This is black betty, as my kids like to call her, she is a 72 tax exempt ford escort, went the estate route cos two doors had been done to death, an shells were gettin hard to find, found this shell in london and had it delivered back in 2005, and had her restored, big thanks to my uncle jeff who painted her, and done the last bits of prep, painted in n out in focus panther black, and on the road for november 06.
Running mk 2 escort front end suspension wiv coilovers n brakes,
rear end has anti tramp fitted wiv gaz adjustables, poly bushed throughout.
single piece prop, 4 speed 16 sport box, 3:89 diff, puttin 3:77 diff in after the pod
Engine is a 1600 x flow +90 wiv 1300 high compression pistons, crank polished, skimmed flywheel, gt head n valves, heavy duty everyfin, seals n bearings, fully rebuilt, progressive carb on 4:2:1 manifold into 2 n half inch stainless custom jobby, straight through to one back box, sounds nice. Bestek igniton fitted so no points n condensor messin, High power alternator. Big thanks to me dad who helped with all the mechanical really.
Interior is almost original with an aftermarket centre console that can be removed with stereo an rev counter in it, added stainless button for a wiper washer, that can be removed, foot pump still in, took the clocks out an put a temp gauge into em, and had to get fishnet recaro`s in, third set cos I have never been happy wiv any of em, tried leather but all not right,,,,but happy now ;D fishnets are the future,,,,
A couple of when she arrived at mine then a few of the job ongoin then the finished product, don't want to bore ya`s
A little stripping inside,,
obviously I am skipping twent to thirty pics at a time here
103 prep pics later
an as if by magic were on to primer n paint, if only it was this quick
Just so many of the prep n paint,
And finally painted with glass in and enough built up to go home for the final build.
then some engine work on the inners,
and end up looking like this when built up on the bench,
will post some more when I sort em out now,
Running mk 2 escort front end suspension wiv coilovers n brakes,
rear end has anti tramp fitted wiv gaz adjustables, poly bushed throughout.
single piece prop, 4 speed 16 sport box, 3:89 diff, puttin 3:77 diff in after the pod
Engine is a 1600 x flow +90 wiv 1300 high compression pistons, crank polished, skimmed flywheel, gt head n valves, heavy duty everyfin, seals n bearings, fully rebuilt, progressive carb on 4:2:1 manifold into 2 n half inch stainless custom jobby, straight through to one back box, sounds nice. Bestek igniton fitted so no points n condensor messin, High power alternator. Big thanks to me dad who helped with all the mechanical really.
Interior is almost original with an aftermarket centre console that can be removed with stereo an rev counter in it, added stainless button for a wiper washer, that can be removed, foot pump still in, took the clocks out an put a temp gauge into em, and had to get fishnet recaro`s in, third set cos I have never been happy wiv any of em, tried leather but all not right,,,,but happy now ;D fishnets are the future,,,,
A couple of when she arrived at mine then a few of the job ongoin then the finished product, don't want to bore ya`s
A little stripping inside,,
obviously I am skipping twent to thirty pics at a time here
103 prep pics later
an as if by magic were on to primer n paint, if only it was this quick
Just so many of the prep n paint,
And finally painted with glass in and enough built up to go home for the final build.
then some engine work on the inners,
and end up looking like this when built up on the bench,
will post some more when I sort em out now,
Finished version looks spot on to. Nice work and welcome 
