My Mk1 Escort 1300 Sport Project

[mk1GTstu]

Made a start on the sills, both sides have had cover sills welded on in the past with the originals rotting away underneath.Started on the passenger side first.



nice to have new inner sills to weld to


cleaned off the paint & gave it a coat of weld-through primer, also had to weld in the seatbelt captive nut as the new floor hasn't got them.



Trial fitted sill & held in place with self tapping screws & clamps,had to take door on & off many times until I had a good gap around it

[mk1GTstu]

Welded outer sill on, plug welded it & smoothed down welds


Door fits well, so far so good so gave all the welds a coat of primer for now to keep the rust away.



Thats it for now.

[Rallye]

Sterling work Stu, coming together now.

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Another nice piece of work to be viewed here. You're keeping us well glued to this thread Stu!

Tim.

[Aaron P.]

i assume Stu your going stock with this rebuild...youve got alot of patience with this

[mk1GTstu]

i assume Stu your going stock with this rebuild...youve got alot of patience with this

Cheers! Yes I'm going standard with this one as mk1 1300 Sports are so rare now, especially one as early as this one is, it would be a shame to modify it too much or turn it into a rally car. It needs to be saved!

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Cheers! Yes I'm going standard with this one as mk1 1300 Sports are so rare now, especially one as early as this one is, it would be a shame to modify it too much or turn it into a rally car. It needs to be saved!

Yes I agree it will be great to see this car restored to standard, that's one thing that attracts me to this restoration, and this is how I remember them! So many of them lost thier identity years ago by owners trying to make them look like their RS cousins, which are common as muck compared to the rare little Sports now! I would sooner have my Sport back any day!

Tim

[Aaron P.]

thats a good thing Stu.....it will be a savage wee motor & worth as much as an RS

[mk1GTstu]

Got a bit more done on the drivers side lower front bulkhead, cut out the rot & made up a new repair section & welded it in.



also made a bracket for fuel/brake lines & welded on.

also fitted & welded on the seatbelt/propshaft mounting, I had to cut this from the original floor as the new floor didn't come with one.


Here's some pictures of the old floor I cut out so you can see how bad it was!

[mk1GTstu]

Then made a start on the drivers side sill



cut off the old sill


trial fitted sill & held in place with self tapping screws with door in place to get it all lined up.

[south west restorations]

good progress m8
nice to see the floor section getting fitted there .
at least it be soild when ur finshed.
is the car for keeps ??

keep up the good work

[HarrierTony]

Great progress on this, that new floor just looks so much better.

[mk1GTstu]

Hi all, bit more progress made, I've welded on drivers side outer sill & ground down welds.



test fitted door & all fits well

[RS2000EXPRESS]

It's great when you get these big pieces of shiney metal fitted! Looking great!

Tim

[mk1GTstu]

Next job is to sort out this mess, A-post has some rot & filler in it, splash panel has lots of rust pinholes, bulkhead arch is dented & been plated over.

Cut it all out, the A-post underneath is quite good, just has some surface rust.


cleaned off the surface rust & treated with rust killer.