andyball1

Hey guys Everyrhing is looking wicked for the weekend and numbers should be great! As it says in the flyer pre and post are welcome and we are pretty lax around manufacture dates etc. Hope to see you guys there!! Cheers Andy

hey everyone! here is the proper link to the event it would be totally awesome to have a huge Old School turnout! https://www.facebook.com/events/608467706001441/

dude you got some skills! keep the updates flowing!

cheers dude was good to finally get to a meet. will be a regular from now on!

Esky ìs out of shed and ill see yous there

since im useless at turning up whens the next one lol yella needs a spin

hmm even with the damage to the car im tempted to get to this hmmmmmm

^^ the force... but definately not the grip Thats brutal as hell man cant wait to see it saturday

this the car that was in tauranga?? nice one mate! whats the plans? after getting ready for summer?

well im pretty sure engine is toast. but shes got a wof now time to go back to drawing board!

BUT................ day of cannonball run and the car was stickered up ready to go we heading up to aucks at 6am and noticed the car was really low on power for a 1600 which we thought was a tad odd but we carried on and made it to the start line. after 3 odd hours of driving and we had just started hitting the first hill of the coromandel and poof! running on 2 cylinders banging and popping away pull over to find oil everywhere! we clean up the engine bay and find the crankcase is preasuring up and blowing the oil out the filler neck and dipstick hole! but only when the motors under heavy load?? so we turn round, roll down the hill and make the slow crawl home so sadly its either rebuild or shop for a new motor by the looks. from what i can guess my rings are rooted as the filler neck is chuffing BIG time oh well she looked good i reckon!

well from above motor was in and running mint. seats were in and car was complete so i took it into hamilton to get exhaust done and a wof check after a fight with a new master cyclinder being made wrong and a few touch ups she got her wof no probs! Huge thanks to the guys at The Muffler shop for makinf a awesome sounding exhaust for my car and helping finish her!

hey guys small update that will follow with pics soon. ive now got the motor running mint and the glass all in. all ive got left to do it the drivers seat bolts, bleed the brakes then its off to hamilton for a exhaust and a wof!! car is currently getting a rush prep for the Cannonball run thats taking place in aucks next weekend so once it survives the run itll go back in the shed for the tidy up etc but for now ill be happy to just have it running on the road. car is looking good! will post pics monday once i get my A into G

does anyone have an old foot pump for the washer system??

to be honest im only guessing its got a electric one. its a 74 so could be either! anyone have an idea on what my random wires are for?

ive got one small problem. i cannot find the wires for the windscreen washers in the engine bay? anyone know where i will find them?? could this be the wires for the switch inside? any advice would be great!!

update time worked on the car this weekend and got the engine bay all wired up no worries, BUT as always was just testing that the starter motor is wired up right the motor turned over once and then seized tight! FFS!!! So we ripped out the motor that was supposed to be a mint runner, then as i removed the gearbox i find a pink rag wrapped around the whole shaft, clutch and flywheel jamming it solid. FFS!!!! See the rag in pink above well motors fine so put it back in and wired it all up and tested it and it now turns over loverly now all i have to do is finish the custom throttle linkage, fill it with oil and water and hook the clutch up and thats the engine bay done! BUT ive got one small problem. i cannot find the wires for the windscreen washers in the engine bay? anyone know where i will find them?? could this be the wires for the switch inside?? any advice would be great!!

well small update time didnt get the car done for xmas but am getting closer ive now only got afew things left like windows, exhuast and finishing off the wireing in the engine bay. have booked a full day off work so i cannot get bugged by the wife and get some work done for a change! have just bought myself a set of coby extractors that will go with the new system thats being made as soon as its running. also ordered some new toys from the uk like a short shifter, quater bumpers and a full nut and bolt kit so ive got nice new shiney spares! another update and hopefully on the 11th

u tryed changing the o2 sensors? they are probably full of oil and fuked. had a simular issue on a clients car but then again it wasnt a rotory

if i can get this car finished i should be down! must remember wedding aniversary in march too! arg so much to remember lol

once the escorts running ill shoot over the hill and come say hi, gotta love anglias

starting to get sick of the miss match metric and imperial mess up of nuts and bolts in this car!!!! does anyone randomly have a pic or details on a mk1 escort seat mount bolt??

cheers dude, you running 7''s yea?

nice work dude!!! what profile tyres you now running??

now latest work is ive started bolting it together started at the back as i was feeling lazy! my goal is to have it running for xmas....... now on the rear end you see its black like some Gt's were now does anyone have the chrome trim for around the arse end of the car?? im struggling to find any!