My mk1 73 Le mans green Mexico

[HarrierTony]

Great work and love the attention to detail you are giving it.

[kas750]

Just read this thread from the start..What a super job you're doing.Love it!

[Mogsmex]

cheers for the interest everyone

still going :shock:

next up was the heater box, I wanted to go right through it and fit a new motor, new rad and redo all the foam sealing strips on the flaps
kit



stripped bare and primed



body finished , this was a nightmare for some reason the paint reacted twice and I had to bare metal it twice , done in the end though



flaps painted, new seals and new motor



stuck back together





fitted with new bulkhead seal and I reoiled all the cables



next job was pump 15 !! litres of waxoil into everywhere, nasty job and it took a day but hopefully will pay off



then I could refit my qtr panels and seat trims, these were all the original parts that responded well to a good clean up ( I even stripped the ashtrays polished them with G3 and oiled the mech )



then I got a call from the platers my zinc'ing was done, quick pic while I sorting it all !



which meant I could start doing the doors so I regreased all the locks and repainted the window regs





next job was strip the back of the bumpers and etch prime and paint so hopefully the rust wont get a hold from the rear



I then fitted and rebuilt my number plate light, no pics
all my bits then came back from the shot blasters nice and red oxide and I picked my axle up from Gartrac who had welded on my panhard rod bracket and checked the axle for true they also decambered my springs





so I have just spent the last 3 days "holiday" rubbing down, etch priming and and painting in satin and gloss 2K turning my garage into a paint booth
nice mobile :lol:



done



done my tank too

[Dave1800BDA]

great work glyn, like the detail youre doing with the individual parts

[lee bishop]

Good skillz Glyn bits look awesome! Wish I had your patience. Just about to do my heater box LOL

[paul andrews]

Stunning,if there is a better Mexico mk1 when this is finished I'd like to see.glass build mate

[mk1gaz]

Top work buffty boy . Will be the nuts

[John Savage]

Top work Glyn!

looks like the end of my workshop as well with all those bits hanging up!!!

yours is going to be a propper clean car mate with the amount of detail your doing

[Quickrack-Alan]

Your dedication to this car is a bit nuts mate.
But in a good way

[westernisles]

I have been following your resto thread Glyn and hats off to you for a fantastic job I hope to start on my mk1 Mexico resto over the winter making good use of a few of your tips

[grum]

finished yet Glynis

[south west restorations]

nice work not miss a single part
thats how to build a escort
keep up the good work.

[Mogsmex]

latest update as I have had a night off

wasnt happy with the parcel shelf so did it again with some more crincle cut paint, this time it went off uniform



got my new ignition barrel swopped over to an early NOS key and built all the collumn back up regreasing all the little bearings



and fitted with my original springalex





then got all my rollcage in (pic before I cut all the bolts back and fitted the plastic covers)



next job was get the car watertight and finish the windows

ordered some glass polish off ebay and had a go at the scratched side windows, they came out not bad, not perfect but not bad



then stripped and painted my frt qtrs rebuilding them with rechromed catchs





done



fitted with all new seals





then it was onto the axle this didnt start well

bugger



so another shackle blasted primed and painted and leafs were fitted, the new isolators I'm using I wasnt happy with the location through the saddles to the axle so I cut out the middle and turned up some stainless pins to locate the axle properly



next stop get my rebuilt LSD back in



got a few more bits on the back





Rob fitted some new bearings on my half shafts which all proved too much for his press (cheers Rob )

next I had a go at the tank, new petrol hose all over



fitted, and boot area finished



next I had a go at the pedal box, using new cylinders, AVO club bronze bush's and new rubbbers







servo too (I swopped the bracket round after the pics )





fitted

[mk1GTstu]

stunning car!! your doing a superb job, keep the pics coming!

[Rallye]

Perfection