legendlives

Superb fabrication skills, and a great car! That will sure be a heap of fun when it's done.

Hey, thanks for that. I keep adding pictures as I go through the project. Keep an eye on the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mk1gasser for updates.

Finished making the seatbelt harness mounts today. Long piece for the shoulder-strap mounts welds between the rear wheel tubs and along the rear bulkhead tubes. Shorter lap belt mounts weld between the chassis tubes either side of the seats. Smallest is for the driver's 'ouch strap' and welds to the main chassis tubes. Despite the hours of labour in these, most will be covered by panel-work. But hey, I know they are there, right? All are in 5mm steel plate with full nuts TIG welded in place for the mounts.

If you're sticking with points and condensor, fit two condensors in parallel. Modern condensors are cheap-as-shit Chinese made rubbish which fails easily, fit two and the failure problem goes away...... We used this mod on the FIA Historic race cars that had to run 'original' ignition systems, and never had another problem.

At the moment it's going to be race only, but I am making allowances in the build to make it road legal when I can afford all the compliance costs! Ref the doors, what's been said here is probably right, it's the first experience I've had of fitting van doors to a 2-door so just reported my findings. I've had it sat on it's wheels and I'm happy with the way it sits, but you'll have to wait and see!

Top tip if you're fitting van doors to a Mk1 2-door: The lower hinge mount is the same, so you can just knock out the roll-pin and the lower hinge will go together as normal. The top hinge is totally different though, so you need to cut the original hinge from the 'A' pillar and drill 2 holes to accepth the bolt-on hinge. I used a 13mm hole to allow a bit of adjustment. Use the original van 'spreader plate' behind the pillar and tighten nuts in the correct place. I did both of mine and had them correctly adjusted within about an hour and a half. Discussion - //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/48619-legendlives-1970-escort-mk1-gasser/#entry1529258

Build-up (so far) of my Escort here: https://www.facebook.com/mk1gasser It's a Mk1 escort, powered by a 302 with turbo. C6 transmission, narrowed HiLux rear axle (with LSD), straight-tube front axle. Suspension is modified R33 shocks at the front and an unknown pair of adjustable shocks on the rear. Adjustable height springs on both ends. Full-tube frame which is integrated into the shell. Autometer gauges in bespoke dash. Wheels are 12x15" rear and 5x14" front. Brakes are R33 rear and Holden front, all on fabricated hangers. Big thanks to Steve at GSS Performance for allowing me use of the fab-room. My last Escort was a bit more radical. Street driven in the UK and running 9's on treads: