My Mk1 Escort 1300 Sport Project

[mk1GTstu]

Got a bit more done, made up a repair section for flitch plate area,



Welded on & smoothed down welds

[mk1GTstu]

made some repairs to turret uprights



sprayed with weld through primer,

new spring cup mount

[kas750]

Keep batting Stu..This car is going to be a rare beauty.

[mk1GTstu]

spring cup welded on

strut top mount in place & welded on,


welds smoothed off,

[mk1GTstu]

and given a coat of zinc primer


still more to do here but thats it for now.

[vinny]

nice work stu

[ATR477V]

Some great work there.

[13sport]

Nice repair work there mate looks really tidy

[south west restorations]

good to see more progress m8.
looking better

[HarrierTony]

Nice work Stu, deffo going to be a solid motor when you have done,

[mk1GTstu]

Cheers for all the nice comments . Got a bit more done over the weekend.
Before i could fit a new wing rail i've had to sort out some rust & glassfibre underneath the slam panel.

And also removed the remains of the front panel, while doing that the front crossmember came off with it ! I found it had only been welded onto the bottom edge of the front panel, the rest was just loose!

[mk1GTstu]

Good news is the front crossmember is almost like new & even looks to be genuine ford, with the sticker still on it! So that can be cleaned up & re-used .

[mk1GTstu]

Cut the rust & filler out of the inner wing/slam panel area & cleaned it up,


Then made up a repair section, then clamped & tacked in place

[south west restorations]

god progress
its always anoying seeing other rough repairs that have been done in the past
but and sure u do it the right way.

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Great to see the bodywork being joined back together by those lovely pieces of shiney new metal! Wouldn't you just like to meet the guy that originally filled the car with that glassfibre, and show him how it should have been done?

Tim