Escort Bm Hybrid

[bubs]

Can't remember how far I got with the pics on here, but here are a few of the last







I'll load up some new pics in the week some time

[Mrotwoman]

It's looking mightily rude.

[bubs]

will be once the 4.0 v8 is under there

[1275midget]

this think makes me smile every time I see it! fantastic piece of work, it's going to be awesome

[bubs]

Bit more done, started attacking the N/S

Started off by removing some of the excess crap.



this left me with a gap, but I Have started seaming that up, but my welder wants a service as its slipping.



Last of the BM floor pan folded over to double skin the joint.





Made a good start on the lower rear corner, I ended up cutting the corner off, making it on the bench, then offering it back to the car in 1 piece, its not quite done yet, but strong enough that I can finnish cutting the rot out of it.







I tacked a piece of bar to the sill so I can get the line for the rear closer.













Closer finnished off, and the bottom of the inner sill made ready to start building the outer.





And lastly lower outer inner cill closed.

[bubs]

some more done today



You can see the crappy repair, where someone had welded a sill over a sill over a sill over a sill, so further down the pics you can see where I cut this out and replicated the line.





Line cut out and replicated



Easier to trim the car than it is trim the repair section.



Hole trimmed back and repair section filed back so it's a nice tight fit for but welding, handy having some old magnets to hold it in place, keeps the panel nice and straight too.



Keeping it the same as the other side, I had to get rid of this crap trap, you can also see the gap between the car and the inner tub, I'll chop out a bit more of the car and make a repair section for here to.



Sorted



Trial fit of the arch to make sure the car is the right shape, the front half of the arch is fine, but the rear is gonna need to be pulled about a bit before I make the inner.

[DoloMIGHTY]

Great getting an update on this project. This was my favourite thread on the old boards, glad to see bubs found this one.

[bubs]

thanks, I'm only getting out there at weekends at the mo, hopefully be finnished that inner tub and arch on by the end of monday comin

[bubs]

Schools are out, so the studios dead, so thought I 'd take and afternoon to myself


Some more crap to remove



Removed



Upright of the inner tub placed in, its surface rust, honest



Inner going in



Excess to remove



More gap tp fill



Turret done, just that gap to fill between the car and the tub and its ready for the outer arch

[bubs]

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