MORE WORK COMPLETED! Someone somewhere must be smiling upon me to allow so spare time for more stripping action to occur. I now have some very small jobs to finish before the car is stripped enough to begin the body work for painting!

The windows come out soon, and the hoodlining is also heading for the bin. I have stripped the front and rear of the car now, and started to strip the engine bay - including the wiring loom (to be replaced with a Mk 2 Escort system).

I have almost cleaned the interior out completely as well. As per usual I have catalouged everything, and systematically documented all the parts that have come off the car. This way the re-fit is easy. Enjoy the pics;

Front before;

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Front after;

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Engine bay stripped;

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Interior dash stripped;

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Interior rear stripped;

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During the strip down, I 'found' what looked like some small surface rust at the front of the car, but after tapping and poking....I found this[:0] Good thing I planned to do some welding on this car...I now need a huge front section for the repair;

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That's it for now....more pics as I progress,

RJ

moving along nicley jason. will be good to watch this one

Holy crap......I have done more! Started body work, and soon found out the car is better than I expected - well straighter and with less rust than expected.

After some sanding and application of spray putty - things are heading in the right direction! Here's the proof!

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The spray putty is light blue - so it allows an insight into the final appearance of the car. I love SPRAY PUTTY!

RJ

MORE WORK COMPLETED!

I have recently changed jobs....and I am in the process of sourcing a NC Fairlaine....more on that soon...needless to say Speedy G needs to get finished sooner rather than later to make way for the Fairlane.

The exterior will stay the sam as planned, however the interior will get a street racer make over rather than a full retrim as originally planned. Two Recaro's, alloy door trims, no rear seat and no hoodling....just pure driving attitude inside.

This should cut down my build time considerably, and reduce the investment as well - at the same time it will turn out quite cool.

Body wise I am progressing. The rear of the car is basically in putty/primer and I am getting there with the rest as well. It's looking good race fans....more pics coming soon!

RJ

P.S. - My 2 1/2 year old boy can say the following words;
Putty
Car
Rusty
BOG
Dusty

How cool is that![^]

Looking good Jason,

Is the primer/putty that colour from the tin or have you added a tint?

Shaun

lovely little beasty!!![(#)]

What's happened to the "Bull Run"? !!!!!!!![:(!]

[:x)][:I][:p][:u][:o)][88][;^)][x2x]

Christams Pudding gives energy!!!!! MORE WORK DONE!

The front righthand guard was badly dented, and possibly needed removal! I was so worried, I even started searching for a replacement.

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I recently bought a 2.6L Astron engine and 5-speed box from a mate and he included a complete hammer and dolly set for FREE[:u]

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Now I am a mechanic - NOT a panel beater....BUT! I have been known to hit things in a fit of rage before...so I thought I'd give the metal massage a go!

1st up I stripped the affected area;

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2nd I assed the damage;

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3rd - I belted the guard with the hammers and dollies and smoothed the area;

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4th I added a light coat of filler to smoothing off;

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5th Then I sanded and putty/primered the panel - AND SMILED[^]

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As you can see it was a hell of a lot easier than replacing the panel! Now I know my work is borderline acceptable, so I have decided to drop the car off to a 'Professional' panel beater prior to the final paint being laid - to ensure reasonably straight panels.

Anyway, a new engine package is going in - 2.6L Mitsubishi carby engine and 5 speed. Should thump out approx. 150hp, and the engine I bought (got it for $100) has a steel crank, heavy duty block, forged pistons, big valve head, match ported manifolds, heavy duty clutch and was built by a Mitsubishi gear head.

it will be a tight fit, however the car is a factory auto, so the tunnel is larger and the Mitsu bo and Ford 4 speed bos is basically identical in size and dimensions.

The problem will be the length and height of the engine. Height no problem, as I intend on fitting a 'cowl induction' hood scoop, how ever the length a conundrum. I could cheat and cut the rad support...however I will fit a worked 1600 Kent if the 2.6 is lame, and I am loathed to modify the engine bay metal too much.

Anyway it's better to have difficult decisions about how I am going to fit all this horsepower in that it is to worry about being under powered!

Oh and and I scored a locked up RS2000/rallypack diff - complete for free from my brother! The housing is painted gloss black, and it has the bigger Mk 2 brakes! So I guess my arse is sorted then[;^)]

More pics and updates as it happens!

RJ