You pay for top quality work, and it's well worth the wait. The results will be all the more incredible, probably one of the best examples available in the country when done.
Keep your Lambos and Ferrari's this is a real Supercar. Proper working class hero. 👍 Stuart did some nice work on it, the Quality of his work speaks for itself. 👍
I owned one for 15 years, C950 JGN and god, do I wish I still had it now, regretted ever selling it. She’s still about, absolute credit to the present owner, has had a full nut & bolt rebuild and is absolutely stunning. Fabulous work on this so far Rob, can’t wait to see her when it’s finished, love it 👍🏻
The old saying you gets what you pays for comes to mind. Great to see an old classic Ford sorted to Rolls Royce standards. This will be an absolute classic when its finished. Well done to you Rob for restoring this, and to your excellent body work guy. Cheers, Bob
Watched every second of this! Top work - Stuart’s passion obviously. Really interested to see how the dashboard is fixed when you get to it. Thanks again.
Rob no wonder you waited so long for this guy to do the body work on this fabulous little motor, his workmanship is second to none 😊 love all of the early fast ford's. It takes me back to the favourite decade of my life, the music, cars, fashion and happy life was brilliant. Can't wait to see it all done 🙌 it was a lovely surprise video again fellas, take care and stay lucky and healthy looking forward to Saturday's video 📹 already 😊 ✨.
Hello Rob, how good of you to keep the chap who is doing the bodywork identety private, some respect there! What a wonderful job he is doing with such skills! I am sure you will be very pleased with the final paint finish!! Great to watch! Best wishes from Lincolnshire
Fantastic restoration , probably takes many of us back to our youth that escort, cannot wait to see the next video, fantastic video rob well put together, absolutely well done.
Stuart is the right man for the job, The fact that they restore these cars 'day in day out' just shows in the standard of the work so far. I will admit that I thought this might have been put in your garage and left as you are so busy with your normal work but I am glad you found a way to get it done. The dashboard is in good condition and will be worth saving. Thanks for the video Rob and Chris have a good rest of the week. 👍👍
I'd forgotten about this escort. Nice to see progress. What a great job and it's good to respect his wish not to be on camera. In the eighties, the company where I worked hired a software company and one of the directors had one of these. We used to go out in it at lunchtime looking for real ale pubs. Tough job but someone had to do it 😊. I remember the suspension being rock hard but it went like stink. He swopped the escort for a sapphire cosworth which was also a great car and he took me with him to watch the RAC rally on a number of occasions when it was a proper rally. Brilliant memories of great times. 😃😃👍
You're taking us on the journey of a classic quality rebuild, totally worth the video, you can't skimp on quality workmanship but you already know that!
This body/paint pro treats that "old Escort" like it was a brand-new Ferrari...the hallmark of a true craftsman! They say 99.9% of a good paint job is the prep. It's a tedious, dusty, noisy and time-consuming job to take a car down to bare metal, but your guy did it. His body patches/welding are beautiful! I can't wait to see the finished product! I'll bet the paint finish will look like glass, and will look so deep you could almost fall into it.
Fabulous work by stuart. His skill set is amazing. Hope he has an apprentice to carry it on. Cant see this kind of work being done on a nissan leaf in 30 years so we have to enjoy it now and relive our youth while we can. Thaks lads. Enjoy the weather!!🌞👍
Probably my favourite car of all time. I wish I'd kept my 1986 c plate custom pack. But theye where infamous for being a death trap, saw a few wrapped around trees. Torque Steer was horrendous, it would pull one way, you'd compensate by steering the opposite direction then hit a bump and head off across the road... Still it was the love of my life at one time. That dashboard brings back memories...
Your friend Stuart has proper maestro hands and skills, I just love watching a true professional plying his trade the top guys make it look so easy, cracking post guys
A true craftsman at work here, superb finish in primer, a dream for the guy who is going to apply the finish coats. I remember these cars from the 80’s. My mate had one and let me driver it, lovely motors. Great content 😎🇬🇧👍
Love to see that you guys are living up to your name. A lot of people would have walk away from this.... But as you say, it's a classic and needs a bit of TLC. Looking good so far, can't wait for the next vid' Well done.👍👌👍👌
Love this, one of the original and proper fast Fords, going to be an outstanding car when finished, loving your attention to detail, and beautiful prep work, looking forward to seeing more progress
Has Stuart already been on the Salvage Rebuilds attention to detail course , great work from a highly skilled guy , most painters and prep for paint guys can't be bothered putting the time into a job like this , it's going to be a bobbie dazzler when it's all done 😉
This is going to look brand new when it's done. Stuart is a bodywork genius, props to him. This will be worth serious money when finished, I'd want to keep it 100 percent. Old Fords that I've had, (76 mark 2 Escort, 68 mark 1 Escort to name two) and I see what they fetch now is just mind boggling, and I so wish that I had them. Fantastic video as usual guys.
