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bit bored, so thought i would put a few pics up of the "other" escort in my life
a lot of them are rather old as I have had the car about 8 yrs now (and never driven it
)
a couple of pics of the "stunning"
example when I picked it up 
'nother pic from the side sitting on the farm on purchase day
when purchased even though it looked really rough I "thought" it was actually resonably solid 
as I started stripping it down I realised just how bad it was !
front crossmember (yep I jammed the hammer between the "new" gaps for effect) note the previous "repair" panel
car rolled onto it's side, things not looking much better !
at the this point I decided the only way to go was a thorough shotblasting !! pic taken as we removed the remains out of my Dads van, me grinning on the left hand side (I was so naive then )
starting cutting the car up at this point to discover the true nastiness
removed roof skin (didnt want a webasto) a choclate teapot for guessing all the removed panels in the background (apoligies for really dodgy pic of me in this one !!!)
more "spares" namely chassis rails up to the rear seat, a posts, inner and outer sills, floors to name a few
new expressed floors and 2nd hand chassis rails were fitted at this point (got a few looks from the weekly commuters as I rolled the scrap doner shell over in my front garden and ground those off one night )
'nother view showing new sills also fitted
good 2nd hand valance fitted from another donor shell
not long after these pics it all went very wrong and almost ended up as tin cans...........................
Cheers Glyn
a lot of them are rather old as I have had the car about 8 yrs now (and never driven it
)a couple of pics of the "stunning"
example when I picked it up 'nother pic from the side sitting on the farm on purchase day
when purchased even though it looked really rough I "thought" it was actually resonably solid
as I started stripping it down I realised just how bad it was ! front crossmember (yep I jammed the hammer between the "new" gaps for effect)
note the previous "repair" panel car rolled onto it's side, things not looking much better !
at the this point I decided the only way to go was a thorough shotblasting !! pic taken as we removed the remains out of my Dads van, me grinning on the left hand side (I was so naive then
) starting cutting the car up at this point to discover the true nastiness
removed roof skin (didnt want a webasto) a choclate teapot for guessing all the removed panels in the background (apoligies for really dodgy pic of me in this one !!!)
more "spares" namely chassis rails up to the rear seat, a posts, inner and outer sills, floors to name a few
new expressed floors and 2nd hand chassis rails were fitted at this point (got a few looks from the weekly commuters as I rolled the scrap doner shell over in my front garden and ground those off one night )
'nother view showing new sills also fitted
good 2nd hand valance fitted from another donor shell
not long after these pics it all went very wrong and almost ended up as tin cans...........................
Cheers Glyn
paul
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