Craig
 
 
 
 
 

Got a replacement logbook for the lost one so cage only needed to meet the original cage specs of the time it was first log booked so it's fine as is will get more bars though before I paint the interior

Coming along nicely now. I like the job on the gearbox tunnel!

MATTJ
Got a replacement logbook for the lost one so cage only needed to meet the original cage specs of the time it was first log booked so it's fine as is will get more bars though before I paint the interior

Hey Matt, it's coming along nicely!
 
Just quickly though - did you confirm with CAMS that the above is in fact the case and do you have it in writing? My understanding is that as you have built a new cage (i.e. it is not the same cage the car was originally logged with), it must be built to current specs and recertified. Obviously it's not such an issue if you only plan to do speed events, but anything beyond that could cause a few headaches if you can't prove that what you have done is above board.
 
But I think it's great that you have swapped to steel in any case!

Hey simon,
 
as the car was orginally logbooked as a group c car (4 number logbook), i didnt get a brand new log book but a replacement one of the lost one i didnt get with the car when i got it. So yes as the car was logbooked with a alloy cage i could have just left it in, but decided to go with steel for the safety reasons (i have the emails saying alloy cage and design are fine and new ROPS dont need checking). If i needed to get the ROPS approved i would need to submit a cage design and get the certificate sticker etc, thats before i would be given a new logbook but seeing as it was a replacement logbook its fine.. sorry for the waffle on. hope it makes sense
 
cheers
matty

Hi Matt,
Do you know the Group C history? Do you know who the original owner/driver was??
I know Bob Holden is looking for one of his lost MK2 Escorts.
And why didn,t you restore it back to a Group C Escort!!  We need more small cars in the field!
Cheers, Carl

Hi Carl
 
sadly i know nothing about the cars history what so ever!, other than the fact i found its logboook number stamped on the strut top, and its been seem welded, rosejointed, has a long distance fuel tank and all the adjustable rear swaybar mounts that the group c cars ran back then on it, i have no idea.
 
When i stripped it back i found it was orginally a maroon coloured car with possibly a white roof? (on a mk2 1976 model is this normal?)
 
Would be awesome if it was bob holdens, but i would feel bad considering how cut up it was. I havent converted it back to its original spec as i have no idea what that is.
 
If one day i do get its history etc and its like a ex bathurst car or something ill definatly be restoring it

Hey Matt,
 
Could you please tell me who you got the new steel bolt-in roll cage from, how good the fit is and how easy/difficult it was to fit it?
 
Thanks.