Well had a pretty productive night last night with huge thanks to a couple of mates. Got the doors off and majority of interior stripped. Here's a few pics.




I have some more photos to come. More so of the rust that the carpet was hiding.
Cheers
Benny Mac

Tried to see if I could fit the falcon booster and master cylinder tonight but have come to the conclusion that the booster is just too big to fit in the engine bay. So looks like I'll just be using the falcon master cylinder with the original escort booster, it should work pretty easily. I dummied it up to the booster just to check it out.


I also started making a cardboard template for the crushed section where the lower apron meets the inner wings. But I got carried away with hanging the front panel for measurements and just quickly chucked on a couple of other panels just to remind me of what the front looks like again, haha.


Cheers.

I did plan on cutting the inner guard out but the clearance issue is with the motor. The booster is 75mm bigger in diameter than the escort one, and I only have about 25mm clearance between the booster and the motor. I thought if I could extend the bracket a bit, the booster would sit in front of the motor but I just run out of room on the rad support.
But it should be fine as I will be running pbr twin piston calipers on the front and a shortened ef/el falcon diff in the rear complete with brake set up. So it pretty much is a falcon system. Another good thing is it has the pressure differential valve and switch in the master cylinder already, so no extra brake lines or separate ugly valve in the engine bay.

Cheers

Had another productive day yesterday thanks to some mates.
Got the sound deadner of the floor, was glad to see no more rust hiding. Also started welding the holes in engine bay, pretty happy with how it looks and glad that I decided to smooth it out even tho the time limit I have. And also made the other front lower section for the apron.









Cheers
Benny Mac

Went and got a new welding helmet today, my other one was blinding me randomly and had me seeing spots all over.
I didn't finish welding the top section today tho, instead i spent a lot of time looking at the car and thinking, WOAH, what have i done, i'm not a panel beater, i think i'm in over my head, i may have bitten off more than i can chew, i'm not going to get the paint done in 6 months let alone the engine conversion........ blah blah blah. But i then thought, if dont keep trying to get it done for my wedding, it will probably just sit in the state its in now for god knows how long. Nothing like a deadline to help keep you motivated, haha. Plus hopefully when its done, i'll get satisfaction in knowing that i did most, if not all of it myself, with the help of a few friends of course.
So with that in the back of my mind, i soldiered on. I got the lower apron mounting points welded on and adjusted so the new apron sits exactly where it should. Pretty happy with how it sits, it was very stressfull putting cross members and rad supports on and off what seemed like 20 times, and the apron as well and hoping that what i'm doing isn't just going to turn to complete crap. It does play on your mind a little to think that you have to weld all the pieces back on, and what happens if somewhere along the line you get something wrong and you dont notice till your giving the last panel fit before paint. I don't know what i'd do, probably break down and cry, haha:doh
Any way, enough yap, here are a few pics, probably dont look like much but heaps better than what i cut off and replaced, i was pretty happy with the outcome. Also i haven't finished clean them up yet, i ran out of linishing discs.






Cheers

Cheers mate, and yeah, I try and spend every minute I have to spare in the shed, which thanks to work isn't as much as I'd like.

Cheers, and yeah, plenty of pics. Not only should I have a good scrap book at the end but it also helps me remember how things went.