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  2. John Mack
    They don't make memories sitting in a garage.
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  4. dmc

    MK4 2.0 Ghia zetec

    dmc replied to dmc's topic in For Sale

    price now reduced to £5500 as have bought a new car which comes in the new year and would like the garage space
  5. sheffieldcortinacentre
    Yes it's ridiculous I get more pleasure from driving mine & chatting to people about the days out as kids in the family car than worrying about if my wheel nuts line up or as you say have ford air in the tyres. I now tend to go to the small village fate type shows than anything else. It's also one of the reasons I built my touring car MK3 as it winds the rivet counters up ( which I find hilarious as when it comes to mk3-4-5,P100's I can out rivet them with ease). I say to them would you rather it wasn't here than be like this? If so get your wallet out & you can spend the money restoring it back to a concourse GT As I'm having way more fun hammering the life out of it. When it comes to this sorta thing I always think of the millionaire who was asked aren't you scared of crashing the ex works ,lemans winning D type Jag when your racing it? His reply was that it only comes alive when doing this & if he just wanted to sit & look at it he would've just bought a model of it. I believe Barry sheenes son says the same about his Suzuki races bikes, that seeing people ride them in anger reminds him of how his dad Barry felt about them being just on display.
  6. STEVE440
    The problem is some take getting there car back to original as a passion, I have seen stuff over the years that I still find unbelievable. One of the worst was a guy with a classic car that had a vacuum controlled heating system., the original heater valve had not been available for a long time and everyone was using one from an American car that worked perfectly and was less than £50. He found one NOS original on Ebay and eventually paid just under £1500 for it. Another wanted his car repainted in the original cellulose paint, he eventually found a paint shop that would do it but would not guarantee the result would last. In less than 6 months the lacquer was peeling. When people go to this level I ask them if they go back to where the car was made to pump up the tyres to get the 100% correct air in them. The saying Fool and there money is soon parted comes to mind.
  7. Last week
  8. sheffieldcortinacentre
    Any inline servo is to big to fit in the corner of engine bay on mk1-2 & is why they have a remote one, some (LHD) export ones had a similar setup to the mk1-2 escort were it's mounted on a long extension placing it near the front of bay. But I'm not very knowledgeable on mk1-2 though so don't know if this would work on rhd , a different master cylinder wouldn't be to hard to fit.
  9. TIB3300
    I haven't owned a Cortina 1, but I've heard that the Taunus TC1/2/3 system fits with minor modifications. I don't know how much truth there is to that. You have to buy the servo from a European manufacturer, although I don't see why a servo from another car wouldn't fit.
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  11. Jakub
    Cortiny jedynki nie miałem, ale obiło mi się o uszy że układ z taunusa tc1/2/3 pasuje po drobnych modyfikacjach. Nie wiem ile w tym jest prawdy. Serwo musisz kupić od Europejczyka, chociaż nie widzę dlaczego serwo od innego auta miałoby nie pasować.
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  13. mk2 addict
    Hi, still looking? Keep thinking I should sell my 1500 super. Mint original boot bonnet and doors. Needs a respray. No rot. Original paint on the floor pans. Had new wings, front panel and headlamp panels. Blue mink Was my ruling resto but never get time now with 2 little boys. Very original car. To be mint needs paint outside, paint and maybe overhaul mechanicals. New carpet needed. Is it worth £10k due to how original it is. Wven has its etched in vin no. 1500 floor change manual 1967
  14. C0RKTINA
    got the car back now, seems to have lost the clunk but its a filthy night here so i didnt go very far.
  15. sheffieldcortinacentre
    Yep gl/Ghia are the sculpted ones in MK4, Mk5 are flatter. Think all I've got is a prefacelift MK3 base/L/GT in black vinyl with a split in top.
  16. ShortyPaul
    Absolutely! Not going to bother!!!
  17. handbrake77
    Rear seat wanted View Advert I'm looking for a rear seat from a Mk4 or 5 Cortina. A flat top one is exactly what I need, so probably from a lower spec base or L model. Thank you. Advertiser handbrake77 Date 12/03/2025 Price Category Cars Wanted  
  18. TIB3300
    * FOR SALE RETRO SOUND CAR RADIO * Bluetooth Phone Ring and Answear Line in Line out Sub woofer out USB in x2 AUX in x2 www.moss-europe.co.uk/en-gb/retrosound-radios-retromod-speakers/ Hello all For sale £120 cost over £300 now Well it’s time to move on, I’ve gone double din touch screen now, so it’s time to sell my Retro Sound car stereo. I’ve heard a few horror stories over the years of people having their original Ford Radio upgraded, only last month of a dash fire from a suspected upgrade. So I went for the best you could buy with all the options These are great as the have all sorts of options and settings to get the sound just rite. They also have ajustable spindles, so will fit any car. You can change the colour of the digets, clock display FM AM Radio. Play your phone through the sterio You will also get some extra parts with the radio, some have been 3D printed so as to make the radio look the same as the pre facelift Cortina Ford radio show in one of the pictures. It also comes with the chrome front from an original Ford radio and two other front options . Not the best chrome on the Ford front . 3D printed items include the glue on push buttes and the radio control nobs. Comes with instruction booklet.
  19. John Mack
    Any joy with this Joe ?
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  21. sheffieldcortinacentre
    Must be crazy for a bit of rubber you'll never see.
  22. ShortyPaul
    That's a bit pricey for what they are i might just get some stick on ones on ebay if I get no joy at he breakers
  23. STEVE440
    There was a NOS one on Ebay a week or so ago, it went for over £60.
  24. ShortyPaul
    Hi, Thanks for looking ive seen some stuff on Ebay that might do the trick. But prior I might well go rooting through some brackets yards cheers Paul
  25. sheffieldcortinacentre
    Sorry no luck, unfortunately probably fell off years ago, other fords of the period used the same stuff. East Kent trim may do something. Other makes & models probably use/used something similar. Places like Rimmer Bros have lots of BL stuff in their online catalogues, or have a hunt round breakers yards ( not so easy nowadays). I wanted to try get a post for alternative parts that fit or with minor mods fit but there was little interest. Door & boot seals are pretty universal. MK3-4 escort ones were near identical ( but are are rare as cortinas now in a breakers).
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  27. ShortyPaul
    Again, many thanks paul
  28. sheffieldcortinacentre
    Not that you'll notice, might have some will check tomorrow.
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  30. ShortyPaul started following Door underside rubber strips front doors
  31. ShortyPaul
    Hi, ive just had the painted and the garage has managed to loose the two front door bottom seals firstly are they necessary and if so can you still get them or as anybody got a pair? Many thanks "Shorty"
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  34. sheffieldcortinacentre
    No problem just had someone after one recently & mainly have mk3-4-5 -P100 stuff.
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  36. jonnyp
    I’d like to sell these engines together ideally or if enough interest I’ll split them 2 have 1600 front bowl sumps
  37. sheffieldcortinacentre
    Capri & MK2 Granada ones are straighter than sierra/MK3 Granada.
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