GRP mk1's

[pnwrs2000]

Apologies if you've already had a thread about this but ive not been on here for a week or two and couldnt see anything obvious in the first couple or so pages.

 

Anyway, what's the crack with these GRP mk1 escort shells that you can now get for not much more than £1500 !

Ok so the purists may turn their nose up but would it not be good to turn up with one at somewhere like Retromotorsport, talk to Gary nicely and hey presto, you've got yourself a rolling space framed brand new mk1 escort with no rust

[sambo]

Great idea but they look just... 'wrong' somehow, the dimensions arent perfect at all.

Still very cool though

 

[pnwrs2000]

That's dissapointing

[Wessie]

SHP are also producing them would be the nuts with a 300bhp duratec

[vibrating_Cake]

galvanised tubular chassis powdercoated with grp shell......... invinsible!!!!

rust free

[Twinkle]

anyone got any pics of one? where do you get them?

[Russian Bear]

Dont "Old Ford Autos" do them?? think i saw them advertised in Classic Ford...

[Russian Bear]

And to quote myself....

Dont "Old Ford Autos" do them?? think i saw them advertised in Classic Ford...

 

They do, heres the link:

 

http://www.oldfordautos.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/oldford?opendocument&part=7 about half way down the page

[Twinkle]

could make for some interesting projects, has anyone built one up yet?

[Russian Bear]

could make for some interesting projects, has anyone built one up yet?

 

Definateley interesting...power to weight ratio would be insane whatever you stick in it!!

[Twinkle]

wonder if anyone will insure one

[pnwrs2000]

wonder if anyone will insure one

 

Suppose it would depend if you used an Escort ID or sent it through a thingy test like kit cars have. Mind you, if you did go down the new build route, you could end up with a '59 reg mk1 Escort perhaps.....

[Russian Bear]

wonder if anyone will insure one

 

I cant see why not if it was road legal...

[MM77]

If I have 300BHP in a GRP shell and i'm on the track, in a forest, or even on the street i'm going to want a massive massive cage. A cage so big that it will outweigh any GRP benefits.

 

So I cant see the point really.

[Stu_B]

You'd be sat in a space frame with a grp shell bolted over it... it would be light

 

You would have trouble getting an identity for it & would need to go through SVA or similar

[Twinkle]

You'd be sat in a space frame with a grp shell bolted over it... it would be light

 

You would have trouble getting an identity for it & would need to go through SVA or similar

 

wonder if you could just reshell a rotter

would prob be a nightmare getting a mk1 through an sva with all the rules on this that and the other

[russ105e]

I think a very quick one is being built in south london with a tube chassis

[Mk2Jo]

I think a very quick one is being built in south london with a tube chassis

 

Yes it is Will be very interesting to see when it's done as it should fly I reckon

[SmokeEm]

I think a very quick one is being built in south london with a tube chassis

 

Yes it is Will be very interesting to see when it's done as it should fly I reckon

 

Who's building one then?

[Wessie]

you can just got the SHP and buy a complete car engine, suspension, chassi, body etc

[Retromotorsport]

Wessie has Sonny announced an all up wet weight yet ?