When threads collide... may as well ask in this here in the trivia.
I read in one thread how vans are combo's of MK1 and 2. I'm guessing M2 front and Mk1 rear (if its a 'mk2' obviously)?
So for example, would my 77 Van be mk2 to the firewall and mk1 back?
 
I'd like to order some parts of Peter Lyttons (the other thread), if its the firewall where it changes, do I order all of the Mk1 grommets or Mk2 as both are available? Need to keep the oily Pinto smells out!.
Thanks Brainstrust.
 

Hey Deano, 1st thing...I received the package this morning, maybe fastway is actually a fast way !! Cheers heaps 🙂

With the Vans they are mk2 up to the back of the bonnet but this is where things get sketchy, mk2 van uses mk2 chassis rails so the leafs are used from mk2. The dash pad is shorter by 100mm or so , so are unique to the van as it's the dash panel. There's other things like door lever and locks etc... Bit of a Frankenstein car haha..
Grommets will be mk2 if there's any differences

ok, glad I asked.
 
Sounds like ordering Mk2' versions then will be safer.
Back to normal trivia...
 
I'll answer my own question: According to Classic Ford article, Bodies Silver Capri got rebodied a few years ago, swapping all the driveline, radio, cb, engine,diff interior etc...
So is it the same car? Does a car 'live' in its chassis, or in the bits you make contact with? or none?

Did the van rears go all the way back to the Anglia? Been a while since I've seen an Anglia van but I remember them being similar.
 
Being narrower to fit the Mk1 dimensions I've seen a couple of Mk2 van dashes grafted into Mk1 coupes/ sedans over the years. With the Mk2 door cards aswell its quite a WTF moment when you open the doors and look inside.

About the rein'car'nated Capri of Bodie , this is my interpretation of a situation like that..
The car needs to be of the same type, engine, box, etc etc... But it should still be labelled as a reshell regardless.
Take the old RS1600 which Roger Clarke rallied as Esso Blue , the car was sold on after the rules and the mk2 came along, it went into private hands rallying and became a rallycross car which ended it and was parked up in a yard for many years. The shell was so stuffed it was reshelled during the resto, the car lives on but in another body. So whether it's a replica with original components it's heritage is still there and better than being scattered around the world as pieces...
If you owned a V6 Capri and it got destroyed in a prang and you reshell it, it's another car with the same components ,a replica or salute to what once was ... Apparently !

Drewdog
Did the van rears go all the way back to the Anglia? Been a while since I've seen an Anglia van but I remember them being similar.
 
Van rear bumpers were on the Anglia van but I'm not sure of the bolt hole pattern on them, I guess it was as the Lotus Cortina being the same time they were out.

Did the mk1 escort ever come with twin fuel tanks, whether for rallying and stuff cause they have the pressings for the top bracket on the spare tyre side. I remember CF magazine having a small story on this early on... Maybe it's there for the London Mexico rally cars.... I'm baffed !!!

Boo !!!

Not trivia but decided to watch one of Jackie Chan's 1st movies , Police Story , not far in from the start where the slums are they crash a few cars down the hill, 1 being a mk2 escort but it ended up destroyed. Then a bit later there's a Mk4 Cortina wagon, which became a wreck after Chan and the villains fight on it, some scenes the actors got really injured. The double decker bus scene where 2 people fall out from the top floor and land head first on the tarmac when they was meant to land on the car 6ft away. There's plenty of action stunts with real injuries..
If you've not seen it in a while or never seen it, find it on YouTube or SBS on demand etc , it is subtitled but still great entertainment, enjoy !!

I've also wondered that... Perhaps it was set up for LHD so the fuel tank was on the driver's side? I don't know? You can fit a standard tank on the near side, (reversed)

Bringing back the thinking caps..

After reading all previous posts to make sure I'm not doubling up I have a question..

On some Escorts there's a 3mm plate that goes under the drivers floor to the outer sill and is welded in quite solidly,
My question is why is it on some and not others, ie from birth to about late 73 there's nothing but then the plate appears till the mk1 end of run.. Now it gets sketchy cause it disappears on the mk2 from 75 till about late 77 or early 78 and was there till the end.
This is on any model and engine type, sedan, coup, van. I'm baffed !!