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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2007/01/08 09:11:13 (permalink)
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Mate, thats a super repair on the a pillar. Looking good. I'm enjoying watching your progress. Gives me the motivation to get into mine a bit more. Although I have found more rust in the A-pillar on mine too. Ah well. More welding practice.

Keep up the good work.
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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2007/07/08 12:31:54 (permalink)
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I made a little more progress over the weekend. Pretty much finished the floor, except I took to it with the 9" and a wire wheel and found a few more bit that were a little on the thin side, you can see them in a couple of the picks below.
I have stitch welded the chasis rails back the the rear wheel arch.
Also stitched up the webbing on the RF strut area.
Found a couple of wholes in the drivers outer sill, so plated them up and I took the the rear 1/4 with some paint stripper and a scraper. You cant actually tell tho as I gave it all a quick coat of black to keep the moisture out. I found a few spots of bog here and there from previous damage but it all looks pretty good, (you can seam them in the picks)


























Those last few are a bit dark, but you get the idea.
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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2007/08/27 17:06:51 (permalink)
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Ive made a small amount of progress, been a bit crook (dam flu) so taking it a bit easy lately, but I had a go at the dent in front of the wheel arch anf its com up pretty good, Im thinking about welding a bit of extra plate in to strengthen it up a bit, but I'll see how we go.

Also mad a start on behind the wheel, (fuel tank area)






















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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/04/29 11:37:09 (permalink)
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Ok its been a while, but I thought Id drag this thread out, dust it off and post some more recent picks

The sill panel was pretty stuffed, so I had a new one folded up, cut off the old one and put the new one on. Fixed the inner sill while I was at it












2ltr Got some new seals and gaskets, vernier timing wheel and a dulux rebuild.








We have to move house soon, so I had to load up some spares and take them round the inlaws



Got back into it and cut the old fornt off, and fixed up where the previous owner had butchered the inner apron to fit the 2L Radiator










As it sits at the moment waiting for some high fill in the engine bay. And primer to the floors. Basically I have to get it back on its wheels by end of May. So prime the under carriage, engine bay, windows and doors, inside and boot. Then paint it all, and Ill to the outer body later. You'll see a bit of filler around the place, but Ive only used to it flush things up, its all steel under neath.


















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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/04/29 12:32:54 (permalink)
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Some of those repairs looked a bit tricky. Keep up the good work.
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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/05/05 10:24:42 (permalink)
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Got some primer on over the weekend




















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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/05/05 19:07:58 (permalink)
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looks good mate. its come a long way. got a colour in mind?
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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/06/05 10:49:30 (permalink)
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Thanks. Yeah it has come along, the body still needs a lot more work before paint, the primer is mainly a buff coat and to keep the moisture out, because once we move Im guessing it will sit for a while.

Colour - I have 4L of 2k Bright white sitting there but Im still tossing up wheather to use it or to Go with the original Green. Im thinking because its a race car maybe white with some sort of graphic on it. Any suggestions?
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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/06/05 20:00:15 (permalink)
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ive got a soft spot for the white rs2000 with the blue stripes! but thats just me. ive been looking at all the new cars for ideas, mazda have had some nice colours lately
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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/12/05 10:44:20 (permalink)
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So I got a bit of Paint splashed on over the weekend. Apparently when I said white I meant Ivory so the paint isnt quite the white I thought it was :-( but it still came up alright. I haven't painted the whole body, just the engine bay and around the doors and window, and a quick coat on the roof, to seal it up.

























I also cleaned up the diff, bolted the box onto the engine, and put the front end together. I had hoped to be able to have the struts rebuilt and the new brakes fitted by this point, but kinda in a rush now so that will have to wait for another day.












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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/05/14 11:02:57 (permalink)
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Bolted the engine and front end in last night. Think I got the engine mounts round the wrong way tho. Extractors are touching the floor :-(

I have to buy new mounts anyway, so will swap them over when I do that.

I also need to adjust the gearbox mount a bit too. I moved the body mounts back and down and re drilled the cross member but it still needs a 15mm spacer in there, so I think I will weld some plate to the back of the x member and re-drill to suit.

You'll have to excuse the quality of the last few lots of pics, all done with the phone.








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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/05/15 10:46:48 (permalink)
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ok. So everyone is probably getting tired of my pics by now, these will probs be that last for a while anyway.

Diff in, wheels on. Back on the ground. I'll get the doors guards and boot bolted on over the week end and then thats it for a while.





















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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/05/15 12:04:39 (permalink)
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Not bored of the pics mate. You have made a lot of progress and its great to see it all coming along. Great bodywork too. I need to buy a welder for my car. What sort do you use?
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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/05/15 12:51:23 (permalink)
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I was enjoying watching the progress on your car until my work's IT department put a ban on photo sharing sites - including Photobucket! [8~2]

Once my new computer is up and running at home I'll take another look...
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RE: Mikes Mk1 Escort 2008/05/15 15:34:39 (permalink)
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Originally posted by jrmr
[br]Not bored of the pics mate. You have made a lot of progress and its great to see it all coming along. Great bodywork too. I need to buy a welder for my car. What sort do you use?



I think its called a liquid arc ST140 which is basically the later model Blue version of the Red Lincon ST140. Its made by Lincon. Its been a great little machine. The only thing i dont like about it is the amperage has like 8 settings, I would prefer a resistor type infinate setting on the amperage as per the wirefeed.

My uncle and my brother both bought the same one and apart from my brothers one suffereing from a broken wire in the hand peice (I got a better one in my package) they have all been great. It comes with a harris reg and it does gas and gasless, and you can change the lining for aliminium if you want too. (its removable) very happy.
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