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[timmy850]

I've picked up an 850 diff housing today. If it all comes together it'd be nice to have the original type shift on the 1100 engine with a 4 sync gearbox!

[bpirie1000]

That looks a good find. Well done.. Canna be as simple as bolt her on... Never is....

[timmy850]

As long as the bore for the diff bearings is a good match hopefully it shouldn't be too hard. It will mean I'll need some extra engine steadies without the remote keeping it solid. 

[timmy850]

A little project today during wet weather... I started cleaning up the hub caps I picked up a few weeks ago. The Ford logo was binned and they were cleaned up and given a quick polish.

I then decided to make up some logos to go in the centre, so did some computering and laminating..

Version one turned out OK, but it wasn't as red as I was hoping. I'll see how well these hold up, which will determine if I make another set it just buy some already done..

[Jared Mk3]

Those look neat 

[Vinay-RS]

Cool idea. They cleaned up really well :)

[timmy850]

Here's a photo of one on the car (wheels are a bit dirty though)

[Vinay-RS]

Those look really good with the wheels. If you get a chance to polish the rim of the wheels, it'd make them pop a little more. 

[Jared Mk3]

Small things really make a difference.

[Vinay-RS]

Small things really make a difference.

Speaking from experience   This should be your tag... 

[Jared Mk3]

 

Small things really make a difference.

Speaking from experience   This should be your tag... 

 

Thanks! Your tag really is coming into play now 

[timmy850]

Had a mini day out yesterday, the weather was a bit rainy but we had a good turnout nonetheless.







The car has been really bouncy recently, I knew the front cones were in the way out but I didn't think it was this bad! The bumpstop is touching the top arm, so there's not much suspension travel left.. I think it might be time to splash out on some new cones

[Vinay-RS]

There are so many lovely mk1s over there. How many cars were at the meet?

[Rocket.]

You won't regret buying the new cones it makes such an improvement

[timmy850]

I think there was 21 cars all up over the day, a mix of Mk1 and Mk2 (which look very similar) and a couple of clubbies too. There's some more photos here:
https://www.flickr.c...157658632958553