I remember those air blasters, even the advert on TV, oh dear....
It's amazing the price of those Felt bikes when new, mine was about $15000 ! But got on auction for $135 it's full carbon and weight is like 3kgs , mad !

With the vans wok dilemma, you could space the pedalbox back 10-15mm on an ally plate or something like welding extention tubes where the 4x bolts on. Could also do some trendy accel pedal bending to clear or refab the pedal bar to hook over the wok, some options to look into there..

The engine bay is now painted, and previous reco'd 1600 struts removed.

 
It looks like the battery box will live behind the drivers seat, and I refitted Martys RS addon to the dash, plus the wheel and pedals just to confirm, and so I could pretent being Frank Kelly in Baby Blue when nobody was watching.

 

Outer roof vent is faired in, ready to touch up undercoat around the blended bit.
Even with the diesel heater, painting 2 pack is a bit of a challenge, so will press on shortly with the brakes and new lines.
The other find was just some secondhand fglass bumperettes, new leather for the steering wheel and gearbox gaitor, and heavyduty battery cable.
 
 

I'd like to hope that by christmas the engine is in and the car is basically mobile.
 
The aim is to get to the Geelong All Ford Day next year with it.
The outside of the body still needs alot of preparation, and if I end up reupholstering the seats myself that might take a while.
 
But I'm trying as much as family/work etc allow.

It's good to set a completion time however as we all know reality will set in a few weeks short of said date.
My orange mk1 Escort zetec was booked for the Adel all Ford day once and I worked till midnight 2 weeks prior to the date, took it to a dyno and the cam wheel slipped bending all the valves, head off, new valves n gaskets 4 days from show day, it got there but wasn't fully done. Some goose asked how do I fit a Cosworth to a mk1, then I pointed to the cam cover with words of ZETEC 16V , he must've been an anorak !
Don't disappoint yourself if it doesn't make it in time, don't rush now cause a show is looming..

not much to report, apart from some renewed enthusiasm that comes  after a week off up north to thaw out.
28 degrees during the day and about 16-18 at night was easy to live with.
 
Appartently my new hubs and strut bits have come in at SMCKA, and should be here later this week. 
While on hols, I looked through some old photos and found a pic of the missing heater lever selector sorround that Marty has been making. 
One was included in the original sale photos when I bought the van, but it looked like it wasnt in the boxes.
 
My current hold up relates to the drivers side inner roof brace, once this is sorted the headliner and all sorts of stuff can kick off.
Attached is an older photo, but when I rewelded the roof brace onto the new inner wheel tub, it inadvertantly put a small woof in the front window panel infil.I think the fault came in when reconnecting the diagonal brace behind the driver, twisting things out of whack a little.
 
I didnt notice until all of the rollover jib cross bracing was removed and what but what had previously been a smooth,faired and wave free infil, now has a slight woof in it.
 
It's not much, more than you'd want to fill, and it would be seen if you looked at it right.
Cutting or unpicking the support off at the tub would be a nightmare, as it's not going anywhere now, so realistically its just a matter of reshaping the front brace if thats whats imparting the twist. It should not be hard in theory, just a case of not wanting to make things worse.
 
I'm learning how lightly these cars where really made.
Next time, I think i'd prefer to do up an old SWB Landrover.
 
 

thanks Marty for the ideas.
Ah yes, the shrinker! Still under the mobile workbench yet to be used, but might be ideal for this as you point out.
 
After a good look, I'm convinced now I wasnt give then trim panel, along with the headliner trims, but thats no big deal, just annoying. That was an old pic, there is some seam sealer now exactly where suggested, and lots of places it wasnt meant to go also.
 
Since the struts are out again, I've decided inside of the front arches still looked a bit shabby in spots, so they are getting flap wheeled back again to remove the old underbody deadener.  Cant have flash coil overs and manky bits.
 
I haven't had a car thats basically body colour underneath, usually its all just subframe/chassic blacked. This might be getting a bit out of hand for just a weekend bunnings cruiser.
 
And decisions made. Again since the struts are out, I may as well take out the 4 bolts for crossmember and steering rack as well,  and assemble the whole lot on the engine dolly. Then with gearbox, clutch fitted, extractors etc., and mono the van over the top. We'll give it a crack, what could go wrong...:)
Would be good to have a hoist, hey Marty...

Hey Deano, the hoist is like the compressor mentioned on another thread. Once you have it you wonder how you ever lived without it.
 
Marty, I have a collection of heater boxes. Before I go looking, just clarify, the MK1 is 'all' metal, the early MK2 is metal and plastic and the 1977 on, are all plastic?
Have some controls as well but likewise you would have to show me which iteration or I can take pics of what I have.

I think there were some Mk1. stl files around somewhere if you wanted to 3D print some out.
Not having a Mk1, I was only 1/2 interested at the time
Let me check Thingiverse and the like.