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Originally Posted by nabs
we owned the dave mathews mk1 broadspeed 1300 escort. all suspension was braised steel bar. other than ali front top mountings. windows glass. bonnet bootlid doors wheel arches roll cage steel. both windows could be wound up and down, but the window winder regulaters had been drilled with the largest holes possible to save weight. wiper moter had been doctored to be twice as fast as normal. single rear springs adj shockers front and rear. adj front ride height. later boreham escort we owned .tortion rear suspension rear ride heiht could be adjusted in 5 mins but no adjustment for front ride height or front and rear shocks. broadspeed car handled like a dream. boreham works car what a pig...........
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Thanks nabs for adding to the discussion! If my sources are correct Dave M raced the 1300GT in 1971 so it was to that year Gp2 spec rather than previous Gp5 coil sprung only rear end. Can you remember where rear dampers were located to body? Guess they were not fitted with additional coils at that time and leaf springs were 'real'? Also interested if front legs were original Ford type or car had special uprights and how much interior car had retained.
The only Escort that I can find Boreham raced was LVX947J so must have been that one. It was used first by Ford Belgium in 1971 then Boreham 1972 (Birrell & others) and was fitted with the 'experimental' torsion bar rear end at some point. Sold to Ron Douglas after that. Car painted yellow with green bonnet which I guess was Belgium scheme. I wonder who came up with the torsion bar design- Len Bailey or Ralph Broad?
Not surprised Broadspeed car handled better- it's a comment you often hear about their cars! Thanks again for post, any more period Escort info greatly appreciated
