Paul Coleman

I'm pretty sure it was a bolt with a bit of round bar welded to the top and then a large washer undreneath. It was all painted black.

I lusted after one of those back then. I still have a bit of a soft spot for them now to be honest.

The only thing I did in relation to my gearbox was replace the circlip which had rusted out. Other than that I changed the oil and it's been fine ever since. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Yeah movement = good and no movement = bad!

I keep meaning to try these... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk2-Escort-Side-Trim-Chrome-Clips-x-32-Ford-Escort-Ghia-L-Brand-Spanking-New/201133035030?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

As stated two wires = twice the current capability.

Bloody hell Fabian have you STILL not finished that car yet?

As my Grandad always used to say... you can ask what you want, it's getting it that's the clever bit.

Ohhhh nice...

Bloody hell you don't want much - there are only about 5 genuine white early S1s on the road. I hope you have very deep pockets

I got the chassis number info from a Lotus dealer called Frank Bertrang. He used to run a company called Sports Car World in Texas but he died a number of years back and Sports Car World was sold on. The data was on his site as an image but I managed to get a copy of the original Excel file. There are a few errors in it but it's the best available to my knowledge.

That's Bill Galbraith's site @bgalbraith

We have numbers 2, 6 & 7 in our family I always knew I had good taste hahaha

Result!