Mk1 FORD ESCORT Restoration FINAL PART 

The 1.6l engine dramas are a blessing from the gods. The subscribers want to see a YB cosworth in its place. Well I do anyway 😂

Quality of your work is flawless

Stunning absolutley stunning!!!!!

without giving it any real thought a stuck inlet valve on number two. But hey great job on the tin work, interior pretty tasty too.

Some effort gone into that car in such a short time,just a shame that the engine that was out of your hands has let you down. The end result and and attention to detail is spot on .

Bit of an anti-climax but will be amazing when it's running. Look forward to seeing the new "Paul's projects" can't wait to see where the channel will go next

Flippin heck! Your mate Austin is bloody handy, I’d probably have both hands and one foot permanently glued to the roof by now 🤣😂🤣😂

That car is OFF THE CHARTS, love it love it, love it…. That might have taken a bit longer than planned, but to restore a MK 1 to that standard is commendable. I am so driven with the project i am looking into a trip to Birmingham to have a crack and to see her in the flesh…. AWESOME Lads, good job….!

Well Paul Kieth I have been blown away by this in-depth build of a iconic MK1 escort . Imo done to perfection from a basket case literally to a stunning escort I would be proud to own and show in your company name . It’s shown with skill determination and bloody hard graft you can get a quality car at the end . Engine builders lucky your honourable and haven’t named them ! It will get sorted look forwards to final videos will be worth waiting for! Myself and me mucka Steve booked in come down Friday so will defo look in on you both see her in the flesh meet and shake hands with two of the nicest guys on the web cheers see you soon Dave 👍🏻👏👏👏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Trigger's broom. Amazing work guys.

Well done guys . Shame about the engine but keep us updated. 2 things. Great to hear Weber carbies roar and great to see the front bumpers are level !!! One of my pet hates grrr

Great built would love to see that colour in the flesh was popping on the video. The engine will get sorted hopefully something simple.

Finally there is justification to fit a PINTO engine. Roll on the Mini Mk1 project ...

Quality lads watched the hole series from start to finish absolutely brilliant

The bees knees boys I'm jealous

Guys I'm in awe of the car....absolutely stunning....one of the nicest I have seen..as for the the engine I'd hope the builder would sort it.

That’s a beauty! Well done lads

Great show boys Enjoyed it so much, Pitty about the donk, See you next time💙

Super Oscar’s yes please 🇬🇧👍

Hi there from down under in South Africa. You guys are the best. I absolutely love a Mark I. The best off-course is the Mexico. But this one looks the part. I bought myself a Ford F-250 to rebuilt, but after the tearing down part, I lost interest and just sold it. But you guys have the strength to go through with it. I salute you and will keep on watching your great episodes.

Epic build here guys, great looking car

Looks wonderful. I think you might have forgotten to install the plastic sheet behind the interior door trims. Critical for damp and water control so the trim does not root and cause door frame rust

She's a baby-doll! Fine job!

thats georgious lads oft what a build from what it was to what it is now shows how much love and deddication yous put into your projects.

Awesome job lads! It’s like Grandpa’s axe- new handle, new head, but it’s still grandpa’s axe!🤣

Beautiful rig! I don't believe the Mark 1 Escort was ever sold in Canader. I have never seen one here. I certainly remember seeing a few Lotus Cortina's in the day. Keep up the good, and interesting, work. Cheers!

I like your honesty, about how things don't always work out.

That’s too nice to sell, she’s a beauty 🥰

Awesome!!! Mark 1 is the only real escort and when you fitted the spotlights on it brought back memories. Wish I could crowd fund and buy it. Great series lads.

