Ford escort mk2 RS2000 ground up build

[Mikethepanel]

First job on todays list was to cut the gear stick hole

Then set the height i want the gear box to sit.
Once i put the mounts up on the tunnel i found that there was a bit of a gap:

So i decided that it would be easier to cut and extend the bolt on mount to suit

Then all was ok

[Mikethepanel]

As of tomorrow i shall be ordering the rollcage from custom cages

[Mikethepanel]

Started to clean off the inside of the roof skin today so i can paint it before the cage gets here. Once i got the remnents of the sound proofing off the ammount of rust was a shock. I ended up shot blasting the entire inside of the roof

Then instantly sprayed it with oxide primer

[Mikethepanel]

And now painted

[The Norwegian]

this thing starts to look like that whack build that guy does at Obsession Motorsport on youtube

[Mikethepanel]

Woohoo its ready to be posted

[TruTaing]

SO much fabrication in here. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing ALL those photos!

[lokogingerz]

This is an majestic amount of fabrication porn I cam like 12 times by the 4th page.........

[E.Three.0]

absolutely insane...

[Pauluzz]

[P78]

ooh nice, updates

[loekaaz]

whoo damn. cutting, bending and welding always +1

[rnitch]

at this point you are rebuilding the majority of the whole body by hand. why not just make duplicated of every piece, and make a second body while youre at it haha. but seriously

[Mikethepanel]

Thanks for the compliments guys

[Mikethepanel]

This little thing is a weld test which i have to send back to the cage fabricators so they can see how strong my welding is so that a certificate can be issued so its legal to enter an FIA rally championship