having just got my hands on a pair of cortina front hubs - at last - I was thinking of alternatives, and was looking look at some russian heap called an FSO, down the scrappie, it was a large hatch back, not like the old lada /fiat shape, any how the front hub arrangement looked promising with taper ball joints top and bottom, might be worth a look if you are really desperate, also triumph toledo looked similar but a bit lightweight.

Good research.

Question though, you say the Toledo ones to be lightweight (relative to others I guess) but the car is double Locost weight?....surely that can only be a good thing right?

wasnt the toledo transverse engined fwd? I think its an adapted dolomite, which was a rwd design. Had a sprint once - that could shift.

atb

steve

anarack on, triumph 1300/1500 were fwd,toledo and dolly were rwd,anarack off

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Originally posted by theconrodkid
anarack on, triumph 1300/1500 were fwd,toledo and dolly were rwd,anarack off

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e when i were a lad

Around here some builders use the Volvo 140 upright and a Volvo live axle to match. It is a little tall and 13" rims are hard to fit with the standard brakes.

Cheers Leif

my toledo (first car!) was rwd, the 1300&1500tc models were fwd, dolly and other were rwd.

Only problem i could forsee is finding nice wheels available for the old/different stud patterns & offsets, perhaps they'd need to be specially made?

all IMHO of course...

Ned.

thought I was right about it being a toledo, any how different stud patterns could be overcome by carefully plugging & welding the existing stud holes then re drilling at the correct pitch, as long as there was enough metal left and new pitch was not much bigger.
Would need machine shop facilities to do safely .