Mk2 Escort stood since 1993

[mk1GTstu]

bit of rot there! I'm sure you'll get it sorted though, keep the pics coming!

[south west restorations]

fair bit oh work to do there m8.
keep at it.

[Lee R]

Wow there is some work to do here! Good progress though!

[13sport]

thats some hole in the passenger floor tony, sure it will be sorted in no time tho. Whats your plan for the a pillar? fit a donor i guess?

[HarrierTony]

Thanks for your comments guys. The chassis on this side is worse than the O/S was, at the rear of the N/S it has rotted away completely. so I need to repair that before putting any floor panels back in. O and yes the A posts needs replacing on both sides mate. Personally I dont think this car would have lasted must longer before starting to become a banana, the only part of the floor that had any sound metal left at all was the tunnel. The sills on both sides were completely rotten and hanging on by a thread. Time to go and buy some new tin

[eagie]

You are a brave man keep up the good work.

[HarrierTony]

A little update, decided to take a look at the O/S door, its not as bad as the N/S door was, so i made a plate up, cut out the rotten section and tacked it in place, there is also some rot in the centre and the other end of the doorskin to still address

The reverse side of the same area, I had to also repair the actual door in this corner where the door skin folds over as that had rotted away, it just needs tidying up and finishing now

Made this part seperately to make sure it is level across the bottom of the door once fitted, it just needs a bit of final cutting and shaping and can then be welded into position

[Br0nze M0nkey]

I thought mine was bad! That is some rot to repair. I think Darren and Mark have a NOS A pillar floating around. Not sure how much though. Keep up the good work, I am sure it will look great when it's done

[HarrierTony]

Yours is like a new car now, they are doing a great job with it. I would love to see your car once you have it back.

A little bit more done today, made my own chassis piece to replace the bit that had already rotted away lol. still have some more repairs to do to the chassis before the floor panels can go it.

[south west restorations]

good to see ur still at it m8.
at least it be rot free when ur done.
keep up the good work.

[HarrierTony]

I hope so Davey, just keep cutting out the rot when I get to it.

Done a little bit more friday evening, I made this chassis piece as the N/S edge of the chassis rail is rotten, the other side of it is surprisingly good but need a few small repairs sorting.

Then I had to make a recess in it where the floor pan fits

Side view of the new piece showing the recess for the floorpan

The left side has rotted through right up to the bend

The new piece laid in place, next job cut out the rotten part and weld this in

All 5 sills now all but removed, 3 outer and 2 inner

and a quick mock up of the sill to see how it looks

[13sport]

Well done mate nice to see fresh metal going in isn't it.

[HarrierTony]

Yes mate it is, once I have this chassis sorted then the floor and sills can go in, I have my A posts on order so they should be here soon .
How is yours coming along ?

[13sport]

Slowly the last few weeks lol

[HarrierTony]

Crack on then or I will be overtaking you

The missing pieces of my jigsaw arrived today

This is what I had to sort out and the other side needs the same doing

Not fitted in yet, but a quick check to see that it all fits together as it should, I just need to do a little bit more tidying up underneath and then it can be welded into place