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What did they sting you for freight?

Escorts looking sharp!.. Where did you pickup the new steering rack? Been looking on eBay.co.uk and seem really cheap for 2.5 and 2.9 quick racks

It seems any where between $350~$800.

Thanks Avenga for the contact. Turns out Neil Allport Motorsport does them as well.

Does anybody know someone in Auckland doing this mod to type 9 gearboxes. (as per two_days_late's escort) http://oldschool.co....showtopic=30780

Hey Goodman, these are the bolts you need for mounting M16 calipers http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2ec42f0777 Cheers PS They are 18 pounds not 999.99 as listed. He's temporarily out of stock but should be available end next week.

Busting to get out there but as you no doubt know, it's serious coin to build a quick pushrod these days so will be a few months yet

A bit more progress. Interior now finished Exterior complete except stripe kit ACME Electroplaters Just need to fill this space now...

Haha.. Missing the bit that drives the wheels unfortunately. Still a few months away yet.

Gutted my car is not ready to go.. Might come down and watch thou

Looking good mate. Keep at it.

Gotta love those rusty escort A-Pillars!.. Keep up the good work.

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Yeah numbers were down for the first round compared to last year. Not sure if weather put a lot a people off because it was crap. Are you intending to run your Mk1? If so, I think you might have some eligiblity problems as cars are intended to have period mods only. I think they might frown upon v6 power, toyota 5 speed and hilux lsd but you never know.. Good luck

Thanks M_C. Busting to get it finished but unfortunately still got to fund a motor/diff etc. Check out the link below. Works like dial your own at drag racing where you pick a lap time and your penalised if you go slower/faster. http://www.clublotus.org.nz/classictrial/ I was a bit dubious when I first heard about it but it's still competitive and the guys racing don't like getting passed. Yip. Will be out when I get the car certified but still easy enough to bolt in for race days. Hoop and stays all built to current MNZ standard so can add rest of cage later if I want to get serious Thanks

Good video. Gutted my car is not ready yet. What class are you running in?

The contact two_days_late gave me worked out - good guy to deal with. He also makes a heater surround transfer for a reasonable price http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 550380.htm

Yeah, you're not the first person to spot that. Still undecided kinda like seeing the colour behind the grill. Thanks for the positive comments though

Thanks guys.. Unfortunately funds are a bit limited to sort out motor and diff before next season but we'll see Not sure what Tracer Historics are but intending to do a few Classic Trials meets at Hampton and Pukekohe as well as a few club meets.

Few more pics. Coming together slowly... Waiting on heater parts to finish off dash re-assembly Not looking forward to finishing off the hood lining...

Azzurro, Thanks for the advice. There doesn't appear to be any method for holding the bars in place which kinda surprises me - just a choice of 3 holes at each bar location. (Apparently the Mk1's had a plastic bush as well but not sure if this is the case for the Mk2's) I guess when the lining is all tensioned up, the bars don't move. Talking to a guy last night that reckons use 10mm sticky back foam rather than underfelt to stop the rattling.

Before I attempt to refit my hood lining, got a couple of questions for any experts out there!.. - Do you need the underfelt glued to the roof to support the metal cross bars? Was told by somebody else they help the bars to stay in position and help reduce noise. - Do you overlap and glue the material right around the front/back windscreen lip? Does this effect the rubber seal? The hood lining is not that old and still reasonably flexible. Any other advice appreciated. Thanks

Where did you get the tail light assemblies from and how much? Like rocking horse shit these day to find good ones second hand. Thanks

To be honest I don't think that is a bad price IMO. I converted some Mk1 Capri struts to coilovers using George Stock components c/w adjustable camber plates, adjustable gas inserts etc and that came to just under $1k by the time they were finished. I welded gussets in after the photo was taken - essential if you are doing any track work with decent tyres

Hey mate, I think you are going to have the same prob as me when fitting your M16 calipers to older style imperial (Cortina/early Capri) struts which have 7/16" mounting holes. Not sure how to solve. Either: 1. Use 7/16" bolts and shim the holes 2. Drill/Tap struts to 12mm - not sure there's enought material to do that 3. Saw in another forum that you can buy 7/16" bolts with a 12mm shoulder. Do these exist? Any problems dealing with Burtons? There's another crowd in the UK called GSEscorts which seem a little bit cheaper than Burtons but don't know too much about them. Ya Tinas looking good by the way. Mike