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My alfa powered Mk1 ford escort

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hello im colin from england

finally iv managed to find a site with real info about the alfa transaxle setups

here is the car im currently building i picked it up along the line as a half finished project
its a mk1 ford escort with running gear from an alfa 75 with a 3L V6 but i do have a set of 24v heads that im going to attempt to fit to the 12v engine
also using 4pot front brakes from an RX7
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Space Frame Mk1 Ford Escort with Alfa 75 running gear
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Post by MD »

Hi Colin,

That's some beast you got there.The engine is certainly well back from the front axle !!
Would be interested to see how the back is configured. Who did the job? Has it been campaigned before ?
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here are some pics of the back end

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dunno who started building it but i dont think it was ever used as it was never completly finished with the space frame ect
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Space Frame Mk1 Ford Escort with Alfa 75 running gear
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Post by Giulietta24vTT »

WOW man this is an amazing project! :twisted:
Good luck!
BTW i'm not sure about the 24v heads on the older blocks, someone here will enlighten us later I suppose :wink: .

Merry Christmas!
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Post by MD »

Thanks for the rest of the pics Colin. Good luck with the project. :)
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cheers for the comments :)

ill keep you updated on the project as it progresses

im looking forward to spring so i can get back into working on her more regularly :D
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Space Frame Mk1 Ford Escort with Alfa 75 running gear
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