My Mk1 Escort 1300 Sport Project

[mk1GTstu]

Cut back to good metal & cleaned up

new inner arch repair in place


welds cleaned up & given a coat of primer


thats it for now,
cheers, Stu.

[mk1GTstu]

Hi all, bit of an update on the sport project. The rear drivers side rear wheel tub has turned into a bit of a nightmare, it was much more rotten than I'd thought, put a screwdriver through it all over the place

[mk1GTstu]

Only one thing for it, I've had to buy a complete inner tub from ex-pressed panels....

which has meant un-doing my previous tub repair in the tank well area. I've removed the rear tub, found more of the famous woodgrain steel patch repairs tacked on & covered in black sealer




tub removed

inner & outer sill full of filler, glassfibre & rust!

[mk1GTstu]

Tub out & all cleaned up


Then made a start fitting new tub in place


welded outer section in place


I next lined up inner section

[lee bishop]

[mk1GTstu]

Welded it all in & cleaned up welds

Then gave it a coat of zinga primer to protect it.




Thats it for now,
cheers, Stu.

[lee bishop]

Much better

[vinny]

nice work stu

[mk1GTstu]

Cheers! I'm slowly but surely getting rid of the grot!

[Lee R]

Top work!

Got to laugh at the woodgrain

[mk1GTstu]

Hi all, next job is to sort the floors out, its had floorpans put in in the past, but they've been welded over the seat boxes & mounting holes, inner sills have been plated over, also the floorpans haven't been welded onto the chassis rails, the gap has just been filled with black sealer.
Firstly I've bought a load of box section steel & welded in a frame to keep everything rigid before I start cutting out the floors.




Gone a bit overboard with the frame but want to make sure nothing twists or moves

[mk1GTstu]

Then made a start removing the chassis rails, they had a bit of rot in them near the spring hangers,
plenty of thick sealer



so far so good

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Hi all, next job is to sort the floors out, its had floorpans put in in the past, but they've been welded over the seat boxes & mounting holes, inner sills have been plated over, also the floorpans haven't been welded onto the chassis rails, the gap has just been filled with black sealer.
Firstly I've bought a load of box section steel & welded in a frame to keep everything rigid before I start cutting out the floors.




Gone a bit overboard with the frame but want to make sure nothing twists or moves

Hey now that is what I call a proper roll cage!
Great job nothing should move there while your working on the floor....best to go overboard a little than have something twist! Those rear arches are looking really good too!

Tim

[Aaron P.]

thats some dedication on this motor...great little update on this one....love the "cage".........nice work on the inner arch.....

[mk1GTstu]

Hey now that is what I call a proper roll cage!
Great job nothing should move there while your working on the floor....best to go overboard a little than have something twist! Those rear arches are looking really good too!

Tim

cheers! yeh I'm pleased with my rollcage, might leave it in