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Those the screw in ones? A guy at auto one said he could only get the push in ones.. Not sure if that was through Griffiths though. Will try repco! Thanks

Ended up getting a full set of bolt on adapters 4x110 to 4x114.3 in exhange for some heatwrap from the bro Cholo. Ended up giving them a little machine out to fit the 4x108. Chucked on the meshies. They still dont even look wide enough with the 25mm spaced out! Still liking the look, gona try track down a set or just two at some stage after paint. Picked up some mounts for my fuel line to replace the cable ties.. Put em in Started stripping everything out slowly so I can just roll into panel work whenever. Gona get windows taken out and stuff after I have a blast with my new engine. Sheds got shit everywhere once again.. And gave some 14x8 tridents a polish n paint up for my gfs old man for doing my engine. Need to sus x2 bolt in centre caps if anyone has any? Two are bolt in and two are the plug in ones.. Hit me in discussion if you have any hanging around! CHUR

Put the head together on wed, torqued it all up. Gave it a lick of paint and put it's rocker cover on, not too sure if I wana use it or not.. Thoughts? Still gota sort out helicoil to put on waterpump, its being a right royal cunt.. Engines pretty much ready to go in.. Needa put a few more things on, exhange the clutch off the other one.. Etc Pulled the 1300 out of the escort! Engines chilling on its stand with all its parts around it waiting to be put together and that cunty helicoil to sort itself out! Clutch ready.. Engine bay ready.. And got me a cute little key ring and some tyre valve caps.. Pic of key ring haha woooo Hopefully next update engine will be in and running!

New cylinder arrived the other day.. Put it all back together nd all that jazz. Went to bleed the brakes when drip drip drip more fuckn leaks. Ended up having to get another T and brake nipple. Turned into such a mish! Got those parts and put it all together tonight! Finally got brakes all bled and work a charm! Also did abit more bare metaling! Plan to get the roof done and all the other little places I havn't done when the rain stops. Planning to get the front and rear windows taken out to make sure theres no rust. Gona get a full new rubber kit too. Anywhere to get them cheap? Here's the new to do list. Also ordered my valve springs! Engine should have its head screwed on this week sometime.. Getting closer nd closer!

Yeah, have got a quote from them already.. Probly the best option really but still pricey!

On the way home from Rota Nats I picked up another bottle of brake fluid. Last time I bled them it all ooooozed out of the master cylinder cause it had threaded itself. Since then I have got an adapter made up to suit with new threads. Currently, car is back on axle stands. Rear brakes were seized, now have been un-sized. But one problem was found.. Leaking seals! So now I've ordered another one of these bad boys. Should be here tomorrow! And bleeding/adjusting shall take place sometime soon!

Thanks! But nah not at this stage, considering whether to get them or not.. Any ideas of where to get some cheaper than getting them custom made? Maybe just modifing some other ones?

Exciting stuff! Got my full set of 14x7's all round with tyres on. Few pics.. Found my brothers old car cover so claimed it Anddd decided I'ld take some pics of the engine getting built for the car. Got the water pump to go on, just a mish cause the guy before fucked the thread and I need to get another helicoil. The heads all ported etc. Ordered valves, just gota check it out and then order valve springs and put it all together. Then heavy duty clutch etc.. Maybe a balance too! Any suggestions? Hit me in the discussion! Also looking for a bonnet release cable and/or handle and a rear full left hand light, doesn't matter if it doesn't have a cover just uncracked etc.

Oldschool's quite boring this week, why ain't anyone updating?! Anyway.. Today was a very good day! Along with the other night I spend putting a few things together.. The other nights progess! Riveted my tags on! Window wipers on! Tidyed up around my seatbelts and put them through the carpet instead of behind! Rear number plate on! Blocks back in ready for rims and tyres! And painted leaves. Really needa rip diff housing out and paint/upgrade diff oneday! Todays work! Mr Panel Beater came around to fix up some patches and holes here and there haha.. First one RHF sill so the gaurd can be put on and not have to be removed! Primered with old peice cut out. Rear panel rust done and primered/painted. Guard on, Bonnet on, Doors on lined up! Grill chilling. In one peice for once Good way to end the day! Had three parcels dropped off by the couriers Set of struts with shocks etc. Oil temp plug, and new tyres! Ordered my 14x7's for the front, got them.. One of them was a 4x108! Then the other was a 4x114.3... FAIL Hopefully they will have send the 4x108 to the shop tomorrow and I will get tyres fitted etc! Slowly getting there, its been a long wait!

Discovered a little leak from the water pump so I pulled it off to jam a gasket in there since I was too lazy to wait for a gasket to be shipped up and used that gasket goo red shit.. Pulled the thermo housing off while I was at it, nek minit no thermo haha.. Ended up getting two new thermos, one for my decent engine which I have just ordered new valves for and one for this engine.. Wacked it all together and were all waterproof now! Just gota tighten up my fan bolts now which means pull the rad back out again.. So much effort haha Anyway.. Went down to Kumeu on the weekend and came back with a few goodies!! Coilover springs.. Box of tools, cost me $30!! Crack free grill and rad surround that I scored off trademe but got the guy to bring to the swap meet.. Got home and sold these bad boy standys to a guy I met down there, got $300 outa him, he wants them for his trailor. So I am currently rimless, gota order some tyres since my cars back on axle stands! Haha On the plus side, sending away the master cylinder to get fixed up cause the threads are fucked out and leaking, so hopefully that will solve my no brake problems! That's all for now! Shall be updating soon