Guys the result is unbelievable.Such a pity I can't see it up close. Can't wait to see the mk2 5 cylinder roar to life. Greetings from Greece!

if its was me pretty as it can be, that head would be off in 20min, check the gasket cracks, check faulty springs or seeping valve. would doubt anything wrong with bottom end as there no smoke coming from the exhaust can only be cylinder head that needs checking. imagine taking a motor out 7 times in day just because the engineer forgot to replace my dial pins on the block which cause the starter not to line up, it kept slipping until i noticed the gearbox had a slight tilt fitted them dial and boom sorted. love my car nothing can comes close to the feeling of a mk1 escort quick and raw with best tunes coming from under the hood. well done gents amazing work and done to perfection better than factory. i restored 3 escorts and its not and easy job nor fun at time proper hard work, sweat and patience

Looks absolutely amazing job guys

Well done guys, that's one hell of a turnaround in the time!

Wow, just wow..! Watching the _Previously_ section's a good reminder of just how much work you both squeezed in to those three months! The finished motor - *Absolutely beautiful!!* Such a stunning example of this amazing 'scort..!! ...and don't feel too down-hearted about the few engine gremlins, judging by how far you've come, this'll probably be sorted by the time I finish typing this sentence! Great job buddies!!

Couldn’t click quick enough, LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT , very well done lads 🙂🇮🇪

Fantastic car well done.

mother of god! what a great job you guys did, just a stunning blue beauty

OUTSTANDING !!!!! She is a thing of beauty,well done guys ….. you smashed it !!!!! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Absolutely perfect !! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

What a Scort

The finished car looks amazing guys. A top job, I don’t think you’ll struggle to sell it. I’d have it if I had the money and I’m a classic mini fan. All though I’ve a soft spot for a mk1 escort 👍

It has been a mammoth restoration project. A complete transformation.

What a job, absolutely fantastic, LOVE IT 😍 LOVE IT 😍 LOVE IT 😍, love this channel, well worth waiting for, just wish it had been red 😀🇮🇪

Wonderful job lads it looks fantastic I love the mk1 Escort. Excellent video thanking you for sharing.

Beaut job fella's, it turned our really nice. Lets have an early Vauxhall next !

New subscriber, the algorithm suggested you guys, and what a first video to watch! Now I need some time to watch all your videos!

Stunning work lads 👑👑👑👑❤️❤️❤️❤️ #Blessed

Looks very nice lads well done👌. See you Saturday at NEC 😜

fantastic looking car, brilliant build

Guy’s I love the mk1 escorts and watching you build this replacing almost every piece of steel is amazing it should be registered as a new car like the guy’s from mst who have been building these and the mk2 registering them as a new car.It’s a quality build for a quality car great work lad’s

Lads you’ve smashed it the car looks stunning, my fav cor and the work you have done to get it to look like that is top noch thanks for the series

Wow what can I say stunning 😍 absolutely fantastic to see the cars in the flesh, finish to detail 👏 110% without hesitation, was great to see you today at the show boys and team, and a really great chat with you Keith get onto tic tok 😀 👍 hope to see you at a show again soon 😁🙃

Excellent result with the car guys, pity about the engine. The engine builder must've been asleep while assembling it,, it's a pushrodder, the most simple engine to not stuff up lol. 👍

That escort looks mint you boys know how to made a car ,sad about the engine but I’m sure your both will make it work 👍 Carry on the good job

loved the mk1 build series. I am here to stay.

(7 bar compression is also very low for a built engine). Top work from you guys, love the channel.

Stunning car lads looks fantastic Well done 👏🏻

Cracking job guy's, well done as usual 👏👍

What an absolutely fantastic job Gents, I don’t think I could let it go. Onwards and upwards what is next 👍 Great entertainment.

Great build and hope you send the engine back to the builds and hope they can fix it. 👍💯

That looks absolutely awesome and you’ve done now and that’s nice I like it Demi good job in a petty self on the back you too

Stunning car done yourselves proud despite the engine problem keep the videos coming guys good entertainment.

Absoutley stunning, I've totally enjoyed binge watching the whole series, new subscriber 👍🏻👍🏻

Gents that's awesome you've knocked it out the park what's next lads ?

