That's a pain, id rather the seals being a bit tight than baggy as you'd be chasing the loose part trying to draw the string out. Give RSA a go with some seals and belts, we'll be buying all of what's needed for the Rally Pack soon
My rear quarter seals weren't shaped, they came as pic shows just an oval loop so it's any thing goes with the MK1, MK2 should be a different story as the back corner is really tight, maybe email them beforehand .

nice, just the screens to go and she's buttoned up.
 
Have you got a new windscreen going in?
I have a MK1 windcreen here you (or anyone) can have, complete with old Vic rego sticker.
 
It might be an issue though to post, especially the way Aramax went last time.

Finally the front calipers arrived so now I can get enthusiastic about making adaptor plates. These calipers are identical to MK2/3/4/5 Focus, Fiesta ST and Focus ST170 plus those Kuga SUVs . These are brand new reman parts but have the fomoco stampings, sneaky Mexicans! At $80 ea all inclusive with extra pad clips and pipe bolts.
Once the brakes are mounted etc I can sort to install but won't know the height till the car is all connected with motor etc




On a sad note I pranged my daily on the way home yesterday, it's not a big hit but lots of plastic is rearranged in shape, had the car 14yrs and still going strong, hope it's a fixer as these cars are getting scarce on the ground now.
Last time I called Shannon's they said my model and colour ( Focus LT XR5 in sea grey) there was 3 cruising Adelaide a few years ago and mine the only one with leather seats. It's getting assessed today so will know next week what's the plan ..

Righto
Here's my plan with bead roller now, as said, the door opener motor should have enough grunt, if it can lift up a 4mtr wide door it should do fine on bead roller. Luck has it when I pulled the roller door assembly apart there's a steel cog which runs against the inside of the barrel, that cog has the same pitch as the bead roller cogs and the ratio drops about 30% in speed due to the smaller pinion, this also helps as about 5rpm is ideal for shaping. I have a potentiometer adjuster from zero to 100% . Anyways I've only set it up with wiring so far and need to disassemble the smaller less torque motor ($14) .

I'll design a foot pedal, simply cause the dial has about 7 wires feeding in and out of it, possibly a 3d print design coming up!
The remote part is in the other box that's bolted to the wall next to the roller door itself so unfortunately a remote motor can't work unless I buy the stuff and adapt, good thought though 😄.
Here's the first generation motor I had on there for a week until testing revealed it's lacking a lot. All my mega magnets had caught loads of swarfe from drilling haha.



I've ordered a more grunty 24v power block as well 17amp and 400w that should get the new motor powered up

Done a little more to the mk1 passenger door, installed the bailey felt and glass, the drop glass was a mess with paint overspray on both sides so I razor bladed it smooth. Don't worry about all the marks, that's rp7 and hand prints !

Jobs not finished as need to rivet in the rail and fit those Amazon clips so the blade felts can be fitted

Almost looks like a car again


Thinking way ahead with brakes , I was going to use a Ford laser master cylinder which is identical in bore to Escort but I'm not using escort calipers. I'm using Focus mk2 calipers and the focus master is 15/16 bore (23.81mm) , luckily there plenty of cars, utes and 4x4s which run the same size, it's just a choice as to which looks more Escort type. I won't be doing a bias pedalbox as they are a pain in the posterior to install, plus are illegal unless they are locked, so it's easiest to run as standard and fit a bias tap to the rear line which is fully legal and more simple . And yes there will be a vac booster as standard tho it'll be a hotrod one which I mentioned to Mark a while back.

You on about the red van in behind the orange van. Mark will get real upset when he gets back.!!
This van came from a mate I've known about 20yrs and he's recently created a YouTube channel on his cars and this van was a feature for a good year on there, he's swapped it for some parts to get other cars up and running or just hoarding for future..
Head over to Skidz Garage, the most recent vid shows the van in it's entirety.

I will say the van is very rotted, though I reckon I can bring it back to it's former glory with more go fast bits, as it's rego, I can accidentally drop a zetec or duratorque in there, but this is a good few years away