'73 Mk1 Escort 2dr - Project

[VEE KA]

Hello,

i don't post much on here but i thought i'd show those interested our current little project. :)

when we got to Bunbury from Harvey:
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8503/escort54.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1535/escort56.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1795/escort8.jpg

back home:
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2873/escortl.jpg
http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/5262/escort4.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7982/escort5.jpg


it's a '73 Mk1 Escort 2dr. We bought the car from Harvey after the g/f's folks saw it advertised on a pin up board in the Bunbury Plaza and rang me to tell me about it. It's unreg'd, complete and has bugger all rust for an Escort. Plans are panel and paint, interior retrim, suspension swap, engine swap ( from the original 1300 to a massive 1600! ) and hopefully one day a round headlight conversion ( just got to organise a grille! ).

some progress pics ( not alot done in these photos, need to update ):
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/6102/escort39.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/899/escort74.jpg
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/6813/escort59.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3159/escort34.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7608/escort51c.jpg
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1858/escort49.jpg
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/2209/escort50.jpg

we also recently bought a second, damaged, Mk1 that we plan to use bits off such as the boot lid, suspension ( has been lowered ), maybe mags ( until we get some minilites!! ), interior bits... and the reason we bought it, the engine and g/box ( g/box has a short shift fitted ).

damaged car:

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/10/photo0720.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6792/photo0721p.jpg


just gonna be a neat litte cruiser and something very, very different to our other vehicles.

hope you guys and girls like it

cheers
chris


ps: i think the pics might be a little too large!! will try and fix!

[RS_Gav]

Awesome project mate. They are getting pretty rare these days too. I wish I kept the pair of Mk1's I had a few years back. The 1300GT Had a few nice bits on it.
Make sure you go and see Rolly at Racetune for parts. Twin cam front guards, round headlight conversion and 6 dial dash would be nice...

[DanWA]

have a soft spot for these, a bloke at work is mad about them and races 2 at the collie motorplex

[VEE KA]

Awesome project mate. They are getting pretty rare these days too. I wish I kept the pair of Mk1's I had a few years back. The 1300GT Had a few nice bits on it.
Make sure you go and see Rolly at Racetune for parts. Twin cam front guards, round headlight conversion and 6 dial dash would be nice...

cheers.

yeah dealt with Rolly and Racetune when i had my other Mk1.... around 10years ago! also re-joined the Ford Rallye Sport Club.

this is the old one i did up from a $250 bomb:
from this
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6554/firstescortjustpurchase.jpg

to this:
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4890/firstescortstockies.jpg
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/8784/firstescortrostyles.jpg

[magic1]

first car was a mk2, got a big soft spot for these, great car!

[Jimmy_S]

Love the esky's! Great project mate!

[Jumanji]

A mate of mine used to have an RS200 5 or so years ago original condition ( apart from the engine ) it used to hammer! , I personally love Escorts and cant wait to see this one completed nice work!

[VEE KA]

cheers everyone... been give till xmas to get the body ready for paint.. so... by the new year it'll have colour then we can piece it all back together slowly!

[Jumanji]

what colour are you going to go with?

can i make a suggestion, I think the dark metallic holden blue would look awesome, Impulse blue i think its called.

[VEE KA]

what colour are you going to go with?

can i make a suggestion, I think the dark metallic holden blue would look awesome, Impulse blue i think its called.

We've decided on a colour now although it took us ages and ages to decide. It came down to a light metallic green of some sort, Bionic Blue or Focus Orange..... Focus Orange won!! re-living my youth!!! haha!

[ossie cossie]

nice project.
something like this??
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/DSCF5993.jpg

[VEE KA]

nice project.
something like this??
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/DSCF5993.jpg

yup! that was one of the colours! god they look good don't they!

[duste]

That colour, yes!

Personally I like the stock headlights, the round-light conversion looks shit because it has all the gaps. :/

I look forward to the progress on this, so keep us updated!

[ossie cossie]

My favorite car.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/devon_rs_day19.jpghttp://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/devon_rs_day2.jpg

[ossie cossie]

in black.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/a038.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/a035.jpg

[1cut808]

hahaha SWEET...

I've had shed loads of eskies... Started to put a Capri 3.0ltr in a Mk1 2door once and then I moved to Perth... That was the end of that...

Pretty sure KALSPL put one of my Escorts into a ditch once from memory?? ROFL

[31-EVO]

You buy this off of a younger kid out in Harvey ? He probably had a red one as well ? Great base for little street car really, excellent purchase.

[Turbo2.6L]

Nice Esky Chris!

