My Escort RS2000 Van

[Kevin_Mc]

it'll finally get a decent windscreen fitted

[mikeymikeyp]

[SHIFTY]

[Adie]

i mate think theres 3 mk1s and 1 mk2 there all to make one good mk1 hahaha

[Adie]

another update got the front half of the van blasted and the engine bay also got them primed aswell

























and this is sum bad ass holes in my passanger and driver floor pan

[SHIFTY]

Im impressed adie!....also impressed that you dont seem to add hunners of random foties now tae!

Top job mate, those are some holes on the flair!

Coming on nicely though

[Kevin_Mc]

those holes explain why it was always freezing in there

Shifty, i miss seeing the random photos chucked in, maybe not the ones of Adie's mate's bawsack though

[Adie]

another wee update and heres sum random pics of a 1.6 pug gti engine a guys doing into a coffee table he droped it off and told me just to clean it up and do something with it went from this



then blasted



then finisnehd







not bad for a coffee table lol

back to the van basically am trying to get this on the road asap hence some of the dodgy metal working shown next nothing a grinder , seam sealer and stone chip wont hide ive made up some new inner sills (still to be stregthend and trimmed straight) i cut the rust out the front floor pans and welded new sheet metal pans ontop of what was left of the old floor pans

chopping the old cowboyd sills and plates welded to the floor





this is how the old sills wer put on welded above the swedge line hideos



someone had allready choped halfthe reinforcer away

[SHIFTY]

Great to see nice new shiney metal goin in

Keep up the good work mate

[Adie]

ano mate got the back floor pans in now gawna finish welding them all up 2moz finish strenghin the inner sills and get the outer sills on

[Adie]

another wee update got the rear floor pans in and stregthend the inner sills









wee lewis gittin stuck in








starting to see an actual inner sil shaping







outer sills will be on tomorrow

[Adie]

another wee update got the sills on killed an annoyin wasp stripped front suspension stuff of ready for powdering and got a box of nuts and bolts ready for acid dipping a zinc coating





this motherfuker got bbqd



how the last sills should have went on



genuine ford inner and outer rear panel dearst bit of the van £250 hahha





















bonnets in the last filling stages then primer

[Adie]

another bit done on the van gt the inner and outer back panel on , passanger rear lower quarter pieced in and all my front end stuff a had striped down the other day van goes on its side tomorrow for full underneith blasting final welding sealing and stonechip









even managed to save my bullet hole



























mmmmm freshh parts

[boeb]

its rollin along mate u powder coating everything

ps need to get over and get some prices off you for when the s2 is ripped apart

[Adie]

Prity much mate well anyhin ammnot gettin new is gettin blasted and coated no worries mate just geez a bell did u get the rocker cover cleans up and on

[boeb]

think its cleaned up but not on yet.....whats the deal wae chipped powder coating that be alright to redo ?

[Adie]

i can give it ago sumtimes tho if the powder has been cured for a long period of time it wont let fresh stuff take to the exsisting stuff failing that ill just blast and start again

[Adie]

another wee update got the underside blasted and primed grinded the rear quarter to ruff shape and built sum of the suspension up


ruff shot of how sum of it wil look


shocks looking the part aswell



looks no bad for first grind





old axil off might do the lowering trick to this one aswell



shitey rust



sill marked to be cut for exhaust again



bye bye rust



getting there





cowboys have been at it again filling this nice strengthner up with a dod of fibre glass and sum stonechip



primer





hopefully by the end of the week ill have all the welding finished primed again sealed , stone chiped and painted frozen white then bk on its 4 wheels for the wings to go on then finish the repairs

[mikeymikeyp]

just finish the full thing ma son

[SHIFTY]

looks sweet mate!, nice pic of the wasp

some work gone into this van, the powder coating looks the dugs bollocks!