You have viewers from the Caribbean Craig , your car is what got me hooked on motorsports in the mid 1970s in Guyana south America , BDAs turning 9000 rpms
Hi Craig! - wonderful stuff and glad you are keeping well. The Black Country museum at Dudley is another wonderful place to visit, and maybe they’ll let you do some photo shoots there….Peaky Blinders is also filmed there.
I must say you are a very talented person when it comes to putting cars back together plus the improvements you've made and both cars are super looking cars and I would love to see you put your talents together on a Sierra cosworth if you could find one where it would make since doing it as well as you some money
If you are unsure about the copper washers, you could anneal them to make them a bit softer. Heat to cherry red and either quench or let them cool naturally, both methods will soften the copper.
This might just do it Gordon. I did try putting them in the oven but this won’t heat them up enough. I will have to try a blow torch and heat them up fully. I think that might actually work Gordon 👍
If you ever come back down to Bourton on the Water would love to see you and the car there - that's where I grew up :-) Glad you're all refreshed and ready for the next few challenges!!
Quality work well done, My first car was a 1970 escort mk1 1100 coupe bought in new zealand in 1993 for $400 nz. And was in excellent condition, It had dunlop aluminum wheels which suited it well. I remember reading once that the new zealand assembled cars were built to a higher spec body shell, like the mexico body to help deal with our rough colonial roads. Out of the many cars I have owned over the year's the escort is the only car I regret selling. Rusty shell's sell for about $4000 nz these days, an ok car about $25000 nz, a newly built mk1 rally car sold for $165,000 nz recently. Keep up the good work, can't wait to see you screaming down the road. I'm very jealous. 😀
If only everybody knew what they would be worth in future, they would have been an amazing investment. I could imagine that being very true as cars are very often built to different specs to suit certain countries. Maybe all NZ cars were based on Type 49 Mexico / RS body shells.
Nice work. I wouldn't be too concerned with the crush washers on the pump. The OE setup on my Porsche uses the same pump (well a slightly smaller version) and a banjo fitting with copper crush washers and the same setup on my filter.
Im glad you’ve had a nice break agree Cotswolds stunning places to visit you should have checked out the Slaughters great work once again on the fuelling can’t wait for the next update wnters coming so plenty of garage time
Thanks Richard. We actually walked to lower and upper slaughter on our 2nd day because we heard it was nice and yeah that’s another stunning place too. I’d love to live there.
Great video as usual Mate, I would say pulse welding with a TIG would of worked better than your original MIG, stop/start creates pin holes in metal.Just a suggestion, if it where me, I would have some steel covers fabricated that pick up on the studs on the pump and then powder coat them black, the back one looks close to the back tyre.But you know what i'm like!.....What a car this is , great work.
👍 I have actually thought exactly the same because although there is a decent distance from the tyre, there’s always a possibility that a stone or similar could flick up. It might just be worth doing that 👍
Thanks 👍. Next video which I will hopefully put out next Sunday is all about the power steering which is an adapted Corsa B electrical power steering kit.
@@performanceclassics1986 Your new alloys look amazing, much like the rest of the car - original at first scan but subtly improved once you study the details. Are you planning to change the front seats for beta cloth versions at some point?
@@matthewbriggs388 Thanks Matt. That’s the aim, to make all mods very subtle. Yes I’d love the original beta cloth roll tops in future when I have some more funds. They go for a pretty penny these days like everything classic ford 🤦♂️
Another great video. Admire your patience. If it was my car I dont think I could have resisted the temptation to throw in a few litres of fuel, hook up the battery and to give it a whirl!
Thanks John. Working towards that now. I just wanna try and get everything as perfect as I can prior to fire up so we hopefully have less issues or teething problems 🤞🤞🤞
@@johngregory5280 it sure was John. I love the Binky series. Them 2 guys are inspirational to all car builders out there. Especially nick. What a guy he is and amazing craftsman.
@@performanceclassics1986 thank you yes got sorted with the paint thanks to you just started to build it all back up now looking throu boxs and boxs of parts as my dad has had escorts for years and still has 4 lol ive not long done a mini in pink for my first car love watching ur videos ur cars are a credit to you thank you so much for filming the build its so much help to people with all the tips and how toos keep up the good work looking forward to seeing it in the flesh at some shows !
