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Decided to make my own chassis mounted engine mounts The machining begins many hours later mocking up for tubes to be scalloped

Freshened the front suspension new shocks and lowered springs and new wheel bearings Freshened the rear end New wheel bearings , drums and shoes added some 2" blocks and swapped the diff ratio from 4:1 to 3:5 for better cruising speeds Purchased these from billy fronts 13 x 6 widened steels rears are 13 x 7 with 175/50/13's fitted

Bought this 2L Pinto SOHC 205 o-ringed and de-burred Bruce Manon designed Block Shot peened crank 5.7 long Chev (Crower) rods Forged short skirt pop top CP pistons Genuine RL22 Kent cam Leading Edge big valve 1600 head with Matched inlet manifold and Twin side draft 45 Weber's Vernier pulley Electric water pump Bosch/lumenition distributor (re-curved) Ali flywheel 2" Big bore extractors with anti reversion stubs Spare set of pistons / rods / rings Nice big aluminium radiator was included Trial fit unfortunately the extractors don't fit and wont be able to be modified to fit so they've been sold. Engine back out and will be packed away until I need it

Wont be needing this anymore bye bye trim holes and finally bye bye ugly reverse lights and no more automatic badge

Fibreglass time Gaps are looking better !

Just read your thread from front to back , great stuff ! So much trick gear underneath

Fixing the front fibreglass guards Rivnuts Got some work to do to fix my gaps

Trial fit of the Pinto engine W50 gearbox test fit made up a crossmember

Vents to remove hot air from the engine bay

front struts assembled

New Zealand Classic Car Magazine Issue 215 November 2008

Machining some top nuts and a spacer for the struts Ordered a pair of alloy hubs from peter Lloyd rallying Pressing bearings in Pressing studs in almost time to fully assemble the struts

Setting up the top hat in the lathe Machining time Machining Complete Bearing / circlip assembled

Fortunately the wildcat came with a boss. I recently bought a suede OMP wheel and bought this bosskit from ebay uk if that helps http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOSS-KIT-HUB-FIT-MK1-ESCORT-CAPRI-MK2-CORTINA-FIT-OMP-MOMO-SPARCO-STEERING-WHEEL-/171278385096?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&fits=Model%3AEscort&hash=item27e0fcbfc8

Purchased some free flow extractors had them sandblasted and then painted with VHT Also came with support to brace onto the gearbox , should keep the exhaust secure and reduce any cracks Also picked up some fibreglass quarter bumpers If only the real deal chrome ones weren't so pricey

I'll let you know how I get on with the cert and you've got it sussed , escort race car and mustang cruiser ! perfect !

Struts back from silver paz and have been de-embrittled Cant buy off the shelf du-bushes so had to machine the O.D of these very tricky as it kept catching the split on the bush then self destroying. Made a mandrel and had a hose clamp around the bush and took small cuts until I finally had 4 bushes. Bushes in bilstein shocks in , 300lb 2.25" 9" long springs Next to make are top hats and get some hubs. Also might need keeper springs to get nice and low

All very valid points above ^ I cant get my head round it either , looks like the daily will have to give up its suspension to pass the cert... What are you going to do about yours mfordy to get it road legal ? Oh and little update, paints on hold until clints given it the check over at the end of august

Drove the automatic for a few months but I need to learn to drive manual out with the auto in with the four speed manual All freshened up Purchased a wildcat steering wheel Fitted a mk2 escort centre console Sony headunit "Escort" tacho and a pair of FTO seats.

Test nut fits Ready to drop into the stub axle Groove cut for wiper seal A subject of much debate

The machining begins Tubes turned to size Thread cutting Time

Cheers pe-arce , Its Now a 1600 with 5speed , adjustable suspension , wildwood brakes , quickrack , redone interior , 13x7 superlights , has just developed to become a more useable car but still keeping its period looks. I'll keep the photos coming.

Yeah Cheers sheepers , Ive heard about this, still don't understand why but Ive already done it and Im booked in for a cert with Clint in August so we can work around it then. I have since made some more adjustables for my daily car but didn't put the gussets on them. If it becomes a major I can always swap out the ones from the daily car. Weird thing is I know of a few cars that have been certified with gussets and others that cant pass cert because of the gussets. When did that rule come in to effect ?

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