Ford Escort MK1 Restoration Project, More Fabrication.. LHD to RHD Conversion

In this episode we fabricate a new RHD steering column surround by copying the LHD plastic piece and make jigsaw for the RHD one.
Throughout the project we will build tools to help us along the way, the custom tools we build, we will upload our how-to videos
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[@Bigtbuilder]

Excellent work Dave! You are giving Fab Rats and Matts Off Road Recovery a run for their money even though they have all the tools. Like an old school maker of knights armour.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Ooo, I'll have to get a look at them

[@johnhibbert8201]

dont normally leave a comment but after this one its a big pat on the back from me brilliant work Dave looks fab, might something to do with that cup of tea 10 out of 10

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you for your kind comment. It is very much appreciated 😊

[@timh301]

That turned out really well 👍

[@robertamor3203]

fantastic fab work old fritts will be very proud with that well done dave

[@halcyondayz1]

Yep, nice bit of Fabrication.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 😊

[@martynsamsom8237]

Smashing job Dave. I think I might have tried making the shroud out of ally plate, glued and filled, then painted. But what a success you made of it in steel. Magic.

[@spencermoore2468]

Well done Dave for showing your ingenuity again. Thanks

[@DavesGarageuk]

Very welcome, thank you 😊

[@pattiboychannel311]

Absolutely brilliant Dave

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😊

[@gtthompson5818]

You are very clever/skilled. Fascinating to watch.
Liking the Russell sweatshirt at the end 😃

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😊

[@iandennis7836]

You so deserve more than the one upvote I can give.........just perfect.

[@performanceclassics1986]

Good Effort Dave. Nicely done. Love the can do attitude 👍

[@kevinarksey9828]

Fantastic work Dave.

[@seanwoods7018]

Brilliant job Dave

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 😊

[@jimmoore8943]

You made a good job of that dave

[@carlos-ek5de]

you make everything look so easy to do when it's difficult which makes it a pleasure to watch your work very nice job

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you very much!

[@stu2427]

Great work well figured out you got to be pretty proud of your capability well done 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 👍

[@georgeclements2742]

Super job and saved a lot of cash. Best wishes.

[@vincentbrian7692]

Very good mate

[@user-lk1lw8bj9g]

Excellent, well done Dave 👋

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 👍

[@sidsxr3irestoration]

Excellent bit of fabrication Dave turned out brilliant 👌👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks Sid

[@superloopy24v]

Looks good, another nice job finished well 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MyPauled]

Fantastic bit of fabrication dave fair play 👏

[@DavesGarageuk]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@hoyle-pw3pt]

Brilliant dave,, there's no such word as can't ,,,

[@dirtyspanners]

nice bit of fab you done enjoyed watching that Dave cheers

[@DavesGarageuk]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@neiljarvis8911]

Now that was impressive, I didn't think that wasd going to be possible, yet certainly not turn out as good as it did! Good fabrication.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you Neil

[@alancutchey9892]

Holy moly Dave 😮 well done mate.! U made a complex piece look very easy to make.
This is exactly why I love watching ur channel. Ur simplistic approach towards challenges, and how u carry them out with just basic tools is incredibly.
Keep up the fantastic work 😊

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks Alan 😊

[@hohocc1349]

Tune in next time when Dave realises that having turned a left hand drive piece of plastic into right hand drive metal, that he's on the verge of being able to build the first right hand drive Corvette without using any fibreglass! Great work Dave, just love your attitude to an apparently complex problem. Thanks.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Ha ha, thank you 😊

[@derekjeffrey5443]

Aye youv made a canny job of the ignition plastic cowling :

[@derekjeffrey5443]

Mayb you cud of welded it on the inside : then the welds wudn of been seen & you wud of had no grinding too do mate

[@stevey9110]

Nice job Dave, great skills.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 👍

[@richardholland7070]

Fantastic work Dave, loving the escort build, thanks for sharing.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😊

[@madmax2506]

absolutely perfect. great job 👍👍👍👍

[@robinstewart4729]

excellent work dave

[@kevinford6420]

Fair play Dave that looks brilliant!!!

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😊

[@martinblack5021]

Fantastic work. I must admit when you said to make it out of metal I thought ‘ok , make a the big rectangular tube part then work off that’ and you did it completely differently. The results bear out you were dead right. Great shows.😂

[@DavesGarageuk]

Ha, that may have been a better approach 🤣

[@geoffreymockett]

Nice one Dave, Finished my Capri project this summer but still get my fix watching these videos. Keep them coming.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Good to hear

[@nealthomas5943]

Great job Dave 👌👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks Neal

[@user-vn3zn5kr2x]

Mycket imponerande arbete med perfekt resultat.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😊

[@neill4133]

Outstanding fabrication work Dave! I like your videos before I've even seen them now as they are quality!

[@DavesGarageuk]

Wow, thanks!😊😊

[@glennnicholson1418]

Another job well done. Im finally getting on with my mk2 build but your a long way ahead of me.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Have fun 😊😉

[@gsxr713]

Super job

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sjgcustom]

Fantastic work as always mate 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you pal 👍

[@rickwilliams1505]

Another good video, love your fabrication methods

[@DavesGarageuk]

Glad you like them!

