Type49’s Mk1 Escort Rally Car Rebuild

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Late last night the doors, bonnet and boot were getting the first couple of base coats applied. Hopefully collect the car this afternoon.  

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This evening I got the call.  "Come and collect your Escort " 

So I jumped into the Transit and headed down to the paint shop.  Had to get a couple of shots of it in the sunlight.  Excuse the poor pics and shadows.  

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Home safe and sound.  

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Started with fitting a few small parts before I removed all the slave suspension.

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This is the part I really enjoy about a rebuild, apart from driving it .. 

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Planning on trying to get one job done every night... So last night a fitted up the front x-member. 

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Big job ticked off. Chassis plate mounted back onto shell. 

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Tonight's mission was mounting the caster bar brackets/ bumper irons. Got them all mounted and trial fitted the front 1/4 bumpers. Actually fitted up quite nicely so they can stay on.  Also managed to get some satin black onto the front panel behind the grille. 

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Right front suspension assembled.  Will have to probably remove the castor bar and trim some of the end to get more castor.  But I'll wait till I do a wheel alignment to see how everything is.  But hard to get a good pic but you get the idea.  

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Small steps this week.  Sourced some nice black mesh to go behind the front panel

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... and glued it into position. 

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Big thanks to Paul and Richard at Plastic Constructions in Avondale for supplying me a new set of legal polycarbonate windows.  Awesome guys to deal with and perfect products.  

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Was fitting some heim joints to a car at work recently and had a brilliant idea.