Rob you can’t go wrong with a classic Ford build - and so near to Essex too! Can’t wait to see this one come alive! 🤣😂 thank you Rob & Chris for agreeing to spend the wonga on it. 👍
These guys that have the skill set to repair these old classics to what will be show room condition are real artisans. What a job. So glad you had the pictures as he progressed.
Rob. What a treasure you have there. I also have the same model that Chris bought for you and i have also just purchased the RS1600i from the same model maker - its my hummingbird. Regarding Stuart appearing on camera, why not let him see the early ‘appearances’ of chris compared to how he is now on camera. The change is actually amazing! Can’t wait for the next update.
Ohhhh wow unbelievably amazing can’t believe how nice it looking well nice and ready we’ll done guys looking forward to seeing this one done and rolling on the road 👊🏻👊🏻😁😁
Hello Rob and Chris, Stuart (or Stewart) is one skilled guy. The car will look great when it is finished. Looking forward to the next video. Thank you for taking the time to upload another video. Ged
Fantastic work done on the car to get it ready for paint. Really looking forward to future videos to see this classic all come together. One of my favourite cars of the 80s.
I’ve only just watched the video on the Ford Escort, a paint job looks amazing. It should look amazing once it’s finished all back together good work guys
The original and best RS Turbo,I have some parts but only One brand new bronze top tint blue. One pair of opening quarters (unetched):all complete,rubbers hinges,just a clean and fit,your body man done a pukka job on the metal work and pre,that car should look mint once painted,make sure any holes get waxoyl or that water ingress will start again,nice job.
KEEPER ! It’ll turn more heads than the Lambo !…(As lovely as it was) Owned a few of these “back in the day” when I was in the trade. Wonderful memories, wishing you many years of fun and pleasure in this beauty !
This is awesome Rob. Really glad you did this video. I usually watch you on my TV so can't comment but came onto my phone as you asked what us viewers thought. I had a MK3 1.3 as my first car and lusted over the faster ones. Really looking forward to seeing her painted
wow, the car is really solid for a 40 year old escort, the body guy is doing a top job the car will be better than when it left fords when it is finished, my first car was an 81 mk3 and it was a similar colour to the etch primer ford called it dove grey , cant wait to see it painted , its going to be a cracker 👍
Takes me back to my early days at Halewood ,first job was interior sealer followed by tack cloth of one side of the car , the new robot ester paint booths where just going in for this model run out ,bit of nostolgia
All the hard work is in the prep, it'll pay in the end when you stand back and look at it, having said that, I can't wait to see it in colour, so hurry up please 😊
It is a dream of mine to own one of these fully restored. My series two was an awesome car back in 1997, it was heavily modified, lowered /207bhp /retro fitted ABS, massive seam welded exhaust /and fully dynomatted throughout for the bangin sound system. But the series one was always the better looking car, miles apart from the XR3i, I would love a series one, and a Mallard Green Escort Cosworth Lux. It is okay to dream isn't it.
This takes me back to 1993. Delbert. An enterprising delivery guy, had a Mark 1 RS Turbo. He said, and I quote him exactly, ‘Howard. I am sick and tired of Essex Police stripping it down. So I’ve got myself, a Funky Moped’. It was like a herbal Deliveroo
Have to admit I had foregotton about this one! That was real labour of love by your guy but he made a cracking of job of it ready for the paint which I'm sure will be to the usual top notch standard! Its what we have come to expect from SRUK!
wow what top quality this is,thoroughly enjoyed this upload it really is great content thankyou gentlemen,,looking forward to any progress being posted,,,👍👌
Stewart is well clever with bodywork. He is the doctor of bodywork. Brilliant.
Now we’re talking, proper motor retros from my youth, can’t wait to see this completed.
No apologies needed Rob, he's done an amazing job, a true craftsmans workmanship. Wait till its painted, you'll be like a kid at Christmas time.
You pay for top quality work, and it's well worth the wait. The results will be all the more incredible, probably one of the best examples available in the country when done.
