MMC3 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Hi all just wanted to show my project that will be for the next 9 months as I am only 16 and that is when D-day is. She is a 1980 ford escort mk2 4 door 1300 crossflow which was one of the very last mk2's as it was registered in Febuary 1981 after they stopped production in August 1980. The car has had three owners before me, first an old lady bought it from new and then sold it on to another person, the guy I purchased it from had known the car for 15 years but had only had it for 2 and a bit before selling it to me. As of the moment I have not done any work to the car apart from washing it and then starting to strip it down for a new interior. It had been re-sprayed blue with rainbow flake in the clear coat and had lots of other aftermarket parts. My intentions are to clean the car up and make it show worthy taking it back to an original spec but adding my own little touches to it. Here are the pics so far: In the garage after collecting her and then giving her a nice clean. The internal strip down. I am going to try to paint the door cards with some black vinyl paint as the paint theme will be the blue body and black trim where suits. Fuel tank removed so that I can remove all the underseal in the boot and check for rust spots. Removed over 2/3 of the underseal but its tacking time. note: Need to adjust boot spring so that stupid bit of wood is not needed lol Over the next week ill remove the rest of the underseal in the boot and start prepping the main floor pan as Im going to tidy it up a bit with some grey paint. Also have a L/H rear light on order as the old one was shot. Im hoping once I have a bit of wonga ill be able to buy some nice black carpet and get shaunm to trim it up for me with some nice blue stitch. Ill be updating this thread as regularly as possible hope you enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurcyP Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 nice job so far, looks like a rather solid shell so nice find. Shame about the ripspeed pedals and interior though lmfao what was the owner thinking :| 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunm Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) I Better find some light blue thread then, Going to keep an eye on this I can get an idea when your ready for carpets lol. What's lurking under those back seat covers we could match the front seat style at some point! Edited August 5, 2014 by shaunm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arogon1235 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 nice little car you have there, by any chance was this some sort of track car as that racing rev counter ont op of the dash just screams track car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMC3 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 nice job so far, looks like a rather solid shell so nice find. Shame about the ripspeed pedals and interior though lmfao what was the owner thinking :| Owner was a 6.4" tattoo artist nice little car you have there, by any chance was this some sort of track car as that racing rev counter ont op of the dash just screams track car He licked the drift car design so tried to replicate it and plus the 1.3 escorts dont have a rev counter but ill take that stupid one of and get a normal one to fit in the dash also ill make a better layout for switches and things than the normal ones plus may put a push starter button always wanted one lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMC3 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 I Better find some light blue thread then, Going to keep an eye on this I can get an idea when your ready for carpets lol. What's lurking under those back seat covers we could match the front seat style at some point! haven't looked yet so I don't know ill take them off tomorrow and put up some pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunm Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I recon in 9 months we could do something like this, finished it last month what do you think? http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/30060-photo/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMC3 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 I recon in 9 months we could do something like this, finished it last month what do you think?http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/30060-photo/ I think a Hennessey Venom interior is a bit out of my price range and a bit faster than my escort as well lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hebby Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Lovely, will be watching this with interest. I have a real soft spot for the mk2's! Good luck with it mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Any plans for an engine change? Even if not, those little xflows are tunable engines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan_bench10 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 God Damn you man I've been looking for a 2 but can't find any decent solid ones look like you beat me to it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Tidy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 There are plenty of mk2's about if your pockets are deep enough. They need to be deep too! A year or 2 ago we sold a rotten heap of a mk2.(I work at a car auction) been in a damp shed for 12 years. Rotten as a pear but it was a 2 door, non sunroof shell and we sold that for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMC3 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Well i could never afford a 2 door so that why I got a 4 it cost me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunm Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Well i could never afford a 2 door so that why I got a 4 it cost me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Well i could never afford a 2 door so that why I got a 4 it cost me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCbutcher Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Very cool man agreed it can only go up in value now the rally scene has done it wonders ive seen shells sell for silly money too these was very cheap when I was young everyone should have a classic Ford. A future classic will be the ford probe compared to how many sold here only a fraction are still around like 2,000 of them or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMC3 Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 Got me new rear L/H light today no point fitting it as im going to rewire the car once ive painted it, also made more slow progress with the underseal its the worst job that ive done to it yet so labor intensive and tedious. Old is at the bottom and new at the top if you cant tell, the part is a copy but good quality removed most of the underseal from the left hand side. Also this is the rust I uncovered from under the tank there are some bigger holes where the bottom of the tank mounts but a bit of steel and a welder should do the job. Last of all the little 1300 lump in the front its not looking too good same for all the underseal in the engine bay but ill remove her heart at some point and get a nice clean respray matching the rest of the car for the bay and paint the lump up black with lots of chrome bits, blue hoses and a K&N filter. For a laugh I was sizing up a race engine we have out of a lotus cortina, its a 1558cc crossflow twin cam putting out 173hp at 8000rpm, it would actually fit but its not our engine and costs about five times more than my whole car, it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurcyP Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 christ alive thats a lot of underseal in some ways its a good thing for someone like you who wants to restore the car as its a matter of just cleaning that out rather than doing a metric **** ton of welding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedtheinferno Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 That replacement rear light really looks very milky on the red section, no definition to the light under the lens at all, shame really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trans4Mation Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Good to see your getting there on all that underseal / wax oil . Try using cellulose thinners on a rag it should just rub off or is that what yours using. The mk2 was well known For boot areas going near tank & spare wheel wells. Yours look good compared to some ive seen & owned over the yrs . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMC3 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 That replacement rear light really looks very milky on the red section, no definition to the light under the lens at all, shame really. Thats the reflection from the roof of the garage mate its an un-painted fiberglass one so it lets more light in Good to see your getting there on all that underseal / wax oil . Try using cellulose thinners on a rag it should just rub off or is that what yours using. The mk2 was well known For boot areas going near tank & spare wheel wells. Yours look good compared to some ive seen & owned over the yrs . Yer been using brake cleaner scraper blue rags and a hot air gun it takes time but is coming off. The part im dreading is the engine bay but it may be easier as there are less angels and tight spots compared to the boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Try IPA, its stronger than break cleaner so it should get the stuff off much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMC3 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Try IPA, its stronger than break cleaner so it should get the stuff off much easier. correction brake not break but i dont have any IPA in the garage and the brake cleaner works fine once you have scraped the top coat of and heated it. its mainly because the underseal is about 3-4mm thick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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