Mk1 escort front pillars (help!!!)

Yeh four door a pillars are very different.

If you only need small sections you may get away with replacement sections that differ slightly.

I recently cut up a four door and also thought that the upper a pillars would come in handy for a two door i also had.  Unfortunately the section is made completely different to accommodate the  different style of door so you cant just cut out the one and weld it to the other.
Glenn if the panel vans have one piece doors then the a pillars on these are probably similar as mk1 2 door.

I have a mk2 van I'm getting rid of in South East Melbourne. Your welcome to the pillars if you think they'll work

I think that is fixable without stitching in a new section...of course I might be wrong.
The largest visible rust decay is in the seam between the gutter and pillar as evidenced in the first photo. drill out the spot welds of just grind it away flat with the pillar steel and I hope you can just trim the damaged pillar back to the bends and replace with flat there may need to be a few smaller patches and some tricky weld but I think its fixable without a cut and shut from what I can see in those photos. Where are you located?
And to be honest I think you may be in the world of having to repair as Its rare parts to find these days.
have a look here for how its also been done; Post number 95
 
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=442580&page=3&p=2629748&highlight=#post2629748 
 
JP

Thanks Jp I'm in Clyde Vic
And I rather find a pillar to change but it I can't guess I'll have to give it a crack and fix it !!!

I did a rough measure across this bit on the 2 and 4 doors

4-door ~42mm
2-door ~24mm
So looks like the pillars are different.
 
Was going to say I have a roof I cut off a 4-door that has most of the a-pillar left on it. Could cut them off for you. But going on the above measurements I'm not sure they'll be much goo to you.