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The Fibreglass ones are also bad copies, some not even close to that Cossie bumper.
Ive decided to stick with my original bumper as well.
Best bets is to just import it.

Awesome find there,
And you probabaly right, just get in and drive the car, project cars soemtimes just take forever to get done.
Personally I would also try to get things period correct , especially on this car, perhaps look at what Singer does to their 911s.

A few years back I called Novel Ford and they confirmed the cars were fitted with a local bumper . They were extremely helpful and even sent me the part number. 91BB17762EA .This bumper is no longer available from Ford S.A. Also confirmed the 35 Novel cars had the engine pushed slightly back and had...

Hi,
Escorts both Mk1 and Mk2 were picky about rim offsetts, I think 20-30mm was std. With wrong ofsett wheel you end up with a crappy ride and wheel wander on cambered roads
Rather work with zero to +10 set to meet the cars requirement. otherwise you will need to widen arches etc.
Just my thoughts,

Still looks good , Practicality of a lowered car is another story. A close friend got hold of a set of Jamex lowering springs, but the rear coils soon collapsed. Common story with saffs if too low is that the circlip behind CV pops out . Also coilovers only avialable from Uk,and they not cheap. Eiba...

KR has it right. I got the car running earlier this year, around March/April I think. I then had a very stubborn issue with a spongy brake pedal that drove me up the wall, but it got fixed eventually. It ran well enough, I had high hopes for good lap times. .....and then I sold it. Part of a larger...

Any updates on the Sierra ?

Would be interesting to see a digital dash setup in a retro flavour. Interesting link below on whats being done on a Mk1 escort 6 dial dashboard using a 8 inch tablet LCD, http://bytesandbolts.com/tag/mk1-escort/ Also the Torque app can be used of most ECUS via the OBD cable to give real time info, ...

Looking as good as new,
As a matter of interest, what paint are you using on the cast iron manifolds?
thanks
Shaun

Real nice car, Loving those pics, as well as some serious respect to you on keeping her on the road. Four dours have always had a charm on their own, well to me anyway. They unlike the Sport 2door models which always had the racey pretensions. Personally I like to keep the family looking sleeper loo...