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Type49’s Mk1 Escort Rally Car Rebuild


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Morning peeps. Have got the front struts out of storage and will start on rebuilding them. They are genuine Bilstein / Ford units that you could buy from Ford Motorsport dealers. Complete with roller top mounts,  vented discs and standard M16 calipers with spacer kits. 

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While I was working in the Uk i collected various parts for the rebuild.  So I stripped the discs from the hub and have some alloy group 4 hubs to go on.  As well as being about half a kg lighter they give the front a wider track.  

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These are from a late 60's Vw Beetle/ Kombi. Because I'll be running the speedo from the front wheel,  the speedo cable runs through the centre of the axle there is nowhere for the split pin / castle but combo to go ... so the works cars ( and mine )  use these split nuts.  Even tho the struts are 5/8 unf and the nuts are M16 x1.5 the thread pitch is so close you can just chase the nuts with a 5/8 unf tap and they are good to go.  

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So about 1 year ago I bought a load of wheels and tyres.  The tyres are all rally tyres, some second hand and some new.  Most of the alloys had been painted with a rattle can white.  So last night I thought I'd have a go at cleaning one of them up with some thinners.. 

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