Badgerman85 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Posted May 24, 2007 Word to the masses! i hope everyone is well this evening! ive got sweet F.A to do tonite so i thought id let EVERYONE know about my mk2 escort 4dr ghia thats been recieveing some TLC since last october after rusting away in my shed for 4 years!!! So, back when i was 16 i bought this 1981 Mk2 Escort Ghia 4 Door, finished in red with a black vinyl roof, shed covered a fair old distance of 97,000 miles, but i was willing to forgive her seeing as she was just on 20! So i handed over my £600 and returned with my car, which had a slippy clutch, a cracked diff bearing, a rocker gasket leak and a very VERY rusty front end! So i drove it till it broke .....dont ask questions about me being 16 at the time.......lol and then! after years of surfing classic ford magazines and burton power catalogues and reaming up the escort i really really wanted, last october i sent her off to a bodyshop to see what could be done to save her and after a quote of £1500 for a complete shell restore i thought F**CKIN BARGAIN! and so it begun! so i got the panels we needed: pair of front wings front panel slam panel bonnet boot drivers door ( front ) passenger door ( rear ) well i went down to visit and discovered a racing mechanic ran a shop next door, so along came the mods we decided in the end on: 1700 X-Flow block Mahle Pistons Lightened and Balanced Farndon Rods Lightended and Balanced Bottom End Hardened Big End Bolts Lightened and Balanced Flywheel Stage 3 ported and polished head with mexico valves a Kent 244 cam kit and pulley a set of sexy old twin weber 40 dcoe's silver top competition fuel pump fuel pressure regulator big header alloy rad ( looks so PHIT ) electronic ignition kit type 9 5 speed rs2000 prop quaife atb differential 13 x 7 deep dish minilights lowered 2 inches capri 2.8i front struts and brakes anti-tramp bars anti-dive kit rs2000 anti-roll bar inside we're going with a black ghia interior with 2 OMP bucket seats in the front along with an OMP steering wheel and gearknob a mexico front spoiler and a carbon fibre RS boot lip and we ditched the square headlamps, went for round ones and a new grille also lost the chrome strip down the side keeping the chrome bumpers and window and gutter trim# and the ghia badges sorry but the strip down the side just looked so GASH!!! NOT sure if i've left anything out of that! but i like it! its not nearly finished yet! needs the engine hoses putting on, the fuel tank putting back in, the red coat of paint, the vinyl roof, the front n rear spoilers and the interior! BUT we have all the parts and it looks like the finish lines only a few weeks away if some ppl get their arses in gear! ( the carbs have been put on but i havent been down 2 take a picture yet )
bomber1 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 who said 4doors dont rock. that will be an awsome bit of kit once finished
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