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13-01-2010, 11:52 PM | #1 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Ok, Time to pick all of ur collective brains again fellas, Just how much is interchangable off an escort onto a capri ?
The capri I am doing has fairly serious cancer in the front drivers pillar near the top door hinge. (i am guessing they go there a fair bit) , sure I can fab one up but laziness beat old age and i have a case of cbf. I can buy a escort pretty cheap, so i was thinkin of cutting the pillar I need out of it. But what else can I use off the escort ?. Forget drivetrain, Its all good to go. I am talking trims , suspension , bumpers etc ??.. Cheers Doc |
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14-01-2010, 08:48 PM | #2 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Toowoomba
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i think most of the time people go the other way with suspension (capri V6 struts and gear like that) you will find the capri to be about 35 - 45mm wider than the escort anyway from what i remember
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15-01-2010, 08:29 PM | #3 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2005
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No body parts are interchangeable btwn Escorts and Capris. If you need to replace body sections, I would think it would be much easier to fabricate something new from scratch rather than adapt something from another car thats been out in the elements and/or endured 30+ years of driving on aussie roads.
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17-01-2010, 04:45 PM | #4 | ||
L block
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 16
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As whooligan said no body parts are the same although you may be able to cut similar size donor parts from an escort if you had one lying around but I wouldnt buy one with the intention to use other parts on the project, apart from tail lights if its a MK1 escort there wouldnt be much to use.
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