petemk1

Hey Bling,

I'm a joiner, got access to all the gear you need for timber work.

If you still need timber machined let me know. 

Thanks Pete

It really depends how badly you want it. Like any car it's only worth what someone is willing to pay. The last escort i sold on was a mk1 4dr rolling shell for $700.

A 2dr mk1 shell depending on how bad the rust is would have to be worth $500 - $1000.

I'm building a 2 door mk1. Am happy to do some measuring for ya. Maybe chuck up a couple of pics of where you want measured. Cheers Pete

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-c ... scort.html

VQ35 Escort.

damn that esky looks good. loving the green man

love the wagon man. A bit of slam and it'll be so sweet.

oh hell yeah that is mint. He's pretty keen running that low on chch streets.

Damn that makes me want to bubble arch my mk1 now.

damn that escort looks mint. nice airbrushing as well.

Car looks sweet man. I wouldn't touch the paint. roof rack,wheels colour looks mint. 185/60 should sort the tyre rubbing or go to a 175/50 and lower it more.

i'm definitley keen if i've got a car to bring by then. I no a few others who would be as well.

lookin mint mate. Wheels look sweet with the 175/50

had a nice parcel turnup at work yesterday

40mm dellorto's got a manifold on its way and have picked up a 5spd sierra box.

Was a good evening, here some pics i took

more rusty bits fixed up.

got the strut top finished

Had to remove the bonnet hinge to get rid of some more rust in the seams where 3 pieces over lapped.

cut it out and butt welded the bottom layer so just one join to plug weld. Looks heaps tidier.

new flitch panel made up and welded in.

cut out the rusty bits from the heater bubble/fire wall. Also got rid of the recess in the firewall while i was at it.

and now replaced nice clean firewall

cheers Pete

Hi alex, yeah think the xflow will end up in this now, i want something a bit quicker in the 2door.

This van would be one of the rustiest ive seen. Was all very well hidden with silicone and plates welded over top of rust.

some more rusty stuff

rusty end of slam panel cut off

new piece made

welded in, cleaned up and zinc primer

made up new slam panel end

welded in and cleaned up just need to sort out the curvy front piece

all welded back in nice and strong again

bit more done on the floor

pushed it outside to have a cleanup

Back was all upholstered. It had wet and rotting pinkbats under the front carpets which caused the front floors to rust away and in all the cavities in the back.

more rusty fun to follow

So i've been busy sorting more rusty bits.

Rusty heater bubble

Rusty lower crossmember cut the bad end off so i could repair it properly.

Not much holding together here.

started repairing lower crossmember.

made this

to replace this

welded in

removed radiator support to repair

made this

welded in

cleaned up

yeah if i had seen what was underneath i probably would've left it. Ah well to late now.

Bzg bling i'm using 18g zintec, i usually get what i need from stratco. Ther are in Hands Rd off Birmingham drive.

lol yeah was a bit worse than it first looked unfortunately.

All fixable tho should be good once its all done.

Hi all. longtime reader thought it's about time i got a project thread goin.

Picked up the van as a project for summer turned out to be a bit more work than i was hoping as usual.

Passenger side guard is rooted.

bloody silicone been used to cover rust

cut out and replaced some with an old guard i had out the back which revealed what i was expecting another rust repair to fix.

tacked the repair in with the guard on the car to avoid warping.

took guard off to see what else needed doing

wheels that will get powdercoated

shitty/dodgy strut top repair

driver side needs new floor

wheels powder coated and new tires.thanks to Conrad at action powdercoating and Chris at Firestone.

also got the leaves reset 2inches might need to add 1" block still.

had a poke and found more rust.

started on strut top repair

drill out spotwelds to get rid of battery tray

bye bye

another bit sorted just needs a bit of trimming and the welds ground back

get crc on them for a couple of days before you do it. I just hit mine out with a thin punch or a bolt that is slightly smaller than the hinge hole. you won't be able to hit the top pin very far with a punch as the door gets in the way, i use a long bolt to sit on the pin rest the end of a big screwdriver flat on top of the bolt and hit shaft of the screwdiver to knock the pin down.

Should be a mint afternoon . be interesting to see what the hilux does down the strip.

i'm definitley keen. is it gona be strictly oldschool cars or just anything goes.

Hey i got that alt bracket if you still want it

What motor is it for, if it's for a 1600 xflow i think i have a spare one in the shed.