Escort RS2000 Broadstripe Signal Green

[MEXICO-AL]

This is my Mk2 RS2000 Broadstripe September 1976 model. I bought the car after it had been stored in a single council block garage for 18 years. The owner had the car repainted in 1992 and wasnt happy with the job and lost all interest in the project....so it remained in his garage untouched since 1992 till I opened up the door in 2010. It still had masking tape on it!
The car is original Signal green and according to the DVLA V888 enquiry it was supplied by Hendy Lennox Southampton to a man in Fareham. The car has remained in and aroung Portsmouth, Fareham and Eastleigh all its life.
It is now undergoing full restoration and is currently at a local bodyshop awaiting paint!
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Its first wash in 18 years
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Removing underseal to fing original green and primer!
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refurbished front struts..hard to think how rough they were!
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Now at bodyshop
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Looking forward to getting it back in 2 months and bolting it back together with lots of new shiny parts!
Cheers Al

[Aled]

Fantastic......can't wait to see this one ! Good luck :D

[Davecos4x4]

a very nice find. :)

looks a really nice car.

[MEXICO-AL]

Cheers! I will add some more pics of the parts that have been overhauled today!

[jimmer]

What colour are you going to spray it?

[ebj60t]

Keep it Signal Green, lovely.:D

[marky4]

good luck with it Al, can't wait to see it finished;):)

[bluevan1]

amazeing .
just shows u what is hideing out there .
this will be nice when its finsh.looks soild.

[mk2ddc]

Fantastic find that mate,
Will be lovely when finished, keep the pics coming :)

[Martin]

Keep the pics coming Al :)

[MEXICO-AL]

What colour are you going to spray it?
It will stay signal green:)

[lee bishop]

Very nice looking project Al, shouldn't cause too much bother. Where a bouts was it hiding before u got it? Still fareham?

[FOR24D]

Well done Will make a nice car :cool:

[MEXICO-AL]

Very nice looking project Al, shouldn't cause too much bother. Where a bouts was it hiding before u got it? Still fareham?
It was in a garage in North End mate....Wish I could have a look in a few more! lol

[bigjohnie]

It was in a garage in North End mate....Wish I could have a look in a few more! lol
love this car and the colour if you get fed up with it i know a good home for it stunning mate

[MEXICO-AL]

Been to bodyshop today to see how the car is getting on with the repairs!
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[bluevan1]

good to see some updates m8
ur getting there

[MEXICO-AL]

good to see some updates m8
ur getting there
Thanks mate :)

[bigjohnie]

Thanks mate :)this car would love to come to glasgow right colour for my football team too:D:D:D

[SHIFTY]

Looking great!, looks a real nice shell too! :D

[MEXICO-AL]

Been rebuilding engine, had it dipped and chemically cleaned then painted. Just fitting new mains, big ends, rings, cam bearings and gaskets etc!
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[bobmk1]

Keep up the good work, going to be a minter when its finished. ;)

[MEXICO-AL]

Pistons fitted today and a few pics of overhauled/ painted and powdercoated parts!!
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[bluevan1]

lots of nice goodies there m8.
keep up the good work

[MEXICO-AL]

Almost finished pedal box, re-plated all pins and clips etc, just waiting for accel pedal to be replated.
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[ModenaRS2]

Looking great mate :cool:

[coskev3]

Very nice:cool:

Re-furbed parts look spot on,attention to detail:cool:

[lee bishop]

Looks awesome :)

[MEXICO-AL]

Thanks Fella's, Been re-plating more bits today!

[ModenaRS2]

Any reason why you are using a thick gasket cam cover?

[MEXICO-AL]

Any reason why you are using a thick gasket cam cover?
Bought it before I realised it was wrong one....:o
I have the thinner type now at my friends getting painted....I keep learning as I go and welcome all the help and knowledge I can get!
Cheers.

[Davecos4x4]

nice work. :)

[MEXICO-AL]

A bit more of whats been goin on!
Been building the engine and had a look at the Shell tonight.. happy so far!

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[Dave1800BDA]

looking great Al:cool:,
nearly popped in yesterday afternoon as i was over that way valuing a car

[bluevan1]

looking well m8 .nice progress.
keep it up

[MEXICO-AL]

Cheers, It is looking good and the repair work looks good too. I Just hope it looks as good as the image in my head when its finished.