[@georgecassar9283]

Goog job mate

[@martingibbs9277]

Great job! lot of thinking 🤔

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@christee5772]

Excellent work, again. I've had good results using Plastikote stone effect paint flatted back a bit and satin black over that to replicate textured plastic in the past.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Good idea

[@stephenschofield2836]

Dave, I seen the start of the vid and thought "Christ, Davie boy's on the crack" 😂😂😂 Has to be the best bit of fabrication i've watched you do, amazing

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 🤣🤣

[@russelblackwell6041]

Brilliant process patience God's given you some great skills well done.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😊

[@paulwh791]

Making something like that you either completely mad or very skilled, probably the latter very impressed

[@DavesGarageuk]

Completely Mad very likely 🤣

[@TheJcman72]

amazing job!

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you!

[@bantampop3532]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@oldskool1974escort]

Another skillfull job Dave, excellent 👌 i cant stop watching, but i must....and get on with my own! 🙂P.S, have you done a video on your pedal box fitting?

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you, I haven't videoed the pedal box, only loosely fitted as a dry build up right now.

[@jeff3175]

That is impressive to take on. Your content is made all the better by acheiving so much with only a little outlay. Im going to recommend you for the title of Honarary Yorkshireman😁 p.s i look forward to seeing you recondition your wire brush

[@DavesGarageuk]

🤣🤣 aye up

[@micktuck5377]

Brilliant work again Dave looks fantastic! I know I keep say it but your skills are amazing mate, mostly using basic tooling’s. Is it all self learned or did you do an apprenticeship in this field?

[@DavesGarageuk]

Plumber by trade mate, all car related stuff is self taught, with help from UA-cam 😋😉

[@johnhibbert8201]

pipe strangler @@DavesGarageuk

[@DavesGarageuk]

@johnhibbert8201 🤣 pipe artist I prefere 😉

[@ModernClassics81]

Amazing work Dave, the cowling spot on. You can beat a nice cup of tea to go with it! 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Tea fixes everything 😊

[@ModernClassics81]

@@DavesGarageuk
Your a man after my own heart! 👍

[@oldskool1974escort]

P.P.S, not sure if this info helps, but when we spray plastic at our garage we tend to use "mpex stonechip" ,its a black aerosol with pink band top and bottom. You can achieve as much or as little stippled affect as you require and its fine on plastic and sets hard like normal paint whereas tetroseal stone chip tends to feel "rubbery" even when its dry. Hope thats helpfull

[@DavesGarageuk]

Brilliant thank you 😊

[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

Blimey Dave you have some amazing metalwork skills that’s a seriously awkward shape to make and you made it look easy lol you’d never know the difference either ! The only difference being a positive as those old plastic ones rattles and creak but the metal one won’t so winner winner 👌 impressive job mate enjoyed the vid 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks pal 👍 😊😊

[@Mr_Spegru]

Nice job! Have to considered a side line in medieval suits of armour?

[@DavesGarageuk]

🤣🤣 never say never

[@neildawson4933]

Fantastic fabrication 👍 I have no intention of making a steering column shroud but I enjoyed every minute of that. Always pick up a tip or two from your videos, so thank you for that 😃

[@DavesGarageuk]

You never know what you may need to build 😉

[@billywhizz98]

Nicely done are there no end to your talents Dave what gauge metal do you use

[@DavesGarageuk]

Depends on what I'm doing, this was 0.9mm, for chassis work I'll use 1.2 - 1.5 mm, for mounts etc I'll use either 6mm plate or 3mm box

[@Steve-xw9ee]

Dave you make the impossible look possible 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks Steve

[@paulwike8218]

Brilliant videos Dave - really enjoying these ! Can i ask what video editing software that you use - i might even 'have a go' at a video with my TR6 rott box ;-)

[@DavesGarageuk]

Hi Paul, Yes, that would be brilliant. I use NeoFilm, was free when I first downloaded it, but I think there's a small fee for it now, but its dead easy to use.

[@thomasmcglinchey2024]

Some one send that man a switch before he starts to make one. It's well make and we'll done but just ask your viewers for parts like that people are glad to help. That's a load of time you spent on that when you could have been at something different with your escort. JUST ASK LAD. PEOPLE WILL HELP

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😊

[@antmk2dreaming614]

i believe series 3 landrover indicator switches are the same but without the ford tax

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks for that, they look very similar, just ordered one, we will find out..

[@billwhiz1]

I see those indicator storks are silly money have a look at Lucas mini stork 68 to76 looks very similar including bend in stork and fitting PART No. 13H7779 and only £30 new

[@marty3469]

I think some old land Rover is the same as well

[@DavesGarageuk]

Someone else has said that series 3 land rover ones are the same lucaa unit too, so I've got one on ordered to see

[@marty3469]

@@DavesGarageuk just went looking and Hillman Hunter are the same as well !!

[@DavesGarageuk]

@@marty3469 good to know

[@billwhiz1]

@@DavesGarageuk Land rover 3 has horn button on stork where as mini has horn in centre steering wheel