[earlybirds]

yeah these are mad !!
my 2c - stick with the orange mate !

http://cdn.images.pistonheads.com/aimg/2177/2177771-1.jpg

http://cdn.images.pistonheads.com/aimg/2177/2177771-4.jpg

http://www.comp.co.uk/gallery/pics/FORD%20ESCORT%20MK1%20MEXICO%20ML1580%208X15.JPG

[ossie cossie]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/ford_2.jpg

[ossie cossie]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/2009042411178660940_P6L0278.jpg

[ossie cossie]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/whats1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/whats3.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/whats.jpg

[ossie cossie]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/032.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/033-2.jpg

[juggernaut]

Had a few Escorts (MkII) and finished off with restoring a MII RS2000 (in orange) which I unfortunately wrote off. Love these cars - the Mk I's are great because of there lighter weight compared to the Mk II's.

See you are thinking of transplanting a 1600 in...have your though about the 2 litre. I've had the 1600 and 2 litre verions and the 2 litre has a heap more torque and power and responds very well to mild mods.

I rebuilt my 2 litre myself when I did the resto, and did my own headwork based on the David Vizard book. Managed to make double the rear wheel hp with headwork, mild Piper cam (268 degrees - which is same duration as stock but more lift), rejetted carb, extractors and electronic ignition. Fitted vented discs, quickrack, konis/kings, 5 speed box. On pissy 175 semi slicks it used to lap Wanneroo short track within a second of my brothers 355 stroked LH Torrie.

Although I now have a heavily modded Nissan S15 and Ford G6E turbo - I still have a soft spot for the Escorts because they were cheap to buy and mod - and had virtually go cart handling - and nothing much ever went wrong with them.

[VEE KA]

Had a few Escorts (MkII) and finished off with restoring a MII RS2000 (in orange) which I unfortunately wrote off. Love these cars - the Mk I's are great because of there lighter weight compared to the Mk II's.

See you are thinking of transplanting a 1600 in...have your though about the 2 litre. I've had the 1600 and 2 litre verions and the 2 litre has a heap more torque and power and responds very well to mild mods.

I rebuilt my 2 litre myself when I did the resto, and did my own headwork based on the David Vizard book. Managed to make double the rear wheel hp with headwork, mild Piper cam (268 degrees - which is same duration as stock but more lift), rejetted carb, extractors and electronic ignition. Fitted vented discs, quickrack, konis/kings, 5 speed box. On pissy 175 semi slicks it used to lap Wanneroo short track within a second of my brothers 355 stroked LH Torrie.

Although I now have a heavily modded Nissan S15 and Ford G6E turbo - I still have a soft spot for the Escorts because they were cheap to buy and mod - and had virtually go cart handling - and nothing much ever went wrong with them.

cheers everyone!

yeah did think of a 2L but gonna stick with the 1600, my old one was a 1600 and i loved it. plus, the bent orange one has a 1600 in it and has some good bits like extractors, elec ignition, weber and the box is short shifted. the whole car was cheap as so gonna use what we have already. just want a neat little cruiser, not after much power.... i say that now!

[Torquen]

Cool project!

[Gladio]

Sweet project, I think Ego (Ford colour) would look the bomb on it!

[VEE KA]

cheers again peoples.

[VEE KA]

small update: car was taken away for paint on tuesday, apparently a bit done already and should be in paint today/tomorrow! going over there after work this afternoon to check it out! can't wait to see what it looks like!

once home, we can then start the re-assembly and part swapping!

[ossie cossie]

when you get it back put some pics up of it, what colour did you go for in the end?

[feznutz]

awesome mate,ive had my share of eskys,i swear that is my mates old esky from bunno,had it years ago when it was still regoed and on the road,started life as the 1300 4sp,cant remeber the dudes name,thats how long ago it was!!!

[VEE KA]

when you get it back put some pics up of it, what colour did you go for in the end?

focus orange, looks really nice!

[ossie cossie]

nice bright colour.

[Daisy]

PICTURES

[ClevoCapri]

Com on where are the pics!

[VEE KA]

will put some up tomorrow!

[VEE KA]

some pics:
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4739/1002230.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6313/1002232q.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3881/1002238d.jpg
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4286/1002244k.jpg
http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/3284/1002242.jpg
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7267/1002247y.jpg
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/1372/1002248.jpg

[RS_Gav]

Wow! Big colour on a little car looks awesome!
Will look a million bucks when all the chrome and trims go on mate. Keep the pics coming.



also re-joined the Ford Rallye Sport Club.

Reminds me I have to get to a club meeting one of these days again soon.

[VEE KA]

Wow! Big colour on a little car looks awesome!
Will look a million bucks when all the chrome and trims go on mate. Keep the pics coming.




Reminds me I have to get to a club meeting one of these days again soon.

yeah it's pretty bright!

we try and go to all/most meetings, will be a little while before the car goes too though!! :)

[mitchy]

naice!

orange and chrome will look killer i reckon...

