It Got Worse! RS1600i Reveals Some More UNBELIEVABLE Rusty Secrets!

[@WhitelandRestorations]

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[@OldCarsNewVan]

Cracking work 😀 You should include a piece of Escort rust with every Fridge Magnet🤣

[@Jase73]

I’ve been a panel beater for 34 years. Why do I enjoy watching this stuff so much 😂😂 I have a series one rs turbo but I’m glad to say it’s never seen the rain from new so it’s nothing like this 1600i 🤪 You’re doing a great job. Hats off 👌

[@steven-vn9ui]

Having owned my fair share of Fast Mk3's in the past my heart hurts seeing the condition of this RS. Glad you are doing a proper job lads!

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Luckily we're here to save it!

[@bikeman123]

My mate bought an Escort Mexico mk1 in 1979 and it was already rusted beyond repair.

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

All Escort's rotted within nine years or less.

[@Rayfaedundee]

Just shows you how a small rusted area can escalate into a major repair area.. your doing a fantastic job of repairing the Escort the correct way. Keep up the good work.

[@Equiluxe1]

That's my experience, I had a fabrication workshop and the mot garage just down the road kept sending vehicles to me for welding and as I was just starting up I took some of the work and quite frankly it was not worth doing, people would come in want a fixed price to weld up a small rust hole and before you knew it I had to make half a car. In the end I had to say no, but some people were very insistent, the answer came when I upgraded my mig welder to a 450 amp machine , it just would not weld thin sheet especialy not with 1.2 wire. But I was glad when the garage owner retired and I no longer had to send people away which is bad for business.

[@jeff.5380]

Well done guys on some fantastic work. After seeing how bad those previous repairs were and how much rust you've had to cut out it makes you wonder how bad the rest of the car is.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Luckily it's OK, it's been done. Looks like they just couldn't be bothered to fix the front properly.

[@Zeem4]

My experience with these cars is that they're quite happy to rot out completely in the bulkhead, battery tray and front footwells, while remaining in good condition everywhere else.

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

The only thing that does not rust is the glass, that just delaminates!

[@davidclarke9767]

This reminds me of the time I worked in a small garage in 1968 I was 20 years old and I was the only person that could weld, gas welding and brazing when I welded jacking points I always put extra steel into it to add reinforcements. But I have to admit welding rusty cars is a thankless task.

[@sukyeenorris8538]

My god,i came in for new dust caps!!!!!

[@WhitelandRestorations]

It's all about the upsell 😂

[@stevenginnever5343]

Great hands on video, a master at work. Nice to see Mojo fitting in well. A 17 year old with a grinder and not an iPhone, there maybe hope for the future. Cheers Steve.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Definitely! Really refreshing to see someone so young so interested in learning proper engineering

[@martincooke4837]

You have the Patience of a Saint unbelievable .........

[@davidspedding3523]

Used to do loads of these battery trays back in the 90s. When new, the battery had a plastic ‘lid’ fitted over the top of it. It was there to direct rainwater flowing off the scuttle panel from running over the battery. Most went missing when the battery was replaced. Without it, the battery electrolyte would overflow rotting through the bulkhead below the battery.

[@SimonHarvey-i4z]

Absolutely mint to see such an enthusiastic youngun getting stuck in and wanting to learn the art of welding and fabrication a rare thing nowadays unfortunately good luck young man

[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

Blimey what a shocking state but fairly common i would suspect! I love your positivity guys and love watching old skips like this come back to life great work 👌👍

[@mobileweldingnorthwales]

Thank you for this video. I am impressed at how positive you remained when you kept finding more rot. I might bookmark this video for my customers to show them why I say that you can't quote a price for rust repair! Thanks for showing the making of the repair panels too, aleays love seeing people make things from scratch.

[@grayfool]

Oh dear, You"ve just bought back memories of a MkI Escort I had the "pleasure" of working on back in the early eighties. More holes than body, no exaggeration. I still don't know it didn't just fold up. The owner, a friend of a friend, eventually saw sense and scrapped it. Escorts were worth nothing back then.

[@petersalter4269]

Just found channel, looking forward to seeing the progress, loving the lovely positive lady, great work too!

[@martinfield1484]

Great fabrication nice to see it done properly

[@mcjjordan]

Love watching a true artist at work

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Thank you! Much appreciated!

[@rickydub6950]

Level of fabrication and repair is first class as always! 😎👍

[@scottyetman2706]

Another awesome video Lewis. Love watching these, keep them coming.

[@brookieant]

Old school ford's ( FIX OR REPAIR DAILY ) but give me a old ford over a new one any day Lewis you done a cracking job 👌🏽👍🏼

[@georgeclements2742]

Enjoying the work you're doing and the great encouragement you are giving to your apprentice Mojo. Really pleased to see such an enthusiastic and promising young man in an environment where he can develop his skills with a supportive mentor. Well done. I'm not so enthusiastic about the use of cardboard boxes as a shield against grinding sparks: having given myself a scare starting an unexpected fire (fortunately extinguished quickly) I tend to be more cautious. Some aluminium foil works well. Best wishes.

