Escort Mk1

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My Mk1 Shell has had a very hard life and is in need of a lot of fresh new panels and lots of time spent it to get it back to where should be, plan is plain standard arched fast road car got busy with the grinder and torch the and unveiled a whole host of nasty work carried out by previous hatchet men/ botch up kings... panels needed to start the resto are...
d/side inner wing
radiator x member/side panels
correct slam panel
front panel
2 outer mex wings
2 kickpanels
2 door post skins
complete floorpan
boot floor
outer sills
complete mk1 standard tubs inners and outers
outer wheel arches
inner/outer boot pockets on both sides
rear panel
parcel shelf

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Time to prepare the shell for Media Blasting -

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So the Escort is back from Sand Blasting - had a few hidden surprises!

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Few Extra Panels to order -

Left and Right Mexico Wings
R/H inner Wing
2 x Door Jamb
2 x Inner Door Jamb
Wing Mounting Band
Battery Tray
Mk2 Rear Chassis Hanger
Under Wing Suspension & Side Panels

The car has had numerous repairs over the years - most fairly agricultural - so need cutting out.


Rear Scuttle Panel

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Drivers Side A Post



Passenger Side Window Post



Heater

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Left Tub



Right Tub

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Suspension - rear axel - brakes etc. removed and the shell is placed upon a jig.

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The car has been in a drivers side front shunt as the door hinges don't match the jig



Whereas the passenger side fits perfectly

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So the work begins -

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Heater Bubble Repair

Before -



After -

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Previous (bad) repair to the fuel filler neck!

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Here's just some of the panels that will be replaced - wings and tubs aren't in the picture!

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More work on the heater bubble -



Dashboard



As you can see lots of extra holes and warped - so this will be replaced as well with a fresher one.

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Installing the new floor pan.