jr
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This one to be exact
A couple of pics after the clean up
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That had the very bonnet made
[quote="Twins"]More progress was made tonight ,got one of the vents welded in :banana: here is some piccys of the work
The inner skin on the vents was removed and the metal trimmed up so it would not foul the inner skin on the escort bonnet
Bonnet marked out and cut .
Test fit. :top:
Doing a bit of reshaping ,as the saff bonnet has a swage line in a different place
All cleaned up
Starting to tack weld it into place
Starting to weld into place ,bit by bit as to prevent the bonnet getting too hot .
Welds cleaned up :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Still to clean up the welds on the back
well the latest project
[quote="Twins"]Ok made a start on the doors today ,first thing was to get them measured and cut out of the audi doors and also give the escort doors a clean up .
Happy with the measuring
Just the inner skin holding it now
Old door nearly ready for the scrappy ,just one more bit needed
Skin on the top still to be removed
Process repeated for other door
Job done
Decieded to clean up the doors before i started work on them
After
Thats all for now ,more updates soooooooon :top:
[quote="Twins"]Update time ,thanks for the comments ,started to rub down the filler on one of the doors ,got it to about 90% finished ,pics of the work done.
You can see where the guide coat has been left showing the low spots
Second skim building the low areas
Getting there
Handle test fit.
Thats all for now more next week :top: :top:
[Edited on 07-09-2006 by jr]
[Edited on 04-11-2006 by jr]
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Eck
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another reason why Rob should buy one
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Robin
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do you have nothing better to do?
i've been keeping an eye on the doors, they'll look excellent
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timrud_
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I love this car.
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jr
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Agreed tim, saw it last night at the PF meet and its so
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Rob_Lee
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awesome
[Edited on 07-09-2006 by Rob_Lee]
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CorsAsh
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timrud_
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jr - I'd love to hve a proper gander round it
If I owner a S2, it'd be just like that, or Tim Butch's off PF (the grey one).
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jr
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I would have to go between a corssbread from this/Tony turbos/SVM286
it really is stunning tim, espically when you see it parked up next to other 2's you can appricate how nice it is
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SVM 286
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quote: Originally posted by jr
corssbread
Is that a type of snackfood/sandwich making material, manufactured from small Vauxhall hatchbacks?
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Robin
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nah, its bread made from 80 grit sand paper
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Martin_C
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boaby's oot
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ed
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Grrrrr! Poor excuse for a sanding block!!!! Those doors are going to be wavey as fook At a guess he used the same thing on the bonnet too Tell him to get a proper block cos that car is mint!!
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3CorsaMeal
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whats he done with the handles
they don't seem much better to me?
I like the carplan exhaust bandage bestest
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Tom
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I remember u posting about this agesssss ago
Very nice indded
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willay
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ITS THE BONNET!
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boyracer2002
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ffs "passionford"
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jr
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All Torque
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Nice
I dont understand the bit with the door handles... take them off to weld THE SAME handles but from a different door back on??
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TNM
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all tourque: They are handles from some audi. Old handles were rectangles. look at the top few pics.
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STEvieXE
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why all the fibreglass???
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jr
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[quote="Twins"]Ok big update time got the doors into primer today and rosso on the inside.
First job was to hang the doors mask the garage and degrease the doors.
Etch primer the bare metal.
Handles in etch primer and the plastic part in plastisicer.
First coat of primer.
More coats of primer going on.
All primered and out side guide coated.
First coat of rosso going on.
Decided to wet on wet the handles :banana:
All painted
[quote="Twins"]Thanks for the replys ,Big update today as got the doors polished today and started to change them over :banana:
Door all polished and ready to go on (tape on edge is to stop it getting chipped when lining up)
All lined up
Ran out of light in the end to get them totally finished off,but pleased with them so far.
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jr
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[quote="Twins"]Thanks for all the comments :top:
Had a few other ideas in my mind for a while ,started to source some bits for these to happen,first mod is staying with the flush theme i want to change the number plate light ,i am going to use vw polo ones as these sit flat in the bumper ,will involve cutting the vw bumper into the escort one .
Perfect for my needs, one end missing cost me £5
The bumper to be modified cost me £10
Ok the next mod is a 3rd brake light in the boot lid ,going to use a bmw e36 convertable one, cut into the escort boot lid ,light will be red so it will blend in nicely.
Tracked down a mint boot for £20
Still to source a bm boot lid ,layed out with tape where the light will be cut in .
Boot will still be delocked and dewipered,
Let me know what you think,mods will still have the "factory" look.
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jr
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[quote="Twins"]Small update on the bootlid.
Inside i had to weld in the inner bracket that the light will bolt in to.
The holes will be made bigger so i have some adjustment with the light as it was hard to get it in the right place and weld it.
Bare metal ready for filler ,you can just notice the weld marks from the bracket on the top of the boot.
Holes drilled ,had a bit of trouble getting the drill in the gap but the light fits perfect.
First skim over the welds filler fiberglass mix.
Thats all for now more soon ,also working on something with the wheels got the idea of a bmw i saw in a mag ,think it works well what do you think ,thanks to Sticker Paul for doing them and posting to me :clap:
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Dave A
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thats a massive amount of hassle for some door handles
I used to be a bit of a ford escort boffin and I probably wouldnt have noticed the change at first glance.
stunning car though, keep them coming jr
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