Nice one! Great job bringing an old classic back to life!. Nuff said.

Absolutely unbelievable what you guys have done. There are no words to do this justice. Just wish the engine builder had put the same effort into this car. But i have no doubts you will get it sorted

Well done to the winners 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

What a car, what a series. Loved every episode. You should do a MKII with an ST170 engine in it😉

Absolutely gorgeous build i had a mk1 rs2000 in same stripe pattern in red and white wish i never sold it now.

Awesome little car gentlemen. If you're bored, I've got a '74 Mazda Bongo which needs restoring. All the best from Australia.

Stunning work guys, not going to gripe that my colour choice of diamond white with bronze wheels didn’t make the cut, if i squint a bit i can disregard the blue… looks great by the way. Only comment needed about the engine problem is hope the “engine rebuilding company “ gave a warranty. Get it out, send it back and charge them for your labour…. Just my opinion. Looking forward to seeing it on the road.

Get yourself some mud flaps or PPF to prevent stone chips ✌🏻

Brilliant 😎👍

Top work gents very nice

I cannot believe that’s the same car, absolutely awesome, outstanding and beautiful job

Cracking job there gents... bravo 👌

Outstanding work lads wasn't sure about the fatter white stripes but it suits it in the end, one good thing the engine is easy to work on, amazing some so called specialist got it wrong, shame I can't go to the NEC this weekend would have liked to say hello and seen your cars

Looks absolutely gorgeous. 💯 👍👍👍👍👍

Mega build lads stunning mk1 👌👌.

Beautiful job guys, I love it👍🇨🇦

Awesome

Awesome job guys 👍

Stunning work lads it's unbelievable wot you have done . And I love that you have owned up that the engine has problems as a lot of people would keep that very quiet . And for the price you did it for stunning

Absolutely brilliant looks the nuts perfect example 👌 👏done well lad's

Awesome looking. Sad to see the engine gone bad.

Wicked end result lads. I love it. I have had similar grief from an engine build my end, but moved through it now. Looking forward to you next vid. David

Beautiful car guys hell of a job I'm very jealous

Great job guys

Colour is spot on with a great spin on the white paint outs. Job well done boys. Shouldn’t the engine builder be fixing that mess and not you?

Bravo lads, love it! Shame about the engine. See you both at the NEC!

Great end result guys. That car looks stunning, i love the different look by using the black bumpers, mirrors etc. It is those details that sets the car apart from the norm. WELL DONE. Now for the ultimate challange.........................................See if you can ship that car to me before May without exceeding your budget too much............. I know you can do it (lol) 😁😁😜 Pity i cannot be there for all those stunning car shows, maybe one day.🤞 Top Guys. From S.A

STUNNING !!!!!!!!!! awsome channel !!!

Beautiful Stunning motor , would not change a thing on it , looks like its doing 100mph just sat there . Well done guys

Absolutely stunning top job, love the colour 👍

My heart normally drops when I hear "let's recap what we've done" but this was great; I'd forgotten just how rotten it was and how much fun you had sorting it out. On top of that, you're both so upbeat about everything, even the fact that your engine builder has dropped a bollock. Only you two can see the bright side (more videos) in that. Finally, you haven't got AN Escort for £20k; you've got THE Escort; it's gorgeous.

Magnificent workmanship at a breakneck pace superbly executed. My choice would have been either all Ermine white or all solid black in both cases with black wheels and all the standard brightwork. No roll cage and comfy seats Must be a cracked casting it ran badly before it got any heat in to it compression must be entering the cooling system.

OMG AWESOME WELL DONE

The car is awesome. Good job.

Looks fantastic, pity the engine was a bust, but you both created a beautiful car. Very skilled trades men.

Really enjoyed this build guy,s,very well done,so sad to hear of the engine problem,maybe the inlet valve not seating properly,or piston ring issue,hope you get it sorted soon,!looking forward to next project very much.