Guest fitzy121 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I bought this escort about 5 years ago with the intention of fitting an illusion kit and fitting a rs turbo engine . Then money ran out after i lost my job and it got stuck to the back of the garage for 3 and half years . I decided to dig it out a few weeks ago fit the engine and get it up and running . Well got her all running mot'ed and taxed . Managed to get just over a weeks fun out of her before the engine picked up on cylinder 3 =( . so while she is back in this time i am stripping her right back for a respray and a engine rebuild . How she looked when i dragged her out from the back of the garage Engine in and a quick wash . How she stands now . Havnt decided as to what colour to paint her yet . I want to paint her imperial blue while the wife wants me to paint it in the bright green focus rs colour . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RScab Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Looks nice m8 Keep the pics comin of the progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fitzy121 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The shell itself is in very good condition needing no welding to fuse box or battery tray and only 2 tiny patches to the rear of the sills . So then plan is to fettle and make a few changes to the bodykit and see where we go from there ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingergman Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 nice project mate, good to see you havent gave up on it after her sitting for a long time wheels suit it well, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarineIguana Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Nice kit these, Look forward to the progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dave29 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 i likes.:@) ive got a mk3 cabby with a ilusion kit on like yours.needs alot of work like as its been stood a while.also got a all blue cabby.looks forward to see the progress on this one :@) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alanman Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Looks sweet mate. I love the illusion kit when its done right. Looks like a tp job so far. ps I have some lovely wheels that would look the business on that. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alanman Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Imperial blue would look good, but I agree with the missus. Focus RS green would look sweeeeeeeet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMcCarthy Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 glad to see you aint give up mate, look forward to seeing the progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Good to see the cab is going to get some deserved tlc, myself I prefer the imperial blue, keep updating mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fitzy121 Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Thanks for the comments guys . Its been nice to be able to make some progress . When the kit was fitted years ago it was done on a really tight budget and the paint and bodywork reflected that . So most of the week has been spent getting the rear arches absolutely perfect ( thank god for long bed sander ). Another thing that has been bugging me is the n/s/f wing was mounted slightly out of square only a few mm but my god it looked awful . So off it came , which was a nervous time with it being fibre-glass . On the engine front the cylinder bore on no 3 is heavily scored =( have not decided what path to take yet ( if anyone has got a short engine lying about lol ) . I think i will cross that bridge when the bodywork is complete . My apologies for the quality of the pictures they are from my phone i need to buy a decent camera . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ollie Posted September 19, 2010 Admin Share Posted September 19, 2010 looking good like this kit .look forward to seeing some updates on this thread ollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hendo_lawdy Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 i love the kit on this looks great, i think you should go mooon dust silver, in my opinion i think it would look lovely and wouldnt be ott but heyy its your decision not mine lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fitzy121 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Evening all , its been a while since i last made a post . A lot has happened over the last year or so including a change of premises . A bigger workshop 30 mile down the road . Very little has been done on the cabby , she ended up getting dragged about and tucked away again . Interest was lost for a while when i managed to get an alpina B3 dirt cheap . Entertaining enough . Also with the few restoration jobs we always seem to have in ( please stop bringing us rotten old mgs and triumphs ) , we have had little time to play with projects . A couple week ago i dragged the old girl out again . Time to try pick up where i left off . Firstly the engine , oh what to do . I decided i wanted to go with more modern running gear , Originallly the idea was to go with a zetec 1.8 or 2.0 I even bought a 92 xr2i to butcher , but i couldnt bring myself to do it as it was in too nice condition ( xr2i for sale now if anyone interested ) . Now we have been collecting 1.7 vct sigma engines for a bit and have half a dozen lieing around the place . These engines are popular with a couple of our customers who have kit cars . So the next time we managed to get a accident damaged puma ( 175 quid bargain ) the gearbox , hydraulic clutch etc was removed and put on one side for use in the escort . I selected a low milage engine to start with 47k . Put that on one side and used a knackered one for mocking up in the escort . I was going to post some pictures but for some reason its not letting me upload any .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbirdbooboo Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hi nice project youve got going on. I have a mk3 cab and im looking at these puma 1.7 engines. Cant find many write ups on the conversion though. will be nice to see how you get on . :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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