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Yeah the fitment isn't perfect, gonna have to slot the hinges a bit to pull it forward. Plan is to repair the factory one in the long term for the sake of keeping an original one on hand. It'll do for the meantime

Another Shiny new thing. I really should get the brakes on this sorted soon instead of buying silly things. Discussion: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/43868-jarreds-inevitable-escort-2-door/ (realised I hadn't linked it here)

Ahh whoops! I missed this. I live in Morrinsville, could have stored them in my Garage 'til you were ready to pick them up.

Pretty sure this won't rust away

Been doing a lot of debating bubble arches vs non bubble arches recently, partially due to the costs involved, but also I'm liking the thought of staying with some reasonably small rolling stock. Been keeping an eye out for these things in 13x7" but having no luck as they only seem to be sticking to the -19 7.5" jobbies: In other news, I managed to finally complete the dash tidying up. Got a guy off trademe to do the stainless inlay, man that was a pain in the arse. After sending the first one in some flimsy cardboard and it getting bent to all buggery it took a further month to get him to finally send the replacement after bullshitting a lot about getting it done. Shame, because he had some dash pads I was keen on, but I won't be lining up to buy off him again in a hurry. Anyhoo, heres the final result:

May get my ass along to this one. Minus anything oldschool sadly.

Good score! I'm trying to convince the Old man to get one of these as a work van.

Took some pics at Sainsbury road today https://flic.kr/s/aHsk1Cbn5z Enjoy

Nuts! I overheard someone mention a Trabant at work the other day at the office and wondered if it was about your car (I started work at IVS this week, different part of the company though - Timber testing). Hopefully you get it sorted

Slow going at the mo. But picked up these off tardme this week, will be welcome additions once tidied.

Slowly seeing to some of the minor stuff on this thing as I await a bit of a cash injection at the end of July due to quitting my job and moving on. Started work on cleaning up the dash surround a while back. Will flick a coat of satin black over it and maybe have something made to replace the fake wood finish that originally went over it. Maybe even a thin sheet of brushed alloy.

Yeah, its something I'll only look at if I have a fair bit of spare cash at some point. Rear discs and an LSD will be money well spent in the rear to begin with! No rush though. Getting it on the road is priority number 1. It IS! HI ED!

Ahh interesting. Cheers!

First mod for this is a classic K&N filter. 004 by GSRWRC, on Flickr Currently sizing up an adjustable bias pedal box now the engine conversion is pretty much decided with the Zetec sitting in the garage. Now that I know I'll be eventually using a Type 9 5 speed I can lock in a pedalbox suited to a cable clutch. Really keen on losing the factory booster setup, which will get in the way of the sidedraughts when I eventually get around to the conversion. Getting the pedalbox in now will solve the current line issues too

Discussion about this thing: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/43859-inevitable-69-escort-2-door/ Feel free to discuss/give suggestions on bits here:

Hi all, bought this off M_C a few months back. Have spent the last 10+ years with 4WD turbo misery which I got sick of so ended up selling the lot and picking this up Requires some minor work to get back on the road - mainly the brake master cyl needs fitting and one of the lines replaced due to a stripped thread. The body is relatively rust free for a car of it's age, but may require some to be cut out from under the drivers door hinge before it passes a WOF (We'll see if my dodgy WOF guy notices - hopefully not to give me time to get it sorted). The paint appears to be a home job, and is far from perfect, the bonnet being the worst part by far which is not a big deal as I intend on replacing it with a fibreglass item from a local place here in the Waikato as it is rusty anyway. The car has been lowered on 13" Rostyles, but I would like to get some decent sized wheels/tyres in the car at some point, and this is first priority after getting it road legal. This will include fitting some bubble arch flares in order to accommodate some 15x8" Minilites in a suitable offset along with 235s on the rear. Suspension and brakes will be upgraded with discs all round and all going well a 4 link rear end and LSD of some flavour after this is done. Interior wise it is fairly spartan as you'd expect from a 60's vehicle, but has the "GT" 6 dial dash which is a bonus, the steering wheel will get replaced with a Sparco item and the Sparco Evo 2 seat ex my other cars will be eventually joined by another one to render the rear seat unusable, (good luck getting back there anyway). The intention with this car is to be the opposite of the cars I have owned over the past 10 years or so. On the road more often than not. This means there will be long drinks in between modifications where the car will be driven as much as possible and I save to pay to have work done. I picked up a 2L Silvertop Zetec engine for $100 last month which will for the basis of an engine swap in the future. Don't hold your breath on that though, I expect it'll be many years before it sees the engine bay, Looking to keep things carb'd, twin 45mm DCOEs would be nice. Anyhoo, looking forward to spending the near future as a "Classic car enthusiast" Cheers.