FORD Mk2 RS2000

zedwizz

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i am pretty sure that is the one i got ,i think there is some pictures of it in my gallery

very simular but the one i have you can rasie and lower the car using the jig. I'll see if i can get picture of it in my next update.

Martin
 

zedwizz

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This week has been spent working on the floor pan of the RS. After removing the surface rust from the floor pan and chassis rails we finally got down to some solid steel. This was then treated with a rust treatment, the odd hole patched and then etched primed ready for the stone guard. Next was to start on the passenger floor pan and inner sill. Unfortunately the inner sill and front floor repair panels were brought with the view to repair the floor rather than rebuild (i.e. the repair panels that are designed to be fitted over the seat rail) but like life things change so we have to make the most of what we got lol.

First I flatten out the flanges of the inner sill and front floor repair panels that were meant to fit around the seat rail and removed the old seat rail from the car. Next I pinned the inner sill to a length of box section to give the panel some rigidity then G clamped it to the A post and rear quarter and started welding the cut out.

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Made a patch to fill in the hole in the inner sill.

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Next I adjusted the front floor pan to fit, trimmed the bulkhead side and extend the swages in the floor pan.
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should get some more pictures up next week…
 

Bantambunny

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Wow, how did i miss this thread?! :)

Amazing work, keep us updated buddy - very interesting to read and as always i'm in total awe of anyone who can fabricate and weld like that *BOW BOW*
 

zedwizz

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Wow, how did i miss this thread?! :)

Amazing work, keep us updated buddy - very interesting to read and as always i'm in total awe of anyone who can fabricate and weld like that *BOW BOW*

Thanks Nick ;)

did put this up on the blue site because i didnt think anyone would be interested in it not being a BMW :rofl::rofl::rofl:
 

Bantambunny

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Thanks Nick ;)

did put this up on the blue site because i didnt think anyone would be interested in it not being a BMW :rofl::rofl::rofl:

I love the classic fords, my mate is restoring a mexico with a 5.7 litre ford V8 in it. I the shell alone has cost him £11k to repair and modify and i'm always trying to keep up to date with that :)

Keep up the good work and get some more photos up :smash:
 

zedwizz

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I love the classic fords, my mate is restoring a mexico with a 5.7 litre ford V8 in it. I the shell alone has cost him £11k to repair and modify and i'm always trying to keep up to date with that :)

Keep up the good work and get some more photos up :smash:
i wont say how much this has cost to do because its not mine but i can imagine that 11k sounds about right.

More picture coming soon...
 

zedwizz

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Do kids ever go to school? Had my son most of the week so didn’t get much done. Few more pictures of the re worked floor pan.
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Then welded into place.
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Finished of welding the bulkhead side shields and primed.
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This car had a five-speed box fitted so the gearbox mounts have been drilled off and the mounts moved back and bolted back in. Unfortunately the holds left were only covered with some kind of heavy-duty tape so might explain why the passenger floor was so bad. Anyway the mounts are welded in now and the hole filled.

Little tip for anyone needing to fill holes in thin steel with a mig welder. Get yourself a piece of copper (thinker the better) and lay this behind the hole to be filled. Then just use your mig as usually to fill the hole. You will find it a lot easer.

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Also new cross member arrived so I had to bolt it in and take a picture lol
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moggy240

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just wondering what the little yellow things are and have you put a extra plate on where the crossmember goes ?
 

zedwizz

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there called 'skin pins' very handy for pinning sheet metal together before you weld/rivet it. they come in different sizes for different size holes as follows

red 3/32, yellow 1/8, blue 5/32, black 3/16 and white 1/4

the extra plates on the chassis rails under the crossmember are part of the group 4 strengthening kit which also includes a few gusset plates which i have yet to fit to the engine bay
 

Emerald

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Top man, droop snoot and fishnets, ahhhh those were the days of my life:thumbs:

Super work and PLEASE make sure you instill your skills into your young lad, talent like yours shouldn't be lost, I have my Dad (RIP) to thank for my drive and ambition.

Just for you I have a link you may like to browse the site is called spanner fodder, it's got a electronic copy of the 'works escorts' build book on it for rally cars, showing strenghtening and modification in a simple line drawing style (ummm yes before computers!!) Spanner Fodder

Top work.

Nigel:)
 
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zedwizz

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Some more progress on the RS mainly on the passenger side. Again the chassis rails are good so it’s mainly floors and sills. Had to make most of the parts apart from the rear door aperture infill that was cut of a donor panel.

Enjoy the pictures..

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What weld ?

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zedwizz

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I guess you are all wondering what’s happened to the RS resto? Well, I’ve had a few other jobs to finish and now there complete I can continue the final push to get the RS ready for the body shop.

We still haven’t been able to get hold of a rear quarter panel so the only option is to repair it. Most of the rust on the rear quarter is at the edges and can be cut out and covered by the outer sill, rear inner and outer arch and spare wheel well panels. There are a few patches of rust by the C post and top part of the rear quarter by the boot but I have second hand parts to replace these.

There was also a lot of work the do on the boot floor and chassis rails so I will make what I can and use some good used chassis rail to replace the rot.

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