[kurbn]

wow! that is a fucking nice colour man! Great pick!

is that the focus turbo colour?

[ClevoCapri]

Looks awsome mate. Nice work. Now the joy of assembly!

[VEE KA]

Looks awsome mate. Nice work. Now the joy of assembly!

yup! will be starting soonish, not much to these things so wont take too long i hope! going to be swapping between the two cars, use the best bits from both.

cheers for all the comments guys!

chris

[AGIT8D]

Such a hot colour mate, orange and plenty of pearl just looks tops. Keep the updates rolling in

[MRO]

Looks great - paint work is amazing. What rims you going for?

Might need to consider some twin cam front guards otherwise you are pretty much limited to 13" rims and 185 tyres.

[HANS YOLO]

my aunty just had a shunt in her escort and we are going to be selling the wreck....1 owner since new....interior is like new (with some TLC)

if your interested, PM me and il send you my cousins mobile number...he is looking after procedings.

[VEE KA]

my aunty just had a shunt in her escort and we are going to be selling the wreck....1 owner since new....interior is like new (with some TLC)

if your interested, PM me and il send you my cousins mobile number...he is looking after procedings.

Mk1 or Mk2 do you know?

pm sent

cheers
chris

[VEE KA]

Looks great - paint work is amazing. What rims you going for?

Might need to consider some twin cam front guards otherwise you are pretty much limited to 13" rims and 185 tyres.

ordered a set of 13" x 7" rims. front guards have been rolled and the dude reckons the car should take a 205 no worries! i hope he's right! :) just got to wait for them to arrive into the supplier then freight them over!

[Mooro]

Love Mk1 escorts. Had a couple of MK2 RS2000's back in the day. The thought of Mk1 with bubble arches and a beasty BDA sends my knees wobbly. This one really looks neata nd the colour will make it stand out!

[earlybirds]

much been doing here mate ?

[VEE KA]

much been doing here mate ?

not really, been too busy doing everything else but this!! minor things really, cleaning bits up, checking/pulling parts off the damaged shell to see what can be used, getting the 1600 in the damaged one running which it is now etc.

oh! # 1, also found out the damaged one has Mk2 front struts! score!
oh! # 2, bought a side mirror for it, chrome bullet style!

few more pics:
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/487/29032011037edit.jpg
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9823/29032011038edit.jpg
http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/9964/29032011040edit.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4982/29032011042.jpg
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/1012/29032011044.jpg
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9893/29032011043.jpg

[ossie cossie]

awesome colour.

[ossie cossie]

like this one.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/Stripes.jpg
If you are interested i have a set of stripes like the ones on this pic, PM me if interested.
Tony.

[VEE KA]

like this one.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/Stripes.jpg
If you are interested i have a set of stripes like the ones on this pic, PM me if interested.
Tony.

hmmmm tempting! :)

[DanWA]

mexico style strips?

[RS_Gav]

Car looks great mate! Awesome colour.


mexico style strips?

These are Mk1 RS stripes. Meh-ico stripes are thinner and run through the handles and also over the roof.

[ossie cossie]

These are mexico stripes.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/tonyj2020/Lakes20Tour20262010k20Run20047.jpg

[VEE KA]

small update time:

head lights, tail lights, grille, horn etc all in, wiring put back in place, engine taken out of parts car, new clutch received ( flywheel to be done ), rims swapped over for now and new roof lining in original type moon crater material.

pics:
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3073/29052011234.jpghttp://img810.imageshack.us/img810/3082/29052011233.jpg
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/4362/29052011235.jpg
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/9683/29052011240.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1517/29052011238.jpg
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/2923/07052011135w.jpg


cheers
Chris

[Mad_Aussie]

That looks exceptionally tidy mate, good work!

[ossie cossie]

Its coming along nicely.

[Dzenci]

love the paint job and everything thats done to it so far

well done

[VEE KA]

cheers guys

[H1GHROLLR]

Killer ! lovin it +1 mexico stripes !

[poppin]

awesome man, wanted one of these when i got my hachi haha, good luck with it all mate!

[VEE KA]

minor update!! many years and not much change unfortunately ( rebuilding the engine in the VK and wedding planning/saving took over ).... but over the time i have:
fitted the lowered rear springs
fitted the 1600 lowered front struts
fitted the engine & box
fitted the exhaust
& got some miniltes rims

ps: bumperettes aren't staying black, just checking bolts and brackets

that's it!!! ( really needs a clean... very dusty from sitting around )
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/842/pkue.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/nepkuej)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/842/rs59n.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/ners59nj)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/845/ebwn.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/nhebwnj)