Bodywork being done properly is an absolute artform. Once painted it'll look beter than new.
Some people are tremendously gifted. Fantastic craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing.
That body guy is a genius like Chris. Fantastic repairs and cant wait to see the series 1 finished.
Keep your Lambos and Ferrari's this is a real Supercar. Proper working class hero. 👍 Stuart did some nice work on it, the Quality of his work speaks for itself. 👍
Can’t wait to see this one painted. Bodywork is so good, after seeing it in the first video on the truck it’s amazing.
Amazing craftsmanship.
That car is going to be amazing when it's finished.
Can't wait.
I owned one for 15 years, C950 JGN and god, do I wish I still had it now, regretted ever selling it. She’s still about, absolute credit to the present owner, has had a full nut & bolt rebuild and is absolutely stunning. Fabulous work on this so far Rob, can’t wait to see her when it’s finished, love it 👍🏻
The old saying you gets what you pays for comes to mind. Great to see an old classic Ford sorted to Rolls Royce standards. This will be an absolute classic when its finished.
Well done to you Rob for restoring this, and to your excellent body work guy.
Cheers, Bob
Watched every second of this! Top work - Stuart’s passion obviously.
Really interested to see how the dashboard is fixed when you get to it. Thanks again.
Not even an RS Turbo fan, but that work is top drawer. Lovely. That fella will be fascinating when he comes out of his shell and gets on camera 😀
Congrats to Stuart to his attention to detail, thanks Rob for the narration and camera work 👍
Rob no wonder you waited so long for this guy to do the body work on this fabulous little motor, his workmanship is second to none 😊 love all of the early fast ford's. It takes me back to the favourite decade of my life, the music, cars, fashion and happy life was brilliant. Can't wait to see it all done 🙌 it was a lovely surprise video again fellas, take care and stay lucky and healthy looking forward to Saturday's video 📹 already 😊 ✨.
Great work on the body, looking brilliant. Looking forward to the paint video. From my youth. 👍👍👍👍👍
Hello Rob, how good of you to keep the chap who is doing the bodywork identety private, some respect there! What a wonderful job he is doing with such skills! I am sure you will be very pleased with the final paint finish!! Great to watch! Best wishes from Lincolnshire
Fantastic restoration , probably takes many of us back to our youth that escort, cannot wait to see the next video, fantastic video rob well put together, absolutely well done.
Stuart is the right man for the job, The fact that they restore these cars 'day in day out' just shows in the standard of the work so far. I will admit that I thought this might have been put in your garage and left as you are so busy with your normal work but I am glad you found a way to get it done. The dashboard is in good condition and will be worth saving. Thanks for the video Rob and Chris have a good rest of the week. 👍👍
I'd forgotten about this escort. Nice to see progress. What a great job and it's good to respect his wish not to be on camera.
In the eighties, the company where I worked hired a software company and one of the directors had one of these. We used to go out in it at lunchtime looking for real ale pubs. Tough job but someone had to do it 😊. I remember the suspension being rock hard but it went like stink.
He swopped the escort for a sapphire cosworth which was also a great car and he took me with him to watch the RAC rally on a number of occasions when it was a proper rally.
Brilliant memories of great times.
😃😃👍
You're taking us on the journey of a classic quality rebuild, totally worth the video, you can't skimp on quality workmanship but you already know that!
Brilliant workmanship fits in with the team can’t wait to see end job .👍👍👍
no worries about not showing the body guy, great video and fantastic to see the progress!
Hi rob , Stewart done a great job lot of hard work, can't wait till its done, from marty in Belfast northern Ireland God bless
Brings back so many memories, a late friend of mine owned one. The series 1 just signified the eighties.
These have been my dream cars for many years. Can’t wait until this is finished
What an absolute labour of love Rob, she's already a stunner. A real artiest at work. Can't wait to see her finished.
Amazing work! There's no substitute for pure skill and experience. It shows that you are well happy with it.
This body/paint pro treats that "old Escort" like it was a brand-new Ferrari...the hallmark of a true craftsman! They say 99.9% of a good paint job is the prep. It's a tedious, dusty, noisy and time-consuming job to take a car down to bare metal, but your guy did it. His body patches/welding are beautiful! I can't wait to see the finished product! I'll bet the paint finish will look like glass, and will look so deep you could almost fall into it.
