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Thanks Lotuscops for your words. Understandable but sad the world has gotten like this. Oh well. The FB post of the struts being sold by your friend does not come up anymore so they must have sold. I'm still looking.

Thanks everyone for the replies. I will try to make contact with that seller. Of course I would pay the shipping and extra for the hassle of doing so. Also working another option. My son has a friend who lives south of London who has offered to pick them up. I will report back.

Thanks everyone for the replies. I will try to make contact with that seller. Of course I would pay the shipping and extra for the hassle of doing so. Also working another option. My son has a friend who lives south of London who has offered to pick them up. I will report back.

I dont understand why Facebook sellers specify collection only and won't ship to USA. Is it that much of a hassle and requires too much time to package and fill out a bit if paperwork? Just add it to the shipping cost. I must be missing something.

Thanks Lotuscops. Exactly what I need. But same issue with them. Collection only.

The facebook seller of the mk1 disc struts linked by Lotuscops will not ship to USA so Im still looking. John

I got that Facebook link to work finally. Sent the lister a message. Will see what happens. Thanks Lotuscops

Thank you Lotuscops. This exactly the way I would like to proceed. Period parts and larger calipers. I see there are suppliers of new p16 calipers so that's easy. Now if I could locate a decent pair of the disc brake struts....so far have not been able to locate. Seems odd with so many of these cortinas produced back in the 60s but maybe the majority were drums. I will endeavor to persevere. I'll find a pair eventually. If anyone reading this has a lead, please let me know. Thanks. John

Not yet. I believe I have to buy a membership for that club...not a big deal...just thought I'd try this avenue first. I did converse with an ebay lister regarding a set of mk1 disc brake front struts but I thought they were expensive for how rusty they were (backing plates partially rusted away so who knows the true condition) and shipping was more than the parts.

Yes I've looked over the offerings there (expensive) but I'm looking to do this with original parts. Someone must have a stash somewhere.

Resurrecting a LHD 64 Mk1a 4dr deluxe for fast road use here in Montana USA. Need advice and parts to convert front drums to discs for this project. Nothing available locally of course. Have heard there are options to accomplish this but looking for definitive course of action from someone in the know. I already have a hot crossflow 1.6L and a T9. Just want to build this car so that it will stop and handle as well as it goes. John (vintage FF racer also)