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Seaneylad
Joined: 21 Oct 2013 Posts: 22
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:09 pm Post subject: Ford 100E - hello |
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Hello! Thought I'd say hello properly and stick up some pictures...
I've always been an escort fan and picked up a mk1 last year which still needs work but I love it! It's a 1300e she'll with 2L pinto with a few upgrades with Capri struts etc etc
But I have picked up a ford pop100e to restore, completely different car. It cool in a different way! Should be cheap to insure as I'm 23 as well I'd like to go down the route of a 1600 xflow etc but I'm going to stick standard and just restore it for the time being, not with a big budget either .. So will be a slow project!
The only thing I would like to do it lower the car a bit, use 1 1/2 or 2 inch lowering blocks on the back, not sure how I'd get the front to match, of there an easy way. I don't want to go down escort/Capri modified front end?
It's a fair weather on the drive project .. My escort takes the garage place
Thanks
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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 2083 Location: Hampshire UK
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Hi Seanylad,
Love the colour of your MK1 Escort And looks like you are getting proper stuck in to the 100E. Welcome here and best wishes with your projects. Steve |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22447 Location: UK
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Seaneylad
Joined: 21 Oct 2013 Posts: 22
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:53 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, all good fun .. until they break down |
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Seaneylad
Joined: 21 Oct 2013 Posts: 22
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Seaneylad
Joined: 21 Oct 2013 Posts: 22
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Any advice on how to best patch or repair this?
I'd rather do a proper job and not just patch over it if I can
Thanks
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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 2083 Location: Hampshire UK
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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With some difficulty where it is.... If it were me (and I am no expert) I would remove the suspension and cut out the rot, but only remove as little as possible, and do it a bit at a time.... similar to what I did here, except yours needs to be structural so perhaps edge setting and an underlap required?
sorry to contaminate your Ford thread with japanese rot but here it was:
And here is edge setting:
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Seaneylad
Joined: 21 Oct 2013 Posts: 22
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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D4B wrote: | With some difficulty where it is.... If it were me (and I am no expert) I would remove the suspension and cut out the rot, but only remove as little as possible, and do it a bit at a time.... similar to what I did here, except yours needs to be structural so perhaps edge setting and an underlap required?
sorry to contaminate your Ford thread with japanese rot but here it was:
And here is edge setting:
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Thanks for the pics and info
little update ..
Time to get the welder out the week after next, got a few days off work
and the 3 old fords
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Seaneylad
Joined: 21 Oct 2013 Posts: 22
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I used to see some 100E Fords with lowered suspension at Croft. They achieved this by cutting away the inner fender where the struts attach, and then fabricating a new top mounting plate above the original fender line.
The strut would poke through what was their original mounting surface.
Not exactly sure how much lowering was achieved or if they had to "dome" the bonnet to accept the intrusion.
This was real budget racing back then, (mid 60's) huge fun though. |
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Seaneylad
Joined: 21 Oct 2013 Posts: 22
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:03 am Post subject: |
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not the best set up .. but go no room anywhere else
and a random photo from FF of my escort thrown in
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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 2083 Location: Hampshire UK
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:04 am Post subject: |
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Looks like a good job ~ well done good fabrication |
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Seaneylad
Joined: 21 Oct 2013 Posts: 22
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Its getting there slowly
some random pictures, of little bits we have done
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Seaneylad
Joined: 21 Oct 2013 Posts: 22
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Just plodding on .. #frontgardenproject
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Seaneylad
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:03 am Post subject: |
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