Beautiful job, just a random point, the screw clips on those fuel pipes might be better with the screw part of the clip upwards, makes them less likely to get caught on anything. The car is stunning and much better than anything I’d build but it is a weird detail.
@@performanceclassics1986, I hope you did not take it as a criticism, the trouble is that it is so perfect I find myself nitpicking. That colour really pops in the sunshine. With modern high ethanol fuels it might be good to use a water separator too particularly if the car does not get much use. FWIW back in the old days when we fitted a lot of V6s into small Fords we found we had to use recirculating fuel systems. We did not have fuel injection in those days but vapour locks were a big problem until we went to recirculating fuel, I think tubular exhaust manifolds etc just made the under bonnet temperatures a bit crazy if you got caught in traffic. I do remember the dizzy feeling when you opened the bonnet and got caught in a wave of high temperature air. I wish we had decent 4 cylinder engines in those days, would have been so much better.
@@g0fvt no not at all. I understand what you mean. I used to get fuel evaporation issues with the mini when it ran carb set up, as the turbo was directly bellow the carb. If you left the car sitting after a long run, it was a nightmare to re start. That was all resolved when i fitted a twin cam head and injection 😎. Ive never actually heard of a water seperator. Every-days a school day as they say
@@performanceclassics1986 thanks for the comprehensive reply, my info of course is well out of date. One of the cars in my example was a modified RS3100 engine in a MK1 Cortina, carb was a Holley 390CFM on an inlet manifold that my friend cast! (Not at all easy for a V6). The other car was a MK2 Cortina with a 2.5L V6. We did a few Corsairs too but they were built with recirculating fuel, effectively a T-piece on the carb. Being poverty stricken cheapskates we did try an SU fuel pump from a Jag but it could not keep up with demand from the 3.1L so we changed to a Holley rotary pump. The car also had a fuel pressure regulator and a water separator. FWIW the water separator looked a lot like the ones you see on a lot of old small diesels. A glass jar thing where the water drops to the bottom and can be drained by undoing a thumbscrew. I am not sure you need one but with your modified fuel pickup you might pick up more water from the tank than usual.
@@MrBruster78 The fuel regulator was a Bosch Item but I can’t remember the part number unfortunately. The filter is an in-line SYTEC Motorsport item with 8mm pipe inlet and outlets. These are available on Ebay
You have viewers from the Caribbean Craig , your car is what got me hooked on motorsports in the mid 1970s in Guyana south America , BDAs turning 9000 rpms
That’s absolutely amazing thank you. I never dreamed you tube would go this well when I started out 👍
Hi Craig! - wonderful stuff and glad you are keeping well. The Black Country museum at Dudley is another wonderful place to visit, and maybe they’ll let you do some photo shoots there….Peaky Blinders is also filmed there.
Sounds good Phil. Its all about the location. That’s what makes a good shoot I think 👍
I must say you are a very talented person when it comes to putting cars back together plus the improvements you've made and both cars are super looking cars and I would love to see you put your talents together on a Sierra cosworth if you could find one where it would make since doing it as well as you some money
Thanks very much. Really appreciate that comment 👍
If you are unsure about the copper washers, you could anneal them to make them a bit softer. Heat to cherry red and either quench or let them cool naturally, both methods will soften the copper.
This might just do it Gordon. I did try putting them in the oven but this won’t heat them up enough. I will have to try a blow torch and heat them up fully. I think that might actually work Gordon 👍
Thanks again Craig for the great and informative video
Cheers
👍 cheers Peter
If you ever come back down to Bourton on the Water would love to see you and the car there - that's where I grew up :-) Glad you're all refreshed and ready for the next few challenges!!
Thanks Davy. Very privileged to grow up in such a stunning place. I would absolutely love to get down with the car. That would be amazing 😎
Quality work well done, My first car was a 1970 escort mk1 1100 coupe bought in new zealand in 1993 for $400 nz. And was in excellent condition, It had dunlop aluminum wheels which suited it well. I remember reading once that the new zealand assembled cars were built to a higher spec body shell, like the mexico body to help deal with our rough colonial roads. Out of the many cars I have owned over the year's the escort is the only car I regret selling. Rusty shell's sell for about $4000 nz these days, an ok car about $25000 nz, a newly built mk1 rally car sold for $165,000 nz recently. Keep up the good work, can't wait to see you screaming down the road. I'm very jealous. 😀
If only everybody knew what they would be worth in future, they would have been an amazing investment. I could imagine that being very true as cars are very often built to different specs to suit certain countries. Maybe all NZ cars were based on Type 49 Mexico / RS body shells.
yes you need the key and then punch out the pin , done a few lock sets on old fords
More great work Craig nice set up
Thanks Carl 👍
Can't wait for start up nice job lad
Thanks Gary. We’re not far away now 😎
Nice work. I wouldn't be too concerned with the crush washers on the pump. The OE setup on my Porsche uses the same pump (well a slightly smaller version) and a banjo fitting with copper crush washers and the same setup on my filter.
