Update...
The Escort Mk 1 studs I got my hands on were just too small in diameter to be an interference fit with the hole in the wheel hub, and its longer than the others already in it.
This has me confused - I rechecked the parts I'd removed from the wheels, and the spacer washers do have Ford ovals stamped into them!
I measured the hole in the hub - which is 13.7 mm diameter (the old stud was 13.8 mm dia.) and shorter than the Escort Mk 1 one.
So, I'm wondering would there have been another Ford of similar vintage (perhaps older) than the Mk 1 Escort would have had fatter, shorter, wheel studs?
Or, is it possible to get a wider diameter replacement stud for the broken one that will still fit the Escort wheel and ream out the hole to take it?
Failing that, any suggestions for safely (re)uniting an undersize stud with an oversize hole?!?
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