RIKB80

Well made it to the painters on Saturday morning. Looked round the car with him ans there's still a fair bit of finishing work (and cash ) to do before he can start throwing paint at it, but he came highly recommended by a trusted friend of my dad's who's in the business so left him to get on with it. Hopefully will be back my garage not too long after xmas. Up to now it's had. New front panel, 2 front wings, bit of work to both A posts, new part floor pan at drivers side, minor work to both rear arches (most of original arches were in v good nick), new 2nd hand bonnet, 2 new door skins, new 2nd hand boot, transmission tunnel hole moved back for type 9 and strengthening bar moved back (instead of cut through), new lower rear pannel, 2 new sills, holes for trim in sides filled, holes for trim on front of dash filled, new heater dome and inner repaired, rot removed and new metal let in at front of transmission tunnel, rear anti tramp bar brackets put on, strengthening plates on strut tops and leg inserts put in.................and probably a fair bit more I have forgotten about. Managed to get a few pics but they're not amazing quality.

HELLO FELLOW NEWBIE!

It was just a bit of surface rust, minimal work to get it through an MOT according to the ebay ad!! (dint really get it off Ebay) It was surprisingly solid to be fair although you wouldn't have thought it looking at the photo's. A mate of mine who's a genius with a mig welder has sorted it, was far too much for my pigeon sh!t welding skills to fettle. Worst bit was the roof, some chump has picked it up with a forklift I think at some point (has spent numerous years in someone's yard) been a right pain to get somet like and the glass to fit in properly......still not perfect, if you look closely at the side shot, the top of door profile doesn't follow the door opening profile.

Cheers guys, going to see the painter in the morning all being well so will hopefully get a few pics then. And cheers Richard, you may regret saying that

Hi, was put onto the forum by the father of the lad who just bought my Mk1 Fiesta. Been into fords since I was knee high to a gobstopper and have owned a fair few over the years from road going to basket cases that unfortunately never made it back onto the road under my ownership. Mostly they've been mk2 Escorts which are my 1st love but had a Sierra, few mk3 fiestas, and a beautiful original mk1 Fiesta Ghia which I unfortunately had to let go to afford the painting of my current car. I currently have a mk2 Escort 2 door GL which I have just sent off to the painters after bare shelling and having new metal let in where the old had caught tin rot. Hoping to have it on the road next year after 5 long years of restoration and parts sourcing. Plan is to build a stripped out no nonsense car with a warm pinto on bike carbs and 5 speed gear box. Not taken any photo's of the car as a whole for a while (just taken close ups of various parts as they've been completed so here's a few pics of the shell as I bought it, will post a few more when it's painted.