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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 11/20/2012 4:02 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Lars from Norway

Thanks a lot, to both Jari and Frederik Yes, those were the days when rally was rally!

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 11/22/2012 5:41 PM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 11/23/2012 12:03 AM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 12/21/2012 10:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		Love the Mk2 Escort I had a RS2000 many years ago! what is the overall length, width and wheel base? wonder if it will fit onto a MCDX4 chassis?

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 12/21/2012 10:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		I had one three or four years ago, had to let it go due to lack of money, time to fix it and a garage to fix it in. The wheelbase is 535 mm, the width is 380 mm and the overall lenght is about 86 cm. The X4 is just over 400 mm wide, isn't it? The guy who makes these bodies also makes Opel Kadett GT/E, i think this is 400 mm wide. And Opel Ascona 400, and i have heard he has a Lancia Stratos in the pipeline!

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 12/22/2012 9:55 AM   
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In will say that the Escort have a update and hi is now 400 with.
You have one off the first i made so this are 380 width.

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 12/22/2012 11:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok, nice to know that. But also a bit sad if i break the body i have now and have to make the car wider to get a new body to fit.

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 2/17/2013 12:25 AM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 2/18/2013 10:59 AM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 2/18/2013 10:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you, thank you And i think it looks even better now, i really love how it turns out! Much better than i thought it would be for some reason. Some pics from todays work:

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 2/18/2013 11:41 PM   
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Wow that's a blast from the past.
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 2/19/2013 12:28 AM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 2/19/2013 1:07 AM   
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No..... no I don't.







Is there a reason why I should or was that just some Norwegian humour again?





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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 2/19/2013 11:32 PM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 2/20/2013 10:07 AM   
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? windscreen wipers?

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 2/20/2013 11:18 PM   
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Door (Ikea chooping board) mirrors Oh yes, that is the only thing missing. I do have some nice wipers made by FG that i was going to use on my Focus rally, but they are for right hand drive cars, which is very not suitable for a left hand drive-car[>:] I am annoyingly picky with details

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 4/18/2013 12:13 AM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 5/3/2013 11:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here is some more pics of the frame, i made a new plate to place the diff on as i had to turn the bearing blocks the other way facing forward. So far just a mockup to see if everything fits and nothing gets in another things way

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 5/19/2013 11:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here is some pictures of the shock i have redone a bit. I am going to use only one shock in the front. And also a pic of the drivetrain that is soon to be completed, just haven't taken more pictures of it. More to come soon!

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 5/20/2013 2:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		 Very nice Lars! This piece of drive train (the angled gears)  is a neat idea, makes me think of a way to make a home made diff, if you cut the shaft in the middle and have an output on each side driving a universal. Would just need a small piece of tube around the cut center part to hold the two shafts aligned.

I like how you engineered the rear suspension too, how you reused the plastic parts to integrate in your design. Keep it up!

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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 5/20/2013 3:10 AM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 5/20/2013 11:57 PM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 5/21/2013 12:38 AM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 5/21/2013 11:01 PM   
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RE: Ford Escort MK2 1/5 - 5/22/2013 2:10 AM   
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