[@tweed532DaveH]

Enjoy the metal fabrication shots, a nice 'interlude' between the crackling and fizzing of frying bacon, sorry, assorted welding. Oh a 2nd use for Rs1600i fridge magnet would be going around the car checking for more filler!! Or not... 🤔🤭🤫😉🥓🇬🇧

[@WhitelandRestorations]

RS1600i filler finders anyone! 🤣😜

[@beijingbond]

Not sure how much work you'll be doing on this but check the floor pan front and rear, especially the rear where the material overlaps near the fuel pipe. Great job so far!

[@davidbarnsley8486]

I am amazed by the rust in this bomb was it all caused by the battery placement in the first place Or other issues I am surprised it hasn’t already folded in half At least you are doing a great job putting it right 👍👍🇦🇺

[@SkidsNDonuts]

You've got some balls dealing with that 😂

[@WhitelandRestorations]

It's always fun when an Escort rolls in 😂

[@SteveM-ly7oy]

I had a 1983 RS1600i in 1992. Very minor rust and I had it all repaired. But a horrible car. Such heavy steering, the solid tappets were so noisy and never settled down, and quite bad torque steer, are my abiding memories. It looked great, though. The seats were comfortable, and I heard that they were not Recaros, but made by a German company called Scheel.

[@theoriginalwallace]

Beautiful fabrication, Lewis. I've been a massive classic Ford fan for as long as I can remember. My first car was a 1968 registered 123E Anglia Super (105E) that my Granda bought for me at age 11. That started a stream of Anglias, Mk1 & 2 Cortinas, Corsairs, etc. I can confirm that "Ford" stands for "Full Of Rusty Debris" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cheers. Leigh.

[@davejones4804]

Good work! Its a great example of when the rust that you can see is just the tip of the iceberg!

[@theclappedoutdairy-man3507]

Great video and a pleasure to watch skilled hands making panels up. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ianrae5631]

Really good fabricator,very neat,the apprentice seems to be a talented lad too

[@brendonhearn8778]

"Lewis!" lol! Thanks for the entertaining video. Another one.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

He does love to wind me up! 😂

[@jamesentwistle8258]

Great content. Well done Mojo future tallent

[@hansjorgkarcher9504]

Great work. Good to see that young people geht chance to lern how to do such good stuff

[@ivormcmanus3468]

Keep up with the great work . Its great to see a old classic car saved ..

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Thank you!

[@Madeitmatopoftheworld54]

Love these rot box fords

[@strongbowism]

Fair play to you guys taking that on. Rust for fun the Mk3. I had a Series 1 RST back in the day, 4 years old, 24k on the clock when I bought it back in 90' and as much as I looked after it the back seams below the bumper needed sorting and the front slam panel where it joined the inner wings started rotting and had to be cut out and renewed. Looking forward to seeing this once completed. 🙂

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Rust is constantly trying to get the better of us!

[@redzed40]

great work

[@davidmccausland9063]

Whats the other side like😢😢????Great video

[@monkey555500]

lovely fabrication looking really nice

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Thank you!

[@ModernClassics81]

Great work on the RS1600i, I’m currently restoring a series 2 RS turbo. I’ve become a subscriber 👍

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

That's a German car and not an RS!

[@deanclark828]

That's shocking!

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Certainly is!

[@mikeakhurst1855]

Coming together well. Shout out to your new apprentice, great work!

[@WhitelandRestorations]

He's getting proper stuck in.... Baptism of fire!

[@micheltebraake7915]

That's a lot of rust. How is the driver's side?

[@kevinrobertfrasier1309]

Very common issue with mk3 escorts was the rotting out of the battery tray mounting points.

[@kevinrobertfrasier1309]

Whilst your checking. Check the inner wing panel track rod opening for cracking. Ford did a recall on those. Both sides

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Very common!

[@simonsherwood7169]

Nice fabrication

[@peteredwards7872]

Oh that does look sore 😢. Great work as always 👏👍

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Thanks for watching!

[@kbrickell4732]

body shell change ?? can you still get ??

[@andyliv78]

Looked like an old box of corn flakes at the start of the video. Nice work chaps!

[@leesouter9627]

If memory serves veng used to do a short and long sill.

[@roseybut]

What you do is witchcraft. You are truly a magician. To watch you panel beating and fabricating is fascinating. Thank you for showing us how its done. I certainly couldn't do it.😵😵

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Thank you very much!

[@MalteseMafia]

Nice work 👍 great to see you passing your skills on to an Apprentice. 👍 Looks like he is killing already 🤣

[@WhitelandRestorations]

MoJo is doing fantastic, he's already a great engineer. Great future ahead of him!

[@pit_stop77]

Would you share the cost of this repair when finished? Be interesting to know how much such a repair is ❤

[@WhitelandRestorations]

That's between us and the customer I'm afraid. It's a fair few hours work.