[mike77cos]

What a great find, and a great looking car

[NORTH YORKS RS SPARES]

Looks a good solid shel Al , shame about the colour tho :(

[MEXICO-AL]

Looks a good solid shel Al , shame about the colour tho :(
Why thank you Paul...Been up the bodyshop tonight actually and it will be in paint soon.....might do it Tuscan beige:eek::eek:;)

[hollywood]

that is one nice shell you have . keep the pics coming

[NORTH YORKS RS SPARES]

Why thank you Paul...Been up the bodyshop tonight actually and it will be in paint soon.....might do it Tuscan beige:eek::eek:;)

Now if there ever was a nice colour to change that horrid green to , my god i think you have it ;);)

[MEXICO-AL]

Now if there ever was a nice colour to change that horrid green to , my god i think you have it ;);)

PMSL!! I'm a fan of the different colours....!!!! ;)
You will hurt my feelings soon:D

[NORTH YORKS RS SPARES]

PMSL!! I'm a fan of the different colours....!!!! ;)
You will hurt my feelings soon:D

Lol,

seriously Al, she looks superb and you are doing a great job mate ,

:D:D

Oh ,i almost forgot ,,,,,,,,,,Heeee heeee

[MEXICO-AL]

Thanks Paul, Its not much fun tho:eek: and stress full when you get stuff back and its not like you had in your head!!..:mad: looking forward to getting the shell home!!! Here is a few update pics!!
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[ModenaRS2]

Cam cover has had a top coat, but not happy with it, so I will do it again.

You need a different alternatot bracket. Early Broadstripes had the same set up as a MK1 RS2. I have new block brackets and tensioner arms. You will need a alloy bottom bracket as well;)

[MEXICO-AL]

Cam cover has had a top coat, but not happy with it, so I will do it again.

You need a different alternatot bracket. Early Broadstripes had the same set up as a MK1 RS2. I have new block brackets and tensioner arms. You will need a alloy bottom bracket as well;)
Hi Darren....there is always something I get wrong with this bloody car..!lol
Cheers for Doing the Cam cover! Give me a call mate and I will have a chat bout that bracket!
Cheers Al

[Dave1800BDA]

looking good there Al, see what youre be doing over christmas:D
paint dabs have a work with the ******** owner im sure Ian did all his

[wetandwindy2]

coming on really well should look a stunner when its ready

[MEXICO-AL]

Cheers for comments, keeps the motivation up!
I am goin away for a bit at xmas as think the wife knows if we are at home I will be in the garage!! lol
need to get the paint to dab the nuts n bolts with etc... also dont think im going green underside as thinking of grey and the overspray look....mmmm...?:confused:

[NORTH YORKS RS SPARES]

looking good there Al, see what youre be doing over christmas:D
paint dabs have a work with the ******** owner im sure Ian did all his

Im sure the owner of ******** will help him

:D;);)

[191964]

looking good there Al, see what youre be doing over christmas:D
paint dabs have a work with the ******** owner im sure Ian did all his

Im sure the owner of ******** will help him

:D;);)

Fairly sure Ian used other ford paints from the period for the dabs and applied with a brush ,all a bit of guess work really.

[ian parker]

the main colour i used, i believe had two names, dependent on year. One name was defo electric blue. This colour was used on strut top nuts, diff nuts and sump alan bolts. Also i used signal orange which was the original colour found on the floorpan. I remember Rob (Hoarder) gave me the colours for the spring poundage on the front. There were also three brushes of paint along the back edge of the leafsprings. Good luck. I think to be fair, whatever colours were freely available were probably used. I believe the paint marks on the floorpan were to tell others bolts had been tightened and checked etc etc.

[MEXICO-AL]

Thanks for the help! I will sort out the paints and have a trial run on some parts like servo tower etc!!:)
I had a load more parts back from the blasters today so cant wait to get them painted!!:D
Cheers Al

[ian parker]

Dont be too careful putting the marks on, it,ll look more authentic. Best of luck.

[bigjohnie]

does it have a alternator regulator box on the inner wing al.

