Picked this up after selling my 16v polo,

mainly got this for my dad has they are his passion and he had to sell his to fund our local business.

its a 1972 1.3l FORD MK1 Escort. this is how it was when i 1st went to get it.

WE made a deal including for him to drop it off at my house

RIPPED THE WING OFF

STripped all the interior, windows out ,engine out, wings off and had a look around to start cutting out the rust..

cut the rear scuttle out has i have a second hand one cut off a shell.

i have done alot more but not tooks pictures :9

i have nearly every panel i need for this aswell.

i will be buying a 2.0 or a 2.8 capri for the parts i need i.e rear axle, suspension, brakes Gearbox other bits and bobs.

Engine wise.

2 litre silvertop mondeo engine running bike carbs ford EDI system to run it.

This is how i want it to look like. without the FOGs and maybe some old schoole banded steelies.

Been off the road since early 1985 at the latest... Hope you get better soon!

needs restoring remaking

will be sweet when done though

Think the tax disk was 85 or something like that.

You can weld yeah?

I should hope so lol :) wouldn't have bought it lol the welding would of cost more than the car

Should be a pro by the end of this.

Yep :)

My grinder and welder will be my best friend :(

Bloody hell . Good luck mate. you've got some work on you hands with it

cheeRS Tom

How much did you pay for this if you dont mind?

Regards

£800 delivered

Shit me that's rotten!

Good job you've got all the panels you need. Parts are so expensive for these.

My mate let a solid mk1 with Mexico arches and a 2.0 pinto go for like 3.5k, just needed painting and putting together.

Good luck indeed haha

should of finished it.. and asked 6k+ lol

Jesus! Thats no small task!

Christ man you got bigger balls than Chuck Norris for taking on that "Project"...........

Good luck man..

will need it lol

Good luck mate, will be looking out for this!

p.s you could teach night classes at your local college for welding after this

Could teach then on this! Just to get it bloody done

Fucking hell, that's beyond repairing IMO.

If you manage this, then fair play!!

I will succeed :)

Best of luck sir, don't go buying any Vtec lumps until it's solid!

Thats one hell of a basket !

Atleast its something with a decent following, so much of what you'll need to make it solid again is available. Can't imagine having to fabricate up parts for something obscure on that kind of scale.

I made the mistake of getting excited lol! I bought lowering blocks the 1st day I bought it..

And my uncle was selling his Mondeo zetec so I bought and stripped that for the engine took the complete loom out..

To find out that the blacktop engines are harder to convert than the silvertop..

So I've sold everything off that making a £200 profit lol..

But wasted 5 days of my time!!

Your a fucking mad man Ashi

good to see this being saved tho, i'll be keeping an eye on this for updates :-)