JeffC Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I bought an old Escort a few weeks ago , Its a 1977 Escort mexico ,TPY18S was last restored in 1993 and was a show car til around 2002 winning 14 concourse competitions and many awards,it was featured on the front cover of a few Ford magazines, sadly the last 12 years have taken its toll and its far from the concourse car it once was, to be brutally honest I have seen better examples in the scrap yard and prob worse than the rot is some of the work that has been carried out over the years, the standard is shocking,which is a crying shame as some of the bills for the work carried out have been eye watering! anyway plan is to cut out all rot and replace with new metal to hopefully get it back to the condition where it once was when it was winning competitions. rather than uploading loads of pics on here If anyone is interested in following progress of the car I am doing a build thread on facebook on the following link feel free to have a look . https://www.facebook.com/jeff.cooper.1694/media_set?set=a.10151997800704645.1073741829.623624644&type=1 this is how the car was back in in its day and this is the day I trailered it back from Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I'l have to look on HM lappie. I'm not signed up to FB and won't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User0083 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 It's a shame that it changed from concourse winner to the picture in your drive. I've had really nice cars, then a mechanic say's it'll be three days work has the car for a few months... Cones back wrecked! Happened with a mini 1275GT and a Robin Hood. As Norman said, I'll log into the "Joint" Facebook that HM uses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Excellent work Jeff, I shall enjoy following the progress. Looking at the photos and the poor condition of the panels it's hard to believe it's been restored in the past and was oncea concourse winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffC Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 thanks Mark, the paintwork is really good or what hasnt been covered in body Shutz is!so I can see in its day it was prob very nice but as said its the work done over the last 10 years that has crippled the car, there is patches just snotted over the rot, if you look at the front floor pan it has about 4 patches overlapping each other, a complete floor pan is £25 i just cant understand why anyone would do that, the sills have been put over the top of the original rotten ones but they have left a gap so the sill sits high and the door wont close without catching the sill which has took the paint off the door and the door has rotted! there is a bill in the file for £900 of welding and that is what he got! as you can see we are just cutting everything out and starting again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Can't access the FB page without becoming friends. (so I'm told). Jeff, she doesn't want to be your friend, she says she doesn't befriend strange men. Ca la vie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User0083 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Norman, Similar issues here... Jeff, the link didn't work for me. So I tried searching Facebook... "Escort Mexico" came back with many results, but not what I was looking for! "Jeff Cooper Escort" came back with a couple of results, but still no joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffC Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 I have altered the privacy settings of the album , try again ? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151997805979645&set=a.10151997800704645.1073741829.623624644&type=3&theater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Still wants me to login or join. Never mind, I'll sit in the corner and sulk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffC Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 strange thought If was public should be available to view?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLADDIN Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 your timing is spot on, given the panels that magnum have produced :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Cracking pictures Jeff Will follow it with interest. (Love to see proper metalwork, after all our composites stuff ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu999 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Still wants me to login or join. Never mind, I'll sit in the corner and sulkYou might need to clear your cookies Norm.Or eat them, if that doesn't work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Freak Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 my dad used to rally the escort mk1 and mk2, so ive always loved them- really excited to see what the end outcome is! You mentioned the issues with the bodywork etc; What plans do you have for the engine? What is the current spec of the engine? I noticed that you said in another thread that youre selling a pinto engine, can I assume that it came from this? If so whats going back in? Millington would be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clansman Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 That is a hanging offence letting such a glorious car fall into that state !!! From such a gorgeous example to that !!! My son and I have been looking for a MK 1 or 2 but not in that condition . JeffC hope you are going to make a build thread with a difference .......if the mods allow it that is !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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