My Escort RS2000 Van

[Adie]

get me a set of escort cossie wheels mate set of 5 dnt need tyres and ill maybe swap ye

[Adie]

get me a set of escort cossie wheels mate set of 5 dnt need tyres and ill maybe swap ye av got 5 of these and 1front ill even throw powder them any colour of your choice

[SHIFTY]

[Adie]

slight mishapp lol heading to work yesterday coming throo holytown main st approach the lights at the t juction just as am going throo the green light straight on towards bellshill sum crazy old guy jumps the lights and comes flying round the corner into my path cldnt do anyhin was over in a flash soon as a got to the junction whammmm basically that was it a steered away from his path where he kept turning intowards me lol anyway only a bit of metal at the end of the day no c**ts dead so fuk it the van was looking a bit tacky anyway was due to pull her of the road for a ful coat of paint at crimbo time











plans are get a new shell get her lookin like old besy then hit the full hing with a coat of frozen white then fire aw the running gear back onty the new van powder coating the poop oot ae everyhin in the process obv

[gibby]

not good to see mate , specially after its not long finished too .

al keep an eye out for any good escort van,s with good shells but you,ll probably have to go down south for a good one as there aint many good ones left up here .

and the customer was delighted with they alloys you done for me , they were spot on cheers again .

[Adie]

aww ano mate fuk it lol allways suhin happens nuhin can ever go rite for you for a long period ae time sumhin allways ends up fuking you up aw well let the real build commence frozen white juke that yellow diamond white lol

[Adie]

aww and no worries bout the wheels mate long as they wer fine for your customer

[boeb]

sore 1 mate ah well yir always good for a good read in your resto posts good luck

[SHIFTY]

ARGH!...Sorry to see this mate...im sure you will sort something no bother at all though.

[rosco]

bummer after all the work that went into it

[napier]

stupid eld fookr

[mikeymikeyp]

ach put the engine in a cheap wee fez mate an join the track mob lol

it looks like wee john dosnt mind you using his wagon

[Adie]

not to worry lads piked this old beuty up off reid lastnite and wasted no time after work today gettin it ready





























as you can see from the pics its not the best but itl do , got wings , inner sills outer sills , inner and outer rear panel coming gawney chop the old rear panel sills and wings off tomorro ready for blasting and priming over the weekend if use thought my last van was nice wait tae ye see this one iam doing the full bhoona oan this anyhin a take off will be replaced with either new or fully refurbished parts including everything a can powder coated in crazy colours full van will be frozen white inside underneith and outside keep checkin bk for updates

[boeb]

good good a read over the next few months and knowing you mate plenty of pics too good luck and keep em coming

[SHIFTY]

Nice one mate, looks a solid wee van aswell!, Lovin the sticker on the back window...home is where the caravans parked n all that

[Adie]

another wee update got the sills off rear panel and wings also striped the sound deading off the floor ready for blasting tomorrow as you can see from the pics am going to have to cut out the back passanger rear arch section of my old van and piece it in to sort out nasty rust

[SHIFTY]

fair bit o work goin in there adie mate
whats the plans? same colour scheme as last one?

[turbochargedjjmclure]

wow adie,RESPECT
big power to your wee wheels fella your not frightened of a bit of hard graft anyway i'll give you that
best of luck with the build i'll look forward to all the pics crashin my computer

[Adie]

ano mate lol get ready for the pic whoring lol got another update tonite got the inside blasted and half the engine bay not bad for half an hours work tomorrow ill roll the front subframe with struts ect out and get the van up on 2 wheels so i can blast underneith and all the arches also gawney cut the bodge inner sill jobs sumones done and sort that out aswell as prime inside underneith and the engine bay woop woop

shifty full van will be frozen white inside outside and underneith loads of bits neon green , candy lime green , black stardust basically loads of crazy mint colours am gawna powder coat the poop out of everything as i go along soon as the shells finished and painted am gawney start stripping my old van either powdering stuff , replacing it with new items or cleaning them up best as a can and painting them my mk6 rs2000 bulge bonnets nearly finished aswell

starting to wonder if id be aswell as restoring this mk2 tranny lol





or maybe this mk1



anyway hings didnt look good this morning pishin ae rain



but by 5ish it cleared up and was finished with wheels so back to work on the van

[SHIFTY]

Whats the crack with the auld trannies mate?...please tel me someone will do em up lol

Shotblasting came out well!

Like the sound of all these crazy colours you have in mind!