How could you have  wheel talk and not include Simmons! king of wheels
 

Im very polar on yellow cars, i love them but dont think i could own one. But they work so well with simple colours like black, carbon etc.

JBW wheels does RS wheels in 15 inch, suss this link

https://www.johnbrownwhee...x-15-rs4-4x108-7015RS4

in the slowest rebuild thread of CF, an update.
I now have a working rotisserie, my welding must have improved.
I think more time has been making this than working on the van so far.
Had to take drop the diff to allow more rotation, and help with the COG. Handy billy is just a precaution.
Of course, what always happens, there's now a rotisserie for sale on one of the escort FB pages... unbelievable.
Anyhow, started to tack the outer sill in place, but wasn't really in the mood so stopped.Plus the welder settings didnt suit, and my spot welds were looks more like spot volcanoes. The sill gap looks quite small in the pics, but does open slightly when the lower edge is pulled into position. Not being able to straighten the door sag easily is a pain.
On the good side, the rear floors and arches seem pretty ok.
Suggestions on the diff? I take it this is a std van one. Will it be fine just with the pinto? 
 

Escort diff is escort diff, ratio were commonly 3.7 for 1600 and 3.5 for pinto, that is the rule but Ford did adapt other ratio for auto etc. I once dismantled a 75 mk2 van 1300 auto(windowless) , it had a 4.1 ratio . And Robbie, this ratio I sold for $250 it alone paid for the van and profit there after.
Deano, save up for a Quaife LSD and leave it at that , while the van is up get a set of tramp bars bkts welded in place as it's way easier than up side down !

thanks fellas.
I'll keep going on the diff then,and change over the wheel studs.
Ive started to to clean it up with the wire wheel and found all numbers and the build tag.  
I'm not sure on the tramp rods Marty, I dont think it will ever get stressed enough.
The pinto I have was attached to an auto, so might be the lower comp version, and I dont think it would make anything tramp much.But will take a look and see whats involved and if my welding could cover it.
 
Good spotting Drew. I could never afford a real BMX until I was about 15, let alone one with tuffs and had to do with modifying the repco 3 speed dragster to look like one.
Still have 3 bmxs now, which get dragged out for the swapmeet in Ballarat each year. I checked out how much they are worth now, and decided to do one up, which was a Torker. It sports new Skyway tuffs, and an oldshool layback seatpost, that the kids these days dont understand and is even a spinback.
I'll  dig a pic up.

Nice, those frames were everywhere when I was growing up, we stripped them to be converted into HackBikes , 1 gear, triangle seat, no guards and fitted cow horns handlebars, usually cut down as they were so wide. I owned 3 at once plus a racer (12sp) which I crashed hard into a parked falcon xB sedan one night at about 40kph. Destroyed the bike and knocked a tooth out with added broken nose, this was in '83 and I carried the broken pieces and blood 2 miles home . Great times !

That rotisserie looks the mutts nuts...Van looking good as well. Just started stripping mine back to change panels. oo much to get on with. Keep the pics coming . Looks good.

If I made the rotisserie again, I'd make the pivot height slightly higher by about 100mm, it was at about 900 from memory.
That would let it swing with the diff on still and clear the centre leg rail, but I did it that way to match my existing engine block stand, which became the from one.
Anyhow, still need time to pick the welding torch up again.
 
Sure thing Marty, if the rears are ok you can have them.
The front arch that has been bubbled was in really good nick, but it had been replaced with a Magnum or Expressed guard at some time in its life.
I found some bog in the rear guard lip, just  down near the sill though. 
I dont think they gotten the shape of the wheel curve right, so I wasn't too fussed when the over all length looked too long:it matched up fine with the B  'post'  curve.
 
The underneath shape of the sill flange still weirds me, standing  folded up at 90* near the rear wheel, near the back as normal, but then blending flatter to flow into the floor ridge as it goes under the door opening towards the hinge.
Not having a good one on the other side to compare means it being cautious.