Fabulous work by stuart. His skill set is amazing. Hope he has an apprentice to carry it on. Cant see this kind of work being done on a nissan leaf in 30 years so we have to enjoy it now and relive our youth while we can. Thaks lads. Enjoy the weather!!🌞👍
Love it mate. I wish I could afford to give this detail to my landy. Great job.
Proper Job! Looking forward to seeing it finished!
Great progress folks, she's looking much more respectable! Props to Stuart; another pro at work there 👍
Full restoration 😮😲🫨 Amazing work lads 👍
Probably my favourite car of all time. I wish I'd kept my 1986 c plate custom pack. But theye where infamous for being a death trap, saw a few wrapped around trees. Torque Steer was horrendous, it would pull one way, you'd compensate by steering the opposite direction then hit a bump and head off across the road... Still it was the love of my life at one time. That dashboard brings back memories...
What a top car that is going to be. I love how much respect you have for other craftsmen, leaving him to it and not putting any pressure on him.
Your friend Stuart has proper maestro hands and skills, I just love watching a true professional plying his trade the top guys make it look so easy, cracking post guys
A true craftsman at work here, superb finish in primer, a dream for the guy who is going to apply the finish coats. I remember these cars from the 80’s. My mate had one and let me driver it, lovely motors. Great content 😎🇬🇧👍
Love to see that you guys are living up to your name.
A lot of people would have walk away from this....
But as you say, it's a classic and needs a bit of TLC.
Looking good so far, can't wait for the next vid'
Well done.👍👌👍👌
Was well excited to see this S1 video and cannot wait for next video. Body repair work looks top notch 👍
Top tier craftsmanship on show there. Look forward to the next instalment.
Love this, one of the original and proper fast Fords, going to be an outstanding car when finished, loving your attention to detail, and beautiful prep work, looking forward to seeing more progress
What a job, absolute master of his craft
I do love to see an expert at their work!
Has Stuart already been on the Salvage Rebuilds attention to detail course , great work from a highly skilled guy , most painters and prep for paint guys can't be bothered putting the time into a job like this , it's going to be a bobbie dazzler when it's all done 😉
This is going to look brand new when it's done. Stuart is a bodywork genius, props to him. This will be worth serious money when finished, I'd want to keep it 100 percent. Old Fords that I've had, (76 mark 2 Escort, 68 mark 1 Escort to name two) and I see what they fetch now is just mind boggling, and I so wish that I had them. Fantastic video as usual guys.
What a cracking job that’s gonna be one hell of a car when finished
Rob you can’t go wrong with a classic Ford build - and so near to Essex too! Can’t wait to see this one come alive! 🤣😂 thank you Rob & Chris for agreeing to spend the wonga on it. 👍
These guys that have the skill set to repair these old classics to what will be show room condition are real artisans. What a job. So glad you had the pictures as he progressed.
Beautiful car Rob, great job on the bodywork too. Cant wait to see it in paint.....
That's going to be a lovely motor again. Stuart is a master at his craft too, quality work indeed.
All coming together nicely! Good work takes time but it'll be worth it in the end 😊 good luck to you Rob not that you'll need it!
Rob. What a treasure you have there. I also have the same model that Chris bought for you and i have also just purchased the RS1600i from the same model maker - its my hummingbird. Regarding Stuart appearing on camera, why not let him see the early ‘appearances’ of chris compared to how he is now on camera. The change is actually amazing! Can’t wait for the next update.
STUART. Needs to have an AKA. "Stuart Potter Car Gini". Fantastic work and a credit to the rebuild. Industry/ 🛠🛠👍👍
That bodywork bloke is a genius at his work top man must be another Chris
Yes rob 👍, that is a city nice straight mk3 now great video , can’t wait to see it painted. Good luck guys 👍👍
A proper job done rob can’t wait to see it finished well done guys
Had a fantastic school trip around the Escort line at Halewood in the 70s.
Ohhhh wow unbelievably amazing can’t believe how nice it looking well nice and ready we’ll done guys looking forward to seeing this one done and rolling on the road 👊🏻👊🏻😁😁
I was pleasantly surprised at how great it is under the paint, considering how eighties cars like to rust.fantastic work.
Hello Rob and Chris, Stuart (or Stewart) is one skilled guy. The car will look great when it is finished. Looking forward to the next video. Thank you for taking the time to upload another video. Ged
What a fantastic job Rob 👍🏻
he's knocked that bodywork outta the ballpark top job.👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
Great work. Stewart! All very interesting.
