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01-10-2006, 04:50 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Hi, can any one help me, i'd like to know if ford escorts from the 70's with indicators on the left of the steering column were all imported from britain.
Were all escorts imports during that time, any replies would be greatly appreciated..... thanks...sonnett. |
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01-10-2006, 08:23 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: NSW
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gday,all mk2 escorts 75 on to 81 have indicator stalk on laft hand side,cant remember if mk1 did or not.
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01-10-2006, 08:40 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Oct 2006
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G'day back, yes i know they all have it on the left hand side, what i need to know is if ALL escorts were imported into australia from britain....ive a friend that says they were, im thinking they are wrong, but seeing i know nothing about cars coz im a girl lol, i thought i'd ask some blokes that might be experts.
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01-10-2006, 10:54 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Melbourne. Vic
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I'll back you Sonnett. Mark 1 and 2 Escorts (and MK 1 & 2 Cortinas for that matter) were assembled at Homebush in Sydney from CKD packs, allied with considerable local content and ingenuity, such as managing to shoehorn the 2 litre Pinto engine into the local Mk2 Escorts. Granted they weren't manufactured from scratch in Australia like the Falcons at Broadmeadows, but neither were all Escorts imported into Australia as fully built units.
At Homebush assembly, you can add also the 1965-1968 Galaxies. And the 200 odd Mustangs that were imported during 1965-66 and factory converted to RHD. Lasers followed the Escorts from 1981, until the plant closed in 1995. The Homebush fellas had an impeccable industrial relations record, with hardly any days lost to internal industrial action during the plant's 57 year life. |
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01-10-2006, 11:01 PM
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Performance moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: St Clair..N.S.W
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As said the Mk 1 was right hand stalk but mkll is left..
The Homebush plant made alot of stuff for ww2 also.... As in Mk lll Cortina pressed in U.K and assembles here... http://www.fastlane.com.au/content/Fordfeatures.asp
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