Thanks James. I have a feeling the copper washers supplied are poor quality but 🤞 they seal up ok
@@performanceclassics1986 well a leak under the car will be a smaller hassle than in your boot. :)
@@JVR_Funwithdesign absolutely right James. I’d much rather it dripped on the road
Nice set up 👍💯
Thanks John 👍
Very well explained about the fuel lines , car's looking fabulous now , always a pleasure watching your time on your car.
Thanks Andy. Appreciate that 👍
When the Escort is done you should recreate that high shot in the intro sequence of both the cars on the driveway. 👍😎
😎 your thinking on my wave length. I’m going to do exactly that very soon 👍
Great work as always Craig 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Mick 👍
I really look forward to seeing this build Craig, your work is top notch 👍👍
Thanks very much Tony 👍
Nice bit of plumbing and well thought out
Thanks William 👍
Im glad you’ve had a nice break agree Cotswolds stunning places to visit you should have checked out the Slaughters great work once again on the fuelling can’t wait for the next update wnters coming so plenty of garage time
Thanks Richard. We actually walked to lower and upper slaughter on our 2nd day because we heard it was nice and yeah that’s another stunning place too. I’d love to live there.
Lovely neat job:-)
Thanks Sean 👍
Great video as usual Mate, I would say pulse welding with a TIG would of worked better than your original MIG, stop/start creates pin holes in metal.Just a suggestion, if it where me, I would have some steel covers fabricated that pick up on the studs on the pump and then powder coat them black, the back one looks close to the back tyre.But you know what i'm like!.....What a car this is , great work.
👍 I have actually thought exactly the same because although there is a decent distance from the tyre, there’s always a possibility that a stone or similar could flick up. It might just be worth doing that 👍
Well done, Craig. Everything looks nice, neat and tidy. Looking forward to your next video. Cheers
Thanks Anthony 👍
Electric steering? Tell us more, will watch with anticipation, might be going down that route myself soon,, vid as always spot on matey..👍
Thanks 👍. Next video which I will hopefully put out next Sunday is all about the power steering which is an adapted Corsa B electrical power steering kit.
I think Meriva A and Puntos of the same vintage have the same set up. I’m looking forward to the next video 😊
Fabulous as always. Love the channel.
Thanks Matt. Appreciate that.
@@performanceclassics1986 Your new alloys look amazing, much like the rest of the car - original at first scan but subtly improved once you study the details. Are you planning to change the front seats for beta cloth versions at some point?
@@matthewbriggs388 Thanks Matt. That’s the aim, to make all mods very subtle. Yes I’d love the original beta cloth roll tops in future when I have some more funds. They go for a pretty penny these days like everything classic ford 🤦♂️
@@performanceclassics1986 Yeah. They’re like £1500+ a pair. I feel your pain!
@@matthewbriggs388 Yeah it’s the only reason I haven’t got a pair just yet Matt. They would just finish the interior off nicely.
Another great video. Admire your patience. If it was my car I dont think I could have resisted the temptation to throw in a few litres of fuel, hook up the battery and to give it a whirl!
Good job it isn't your car then, he said there's no oil in it yet!
I'm sure I wouldn't have forgotten the oil!
Thanks John. Working towards that now. I just wanna try and get everything as perfect as I can prior to fire up so we hopefully have less issues or teething problems 🤞🤞🤞
It'll be great to see and hear it when the time comes. A bit like the BOM video when they first fired up binky. The joy was clear to see!
@@johngregory5280 it sure was John. I love the Binky series. Them 2 guys are inspirational to all car builders out there. Especially nick. What a guy he is and amazing craftsman.
Oh bugger off! Crying with jealousy 'ere.
