LGreen

my dad has one from carcoon which was over £300. Ive since shipped two over from china (£100 each) and they do the job just as well but dont haev the battery drip feed charger. very good products all of them and do work well.

4 door pinin?

I have heard the same about the petrol light on the dash letting you know which side it is but not checked it out. I thought the reason the fuel flap was on different sides was because its got to be on the opposite side to where the exhaust exits?

check out sapphire (sap-phire incase stupid spell checker) blue was on some mk1s i believe. paint code is somthing very basic like 1 or 0. LG

I know youve stated mk2 but are mk2 not pretty much the same as MK1?

Similar to all above, few electrics, wire, tools, spare hose and clips and odd bolts etc and tie wraps. I got a sparco tool bag years ago as birthday present and its perfect to keep it all in and tucks in nicely behind the wheel in standard position in wheel well so you get to have a nice empty large boot space. and it doesnt roll around damaging stuff.

when i fly from liverpool i often get early flights, with the hotel there you get free parking while you are away which works well. fairly sure other places do it as well.

my garage has a tiled roof on wooden beams and when moved in knew it would get lots of rubbish dropping down so first job in the house was to line the inside with sheeting to catch all that drops, its jsut stapled up (either plastic sheeting or that breathable menbrane stuff) helped for me, during winter its kept in a carcoon as well.LG

if its the vent hole then yes a tube out and down will be good enough. In rally cars to pass scrutineering it has to have some loops in it so if you roll it doesnt spill out (obvious fire hazard). Might be worth having it come up, coil round a couple of times then down, ideally not near your exhaust! hope that helps. LG

I dont know the answer but i saw a book advertised in classic ford about MK1 escorts and what was standard etc on the sport models. Its a bit geeky but I'm tempted.

Hi Nik not sure why it would be pulling them forward (the twin cam does have longer threads as well as thicker to allow you to bring it forward but only slightly) the only problem i have had in the past with double width mounting kit was needed to open holes out to get them to line up with my bolts. LG

forgot to say, this was yesterday mornign at about half ten, heading south west (towards sheffield)and i think was jsut befoer the A1 turning.

Hi All Just thought i would mention i saw a lovely looking MK1 escort on the back of a modern citroen flat bed tow van.Spec as far as i could tell was: white,english axle, lotus steels (i think), mexico wings, holes in front panel that appear not to be swaged, no glass in. It looked like it was fresh from respray, my only thoughts were it was being towed in the open on a day forecast for lots of rain and snow. I know if it had been mine looking that fresh i wouldnt be transporting it in all that bad weather. My road car was grafted! I did get a photo from the back if people are worried. More than likely legit but worth a comment i thought. LGreen

we needed a boot seal for a cortina rally car (had an ali boot skin so wasnt standard and obviously not escort) and happened to have a volvo 340 that was used as a field car. ripped that seal off and cut it to length and used it for the boot and worked a treat. if youve got any other cars kicking aorund try one of them. might work.just an idea.

Good photos, wish i had time to go. The dark blue mk2 escort CYCLONE rally car is awesome. Its a guy from our car club. 2.3 duratec engine, everything you could want on a mk2 rally car and its all driven on hand controls. Top car, top guy.