thanks Mark. Yep, them's the ones. 
I bought them yonks ago, I think for the gold 4 door, but ended up making that one more original.
I've still got them unopend, and was just hoping Marty would do a 'how to' with pics.
 
It's tempting to start another job out of order and fit them now, we'll see how the long weekend goes.
There's a football match on apparently, but most people in Geelong dont care too much all of a sudden...
 
Canbus is 2 steps to far. I'm going to need motivation to get the Speeduino upgrade incorporated, as I'm sure it will mean going backward after i've spent all this time trying to progress.
Some of the digital dash layouts would be great to setup once you do have your head around the playing in that space.
 
MAybe start a new EFI thread so we can tag along?

After a good look, I'd dont have an original Escort fuse block afterall, so the wiring went back in the box for now.
Interest was waining of the football Mark, the telly was on in the shed, just for background noise.
Funny that the 36-1 crank pulley made it chuck a wobbly, that seems the std go to for many Ford or 4cyl installs.
 
And soory to anyone who herad me swearing on Staurday PM. I mixed up 2 pack topcoat for the roof, and was hoping  300ml would do it, without running out and have to cook another batch 1/2 way through.

By 3/4 of the way, I was going to win...
Until the roller tray slid down the front roof slope, I went to catch it, and then lost the tray, plus the roller, and the paint brush, all arcing wildly through the air, flinging the last 50ml  all about the place.
 
Somehow when I picked the tray up, it still had paint clinging upside down, so I picked off the larger bits of garage floor junk off the roller, and kept going with what was left. My mental state was not conducive then for quality workmanship, especially when some grass below in and joined the party. It was all going to need another sand anyhow.
But it proved that the roller and tip paint job would come out ok. It had been dry sanded with 120, then 320, then topcoated. The undercoat felt so smooth I wondered if it was actually too smooth to key properly.
Within about 30 minutes, it was levelling out, and the next morning i kept wanting to feel it.
Its hard to show how shiny it turned out. The lessons learnt are I need to also wear a dustsuit, and probably rig up a dropsheet over the job somehow, to minimise the blowin dust. I'm happy with the thinning, tipping brush and roller application.
 
 

Nice work on the bonnet, and that roof looks so smooth too 👍

another month between updates.
When I first started on the van, I made folders to put each weekends progress photos in.
Its now up to folder 57, and it wasnt even every weekend that somethign was done either.
Anyhow, in no particular order:
the door got a rubdown and I toyed with some gapping on the front edge, then gave the side another epoxy primer/surfacer

it was a little warm in the shed, so the thickness was a bit on the high side but it will give me more to flatten down with

the bonnet repair looked ok, but close up some seemed to sink into the filled area, so it needs another coat at least

 
 

Didn't want to post a new thread.
Not sure if you guys have seen what just popped up
 
https://www.my105.com/search/details/1976-ford-escort-mk2-rs2000-number-11-of-25/48365e89-aadf-4a69-acbb-a3a3eeadf18e?source=SEARCH_RESULT
 
One of Colin Bonds old rally Escorts is still for sale too
https://www.my105.com/search/details/ford-escort-mk2-ex-works-bdg/34db7c05-d1e4-43a3-a64b-7cdaf98599e9
 

zero bids so far on the RS.
I dunno, but as a racecar I recon they look odd, and perhaps a little fragile in a way.
You get so used to seeing the flatfronts instead.
 
This van is the last car i'll do, so I dont need to look at the sites much anymore.
I did spot a cheap van come up on FB somewhere this week which I'm sure you may have seen, I think it was open to offers basically before it was going to get dropped at the wreckers.
 
A friend has a  Mini 850  that got hail damaged about 30 years ago and wants a hand with as soon as he gets the motivation. 
Some good welsh rally vids popped up this week too.

I'll say never to owning a RS again . It's something about the extra 20+kgs hanging over the front wheels . Yes they are nice cars and admire the work people put into them restoring and such but I prefer flat front mk2 any day, and a RS2 must only be 2dr .

Hey MarkA, Greg Carr rallied a yellow Droop Snoop in 76-77 with the same colors as the RS1800 , it had the black rubber forest arches etc, it's 1 of those 25 German jobs .I used to have the poster of it and in fine print in the corner said " This escort is a special built rally car and is not available from your local Ford dealer ' end quote. Maybe Greg's is the above one for sale in different colors ????