[@pit_stop77]

@@WhitelandRestorations or perhaps so the owners other half won't find out how much was spent fixing a "minor" bit of rust 🤣

[@malcolmcowan9554]

New in the 80s . rotted and scrapped in the late 80s .. your lucky if you got good rot free MK3 escort back in the day 😂

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Ha rusty out of the factory!

[@andrewrobinson927]

Had 3mk 3s in the day all rusted away they were shite really😔

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

Yes they were crepe

[@maxakarudy]

Nice to see the resto work progress, it's looking great. BTW Whatcha doin with Elan shell, I'd be interested in that...😮

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Drop us a email..... We're being messed about on that shell so you might be in luck. [e-mail]

[@andyhopkinson2708]

What product did you use for undersealing the MG

[@WhitelandRestorations]

We used Mipa Shultz and Bilt hamber Hydrate 80 rust treatment

[@Zeem4]

@@WhitelandRestorations Schutz ::D

[@WhitelandRestorations]

😂

[@chrisgosling6083]

metal magician ! you know what they say about restoration, it gets worse before it gets better! joys of 80s fords, fully bio degradable , if you parked one in a field the only thing left would be the glass, even the plastic turns to dust!! good to see this one on the mend!! 👍

[@WhitelandRestorations]

It always get worse before it gets better but it will be better than factory when it's done 😁👍

[@martincooke1121]

Dig out the fiesta

[@WhitelandRestorations]

It's coming! 😁👍

[@nushooz6731]

Guys great job so far I will be calling on yourselves to do my rs1600i when I'm ready and you can fit it in.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Great to hear! Good luck with the project 👌

[@markadams3261]

Did the owner drive this in?

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Only off the trailer into the shed thank goodness!

[@jaggass]

I'm sure the Escrot will turn back into an Escort again

[@aftergrowth]

for a second I thought I was watching Furious Driving

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Poor Matt and his police car woes!

[@bikeman123]

Matt only buys rust buckets. Would have thought he would check them properly by now. 😂

[@sean23432]

defo a ford have fun 😂😂😂

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Never ending fun! 😂

[@maverick4177]

That’s more like an ORT completely missing the ESC

[@WhitelandRestorations]

The ESC went a fair while ago 😂

[@Patmac74]

Between talking about the apprentice being into escorts 😂😂 and male order abrasives..... 😂

[@chriswalker9850]

Great Video guys, some quality work being carried out on the Escort 👍👌👌

[@toy838]

Nicely filmed video more detailed photography preferred thx

[@WhitelandRestorations]

It's a hard line doing a job and filming at the same time. Tricky compromise between getting the shots and getting it done! Thanks for watching 👍

[@toy838]

@@WhitelandRestorations yes understand thx

[@menditman2004]

Great stuff I like watching videos like this and making videos like this for my channel, your channel is doing well I hope mine does as well in the future Thanks for the video 🙂👍

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Thanks for watching! Good luck with your channel 👍

[@DavidBrown-lv6ox]

I was expecting you to break out the funk during the fabrication...

[@grahamkingston980]

How many shiny Mk3s are out there that are as bad as this one?

[@WhitelandRestorations]

A lot probably!

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

Ford's were only designed for nine years service & 70,000 miles.

[@EdgyNumber1]

These days even Mercs, Bimmers and Audis are only designed to last until the lease agreement runs out - in three years! 😆 🤣 😂

[@ianelwell8000]

I’ve taxed worse 😂😂😂

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Ha got to have a giggle at that!

[@-The-Mon]

you will be chasing rust on that forever, might as well call it a day and re-shell it if they are available, if not its only fit for spares

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Luckily it hasn't gotten to that point yet! The rest of it is OK, all been done

[@djgoode]

Would you like an RS1600i to have a look at?

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

Your cruel!

[@djgoode]

@@JohnSmith-ei2pz why?

[@arthurdardalis]

I just don’t understand how this car is so rusty. I had MK3 Escorts and had only rear wheel arches to repair

[@byronmills5952]

The battery try area was always a notorious area for grot on the MK3 Escort due to poor drainage. This car has suffered rot in this area earlier on its life and has suffered from repeated bodgery which has still allowed moisture and rot to creep in to the structure underneath - the Rs1600s suspension set up is also very stiff and unforgiving to any weakness in the shell. Whilst not the worst cars in period for rusting out, sills floorplans bootfloors and rear chassis legs are classic weak spots. I also believe the single stage metallic single stage paint used in the factory became more porous in old age than the solid colours. My 1982 Crystal green 1.3 was an utter rot box but in comparison my Coral beige 3 door Ghia was totally rot free.

[@WhitelandRestorations]

Just bad luck with this one, it's had bad repairs which has made it worst. Most of the rest of it has been done and is OK... This is just a hard area to fix properly

[@geofffletcher5739]

​@@byronmills5952most of the underbonnet area on the metalic painted shells had no clearcoat. Couple that with water washing over the battery and its rust city!

[@bobhowse2617]

Fabrication Overcomes Repugnant Detritus new acronym for FORD? works for me.