MK1Escort1974

The silly season certainly slowed down progress on the old girl... who am I kidding my lazy ass slowed down progress. A few too many nights on the wines and late dusty sleep ins slowed down progress. But.. some progress is better than no progress am I right? Finally got around to fixing up the door cards, used the old engineers trick, if its broke fix it with duct tape and glue. We used a wood glue on any cracks or stress and duct taped over them, some clamps from supercheap auto to stretch the vinyl out and glued them down too.. #boganhomejobs A bit of black vinyl paint and they are looking banging, I was a bit hesitant at first, not really something you want to leave runs on, but ya girl came through. Woooo i should be a painter with this skill haha Highly, highly recommend the VHT Vinyl paint, beautiful to use, easy and super clean *chefs kiss* We did find some pinhole rust/holes on the passengers door in the process so we will look into whether it can be welded up when we eventually start to think about panel work. Next on the the to do list - Put said panels back on with the shiny new door handles and window winders that arrived in the mail box not too long ago.. not a job I'm looking forward too, if taking off them off was anything to go by putting them back on is going to involve alot of swearing and maybe another almost black eye..

So apparently I wasn't actually finished writing or updating. Sooooo.... we pulled the door cards off to re-stretch the vinyl and reglue and found *dun dun duuuuun* .... bloody rust. I mean it makes sense to have rust in a door that age, but was I expecting it? No. Well that turned my nice easy job into another job to add to the list. So with wire brush in hand we set off scrubbing that bloody rust. Did we wear face masks? No. Do I have rust all up my nose? God yes. Am I an idiot? Up for discussion. After we got all that rust out we decided yeah let's get to rust converting. So we brushed and painted and brushed and boy when I tell you it's hard work trying to rust converter inside a door even for little girly hands to get in I mean it. Did I get covered in rust converter? Yes. Did I lie down on the floor to see into the door while holding a loaded up brush? Yes. Did this rust converter then fall down into my eye because I didn't wear eye protection? Also Yes. Am I an idiot? I'm beginning to believe I am. Lesson for today: Wear your PPE.

Hey, Hi, Sup, Good day, These are terrible to start off. This is the 1974 Mk1 Escort that I shall intermittently post about when I remember and when I actually get anything done. I'm Sam, Samantha, that chick that posts about the Escort that isn't even hers. The aforementioned Escort is my mums (Allie), although one day, one day mine. This is the Escort mum had me look at on a whim (the whim that I was actually going to buy it for myself, I had sent her the link) but alas she bet me to it. This car was started by someone else and probably ruined by us. Mods: 1.6L god knows what's been done engine, rear seat belts, new exhaust system, carpet plus other bits and bobs