Subaru WRX powered Mk1 Escort

[kevron]

always like a video

[16vmini]

ok , fathers day ... started off by moving front arches back a bit ,

i am happy with position now , can allways tweak later.. and dont forget car has to be lower yet



stuck some duck tape over holes :



did both sides , then turned front end over



and it was raining! so had to do it all inside ,



quick shot of rad setup :



fibre glassed both arches on , :



put front end back on car , then removed tape



then slapped some filler on !



gave both sides a quick sand




then took it for a sneaky drive !!!!

wow its quick !!!

[16vmini]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRhVyPR2Szw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6ITFh9aYc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsYyyejS6UI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uudvC6wIImQ

[cdeane74]

nice project, u testing it in station goods yard, Horsham?

[16vmini]

nice project, u testing it in station goods yard, Horsham?

Near

[cdeane74]

used to live in Horsham,in burgess hill now, mite see your car about soon

[HarrierTony]

Coming along nicely, deffo sounds spot on. What colour are you going to paint it ?

[16vmini]

Coming along nicely, deffo sounds spot on. What colour are you going to paint it ?

green , with Orange roof , and maybe orange mexico stripes .

it used to be my dads team colours in the 60's ( he had a mini , and his friend had a mk1 escort )

Team Orchard they called themselfs...
but he cant remember if his friends escort had orange stripes or not and he has lost his friends contact details ( gone to states )

[Aaron P.]

gotta say its come along way n it works.......brilliant id say your well chuffed n your missus can nearly stop the nagging

[16vmini]

ok got bored / not much progress in the last few days , coming off the high of driving it tried working on wiper motor setup but getting nowhere slowley ...

so turned my attention to back seat area ,

cut 4 inchs off the bottom of the subaru back seat foam , after picking /cutting all the clips off.



fits allot better now :


back sits nice


then cut out the wire frame from cut off foam bit, need to weld this back onto the seat so it can mount

[rikb80]

You're doing some serious fettling here, Think you should change the name of the thread tho to Escort shelled Subaru WRX

[16vmini]

ok , put a new rear seat stiffener in , 25x25x3 box , should do ok



jumped to front of car for a second ,and just tacked a bit of metal on



back to rear of car , finished welding up struts / body shell , etch primed and seam sealed.





quick photo of my cut down seat ... might need tweaking . will see once its in



welded in cage stiffeners to body ,



etch primed and satin black .. done



thanks to my friend xxx for sending them to me ,

not in photos is all the rear seatbelt points are in and welded.
Just doing front ones now and the rear should be done. ( apart from fuel filler neck)

Just waiting for local metal shop to bend me up some angle to help me with dash rail and front wing supports

[16vmini]

rear seatbelts fitted ,



got rear seats fitted , could do with a little adjustment later , but fine for now



had to do a little repair on rear window



started popping windows in just to see what i had



only got one side window seal , and its shot .. so will need to order a new pair

quick test fit of a child



tried putting rear window in , but failed and stopped , must look up method



front seat belts all done and mounted as well .. hopfully push on with front end in the next week

rear is nearly done , ran wires properly to back , so just the fuel filler neck to sort now.

[16vmini]

new boot seal arrived , should stop it bouncing around when i am driving and knocking about



bought some audi TT bonnet hinges off ebay , hoping to re-use them instead of the old escort ones .. we shall see ...



also got rear screen in ,



rubbers a bit knackered , but will do for now.

[16vmini]

got one of the Audi TT hinges mounted ...



only tacked in , and needs some tweaks yet , wont know if struts are strong enough to hold bonnet up until i get other side done and bonnet on ! LOL