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Frustratingly things have been taking longer than I'd hope with the sill assembly. The joys of being back to work after the Christmas break and the ridiculously cold weather have kept me out of the garage somewhat.
Fortunately managed to gain some time in the garage and try to pull things around.
First off I started with the inner sill. Many years ago I fitted an Ex-pressed half floor pan. To be fair it was a great fit but none of the original holes were present in the floor for the bungs and the inner sill. So those holes were ticked off first.
[IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/MK1%20Escort/20170107_120841_zpsb7***m22.jpg[/IMG]
With that done its now time for the outer sill. I suppose we shouldn't moan as some cars don't have anything at all to use in restorations, but these outer sills are getting worse as the years go on.
They do at least now come with the ford logo indent in the sill step and enough material on the bottom edge. Plenty to sort out before fitting it though..
The lower lip should measure around 3/4" which it does for most of the sill but they then go massively oversized at the front around the a post. I marked them up as can be seen and trimmed them down to the correct size.
The lower lip around the jacking point also has excess material which needs removing. As it should be shown on the original Offside.
[IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/MK1%20Escort/20170115_165220_zpspow***fz.jpg[/IMG]
Then as can be seen on the replacement sill, requires trimming level.
Final little detail for now.
Original sill drainage hole..
Replacement part drainage holes. Don't think they'll drain much
Easily sorted though
So with that lot done I've started to get everything lined up. Nearly there but there is still some panel beating to be done in certain areas.(wrinkles where it meets the bottom of the A Post are next to be sorted out..) I've cleaned the edges up and painted them a light colour to try and make gap checking a bit easier as well. It's getting there thankfully. Hopefully next update should see some welding!
Fortunately managed to gain some time in the garage and try to pull things around.
First off I started with the inner sill. Many years ago I fitted an Ex-pressed half floor pan. To be fair it was a great fit but none of the original holes were present in the floor for the bungs and the inner sill. So those holes were ticked off first.
[IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/MK1%20Escort/20170107_120841_zpsb7***m22.jpg[/IMG]
With that done its now time for the outer sill. I suppose we shouldn't moan as some cars don't have anything at all to use in restorations, but these outer sills are getting worse as the years go on.
They do at least now come with the ford logo indent in the sill step and enough material on the bottom edge. Plenty to sort out before fitting it though..The lower lip should measure around 3/4" which it does for most of the sill but they then go massively oversized at the front around the a post. I marked them up as can be seen and trimmed them down to the correct size.
The lower lip around the jacking point also has excess material which needs removing. As it should be shown on the original Offside.
[IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/MK1%20Escort/20170115_165220_zpspow***fz.jpg[/IMG]
Then as can be seen on the replacement sill, requires trimming level.
Final little detail for now.
Original sill drainage hole..
Replacement part drainage holes. Don't think they'll drain much
Easily sorted though
So with that lot done I've started to get everything lined up. Nearly there but there is still some panel beating to be done in certain areas.(wrinkles where it meets the bottom of the A Post are next to be sorted out..) I've cleaned the edges up and painted them a light colour to try and make gap checking a bit easier as well. It's getting there thankfully. Hopefully next update should see some welding!
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