R100 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Well its not actually mine but a vehicle my shop is building up for a customer. Purchased new by its current owner in 1977 Customised in the very early 80's, see the picture below with over 1000 hours spent on it. All steel body and body kit. Commodore tail lights BD 323 nose cone. Worked 2 liter cortina engine with twin 40mm webers 13x8 and 14x10 Thompson performance alloys. Not long after if was built and after recieving a few trophies and appearing as a feature car in nz hot rod magazine it was crashed. It has been sitting in the owners shed for the past 27 years. Now i have the task to get it back on the road. Plans include bringing it back to the way it looked in the photo New set of tires. New engine. New diff and brakes New paint. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post R100 Posted September 3, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2016 How it looks after the crash and 27 years of hibernation 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Started chopping and cutting away at the damaged panels. Big job really as nothing unbolts on this thing. Only everything is welded. New nose cut from Ageing Auto Spares in Takanini 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Customer decided on the new engine. 3800 V6 with 5 speed manual. We had debated for quite a while what engine to fit bt the choice has been made. Engine placed in engine bay to sort out shifter location. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Discuss/ Laugh > //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/54010-r100s-1977-ford-escort-van-thing/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Getting it ready to be loaded up and dropped off to get the chassis straightened. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Back from the chassis straighteners. New quarter cut stitched into place. Slowly stripping car back to bare metal. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Finally got most of the old paint off 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Engines sitting place now. Currently fabricating the engine mounts but need to fabricate the headers on the drivers side first. But need to mount a brake booster before i do that. Or do i go remote booster ? Can fit a booster on the firewall but need to cut an opening in behind strut tower. Need to mount up the strut first. Lots do do and lots of time nutting out the best way to achieve it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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