my first mk2

[gazza66]

:d:d

[south west restorations]

comeing now m8.
good progress from last time a looked.
always good to get near the end in build a escort.
keep up the good work

[13sport]

Managed to nearly finish fitting the bootfloor last night while I was waiting for the plumber to turn up.

Then totally finished it this afternoon after work. Needs to dolly a bit of damage up on the rear panel before fitting but seems to fit ok so hopefully il have it done and fitted over the weekend.

[HarrierTony]

Nice work Jon, well done

[13sport]

Managed to get the rear panel all fitted up today, it took a lot of messing about to get it to fit nice, probably more the back end of my car to fault than the rear panel lol. It's self tapered into position for now, didn't have enough time to weld it today but it all ready to go as soon as I get chance. Trial fitted bootlid, borrowed a good boot seal to do this and also trial fitted the lights to make sure it was all ok.

Strangely I had to file about 3mm out of the boot latch that bolts to the rear panel to get the bootlid sitting right not sure why I had to do this but all the other gaps are really nice so I'm just putting it down to poor tolerances between parts from different cars.
Also got my friend in the garage at the moment working on this car

Mk2 sat on top of a 2.9 v6 sierra 4x4 floor pan, he's had to remove the cage and adjust some areas as it wasn't quite sat right on the floor pan, one side A pillar was about 5mm to high. Not sure how far the owner wants to go with this one but for now it's aimed to be an abused track toy.

[BROADSTRIPE]

Jon there was a nice orange escort round yours the othere day.offering inspiration lol

[SHIFTY]

great work going on, keep at it

[south west restorations]

good progress there m8 .
have u ever try ajust boot hinges on ur car below rear parcel shelf ?there is ajustment in them
as u said u had a problem line up ur boot.
keep up the good work

[13sport]

Jon there was a nice orange escort round yours the othere day.offering inspiration lol

Your right there, the owner turned up with his work gear on but didn't get his hands dirty lol

[13sport]

good progress there m8 .
have u ever try ajust boot hinges on ur car below rear parcel shelf ?there is ajustment in them
as u said u had a problem line up ur boot.
keep up the good work

Yes cheers Davey tried everything but ended up having to file the latch

[13sport]

Saying that it is possible the catch could have been off a Capri and slightly different? Got a lot of Capri bits with my cars as the previous owner broke a Capri for odds and sods to help build mk2's up

[13sport]

Been busy working 7 day weeks at the minute but have managed to squeeze in a few hours on the car this week. Got the rear end all finished off then started to fill the boot floor on top of the rear legs where the welds have been.

Then got the car back on the spit to finish the last couple of bits of welding, only minor stuff left to do like finish welding gearbox mounts etc.

Pic of bootfloor from the bottom side, need to get a better pic of this

And removed the old sealer off the inside of the rear tubs


They are in tip top shape which was nice to find good metal rather than rust for a change! Thats it ready for blasting now so fingers crossed the weather is ok to transport the shell it will be getting done next weekend then we can get started on the filler work which is going to be a task!

[south west restorations]

good progress there m8.
keep up the good work

[13sport]

One mk2 escort shell welded!!
Finished of a few little bits tonight and that's the bare shell totally finished at last!!
Just the heater bubble to re-fit now and finish the doors off and hopefully the welder etc can get put away for a while

[pinto48s]

good job done mate, did you keep a record of how many hours you spent?