My Mk1 Escort 1300 Sport Project

[SHIFTY]

Fair coming on now mate, great to see all the rot cut out. Nice one

[13sport]

Good to see your getting cracked on with it mate. Heater bowl area looking good now.

[Lee R]

Coming on nice mate LOL at the woodgrain repair! As much as it is a bodge though and shocks us, we have the bodgers to thank, because if they hadnt bodged these cars when they were worth sod all to keep them on the road, they would have been scrapped!!!!!!!

[lee bishop]

Commin on well stu. Wish I knew how to cut n weld

[mk1GTstu]

Cheers for the comments! Been cracking on with the sport,
cut all the rot out of the nearside strut top and flitch plate



then made new lip for bulkhead splash shield, welded on & weld-thru primed

[mk1GTstu]

some more pics, sprayed on more weld-thru primer, new
spring cup,


spring cup clamped in place & welded on,

[mk1GTstu]

flitch plate area repair



strut top clamped & welded in place

[mk1GTstu]

cleaned up the welds


new flitch plate & wing rail on

[13sport]

Commin on well stu. Wish I knew how to cut n weld

I used to say that until I thought one day sod it il have a go! It's not that hard but is time consuming!!!!

[mk1GTstu]

put a new stiffener on this side & all given a coat of primer


also gave the heater bubble a trial fit after i repaired the bulkhead area, seems to fit ok



thats it for now

[John Savage]

coming along nicely now! similar state as mine!

[Lee R]

Nice work mate. Can I ask how you knew where exactly to fit the wing band without the bonnet on? As I'm soon to be doing mine

[Quickrack-Alan]

Power of work done there.

[mk1GTstu]

Nice work mate. Can I ask how you knew where exactly to fit the wing band without the bonnet on? As I'm soon to be doing mine

i measured the distance between the old wing rails (across the engine bay) along their length before cutting the old ones off (did one side at a time). Also measured & marked where original flitch panels were before removing them. I left as much of the original inner wing/rail on as i could when cutting old rail off & cleaned off paint & any surface rust, then clamped new rail on & re-measured distance between old & new rail to get the distance the same or as near as before, when i was happy with it i then welded wing rail on.
Hope that helps

[south west restorations]

looking good m8.
u have been hard at it.