Rebuilding my Escort Mk1 Mexico Replica

[AlexG]

Thanks for alle the nice comments!

More to follow.....

[AlexG]

Something new from today:

New axle trial fitted, tramp bars will follow soon:



FIA seat mounts:



and finallly the roll car montig plates welded in place:



And finally the complete car in primer:

[13sport]

Looking very good, nice job on those arches and tubs.

[Hairball]

Love it mate nice job on the bubbles how long ish do you think to do front and back bubbles in and out as i want mine done next winter and need to know what im letting myself in for as ill have to pay someone to do it

[AlexG]

As I´m only oon saturdays in the workshop I can´t tell you how long to fit the arches, sorry.
On my car we also had to change the wing rails incl. wings. And the repro wings didn´t fit very well, so there was additional work needed for this also.....

And I have no bill until now.....

Best regards Alex

[Lee R]

Coming along

[Hoonabator]

Fantastic work and great solid shell to start with.

Why no top plates on the inner wings?

[kiwi rs]

making a nice job of this you should add the stengthening plates the
RS models had

[SHIFTY]

Looking good, nice job of the arch'es

[AlexG]

Fantastic work and great solid shell to start with.

Why no top plates on the inner wings?

There are top wing reinforcement plates welded on, but the edges are already tinned. So nothing visible any more.

I´ve found a picture after welding (sorry for the bad quality):

[AlexG]

Buy the way, thanks again for all your positive comments. The man who´s is doing the metal work is an old school guy. He has learned on this cars in the 70´s and is an perfectionist too.

You don´t find many guys nowadays, which provide such a top quality work.....
Of course he´s not cheap, but for me the quality ist the most important thing!

Best regards Alex

[AlexG]

Something new from today, the engine bay in fresh color:


Front struts already bolted in:



Steering rack with new bushes:


And finally the new montings for the rear arms:

[AlexG]

News from today:

New dashboard monted (but still not wired):



The firewall is also in Place and the complete inside is already painted in satin black:


Handbrake will be changed to hydraulic operation:


More to follow soon.....

[Lee R]

Nice

[AlexG]

Next big step: Body painted, with stripes!





Boot is complete (except the battery tray):


And finally we fitted al the glass and the rollbar!