[Hoogi]

It's just superb Al............posted the Suspension Boots for you today :D

[bluevan1]

nice to see a update

[vinny]

does it have a alternator regulator box on the inner wing al.

if it does have an external regulator as johnie asked m8 then i have a new one somewhere

[graceloc]

just seen this thread..........beautiful build, minds me of building EIB,
well done.

[Martin]

Coming along well Al, can't wait to see it finished :)

In Signal Green of course :rolleyes:

[MEXICO-AL]

Cheers lads for the comments, it has a standard loom and alternator not the externally regulated type.
Thanks hoogi, I got the dust covers!!! Cheers mate!!!:D

[MEXICO-AL]

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[rsjohn1]

Cheers lads for the comments, it has a standard loom and alternator not the externally regulated type.
Thanks hoogi, I got the dust covers!!! Cheers mate!!!:D

It should have the external regulator, the main loom is no different for this as its a short bit of stand alone loom that links the alternator to the regulator box. The plug from the main loom fits as normal.

HTH John

[MEXICO-AL]

It should have the external regulator, the main loom is no different for this as its a short bit of stand alone loom that links the alternator to the regulator box. The plug from the main loom fits as normal.

HTH John

Wil dig the stuff out and have a look cheers john...someone may have converted it at some point to the later set up.
Al

[RS2000&MEXICO]

nice to talk to al.....car looks fantastic mate. keep up the good work
and i'll sort out that part for you ;) let me know if you need anything i'll see what i can do:D..cheeRS

[MEXICO-AL]

nice to talk to al.....car looks fantastic mate. keep up the good work
and i'll sort out that part for you ;) let me know if you need anything i'll see what i can do:D..cheeRS
Cheers Paul:D I will have to get some more pics soon....!

[RS2000&MEXICO]

Cheers Paul:D I will have to get some more pics soon....!


that will be cool m8..:D

[MEXICO-AL]

Just bought these Ronals for her...all date stamp 1976:)... just hope they turn up as bought from ebay Germany and I have never bought outside of the UK before!!:o
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[bigjohnie]

nice set of wheels cant wait to see this car done love it:cool:

[rwdrs]

Just bought these Ronals for her...all date stamp 1976:)... just hope they turn up as bought from ebay Germany and I have never bought outside of the UK before!!:o

Course they will.
I order stuff from all over the place, a lot from the UK these days, very rarely do I have any trouble, usually it's only that someone has been "economical" with the description, other than that very little trouble :D.

[Hoogi]

Good Luck with the wheels Al..........to be fair to you they do look absolutely mint :D

[prs]

Just bought these Ronals for her...all date stamp 1976:)... just hope they turn up as bought from ebay Germany and I have never bought outside of the UK before!!:o
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Look good ronals. I bought mine in Germany also, no problems with shipping. I got a good few parts form Germany & in most cases shipping was cheaper than from the UK:scratch:
Good work so far.

Robert

[MEXICO-AL]

Thanks chaps, hope they come soon as I am excited!! lol
Got cam cover and cambelt cover on her today! :)
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Big thanks to Darren ModenaRS2 for spending the time to prep and paint them! they are fantastic! Thank you

[ModenaRS2]

Looks great mate, glad I can help.

Always nice to help with such a good build;)

[Martin]

Wheels and engine look very good :cool:

[mk1yb]

This car is going to be mint! :cool:
Ordered loads of stuff from Germany and never had any probs either,
Cheers Stevie.

[Hairball]

Any updates al ,good build going on there mate

[docscars]

looking really well top restro :cool:

[RS2000EXPRESS]

What a lovely looking job.....it's going to be a right little minter!

I've studied the paint dabs as I have put some on mine. It looks like there was no particular pattern of what colour was used, because they vary on some cars. I think as mentioned the dabs were to show that the bolts and nuts had been tightened and torqued up ok. I reckon it was also applied using the oldest and worn out brush that they could find in the factory and with hardly any paint on it (yes it's as bad as that to look right). It was probabaly too much trouble to put paint on it! lol. My diff casing also had a few interesting painted shapes and dabs on too.

Tim.

[MEXICO-AL]

Cheers for the nice comments lads!
I havent done much with the RS fr the last 2 months as moved counties etc so side tracked a bit... but I have sorted stuff out a bit so will be starting to make progress again shortly!

[SHIFTY]

Awesome mate :D :cool: