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New project :) once I am back from holiday


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Very nice Graham. Is your garage big enough for all these cool motors you have now though? :dry:

 

If not I will happily store the GTR for you FOC. :D

 

This will more than likely spend a bit of time at Slys place.... but thanks for the offer!

 

Looks great Graham. Plenty of room for a Cosworth BDA in there then! :p Looking forward to your updates. Try to keep them to less than every six months like mine. :blush:

 

oh yes.... will try!

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Turns out that shipping works out a lot cheaper if I have 2 cars ;) so there is a 2nd MK1 in the container :D 2nd car gets picked up next week and both should be shipped shortly after!

 

Better change your signature now then, as it only shows one mk1 :D

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Some news.... VAT has been paid :) and I am arranging collection for Thursday :) being delivered to Sly (who is going to service and MOT) and I will be there on Saturday afternoon to have a look at them :D

 

Doubt they will be ready to drive, especially on the road, but things are progressing!

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Once I have scavenged (locks and dash) a few parts from it, the blue one will be up for sale as a rolling project. The car is a 1970 MK1 Ford Escort 3 door. The shell has had some bad repair work that will need to be fixed and the engine is incomplete. The rest is pretty much complete rolling shell, windows, doors, interior (mostly complete), gearbox, diff, etc... ideal I would think for someone looking for a nice winter project!

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Well the white one is nearing mechanical completion, it will then be MOTd and then over the winter the bodywork and interior bits will be finished off.

 

I am now starting to look at options RE the bodywork and bad repairs on the blue car, just not sure who to go to for the work. Car is currently in Kent with Sly and I am near Redhill.

 

I have emailed Morley Auto Services, but any one know of any good bodywork specialists in the area? Hopefully not too expensive either..... dont mind them taking a long time ;)

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Time for an update.... not a great deal has happened with these, but things are all starting to come together :D

 

Since buying the 240z, 3 old projects was just too much, so the blue one will be moving on to a new owner shortly.

 

The white one is going to someone who knows escorts on the 6th of December and will be getting stripped and the shell will go off to be bare-metaled and then resprayed.

 

So will soon have a few photo updates ;)

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Update, well 240 is progressing well, the blue escort has been sold and the white has started to progress :) been waiting for stock of parts, but the interior has been stripped and the exterior is progressing nicely :)

 

This is what it looks like now:-

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And then finally, this is what I am aiming for once finished.......... albeit without the bubble arches - I am still not sure whether I actually like them:-

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