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[jonboisescort]

now the fiesta has gone and most of the parts have now been sold

you may know i brought a escort a week ago and have been fixing it most of the week

to get it on the road as it will be my every day car

the plans for the escort are:

lowered
15 steelies or alloy
get new front panel , bonnet and drivers side wing
2.0 zetec
5 speed box

so far i have :

stripped the interior and put my wingback seats in
3 spoke sterring wheel
lowered need some better springs
fixed damage

for the next year or so i will be keeping it looking sleeper
then it will get painted white with matt black s1 kit and probs orange wheels

some pics of when i got the escort




how she looks now









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[FiestaBen]

Looks good, going to watch this project and if all goes well and it does look like that photoshop... all I can say is Going to look great!!

Any chance of this being at fordfair?

[jonboisescort]

cheers mate

i will be at for fair

[Dave G fsi]

Really good base you've got there mate, can't wait till it looks like that photoshop, will look awesome

[MENACE]

nice project mate cant wait to see it finished .photoshop looks spot on

[Ratspeed]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

[FiestaBen]

I can see this looking great on a race track! would look awesome in some pics cornering

[Minstral]

a lot of work done mate. will be interesting to watch this come along

[hb69]

Very nice Jon. I reckon you should leave that wing black, would go well with the sleeper look

[slaney21]

can i come have a look when your getting on with the car sometime? looks proper retro

[fiend]

Very nice Jon. I reckon you should leave that wing black, would go well with the sleeper look

Exactly what I was thinking, leave it black or just keep it in primer.

[jonboisescort]

cheers fellas

shame i have painted the wing today

[fiend]

cheers fellas

shame i have painted the wing today

boooooooo

[M1K3Y_B]

Nice progress, not one for hanging around are you?

[jimmyesh]

Nice one mate - Nothing like a sorted MK3, can't wait to see this evolve

[Smo]

Good stuff, Jon

Nice to see a MK3 being saved

[Shell]

I love it... leave it as a sleeper i say! x

[jonboisescort]

cheers guys and gal

thats the plan at the mo is to leave it looking as it is

and 2.0 it

been busy over the weekend sorting a few bits

have fitted some 14in mondeo steelies will get a repaint in matte black

new exhaust got it for free still not sure about it

i have also started to get the bits i need to 2.0 it i have the mondeo inlet with all pipes and maf

i have an si exhaust which will get modified to fit

got a 1.1 gearbox

hopefully in a month or so i will have all the parts

[hb69]

Actually love that Jon. Top work

[Dave G fsi]

This will be an awesome sleeper mate! Good look with the project!

[Shell]

Totally off topic for a min but i saw a car last night...

White fiesta... black body kit... orange wheels...

It was only a mk4... but still... you have obviously started a trend!!

x

[jonboisescort]

cheers shell

get some pics if you see it again

[jonboisescort]

another update

i brought a couple of cans of matte black today and sprayed

mirrors
wheels
inserts on the front and rear windows
fuel cap
rear bumper and bumper sides
and front grill

looks alot better i think

[Smo]

Sexy

[Carbonboy67]

Everybody is saying its a sleeper,

but until the bigger engine goes in its just asleep

Good work so far mate

[hb69]

[M1K3Y_B]

Spot on

[Ratspeed]

love it dude!

[Dave G fsi]

Looks lovely that does mate

[jonboisescort]

cheers fellas

Everybody is saying its a sleeper,

but until the bigger engine goes in its just asleep

Good work so far mate

should be going to birmingham in a couple of weeks to my neighbours cousin scrapyard to get all the bits i need to 2.0 it

[happypaul]

I do love this car, sleeper 2.0ltr

Always wanted an old escort like this too!

[landanimal]

hello mate it jason lol, those steelies were off a mk6 escort i just had them on the mondeo lol mondeo looks much cooler with the 13" escort steelies though lol we need to do some more work to my fiesta lol like i need to buy more bits then bolt the 2.0 litre in.

[Rhinopower]

What are you doing about brakes? Being the poverty spec yours doesn't have the servo assisted master cylinder so may be better to sort out better stopping before going quicker?

Are you converting it to efi? If so needs either a s1 fueltank or retrofit the mk4 bits, will also need new fuel lines, external fuel filter, and the wiring will be a laugh! Have you considered running the 2.0 on carbs (not throttle bodies), would only need to make a few changes to the wiring and would bolt in a lot easier

[jonboisescort]

cheers fella

yeh i will be sorting thr brakes first will probs go for rs turbo front brakes for now

and maybe get something bigger in the future like making focus rs etc: brakes fit

i have a set of bike carbs do you know how easily these would fit ????

[jonboisescort]

update time

i have now fitted mondeo clocks need a bit more to get them to fit right

fitted a front splitter off a mk3 golf

fitted 10mm spacers to the rear wheels and will be adding 5mm to the front

also have now decided to go cvh as i am more used to them than the zetecs

which will be run on bike carbs