My Escort RS2000 Van

[napier]

good progress aide, doesnt sound like much left to do if u say it fast

[Adie]

got the wings fully welded up full van primed inside and all the cheqs painted few other bits and bobs pic overload...

left my drill at my mates so hadto make something so i could plug the wings i came up with this









then refitted the rs2000 bonnet ive made cause the lasttime it wouldnt fit worth a feck cause the front end was lying round well guess what this was fuked aswell it must have warped wen av welded it up on the tresel anyway nothing a bit of wood and a bend here bend there wouldnt sort out



kinda had to bend it a bit much where it meets the headlight and craked the catloy anyway sorted that aswell



magazine shoot pic haha



put the back bumpers on and skimmed them up







then we primed the van again





bonnet sorted primed and guide coated again



bumpers done

















painted



















nice finish for off the gun in freezing condtions -3 if am rite







stripped the heated windscreen and washer jet loom out of another escort cause i cut and taped them on my loom cause i never had heated screen or washers well now i do



oooooohhhhh awwwwwwww a small marathon not bad consider its -3 ohh well lucky ive got sum nice ford arch covers



had these lying for ages there fuked coverd in paint and offspray





ten mins later after a wire brush and a gd old scrub with thinner



ready for plastic primer , texture coat and satin black theyl be like brand new



vans also painted now but i left my camera in the work will get it updated soon as going to leave it a gd few days to fully cure before flatnin and polishing also got adjustible steering rack coming and mk5 rs2000 steering wheel

[SHIFTY]

coming on well mate, enjoy these updates
Love the drill lol, a man that thinks outside the box, nice one

[Adie]

ano shifty had to do suhin to get the ball rolling now invested in a nice snap on cordless drill and told my mate to keep my pish air one gees you cold hands anyway

[Goafer]

Lookin good Adie especially the front end

[gibby]

here ye go adie , know how much you like your escort vans this is a must have your your new one

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[Adie]

hahah gd spot gibby someone awready said do that tae ma old van am gawny build a rs2000 4x4 one next time so none of this new scottish winter doesnt get in my way lol

[Adie]

heres the pics of the van painted and sum other goodies that ive snaped up gave the van 2 heavy coats with no thinners then a wet coat so should have plenty on it for a good old flatnin in polish

aw prepped ready to go





decent gaps





sure a can somehow use this escort tailgate central locking mechanism work somehow on my back doors ive got the loom for it and the switch witch usually opens the tailgate wen its locked or locks it wen you turn the key



genuine ford headlight protectors



good old snout beef masking paper aff the gypsys







sum c**ts say am crazey other people just say am stupid



caaaaaaaaaaaaachinggggggggg painted another 2 of these front bumper tow eye covers as c**ts alwways thieve them haha



















just gawny start building up the inside with my old loom dash interior new bits blah blah then flatnin in polish the outside and build the sucker up watch this space

[Goafer]

Nice choice of colour there Adie "Frozzzzzen White "

[boeb]

nice 1 mate youll have it finished in no time now

[DALSY]

nice colour Adie, almost the same colour as im doing mine

my car will be CRYO white

[frst]

thats 1 lucky van good work

[Adie]

well seen as am shut up for new year a spent the day on the van

got aw the doors built up with electric heated mirrors



bk end just abt finished





cut the left blank plate for a cold air feed



how insides looking





heated windscreen ready to go in



need to build 2 good recaros out of 4



these should do the job





need to strip the seat covers off to fit the heated seat pads so a thot a might aswell stick them in the washing machine lol



old dirty covers off





the bk of the centre console where ive mounted the switches



how itlooks from the front



fresh out the machine







started on the interior loom



need to sort out this mess aswell ive re taped everyloom so everythings fresh



aw sorted out placed in place and ecu mounted nicely



wiring up to the back doors



just got the pedal box to strip off the old van fit it to the new one with the heater box then the dash can go in then its on with my powderd goodies and the engine in

[andy-mac]

you have got some work done to the van looking good

[Adie]

few more bits and bobs done

got the old van in on the ramp



time to strip this fuker



aw stripped good bye





how to take an engine out in half an hour



back beam and fuel tank off ready for a spruce up



looms a mess lasttime i did my van i just fitted it as it was to get it up and running so this time ill shorten the bits i dnt need and re tape the full thing



accelarator cable, bonnet cable, heater box and few other bits and bobs in anything iam puttin in or that is all being cleaned and painted satin black



inside heater box in and all the vents also got all the loom fed everywhere



looking alot better after retape and a clean up



ready to get the custom coatings treatment lol



rip



window wiper motor and scuttle panel in and a few other bits





ecu pluged and bolted in place aswell as the loom ran neatly to everywhere



before



after



gawney be blasting loads of bits tomoz and hopefully get the rest of the stuff coated just leaves brand new parts i need then thats us

[napier]

uv been busy, lookin good

[Adie]

this updates fae ages ago a just hadnt took them of the camera only a few bits and bobs

inlet off ready for blasting and powder



gearbox off



most of the engine stripped



oily and in need of a good clean degrease and paint



started stripping down spare driver seat that i need the frame of cause mines got bent in the crash my clouths better and foam so thats how am changin all over





leafsprings blasted and sum more goodies





more bits and bobs on th dash , clocks and surround cd player and ipod dock



nice clean floor mat



these are a bit dusty from lying about



found a box of old textured black so used that on this







de greased ready for a good blast with the pressure washer

[mikeymikeyp]

PINK O M G

[scottrs1]

mega pat on the back ,one hell of a lot of work gone into this love the modded vans i done one years back i will scan the pick s and stick em up ,

[Adie]

i mate would love to see it ano mikey its neon pink goes with neon yellow in neon green lol just trying to do as much bits as a can diff colours and styles just to show what can be done