Ended up modifying the bottom mounts of my seatbelts to fit under the van belts without hitting the floor. Talked to the cert guy he said it's allgood as long as he looks over it when he certs everything else of mine. Here's some pics. Finally.. Some guy came up to buy the modgies from aucks today.. Got up all early, got the tyres off rushed to meet him and then he doesn't even buy them cause of one little peice of rust on it... Time wasters these days! Sooo, gona order me x2 more 14x7's for the front and gona keep the two 14x6's unless they're useful to someone for a small amount of money, there's two centre caps for them also. Maybe even 4.. Pics without tyres, gona get 195/45 Falkens that are legal to be stretched onto 8's. Just gota find out where to get them with the papers. Till that all happens I'll keep doing little stuff, gona try get a wof/cert when I get my modgies and tyres nd put blocks back in/wind down adjusties..

Yeah I went and talked to a auto upholstery place in town, they said there's only one place in NZ that can legally do it. But told me to modify the mounting places on them, gona give that a go or splash out and buy another set!

UPDATE! Had a sick holiday, havn't worked on the esky for fuuckn ages. Till today I thought I better get back into it haha.. Plans at this stage are... Sell Modgies.. Get wof.. Get it done.. Things to do for WOF.. On my list: Get brakes fixed/Front wheel bearings Weld on exhaust Cover rust up to make it look legitish for a wof Put in standard struts/shocks Remove blocks Put seatbelts in (get modified to suit my car as they are out of a van) Standard rims on Spray roof haha and a few more little things probly that will be added. Anyways, Did a little paint stripping on the RHR panel, came up pretty straight again with one little visable dent and shitty rust repairs Gave it a spray Got more parts from my girlfriends dad cause hes slowly cleaning out his shed nd finding more parts for me! Wires/Cables Rostyles and another meshy type. Know where to source the rest of the set or two of them I think.. Tempted even though they're 114.3.. Gona leave that till I've got it on the road anyways. One of these bad boys! Looks pretty cute when its looking all horey, got no clips for it though Definatly not having it on when the car's done though Blocks out on standard rims.. So ugly! Haha Engine... Brought a not so brand new water pump and fuel pump cause I borrowed the ones off the engine I'm building to get it going.. Also blocked up the heater pipe hole finally no more leaks out there (also got another for mine ) Gota fill the rad up tomrw and get it going see if everythings all tickety boo SEATBELTS.. Turning out to be a mish, gota un tread the bottoms, get a decent sewer to swap around the bottom mounts where the go under the retractable peices then they should be sweet! Even though you can barley pull the belt out? Is that alg? They were working before haha That's all for now! Feedback welcome Thanks!

Leaves look sweet bro! I've noticed my car leans to the left a lil bit too.. Well not anymore since I got adjusties up front but I think the back still has a little sway to the right.. Car's coming along mint!

Ended up doing the whole rear today after work, discovering abit more cancer.. Thought the whole rear panel was gona turn to shit but only the left side is stuffed, right sides mint. Check it After a quick spray My lil pup Benji got sick of stripping paint so we jumped in and went for a spin!

Little bit more of a update.. Finished off the panel and started on the rear panel, found some more cancer around boot area Bare metaled parts Quick spray to prevent more cancer.. On the plus side.. Sussed more goodies off my gf's father Box of Weber carbs! Nd a few other items that may be useful oneday.. Me and Dirty Rei sussed heaps of parts out of a wrecked MK2 Van for $100! Heater Suspension nd Hubs Indicators,Seatbelts nd Window Wipers Made some mint non headrest seats out of the ones I originally had and the ones I got outa the parts car. (getting recovered) Washer bottle and nozzles! Stoked Ended up going halves with Dirty Rei on a over sized 1300cc race engine from some dodgy bloke up Kaitia ways, had been sitting for a few years.. Cheap as chips Giving it a quick clean Engine bay ready.. On the crane ready to go! Old man getting the last bolt in the engine mount Got it on a thursday afternoon and had it running within a few hours! Runs mint! Here's a lil shitty phone vid.. Just had to borrow my fuel pump, sandwich plate, starter, alternator and water pump off my engine I'm building! Plan to put it in Dirty Rei's car once I get my engine back from my gf's dad! Also plan to build a little add-on to the shed to store all my shit lying around so I have more work area That's all for now.

Sick! Keep it original as, maybe a lil lowering and widened rims! Primo example of a escort!

Bad feeling this is gona get fucked real quick. Prove me wrong. Haha, nope!

Soooo.. Did a lil bare metaling the last few days. Just removing bog and old layers of paint. So much thick old paint! Looks much better, came up pretty straight. Stoked! Now just gota finish this panel and make my way around the rear to the panel on the otherside.

Idk, around 800 with the 195's (unwarrentable tread) 750 without.

Yeah, 14x6 and 14x7.. got some 195/45's on them. Photos were 155/55's though.

Sure am, you want them?

Gona sus 7's all round instead of 6's.. Here's some pics with 7's to see what they look like. Ohhhh so shiny Now all I needa do is sell my x2 14x6's and x2 14x7's, buy x4 14x7's and sort out tyres! Anyone wants to buy the above, pm me or comment on discussion!

Gun metal grey Naaah, no idea.. Just thinking of other colours to do, no idea just gota make my mind up!

Yeah I rekon, bit of a hater Just need a clean up/polish and they'll be mint! Hoping Gloss Black.. Things may change though, been having other thoughts latly!