My Mk1 Escort 1300 Sport Project

[mk1GTstu]

Then a coat of weld through primer, and I made up a repair section for the inner A post and clamped it in place

then screwed the splash panel in place & welded in.



Thats it for now!

[mk1GTstu]

Hi all, yet more welding! New A-post in place

welded in & ground down welds.

then made a repair section for the lower bulkhead

[lee bishop]

Good stuff stu

[mk1GTstu]

All welded in place



Next job to repair the inner arch, I've found a use for VW campers the rear corner repair panel is a similar shape to the arch on the bulkhead so i bought one, cut it to size & held in place with some self tapping screws..


Tack welded in place

All welded in & ground down

[mk1GTstu]

Then gave the lot a coat of primer, I'm really pleased how this has turned out, it looks better than i thought it would



Also did a trial fit of the dash top & rev counter


Thats it for now
cheers, Stu.

[13sport]

Nice one mate, good use of the camper corner panel. It looks like they fit an escort better than they fit a camper they r made for lol

[HarrierTony]

Deffo coming on a treat now Stu, love the VW piece you smartly used

[mk1GTstu]

Hi all, spent a couple of days cutting out the support frame inside the car


Welded in the seat brackets to the tunnel & tidied up a few welds

[mk1GTstu]

Also decided to put some type 49 top plates on the strut tops, I know Sports didn't have these originally but I decided to put them on to strengthen things up a bit here.


And gave it all a coat of primer

[mk1GTstu]

Had a bit of luck, a mate of mine had a 1300GT engine out of his 1300E project car & was after a 1600 xflow, so I did a deal & did him a swap for one of my spare 1600 xflows so know I have a proper 1300GT engine to rebuild & put in the Sport


Thats it for now,
cheers, Stu.

[13sport]

Bonus

[mk1GTstu]

Hi all bit of an update, haven't got a lot done lately as I've been busy with shows etc. I've been paintstripping the outer panels during the evenings & given them a coat of etch primer. I've done the bootlid, roof, rear quarters & door skins so far, the rest I'm going to get shotblasted & hopefully the shell will be going off to be done in the next few weeks so I'll be able to see anymore hidden horrors! Here's a few pics of the progress,
cheers, Stu.



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Lots of pitted rust on passenger door bottom to sort out

[mk1GTstu]

Cleaned up the bare steel & a coat of etch.


Its had a new driver side rear quarter fitted at some point in the past & arches done so will need a bit of prep work to put right.



Thats it for now,
Cheers, Stu.

[south west restorations]

great progress from last time a looked m8.
good to see all ur hard work going in to ur car.a bet u be glad when ur near the end.
keep up the good work

[mike77cos]

Looking really good