series 1 4x4 cossy

[cutch]

haha you know yer snack vans my friend! yeah it was, was fkn starving!

[cutch]

edit! cheers dave.... got the engine back to the house.





but sadly work is calling me so i wont get it stripped

[brian]

[brian]

[rs200boy]

cannae be boot in the baws from me thats me local halfords lol

[cutch]

correct on both counts guys!

I went down to largs and picked up the bonnet i needed from one of the boys on here, gave me the thing for free! Guys a star. The cossie has been cut up and the section we need is ready to be put into the escort. Just need to brace the escort and cut out the offending section. I cant upload the pics while offshore, but it looks great, got a fright when he sent me the pics!

Wait until you see this!

[cutch]

Right i know some of you may be annoyed at the the next couple of pics but just think what the car will become! Enjoy.


I actually got a fright when he sent me the pics.







And the finished product.....




hehe, getting excited..

[Kevin_Mc]

feck!!

[turbochargedjjmclure]

WUFF coming on nicely fella at least it's progress

[boeb]

woof alright see you later sapph keep em coming mate should be a good read over the next few months

[cutch]

yeah will do, hopefully have more for you this week.

[cutch]

Got another pic, started on the escort shell now, braced and cut the floor out.







and then the bulkhead.

[SHIFTY]

lookin great mate, who is doin all the work on the shell?...good too see him bracing it up.

[cutch]

My mate, he has a body shop out past Kirkintilloch, he has been painting cars for me for years, I used to buy and sell cars on my time off (work month on month off on the rigs) kinda became pals through the years. Guys the best painter i have seen in a long time, thats why I kept on taking my cars back to him. He was told to make sure that it was braced front and back, seen to many problems with people not doing such a simple thing. He would have done it anyway, he's done this before on a fiesta!!!! He was hoping that my car would sort of become a show peice for his work. Going to get a plaque made for the engine bay with his name and mine on it.

[SHIFTY]

Nice 1, thats just up thr road from where I work aswell!, handy to know he's a right good painter too

[cutch]

where about do you work? Yeah, he's the best i've seen for a long time.

[cutch]

well i went to see the car as soon as i got home, its pretty much the same as in the pics but theres new inner sills on, the olds were rotten! |Billy said he decided to strengthen them too and has some decent size steel plate hidden behind it cos he wwanted to rigidity down the length to help the chassis. will go out this weekend and get some pics for you lot....

[brian]

billy hutton by any chance ?

[cutch]

Yeah, you know him???

[cutch]

Right went and saw the car this morning, heres some pics for you lot!



The cossie floor/bulkhead will be getting shotblasted today if the rain holds off....















If you look closely you can see where the steel reinforcement is behind the new inner sills. Billy wanted to have some decent strength in their, said the new sills were crap!























The two before they finaaly go together probably!