My Mk1 Escort 1300 Sport Project

[Quickrack-Alan]

New paint equals exciting times

[HarrierTony]

That's looking really nice Stu

[south west restorations]

nice m8
as u say worth the wait and the hard work u have to in and see it in colour
keep up the good work

[Rayju2100]

Great thread always enjoy seeing where you are up to and you gave me the confidence to put a complete floor in my Mexico. Looks great now with a bit of colour.

I would however like to know how you plan to fit the wings without damaging too much of the protection and paint you have added. I only ask as I intend to do the same thing but not got a clue how to do it.

[mk1GTstu]

Cheers all for the replies!

Great thread always enjoy seeing where you are up to and you gave me the confidence to put a complete floor in my Mexico. Looks great now with a bit of colour.

I would however like to know how you plan to fit the wings without damaging too much of the protection and paint you have added. I only ask as I intend to do the same thing but not got a clue how to do it.

I plan to weld the wings on, it should only cause a small amount of damage to the paint around the edges that I can re-paint once they're welded on.
cheers, Stu.

[Lee R]

Hardly any damage to mine Stu when I welded the wings on after

[Mr Day]

It's looking good Stu. keep the pic's coming.
Quick question, How are you going to fit the dash mounted rev counter, does your sport still have the original wiring for it? Just wondered as I've bought a sport rev counter but mine is only a 1100, I don't really want to cut the connector off to fit it.
Also have you got a sport dash top or are you just cutting a hole in a normal one? If you do have a sport one could you give me the measurements for the hole if you get any spare time/ Cheers, Andy

[mk1GTstu]

It's looking good Stu. keep the pic's coming.
Quick question, How are you going to fit the dash mounted rev counter, does your sport still have the original wiring for it? Just wondered as I've bought a sport rev counter but mine is only a 1100, I don't really want to cut the connector off to fit it.
Also have you got a sport dash top or are you just cutting a hole in a normal one? If you do have a sport one could you give me the measurements for the hole if you get any spare time/ Cheers, Andy

Hi, sorry I haven't replied sooner,
I have the original rev counter & the wiring loom came with it. I don't have the original sport dash top as it was missing when I bought the car, I've got a good 2 dial dash top I've cut a 1 inch diameter hole in for the rev counter,

cheers, Stu.

[mk1GTstu]

Hi all,
Thought I'd better do a bit of an update, progress has been slow lately but its getting there

I've fitted the heater bubble with seam sealer & a few pop rivets to hold it tight in place while the sealer dries.


Welded on the front wings..

[mk1GTstu]

Also been doing some prepping & seam sealing in the engine bay..



And given a couple of coats of filler primer..




thats it for now,

cheers, Stu.

[paul mex]

It's a great feeling when it really starts to take shape and thats certainly taking shape now ! Keep the pics coming

[kas750]

Nice work on that.

[alancdavis]

Looking really good ,, whats the finished colour to be

[Mexico Mark 2]

I want one maybe I should sell the 4 door !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mk1GTstu]

Cheers all!

Looking really good ,, whats the finished colour to be

Its going back in its original colour- Sunset Red

cheers, Stu.