Esky_addict

Name: Jade
Location: Gore
Cars you own: To many....

 Mk2 escort 4dr 2l been long dormant project

Mk2 escort 2dr 1600 was next in line after 4 door

XF spac 302 V8 just had full p&p

1/2 of a XF wagon also 302

XE Fairmont probably belongs in the left to rot section now...

And a recently acquired HQ kingswood which will be pushing in front of the sport for a rebuild.

ohh and a XR6 turbo and Ef Fairmont for daily duties

Mods to them. as above pretty much.
How you found out about oldschool: Cant remember
Anything else you want to add: Been browsing the forum for last 5 or 6 years so thought I better take the step and introduce myself

Cant find any aye steelies but theres gotta be some there. lol that's what I normally do,  dril out the spot welds and whack em out with a big hammer and a block of wood. next step is to grind the paint off right round the outside and sit it outside then hopefully the rust will show any circles from spot welds.

Got me stumped at the moment lol.

Not keen on cutting band as they are the ones im using to widen another set, if that makes any sense. They dont look like there "homemade" but they are 14x8 roh barrels so maybe theyve been made by the likes of elite or somebody. Not sure how they make theres.

Ive widened a few set of steelies before but always used agrims, This time im using another set of 14x8 steels as doners for barrels but am having a nightmare trying to get them out.

Looking from the back of them they are held in by four stitches around the center and no plug/spot welds evident.

Ive cut the stitches and tried to hit them out as I normally would even tried a gentle squeeze in the press still not go.

Anyone else here had this problem? Workmate reckons they could of been heated and pressed in but even still they should still come out with some decent force.

yeah kinda thinking about going the fuse route now, can anyone recommend a decent fuse and holder.

sweet as, got a pinto in it I wouldn't bother either but rather be on the safe side and the cable is a about 150mms short so makes a good excuse for a join lol.

Got the cable running through firewall directly behind starter then across the floor to the boot, and using heavy as welding cable.

Im moving the battery to the boot of my mk2 escort and am not sure what kind of circuit breaker id need. How many amp breaker should I be looking for?

I know this has been covered in here but with a few varying answers. So what is the best way to prove ownership of a dereged car .  

That's awesome fourfingapete, im buying a HQ with lapsed reg, but also has a set of plates on hold with it. I think ill just rereg now that I see that you can keep the black plates. Mayswell keep it original if I can easily.

May not be the best way but its how i usually do mine, the more stages in the sand paper the better but im pretty impatient.

Yeah paint stripper gets rid of the clear, and can be quite hard to get rid of the veiny bits by sanding after the clear coats gone( so i cheat with the roloc disc). Kind of stains the alloy.

1. Paint strip.

2. Blue 3M Roloc pad.

3. 240 grit sand.

4. scotchbrite.

5. bench grinder and buffing wheel If yah have one available to yah.

they will be. I put a eb fairlane lsd into my old eb falcon

Does anyone know of anybody in Invercargill who would spin up a set of 8" prostars i recently acquired.

I no there is a crowd in dunedin that i have used in the past but was just wondering if anybody local would do it.

Cheers

Oooh I see

May be no help to you but ive widened a few sets of 14" steels to 8". i just cut out the old centres then welded them into new barrels at the same backspace of some 8" tridents I have. What do you mean by 3p wideners?

If you do the mainfreight quotes online the can pick them up from the sellers house

Im looking at buying some new door skins for a mk2 sport from that site how much did they rape you for shipping?

woops.

Eagers!!

Im a hoarder so will be keeping both lol. Which is the only reason i havent ditched the sedan for sport. Trying to aviod lots of projects on the go at once.

Yellow fire. Yeah he was lucky they werent worth much when he brought it. Could never afford to buy 1 now. If you seen the state of his house you would really appreciate the work gone into this car lol

lol for sure i chucked a pic up of it up the best pic of your cars thread.

How long ago was that? The muscle car boom has made even crap 6cyl shells worth about 5-6k, a complete car over 10 even if its stuffed.

My landau is probably as bad as it gets although more and more people are taking them on this bad as they become harder and more expensive to buy in good condition...

Was on the road when he got it in about 90/91 was daily for a couple of years, blew the gbox and sat untill around 96/97 when the rebuld started. Been back on the road for around 7 years now

Holy shit!! My old mans xa gt was like this before he reshelled it. If only he was as crazy as you lol.

Look foward to the updates

Awesome thats what ive been looking for. Will have a look at it next time im at the place where its stored