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last photo of drivers side

Right next was onto prepping the body and getting ready for its top coat, this was about 4 years down the track lost intrest got frustrated so on as all projects have a toll, I had just over two months to paint a car and put everything back together and then be on a ferry to nelson in the new year, this is how it went

So after a month of sanding,skim bogging repeat which near drove me to insanity my little puscort was ready for her new coat of paint

After getting a little more of a urge we pulled the engine out and decided to smooth the eninge bay and remove the battery tray this was one hell of a job how many spotwelds do I have to fill and sand =P
was well worth it in the end super smooth and clean

next come the big shock after probing at the front end we found it was pretty much shapped out of bog, yes this poor escort somewhere in its life hit a wire strung fence post as there where wire marks wrapped around.
If I knew better then I would of replaced the whole panel but this was early on in the piece so we did what any normal person would do and reskined the front and creating a new bottom lip aswell
At this point I measured the chassis which was still straight so it was worth carrying on
 

After driving the car both me and my dad agreed the front was having a party and very spastic, after further investigation we found the struts had unwound and let all the oil out which deemed them useless, idea was to simply fix this and be on our way, but as projects go it got out of hand and we ripped into the car finding more weight reduction on the way (rust) I don't have photos of this but I do have some of the repairs we attempted to fix as this was a first for both

as you can see in the photos we filled the air vents and made a complete new gutter out of various bits and pieces and cut alot of bad steel out, we also replaced all the sills and repaired around the bottom of the windowscreens

Discuss //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/51814-footeys-1980-mk2-escort-shinanigans/

Right lets make a start, I brought a 1980 mk2 escort back in late 2011 for 900 as a runner rough but legal (somehow) standard 1300 thought it was all dandy, these are the only picture I have of it back then lovely amber orange (puke)

Name: Andy
Location: Nelson/Richmond
Cars you own: 1980 ford escort mk2
Mods to them: complety restored from the ground up, deloomed engine bay, battery and washer bottle relocated, complete new struts-disc pads bearings ball joints struts springs, 2inch lowering springs on front, custom gauge console, re carpeted, 13x7 hotwires running 205 13s, standard 1300 with extractors and 1 3/4 exhaust
Links to pics: I cant for the life of me get these links to appear I have done this 3 times for when I try it deletes this post so im sorry
How did you find out about oldschool: when googling escort shit
Anything else you want to add: think I have said my peice
 

I have a bright mc hammer jump suit =P im acutally going to try and find a bootlock poor escort is open for behind rape at this present point, I could help with some glitter paint sparkles n shit

Im sure ill see you guys there new to nelson area just moved from hawkes bay keen to meet like minded people I daily drive my mk2 escort built it from the ground up