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It was a guy in New plymouth that quoted me that, he has a portable unit and said he could do it in my shed, i can post his name and number tomorrow if people are keen. Its at work. Will soda blasting strip underbody seal? or should i leave it and seal over it? all the bit panels/ body i can hand sand but its all the fiddly aresd bits i cant get to. Im about to start a project thread so people can see how bad it is and if i need to really bother. Some people are telling me my car isnt that bad, but others are telling me to scrap its so bad.

Can anyone give me a idea on price for sodablasting a car? I have been geustimated 700 plus GSt to do Mk1 escort, is this about right? How much crap will it get off, underbody etc? should i just sand my ass off? (metaphor FYI)

its in south taranaki, He used to have a yard in Auckland. he had a blue merc ute when he was up there. His names John Searle. I dont have his number but PM me what you are tryign to find and i can check with him

There is a merc wrecker in Manaia, what do you need i can contact him?

Yea i have a spotweld drill, but they do not look like they are spotwleded on. I can not see any spot dimples

The front guards on a a mk1 escort, when you remove the door to get to the rear of the guard are they spot welded on? I am at this stage and it does not look like they are spoted on. What is the best way to remove them? Chisel and hammer?

i am going to try using a hacksaw blade. have tried everything else, if hacksaw doesnt work might go nuts with the grinder. Is it hard to weld hignes back on??

well im off to waste my sunday and try again

I have had no luck and have stopped for the night. I have wasted all my saturday trying to get them out. I set my hand on fire, borrowd dads propane torch, which as it turns out leaks as i found out when it flared out the side burning all the hair off my hands. Will search the net tonight for tips on doing it, and try again tomorrow. I am using the proper tool which i only have for the weekend. but not a single pin has moved. and my shoulder hurts from hitting the bar with the hammer. Steel on steel impact gotta love it.

SOOO close to cutting hinge off Will to pay someone to remove them

Yea i havnt had any luck. I have asked the local tool shops to source the one from ampro but cannot source one. After rigning all the panel beaters in town i have been able to borrow one of the Sykes Pickervant ones but cant get the fuckers out. starting to get angry

about what sort of dollar value are the pin removal tools? I will get one and sell/loan to other posters when i have finished using it. after all i only have 4 pins to remove. PM me if you are keen to borrow one when i am finished, will post or courier

il put the pics up tonight. they had 2 wagons and maybe 3 cars?

ty il look into finding one

FYI there are 2 of these at horopito, but i bet you knew that

It is a NZ assembled 1968. they both look to be the same, Where would i obtain a roll pin remover? Im not worried if i destroy the front panel, Its allready shagged so i will have to get one from palmside at a latert date

So i managed to scam today off work so thought id have a go at getting the front guards off. To do this, i need to get the doors off. which are not bolt on Does any one have any tips for getting the door pins out without using the grinder and hating myself afterwards? this is the beast here, will do a better write up later when i have progress

Hi, I have a mk1 2 door escort i am rebuilding, it a 1300 super, and i have brought a mk2 1600 ghia to use as a donor car which i want to use the motor box and diff out of. How do i go about adjusting the speedo to suit the new ratios? Or am i better to use the existing box/diff and just swap the engine over?