my escort van 55 project
11-09-2009, 02:28 PM
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Looks better, whats goin on with the yellow arial?
A few things id change,
1. Sun Strip off or put a black one on
2. Either a black bumper on the front or a fogged one colour coded
3. Nicer wheels
4. Get rid of the 55 badges
5. change the side repeaters
Thats just what id do to start with!
Gettin better though
A few things id change,
1. Sun Strip off or put a black one on
2. Either a black bumper on the front or a fogged one colour coded
3. Nicer wheels
4. Get rid of the 55 badges
5. change the side repeaters
Thats just what id do to start with!
Gettin better though
11-09-2009, 04:37 PM
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my next job is to lower it lmao and to remove the rear windows in my van i dont like them i was wondering tho how much would a respray cost
1 the yellow ariel is tem p as mine broke lol
2. i have ordered the clear repeaters for it
1 the yellow ariel is tem p as mine broke lol
2. i have ordered the clear repeaters for it
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13-09-2009, 01:45 PM
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n13los WOW thats a nice ride what exhaust did you use is it diesel or petrol also lowering it was it easy and how do you do it as im a complete noob but im getting there
thanks
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13-09-2009, 06:59 PM
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the exhaust is a peco powermaster from a mk4 fiesta, i had to make some brackets and connected it up with a short piece of flexi pipe.
as for lowering the back.
much easier if you've got someone to help, what i did was get the van on axle stands then support the axle i used 2 jacks. undo the u-bolts, remove the front and rear spring bolts, whip the springs out. then jack the axle up and put the springs back but now underneath the axle.
i had already made up some saddles to locate the axle as i didnt want the axle moving about. these saddles were each made from a 6mm plate the same width as the spring and about 100mm long i drilled a hole in the centre of the plate to fit over the centre bolt on the spring. i welded the bottom part of 2 60mm (diameter of axle) exhaust clamps to the plate obviously both centred up. (i might have a pic of this somewhere)
one of these saddles was fitted between the axle and spring on each side then it was all clamped up using m12 x 140mm bolts and the original plate below and a similar one i made above. i hope this makes some sense!!
i will try and find some pics for you mate.
as for lowering the back.
much easier if you've got someone to help, what i did was get the van on axle stands then support the axle i used 2 jacks. undo the u-bolts, remove the front and rear spring bolts, whip the springs out. then jack the axle up and put the springs back but now underneath the axle.
i had already made up some saddles to locate the axle as i didnt want the axle moving about. these saddles were each made from a 6mm plate the same width as the spring and about 100mm long i drilled a hole in the centre of the plate to fit over the centre bolt on the spring. i welded the bottom part of 2 60mm (diameter of axle) exhaust clamps to the plate obviously both centred up. (i might have a pic of this somewhere)
one of these saddles was fitted between the axle and spring on each side then it was all clamped up using m12 x 140mm bolts and the original plate below and a similar one i made above. i hope this makes some sense!!
i will try and find some pics for you mate.
13-09-2009, 07:21 PM
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n13los: thats realy nice, simple but looks stunning
cant help thinking that a later bumper with the 3 holes in black would look better though. and are those the 16" mondy wheels or 15" escort ones?
cant help thinking that a later bumper with the 3 holes in black would look better though. and are those the 16" mondy wheels or 15" escort ones?
14-09-2009, 07:31 AM
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did you find that 16s rubbed the inside as im using 195-50-15 and they rubbed till i fitted 4mm wheel spacers , i was wondering if you could get longer wheel bolts say from a mondeo or later so i could fit larger wheel spacers
14-09-2009, 07:45 AM
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ooooo i see thanks sweet
ive see nthis and thought you might like it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-95...d=p3286.c0.m14
ive see nthis and thought you might like it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-95...d=p3286.c0.m14
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Your van
my mates doing a rs turbo mk5 van at the mo but i had a nice van to
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rs2000 head 2.3 galaxy bottom end..
gave a few cars run for there money
good luck with the van
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rs2000 head 2.3 galaxy bottom end..
gave a few cars run for there money
good luck with the van
hi I was talking about this van the other day I built this along with a1 rally sport over 20 years ago is it still around or maybe available for sale
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