Ford Escort RS1800

[Boreham]

want !!!!

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Thanks guys I am very excited about the wheel/tires myself. I can't wait to see the castings. I wish I could take credit for them but Fireball Modelworks did the hard part. I just provided reference and guidance on what they should look like.

[Ford Escort mk 1]

I want these too


Kimmo

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Strut brace fabricated and held in place with temporary pins.



Front infill panels.

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The kit glass is ridiculously thick, nearly .070"



I will replace it with some .010" clear sheet.



When the glass is installed I hold it in place with a .015 headliner panel.

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Fabricated the water inlet for the engine for some shaped rod, flat sheet and a photo-etch header flange.

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Replaced the out of scale header flange and added mounting pins.

[stevenoble]

Nice work on the glass parts, can't believe how thick they were

[JeremyJon]

Fantastic work JC, love the level of detail attention! Bravo!!

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Thanks Steve & Jeremy.

Here I have fabricated motor mounts.

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The way the kit is designed you mount the engine to the cross member then install this assembly in the chassis. I like to repeatedly test fit everything so that method does not work for me. I came up with a way to mount the engine without the cross member in place.




Looks bad with the engine out but is completely hidden when the engine is installed.

[lovegt40]

Belkits is gonna make a brand new Mk1 in plastic

[Ford Escort mk 1]

Thank you Belkits

That is must have kit =)

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The roll cage in the Belkits' MkI shows an angled bar beside each door. I haven't been able to confirm if the MkII had these door bars - does anyone know?

The Belkits also shows a diagonal bar behind the main roll hoop - not sure this is correct for the MkI or the MkII.

[reJI]

I think so beside door could be inclined bars. Diagonal brace behind the protective frame probably was not. But it was different in each car.