Popular Post Type49 Posted April 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2021 Hi all . Back in 1992 i built myself a Mk1 Escort rally car, i used this car for a couple of years before barrel rolling it in Woodhill forest at a rallysprint. After sourcing another shell i reshelled the car and did events in it till '99 when i parked it in container while i went on my OE. Fast forward 20 or so years... So after a gentle nudge from my partner that went along the lines of " You should do another rally before you're 50.." So i started to unearth my Escort ( it has been out of the container for about 10 years ). I will try to up load some progress shots as we go. Cheers for following! 38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Type49 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2021 Here is a pic of one of it's last events before i parked it up . 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type49 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 Brief spec on the car before the rebuild was 1600cc Xflow, Kent 244 cam, big valve head with double springs and steel rocker posts and solid spacers. Datsun pistons and twin 45mm Webers. 4 speed Straight cut , close ratio Tran-x gear kit. English axle with a steel plate type LSD 4.9:1 Ratio. Two link rear end. 4 wheel vented discs and bilstein shocks all round. Quick rack and a world cup cross member. All pretty normal for a rally car of that era. Plans for the rebuild are making it look more like a period works escort of the 70's, ie. Satin black interior with correct works twin cowl dash and centre console, correct smiths gauges etc etc. Improving the rear suspension travel by adding mini tubs and a diff tunnel. Adding a panhard rod, proper seat rails and sill mounted jacking points. I will still use the Tran-x 4 speed and same rear axle, i may have to change to a 5:1 diff ratio tho with the new engine. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Type49 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2021 Car uncovered and looking a bit sorry for itself. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Type49 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2021 Car stripped and mounted on spit to start the paint stripping and mods. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type49 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 27 years of paint coming off... slowly but surely 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type49 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 Several hours and tins of paint stripper later ! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type49 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 Here are some before pics of the inside floor before stripping and fabricating of the new seat rails and sill jacking points. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Type49 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 More progress of floor bare metaled and seat rails welded in. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Type49 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2021 Finally rust treated and etch primed. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Type49 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2021 Working out where i needed to make some clearance to get the most travel in the rear. After cutting out the original diff tunnel the axle tubes now sit on the chassis rails and the tops of the tyres are just touching the tops of the wheel tubs. Here's a pic of what the maximum bump travel would look like. This is the most i can do without raising the chassis rails and wheel tubs which would involve changing the rear of the rollcage as well..... Too much work ! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type49 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 Note the new sill mount jacking point in the pic too.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Type49 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2021 Just found and old pic of my original car on it's last event. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type49 Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 In keeping with the " works spec" twin cowl dash and "Mada" centre console i thought i'd make a start on the dash. As with the works cars they started with a genuine 6 dial dash as the starting point. Now i happened to have one of these that i kept as a spare even tho someone had decided it looked good painted pink! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type49 Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 The first step was to cut out the centre as i only need the outer shell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type49 Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 Then i drew up how the dash layout was going to look and had a mate laser cut it out of some 3mm MDF as a trial run before cutting it out of the proper laminate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type49 Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 I painted it black and offered up all the gauges and lamps to make sure the layout was correct and was going to work in the dash surround. Very happy with the result , then i just had to finalise the wording i wanted and get it cut out in laminate. Happy days! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Type49 Posted May 2, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2021 Then this happened ! 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Type49 Posted May 2, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2021 Then i assembled it all together in the dash, although the speedo needs rebuilding everything else can stay. Now onto the centre console.... 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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