666DAN

Cool meeting everyone ! Thanks for a great evening

Keen as a mofo! Just gotta suss the day off work.

What a mammoth effort! Well done car looks great.

Survived the first "out of town" drive but not without minor hiccups Drove her to Southwards swapmeet, drove there flawlessly. Great little drive with my wife and 3 daughters. Parked up (next to a 55 Chev Nomad!!! My all time favourite car) and enjoyed the displays and even managed to pick up a workshop manual for cheap. So after doing the rounds and the kids getting bored and over it we piled in and left to come home. All was well until Pukerua Bay, felt an abnormal vibration and a rattling noise. Nursed her home and 100m from home I hear the ting ting ting of a bolt. Managed to vibrate the exhaust flange bolts loose causing the exhaust system to twist and vibrate against the floorpan, the ting noise was one of the nuts. Found a couple of new nuts and spring washers and realigned system. Sweet! My left front wheel bearing (adjusted yesterday) also loosened off on the way home. Readjusted and put the correct sized splitpin in place of the shite that was on it. Fingers crossed that sorts that issue. All in all an uneventful voyage and I definitely learnt a lot more about her characteristics. Heaps of positive feedback from those that stopped to talk. I <3 the Oldschool vibe !

Cool event, got there about 9:30, kids were over it before 11. Got a couple pics but gave the kids my ph to take most pics and out of 100 only half a dozen were ok.

I am heading up in the Escort, if any of you see me and my fam wave out and say hi!

Have been working through some of those small issues that pop up when you first buy a car. The radiator had a small split in the bottom tank, so I pulled the radiator took to work and repaired. So last night I chucked it back in the hole, fresh coolant and bled the system. All went well. Temp gauge wasnt working, extended the wire and reconnected. The drive belt was also loose due to being slightly too big, adjusted for now but I have got a better sized belt ordered. Got a list nailed to the wall and so far this week I have marked a few off but for everyone that gets crossed off two get added! Not much of an update but progress is progress!

I think I will attend my first os meet!!

Matt that link is friggin awesome dude!

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. I am really just getting to know her at the mo and getting a list together of all the things that need attention. Yes the car looks good and has been rebuilt, it just has little things that bug the shit out of me. Simple things like heater blower is constantly on low even when its turned off, temp gauge not working due to wire not being connected, r/f seat mount bolt has pulled through the steel, radiator has a small/tiny split on the bottom tank, front brake shudder, etc etc annnnd it smells like a bloody ashtray!

I am running 175/50/13's and the stretch isn't bad at all.

Shit I will have to get new wheels in that case! All my cars get lowered

She is gorgeous and I really can't believe my luck. It is a really surreal feeling!

//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50659-666dans-1980-mk2-escort/ Discuss

Hello all, been a long while since I have had a car worthy of "oldschool" status but I have finally parked my arse in a cool little Esky. HISTORY She is a 1980 mk2 Escort 4 door and has had a rebuild carried out by The Surgery here in Wellys. The guy I got it from was the one that spent the time and coin on her and up until 2 weeks ago it was his pride and joy. She has a rebuilt 1600 crossflow, 4 speed and tons of character! All the body was stripped back, rust removed, paneled and painted in a sexy shade of black. The Interior has all been reupholstered too. The not so good. The previous owner was driving to work one morning a couple weeks back (risking it with no wof/no reg) and was rear ended by a 16 year old learner driver. No insurance. The damage done is bad but not terminal by any means. Long story short, he was heartbroken, going through some major life changes and just wanted to scrap the esky. I spoke to him and worked out a fantastic price and that evening I picked her up. Pics, cos whats a build thread without them. Discuss here //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50660-666dans-1980-mk2-escort-discussion/

Hahahaha, didn't mean to drop ya in the shit Looks so badass in person that I had to take a pic

Is this one yours? Saw it in Paremata this morning when I dropped my daughter at school

If you are going to go black on the bumpers to look like povo spec ones get some bumper paint. I used K&H stuff from repco on my AK and I am still stoked with the results. Matty B is hard to keep looking good if you just use cans.

Damn your Shuttle is low! I like it alot!

Its lowered on super low king springs out of my EF crx. It is uncaptive in the rear but its sweet in the front.

Here is how it sits now the rear is lowered, im pretty stoked with the result!

It turns out I like Shuttles cos I just bought another one. I got it for a good price, its EFI and my rusty old CRX is gonna be the doner vehicle. It should be pretty sweet with the DOHC ZC. I have spent a fair few hours cleaning inside and out, put front and rear strut braces in and the front lowering springs. With any luck i will chuck the rear ones in tomorrow. It needs a new rear screen and a few other bits and pieces but I am stoked with the base I have to build from

Chucked on some Mugens I like them more than the steelies which suprised me!

Oldschool stand looked pretty sweet, I got some pics but some turned out like shit so here are the ones that are ok. Falcon was my favourite car of the day

Pretty sure I will actually make this meet Looking forward to it as it will be the first OS meet I have been to.