Gaz Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Build Thread //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/23878-esky-73s-ford-escort/?p=607127 Mean, can you also change the rims back to standard plus an extra 3inch wide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 nice one mate will be good to see it with a normal escort front back on. and yeh i 2nd what gaz said about the rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy_rich Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 hey cool car dude, has some mean potential, are the headlights in it now mk1 capri? if they are i'd be very keen on buying them off you if you wanted to sell them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escorted Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Remember seein this at the 4 and rotary nats 08. The Headlights are a wee bit OTT. But the engine is cool Heaps of potential Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Mean another escort on the forum ... the guards looks sick and i like the colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esky 73 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Yeah wheels cumin off, maybe superlites? but what ever they are they will be 15's, cos i can get cheap tarmac rally tyres! I not sure wot the headlites are out of but if you want them crazy_rich you can just have them, its being built as a track day car so it will end up with a cage at some point, but i am goin to keep it road legal, so roll on os track day! also i have wots left of the car i got the front off, just a shell but has got good rear floorpan and boot floor, left hand quarter good, roof good has a std diff in it, front struts, any one wants it come get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 live plates and tags? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 should be a pretty sweet track car mate. i seen this on trademe a few times does it drive nice man and is all the work thats been done to a pretty sweet standerd. dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esky 73 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 nah sorry, de reged and the dude i got it from lost the tags, it did have rego on hold and still is i think, i origonally looked at it to buy and build up, pretty much had two cars in bits but when i checked up on it there was some dodgy shit with the ownership. yeah this the same car you'v seen on tm, the work on the car is pretty good, i actually did some of the work on it a couple of years ago, and the old owner was'nt scared to pay someone to do shit that was beyond him so the overall standard is good, in the middle of cutting the gay front off now, i reckon i can get the intercooler behind the og grill with a bit of dicking about, will get some pics up later today, also bought a 2l pinto and box for a hundy, not sure why but it seemed like a good idea at the time, goddamn bourbon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 That looks 10x better!!!! Id say you may have to get a smaller cooler for behind the grill. I run a way smaller one (but thicker) behind my grill fine. But it is only 200high.. Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sholdowa Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Great to see it looking better already - was it a few times on TM and it made my skin crawl! I say go for the minilite look too. Is that an anti-dive kit I see there?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Thank fucking god you're making it look good again. Before and after pics will be lol as, sounds like it'll be sweet when you're done with it. Good man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 has much larger amounts of awesomeness now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Oh sick shit the value of this car just magnified by ten, good to see it being tastefully fixed . Looks like a lot of effort was gone to to make the twin headlights mount in there properly. Good work keep it up auw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 The more i look at the pics the cooler it is The mounting of the overflow bottle = Sway bay = big ass fan = Quarter bumpers = Are you removing the bonnet pins? How do you weld pannels like that without warping them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Cool man, cheers for changing it back to standard, albeit with weird front thats missing a hole and a swage (custom?) haha. Whats the guards on the parts car like? Like your plans for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esky 73 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 the cooler is goin to be cut down to 180 high, i will just weld on new bottoms to the tanks, and it will fit mint, what you can see in the front is a twin sway bar,its a pretty cool idea as you can adjust the amount of stiffness by moving the clevesis that link the bars together, the guards are pretty rooted, when i took the front off i was goin to unpick the spotwelds to save them but they were full of poo where they meet the rad support panel so i cut them off instead, but if you want the bottoms of the gaurds they seem ok, when i weld the panel in iwill stagger the stitches and quench as i go, this is a slower process but you can keep shrinkage down to minimum, then i will hammer and dolly to stretch the welded areas, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Looks 200% Better with the original front back on man, also will be better with the sleeper look, with the intercooler hidden away rather than "all I got for christmas was my two front teeth" look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid-Dynamo Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggo Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I thought it was listed as certed wof'd and rego'd on trademe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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