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Ayy up craig,long time no see looking good now
Thanks Craig. Sorry for the delay. Should be coming a bit faster now 🤞
Excellent work craig! Could i ask are the decals saffron yellow? As im wanting to order some for mine.Thanks :)
Yeah Ive just checked Amy and they are Saffron yes. Did you get sorted with the correct shade of Sebring in the end??
@@performanceclassics1986 thank you yes got sorted with the paint thanks to you just started to build it all back up now looking throu boxs and boxs of parts as my dad has had escorts for years and still has 4 lol ive not long done a mini in pink for my first car love watching ur videos ur cars are a credit to you thank you so much for filming the build its so much help to people with all the tips and how toos keep up the good work looking forward to seeing it in the flesh at some shows !
Beautiful job, just a random point, the screw clips on those fuel pipes might be better with the screw part of the clip upwards, makes them less likely to get caught on anything. The car is stunning and much better than anything I’d build but it is a weird detail.
Thanks very much and yeah that’s a good point actually. I might just do that 👍
@@performanceclassics1986, I hope you did not take it as a criticism, the trouble is that it is so perfect I find myself nitpicking. That colour really pops in the sunshine. With modern high ethanol fuels it might be good to use a water separator too particularly if the car does not get much use. FWIW back in the old days when we fitted a lot of V6s into small Fords we found we had to use recirculating fuel systems. We did not have fuel injection in those days but vapour locks were a big problem until we went to recirculating fuel, I think tubular exhaust manifolds etc just made the under bonnet temperatures a bit crazy if you got caught in traffic. I do remember the dizzy feeling when you opened the bonnet and got caught in a wave of high temperature air. I wish we had decent 4 cylinder engines in those days, would have been so much better.
@@g0fvt no not at all. I understand what you mean. I used to get fuel evaporation issues with the mini when it ran carb set up, as the turbo was directly bellow the carb. If you left the car sitting after a long run, it was a nightmare to re start. That was all resolved when i fitted a twin cam head and injection 😎. Ive never actually heard of a water seperator. Every-days a school day as they say
@@performanceclassics1986 thanks for the comprehensive reply, my info of course is well out of date. One of the cars in my example was a modified RS3100 engine in a MK1 Cortina, carb was a Holley 390CFM on an inlet manifold that my friend cast! (Not at all easy for a V6). The other car was a MK2 Cortina with a 2.5L V6. We did a few Corsairs too but they were built with recirculating fuel, effectively a T-piece on the carb. Being poverty stricken cheapskates we did try an SU fuel pump from a Jag but it could not keep up with demand from the 3.1L so we changed to a Holley rotary pump. The car also had a fuel pressure regulator and a water separator. FWIW the water separator looked a lot like the ones you see on a lot of old small diesels. A glass jar thing where the water drops to the bottom and can be drained by undoing a thumbscrew. I am not sure you need one but with your modified fuel pickup you might pick up more water from the tank than usual.
P.S I will have to look at your other videos, both cars look like amazing projects :-)
Great Video again, only comment would the pump and filter have the potential for contacting the leaf spring under compression?
Thanks Glen. The bump stop actually bottoms out before pump to leaf spring contact. I did check this because I wondered that too 👍
No problems...hate all that good work to be spoilt.
Sometimes you need a break to recharge the batteries Craig? 👍
Absolutely true Barry
Great video... do you have a link or part number for the fuel filter/regulator?
Yeah if you type Bosch fuel filter F026403006 into Ebay, and it should bring up the exact part 👍
@@performanceclassics1986 thanx a million
Hi Craig, what’s the model of that fuel reg and filter you used?
@@MrBruster78 The fuel regulator was a Bosch Item but I can’t remember the part number unfortunately. The filter is an in-line SYTEC Motorsport item with 8mm pipe inlet and outlets. These are available on Ebay
Looking the dogs dangaley bits.put a balloon over exaust on first start save her first breath of air.🤣🤣.
Keep er lit ted.
Thanks Rory 🤣
What a barmy but hilarious idea 💡
Mate such a nice car gorgeous looking old School ford 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 ST66DAL
Thanks Darren 👍
cover it in grease !!! to protect for rust etc
Coming along nicely now Craig glad you had a nice break Great update
Did you remove the second hard fuel line underside that you didn’t need?
I did mick. I was going to blank it off but then I thought it will take 5 mins to remove it so we just have a single feed line now 👍 Thanks Mick
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Cool vid mate cool car 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻ST66DAL