RS1800 sympathetic resto

[carlo]

Cracking car & thread love it , deam barn find & just shows they are still out there

[maru_uk]

Maybe it was the later sports steel road wheels which you have mistaken for the Minilites, as at a distance they did resemble them! Maybe that was why Ford designed them that way, as a cheaper alternative to the alloys!

Tim

I think even Stevie Wonder could see the difference between Minilites and the Ford Tinilites lol. They were definatley Minilite Sports so I assume they must have been fitted by the dealer.

[RS2000EXPRESS]

I think even Stevie Wonder could see the difference between Minilites and the Ford Tinilites lol. They were definatley Minilite Sports so I assume they must have been fitted by the dealer.

Ha Ha, Stevie Wonder!....ok it was only a flippant thought. I was going to add that they were probably dealer fitted, but Dave's 2 minutes to edit caught up with me!

Tim.

[M11RF]

Nice find!! If you plan to use it, keep it as is and just do the neccessary...

[XOOescort]

It will slowly get improved
So far I've changed the front calipers, wheel cylinders, fluids, new 175 70 tyres. It wouldn't start although it turned over so rather than risking it the engine has now been rebuilt with new carbs, alternator, ignition pack, clutch & engine mounts

[XOOescort]

[XOOescort]

Looking sexy!!

[cossiemark]

You still up, you were yawning earlier!

[XOOescort]

T o s s e r :d

[ModenaRS2]

Last time I heard her running she had a sticky valve, was that right what else did she need.

Got some old pics of her if you want them.

[XOOescort]

I couldn't get it to fire so rather than risking any damage I thought it best to strip it. It had new valve springs as the ones it had fitted where wrong and the cam carrier was modified to strengthen it. So all pretty straightforward (I didn't rebuild it though lol)
Still needs to go on the rollers so not sure of power yet just getting some miles on it first.

[alancdavis]

Looking sexy!!

Love it //

[alancdavis]

What seats were fitted to the original RS1800 ? .. were they the mexico roll tops or the scheel type seats ?

[Dave1800BDA]

looking good gary, nice motor on the floor as well

hope that sump fits

acd roll tops are scheel iirc

[alancdavis]

These ones Dave ?

http://bbs.rallyesportescorts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=65531