Great video guys. Really enjoyed this one. Can’t wait to see it in paint 👍
Fantastic work done on the car to get it ready for paint. Really looking forward to future videos to see this classic all come together. One of my favourite cars of the 80s.
Perfection can not be rushed
I’ve only just watched the video on the Ford Escort, a paint job looks amazing. It should look amazing once it’s finished all back together good work guys
The original and best RS Turbo,I have some parts but only
One brand new bronze top tint blue.
One pair of opening quarters (unetched):all complete,rubbers hinges,just a clean and fit,your body man done a pukka job on the metal work and pre,that car should look mint once painted,make sure any holes get waxoyl or that water ingress will start again,nice job.
Really good to see such work, very interesting to see how well you have condensed the progress, cannot wait to see finished item.
Prep work looks outstanding ....looking forward to seeing this painted 👍👍👍👍
WHAT A JOB!!! BRILLIANT. ❤
Wow what a proper job love that a classic its being reborn, fantastic body working.....big 👏👏👏 to Stuart great workmanship 👌👌
You certainly found the right person there for the job Rob, total credit to him. You love the old RS escorts!!
Prep work looks superb,hats off to Stuart,nice one chaps 👍😉💪
KEEPER ! It’ll turn more heads than the Lambo !…(As lovely as it was) Owned a few of these “back in the day” when I was in the trade. Wonderful memories, wishing you many years of fun and pleasure in this beauty !
Yes MUCH more special than any Lamborghini in my opinion! 👍🇬🇧
That Stuart guy is a genius fair play to him great progress on the car 💪💪💪
I have been looking forward to this one for a while ....great nostalgia....
This is awesome Rob. Really glad you did this video. I usually watch you on my TV so can't comment but came onto my phone as you asked what us viewers thought. I had a MK3 1.3 as my first car and lusted over the faster ones. Really looking forward to seeing her painted
Stuart is a craftsman clearly - a man it will be handy to know for the future
wow, the car is really solid for a 40 year old escort, the body guy is doing a top job the car will be better than when it left fords when it is finished, my first car was an 81 mk3 and it was a similar colour to the etch primer ford called it dove grey , cant wait to see it painted , its going to be a cracker 👍
Big call out to unsung, talented workers like Stuart.
Bloody brilliant can’t wait to see it painted
Takes me back to my early days at Halewood ,first job was interior sealer followed by tack cloth of one side of the car , the new robot ester paint booths where just going in for this model run out ,bit of nostolgia
All the hard work is in the prep, it'll pay in the end when you stand back and look at it, having said that, I can't wait to see it in colour, so hurry up please 😊
perfection no words needed
It's going to look fantastic Always wanted a S1. Top job as always
Hello Rob, great progress on the Escort S1 RS so far,with the new wheel arch and prepping the body for primer,can't wait for the paint to go on.
Wow, what a classic car, that takes me back, what a lovely job, looking forward to seeing it completed.
Absolutely fantastic workmanship. Can’t wait to see it when it’s painted. 👏🏼
I can already tell that this is going to be mint when done. Excellent prep work with the primer etc.
Some proper bodywork there time and effort gone into it! Will be nice when done.
Great job Stuart
It is a dream of mine to own one of these fully restored. My series two was an awesome car back in 1997, it was heavily modified, lowered /207bhp /retro fitted ABS, massive seam welded exhaust /and fully dynomatted throughout for the bangin sound system. But the series one was always the better looking car, miles apart from the XR3i, I would love a series one, and a Mallard Green Escort Cosworth Lux. It is okay to dream isn't it.
This takes me back to 1993. Delbert. An enterprising delivery guy, had a Mark 1 RS Turbo. He said, and I quote him exactly, ‘Howard. I am sick and tired of Essex Police stripping it down. So I’ve got myself, a Funky Moped’. It was like a herbal Deliveroo
Have to admit I had foregotton about this one! That was real labour of love by your guy but he made a cracking of job of it ready for the paint which I'm sure will be to the usual top notch standard! Its what we have come to expect from SRUK!
Out of all the cars I’ve owned The series one was my favourite always left me with a smile on my face
Wow proper job there Stu 👍 going to look amazing when it’s done. You are doing the right thing Rob taking your time and making sure it’s all bang on.
wow what top quality this is,thoroughly enjoyed this upload it really is great content thankyou gentlemen,,looking forward to any progress being posted,,,👍👌