escort mk1 Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 Just thought i would up date you all on what ive been doing the last few weekends. ive got some more photos but theres not enough time in a day so will post later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 well ive booked it in for the paint job for the end of this month and the hoodlining is going in the day after its painted! I also have 10 days holiday so im going to get stuck in. Lately ive got new munroe gas shocks all round with Nolathane bushes all round. Im using mk2 struts so ive got the disks machined and got new wheel bearigns and disk pads. over the next few days im going to get stuck in on the front end so i can get it rolling and then take the diff of. I put some underseal underneath the front guards and thatc came up real well so ill do that all under the car. so heres some pics il update over the next 10 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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escort mk1 Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 Got my car rolling today put the front mk2 suspension together finally. was bit of a mission cause i didnt relise that the mk2 strut caps were a diffenent pattern to the mk1 so i had to modifie mk1 caps to fit the mk2 struts! but i got there and its all toghether now with nolathane bushes and new wheel bearings also got new shocks and discks machined. The panel beaters coming in tomoro to give me a hand and finsh getting it straight and then next w/e my dads mate whos a car painter is going to prime my whole car in 2k primer and if all goes well the following w/e my car should be at avon city ford getting painted! heres a few pics. also found out i need to restud my car so my minilites can fit. can you do it yourself and how much does it cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 Fully primed my car today apart from the boot. Tomoro im going to prime my doors and straighten the boot and bonnet and hopefully if i work hard get my diff of and clean it up and replace the bushes and shocks. Then i can start to take of the underseal and put on some sound deadener. heres some pics of it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 update time: well what can i say. Dont underestimate the amount of time you can spend preping a car for paint. today my dads mate who is a car painter came over and put two heavy coats of 2 pak primer on my escort. The paint showed up small imperfections especially on the bonnet. tomoro we are going to block the car pannel by panel and use knifing compound to take out any blemishs and next w/e we will put 2 more coats of primer on and it should be all go. at the moment im just trying to work out the cheapest option for buying window rubbers, any help would be awesome. also has anyone used knifing compound? photos up tomoro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 sorry no photos today i was too busy sanding. Any way got the car blocked and fixed up any imperfections. knifing compound = good! It fills in the smallest air bubbles in bog and small scratches. We'll put 2 more coats of 2 pak primer on saturday and then we'll put it on the trailer adn take it to chch. so i will update you all on the paintjob with photos in the next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 On the trailer leaving home on the trailer in chch in the oven bake painted The cars at the car upholster now getting a new headlining put in and then the windscreens and rear quarters get put in with new seals and then its ready for the re-build. Will update as it comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted June 9, 2007 Author Share Posted June 9, 2007 Well last thursday (31st) i dropped it off at Patricks auto re-trimmers and got the headling/hoodling put in and then on tuesday after queens birthday the front and rear windscreen and rear quarters got put in at smith and smith with new seals and then we took her back to dads workshop. The build continues. Today a dropped the diff assembly out, cleaned it all up and cleaned the underbody and sprayed on underseal. tomoro ill paint the diff replace the bushes and put it back on adb put the new munroe gas shocks on and i'll see what else i have time for. heres some pics for now. this to this Here's my diff its a 3:9 ratio diff. i'll paint it tomoro to make it look nice and put it back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 well ive been home for a week and ive put my booster in with only a few little mods all my wiring and front dash is assembled. all i need to do now is the break lines/ handbreak and then put the windows back in and door locks then drop the engine in. im going to get it on the road and then save up so money and do the interior. looking at mounting some BMW Z3 font seats and recovering them in cream with blue seams and having custom cream door cards with blue seams and the original back seat but make it a bit more cumfy and some decent carpet.with a custom parcel tray and some basic sounds. also just added another car to my wee colection of small fords. i just bought a anglia and have my eyes on a mk2 cortina with a 2liter capri engine ohc. found them rusting away at the back of some farm. i now have 2 mk2 escorts one is stripped for parts the other one is stripped but has a decent shell, a mk1 2 door for parts for my car, a anglia good for parts only so im looking for a shell for the next project and of course my escort and then dads got his mk2 2door. mums not to impressed by the state of her back yard. heres some pics anyway. update end of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 so im on the look out for a good anglia shell. i have plans for this to be my next project as the escort is nearly on the road. the esky will hopefully be my reliable daily. thinking of modding the anglia up if i can find a cheap shell with a bit more hp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 well i bought those 2 anglia bodys in chch and have them at my flat in chch so thats the next project lined up. will post pics later on a new forum already started plans. sorted out my front break lines just need to sort out the rear break lines all i need is a metric break fitting for the booster and a imperial break fitting fort the rear break connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 well its been a while so better update. ive run all new brake lines and i bled them today. all my electrics work apart from one brake light and the horn. will sort that out later and the whole car is put together now. tomoros mission is to drop the engine in and see hook her all up. sold one of the anglia's but kept the good shell. still have one for parts though. heres some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 heres some mags i scored with the anlgia's. pretty rough but im thinking about getting them bead blasted and then painted white. could like quite cool unitill i get the superlites to fit on properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 looking at that last photo, mk1's are difinetly the nicer shape, i love my car so much now. all the little things that have been pissing me of dont matter anymore its all worth when your in the drivers seat! hey guys got her going finaly and even drove her round the block for the first time in over a year. felt great. cant keep my eyes of her now. took about a billion photos. last week i tried to get it going but it wouldnt fire so did the set timing again this w/e and still wouldnt fire. no spark. then swapped my coil leads and distributer cap with my old mans mk2 and she fired up. so this week i'll get a new coil and leads and next w/e i'll get a timing light , do the timing, fix the left brake light and fix the speedo. then should be good for a wof. pretty happy with the ride height considering i havn't lowered it at all. might reset the leaf springs and get the front springs compressed. got loads more pics, couldnt stop taking photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 something was wrong with the engine was going fine but would miss every 2nd revolution. i thought it was the timing, couldnt figure it out so i pulled it out took the sump of and timing cover reset the timing gears but didnt end up changing anything put it back together droped it back in and it wouldnt fire. i knew it had to be electrical. so i checked the sparks and they were weak as. changed the condensor and it was still weak its a brand new coil to. so i ended up putting a a wire straight from the coil to the battery and had a good spark at the points, but none at the plugs. took the new leads out put the old ones on and it fired up first go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escort mk1 Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 hey guys. bit of loctite fixed that oil leak sweet as! booked in for a warrent next saturday and if it passes, it will come to chch to get a new exhaust fitted and hopefully will have the webber carb tuned properly and can chuck that on there. as soon as its in chch i can start to tidy up all the little stuff and sort out the interior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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