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They are a closed end nut which has a attached washer that is loose, but cannot come off.

I left 2 of them at repco here in town for a few days and they couldnt find anything.

Will get a picture next time im in the shed

I have had a look on the serach and have been unable to find anything but where could i source some mk2 escort ghia wheelnuts?

Tried all the usual places ripco, ford , supercheap and have been unable to source any. Im putting ghia rims on my mk1, have 2 of them on allready but need 2 more

Yea just use coke. mate tried it on a falcon that had seized and 2 days later after soaking was sweet as

Do you remember who you brought it off from hawera?

Yea i got it form wellington. The guy said he had a baby on the way so needed to get rid of toys. Im in Hawera, was awesome mission in work ute to go get it. Yea he said LSD but i could tell HAHA. Im possibly going to leave the trim on and use these doors. Mine is a early one and the doors are different. Early ones dont have stalks to lock them and the lock is in the door handle

fred flintstones styles!

Floors all cleaned up and painted

Homemade sandblaster is slowly cleaning the front floors

Engine cleaned up with new bearings, Some apparently worked cam with "colt cams" stamped on it.

New/old shocks cleaned and painted rear suspension. As its a 68 it has 2 brackets not the one bar like the 70's onward ones

Need to assemble front suspension with Disks

Bucket-o-bits

Still waiting on my mate to start welding, might be quicker to do night school welding and teach myself haha

Well Time for a update seems there are alot of escorts being updated at the mo.

Here is the donor car i brought. got it for $500 off TM. I got it for the tyre wells in the boot as they are suitable to be cut out and put into mine. It came with a mint as front grill, mint headlights, wood trim above the doors and a few other good bits i can sell. Also came with rear bubble arches which i have back on TM at the mo

NOT SURE, SOMEONE ESLE ASKED THAT ON ANOTHER THREAD, aSK hIM?

Im in the same area as he is if you want someone to have a look at it.

Which im thinking of doing anyways

well i have just brought another mk1 shell which is going to donate alot of panels to mine.

And have brought a sandblaster.

will put up pics tomorrow

There is a shark clone in hawera, parks up at kfc

Will try to get a pic of it.

Years ago in palmy when i was living there, a guy had a rotory anglia panel van, no idea where it is now

Would it be cheaper/easier to get fibreglass guards with them allready on?

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Well just as i said increase the levvie on purple civics, As in compose a list of all the wanky cars that dipshits drive and increase the acc levvies on them. It wouldnt be hard to work out a list of higher risk cars and increase the levvies on them. Ie 2 door skyline in white with a black roof = high, Original mk2 cortina = low and so on

Maybe increase ACC levvies on purple civics?

Too soon?

Does anyone on here have any advice and tips on doing this?

I have a 68 mk1 with drums and compression struts which i want to change over to mk2 disks and sway bar. Im hoping to use the complete mk2 front end but it does not appear that the sway bar mounts are a direct bolt as the bottom of the chassis rail (on the mk1) tilts up and is not square like the mk2 (can putup pics if that doesnt make sense). Do i need to have new brackets made up?

Any advice would be great

I hope so, iv allready printed the page and faxed it to the cert guy

Im looking at doing it as i have full mk2 drivetrain im trying to put into a mk1. As the mk2 leafs are wider and stiffer i thought it could be a good idea to swap the leafs over as well.

Is grinding the side off the eye really a good idea? and a legit one at that?

Has anyone on here put mk2 leafs into a mk1 escort? I have just pulled the ass out of the mk2 and trialled it in the mk1 and the front of the leaf springs will not fit in the front bracket.

Any bright ideas how to rectify without to much hassles?

Are there any major pros or cons to getting it sandblasted off?

yea im looking to sandblast mine off, iv been quoted $400 to do it

Are the mk1 and mk2 diffs the same? Are they a direct swap?

And is it possible to use the mk2 shock bar in a mk1? I have the older mk1 with the 45deg shocks

im in hawera, im keen to do it. Hawera is a hour south of NP.

I have a ute if you need it picked up

Pm me if you need

What should i use to wipe down a vehicle after sanding before painting?

Some form of alcohol or spirit?