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Hi All and thanks for looking at my resto thread, if you see anything thats out of place feel free to put me straight.This is only the 2nd mk2 ive ever owned my first one i had when i was the tender age of 12 and i was more concerned in seeing how many times i could roll it than looking after it !!!! If only i had took my dads advice at the time maybe 23 years later id of got the mk2 bug out of my system. But back then mk2s were not wanted and could be picked up for £50 and at that time and that age it was only an old escort lol... Anyway i made the move over from cosworths to try my hand at some old skool stuff so time will tell if its been the right decision.....
I started taking my MK2 apart just before xmas with the intention of giving it a fresh lease of life. A quick rub down and repaint wasnt going to cut the mustard for me so the decision was made to take it all the way back to the bare bones and build it from the ground up into a tarmac spec looking rally car for fast road use... Anyway the car was striped fairly quickly and I had some prep done for when it was due to go the fabricators at the end of January.
Some pics pre strip when last on the blacktop in October (The colour was never to my taste but as this was always going to be replaced it didnt bother me, also the wide monte arches were binned ASAP) I decided against turrets and rear coilovers as ill never be in the forest stages doing jumps so a sorted GRP1 rear end is ample IMO....
After much searching and thinking about what colour to choose im totally sold on yellow. This is what im aiming for it to look like when its complete ( But unfortunately minus the Millington unless a certain 6 numbers come in
Not to many pics of the strip as I didnt see the point, No major surprises on the rust front as it was in good order just needed saving and addressed now not skimmed over with filler. The heater bowl looked good but was hiding some rust when i rubbed it down other than that i could of got away with using the front panel/slam panel but decided to replace all of it.
The shell was an automatic car and look at what a butcher did to get the type 9 into it... Made a mess of the tunnel and drilled the sierra gearbox mount up through the floor, shame to have to take the auto tunnel out but this had to go..
Door pillars and front floor sections were ok but decided to replace rather than repair
After getting to this stage the first shopping list for GR4 Fabrications was put together which resulted in this.
My apprentice wasnt too happy about not having the freedom of the touring on the way home
Not a happy puppy at all
Unloaded the goodies
Picked this Safety Devices 6 point bolt in cage from a guy breaking a rally car, once painted it will be as good as new..
I started taking my MK2 apart just before xmas with the intention of giving it a fresh lease of life. A quick rub down and repaint wasnt going to cut the mustard for me so the decision was made to take it all the way back to the bare bones and build it from the ground up into a tarmac spec looking rally car for fast road use... Anyway the car was striped fairly quickly and I had some prep done for when it was due to go the fabricators at the end of January.
Some pics pre strip when last on the blacktop in October (The colour was never to my taste but as this was always going to be replaced it didnt bother me, also the wide monte arches were binned ASAP) I decided against turrets and rear coilovers as ill never be in the forest stages doing jumps so a sorted GRP1 rear end is ample IMO....
After much searching and thinking about what colour to choose im totally sold on yellow. This is what im aiming for it to look like when its complete ( But unfortunately minus the Millington unless a certain 6 numbers come in
Not to many pics of the strip as I didnt see the point, No major surprises on the rust front as it was in good order just needed saving and addressed now not skimmed over with filler. The heater bowl looked good but was hiding some rust when i rubbed it down other than that i could of got away with using the front panel/slam panel but decided to replace all of it.
The shell was an automatic car and look at what a butcher did to get the type 9 into it... Made a mess of the tunnel and drilled the sierra gearbox mount up through the floor, shame to have to take the auto tunnel out but this had to go..
Door pillars and front floor sections were ok but decided to replace rather than repair
After getting to this stage the first shopping list for GR4 Fabrications was put together which resulted in this.
My apprentice wasnt too happy about not having the freedom of the touring on the way home
Not a happy puppy at all
Unloaded the goodies
Picked this Safety Devices 6 point bolt in cage from a guy breaking a rally car, once painted it will be as good as new..
Dark grey or silver is also nice like Torstens from GRP4 Fabrications but its always been yellow for me....
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