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Was it anything to do with Ripspeed - beig yellow?? Let me have some contact details & I'll add it to my Facebook group MK1 Cortina CHAT. https://www.facebook.com/groups/717090430085493
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Thanks mate,it is getting there slowly,I will try to get more time on it this year.
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Shaping up well, Deano It's looking very sharp
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I brought this car in 1978. The shell is in remarkable condition, strong and rust free in all the important places and would be hard to match nowadays, the bodywork is superficially tatty and needs a good tidy up, will make an excellent race/ rally car again , there is rust on the doors (unsurprisingly) but very little where it counts engine rebuild in 1978 and only run for 500 miles bored to 1575 with lightened and balanced crank, stage 2 big valve head , brand new (at the time) twin 40 DCOE’s (jetted and set up by Ripspeed racing) 4 branch manifold which delivered a surprising performance through a 2000E close ratio box. We used it for a few road rallies then we entered and finished the 1979 Happy Eater stage rally. After all of that it has been dry stored with a view to getting her out again, the engine is out with head off for inspection and the car is stripped out for inspection. It would be hard to find a better 2 door shell sale includes shell, engine , gearbox etc. Will split for the right offers Offers over £6000
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Thanks for the heads-up. I have got some stainless steel rubber-coated p-clips ordered.
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eBay clips that are blue for the line are rubbish snap easily
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Brill, thanks both
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Stephens joined the community
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A change of plans today meant some unplanned Cortina work,I got more of the front panel welded on,then ran out of gas. I will get back onto it again soon.
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Yep same ,was getting mixed up thinking lhd.
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That should be outside of the chassis rail on the tank side. There will be about half a doz holes in the rail for the pipe clips. The cross over will be under the o/s wing. That is assuming LHD is the same as RHD.
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It runs down the inside of chassis rails on tank side, up to cradle mount. Then a short piece of hose then across rear of cross member to pump on ohc & cologne engines.
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Happy weekend. Not sure if this should sit in the bodywork section, but here goes... I am FINALLY staring to bolt bits back on the car, and re-attached the brake line underneath, as I can see where it routes back up to the servo/MC. But could someone kindly share a pic of how/where the hard fuel line runs up in to the engine bay? I don;t trust anything that was done previously on this car so don;t want to blindly follow the previous owner's example. I dare say it would be pretty obvious if the engine were in (it's getting a 2.8, BTW) but I am trying to get all the underneath stuff done before dropping it back down. Many thanks
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First post of the year Ugh what an uphill battle this was. Bought a new rocker shaft from Small Ford Spares (105E-6563-B) but that turned out to be the "motor sport" version and came with no E-clips for the ends. Also a smidge undersized and with light surface rust at places. Probably same as sold by Burtons. Next I remembered that I had a stack of old shafts squared away but those were also a bit too worn, though one was almost good enough but had been incorrectly removed so was a bit bananed. So off to Ebay.. Got a NOS one (2733E-6363-A, 1433716) that also came with some light surface rust at places, nothing that really matters but still.. Polished and thoroughly cleaned that and finally got around to assemble all the bits I had cleaned in preparation in the ultrasonic bath. Clearance spec for the rockers are (as far as I can tell) .003" to 0.055" but luckily these seem to be harder than the shaft so I managed to put together a decent set. I really did not want to scratch my shiny new rocker shaft so I warmed up the aluminium post in a toaster oven before assembly; This really did help. Only twice I managed to get the rockers on in the wrong orientation.. New cotter pins were fitted at the ends. And the finished product; Usable No excessive play in the rockers, everything moves as a machined part should. Bolts fit through the posts easily but these will need to be tapped to their right places when assembled to the cylinder head. Not be a big deal. Assembly was well oiled, shrinkwrapped & squirreled away for safekeeping. All this happened in small ~1hr sessions throughout the winter, maybe as the weather warms up I can spend a bit more time at the garage. What's next? No idea but loads more left to do.
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Its amazing how long some stuff can last is stored correctly, a mate last year purchased an MGB. Absolute time warp and original even down to the tyres, we think they were the originals as it only had 18k on it and he thinks this is original looking at the MOT history. He has replaced all the rubber on the car now even the screen rubber. Everything just undid and no rust anywhere. Nice when you find them it just doesn't happen very often and they are only original once.
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I think that I can safely say that all the rubber parts on my 76 (EDIT: it's a 75 not a 76, N reg not P reg doh!) F/L came from Dagenham! Void bushes were all a bit tired and replaced with FloFlex polly bushes. Tie bar rubbers were wafer thin sponge, resulting in a CLUNK at every speed bump, regardless of speed. I can't find a pic sorry. The timing belt stripped a few teeth, fortunately no engine damage done. Sorry again for the dodgey focus. Today, I fired up the engine and whilst revving it, the charge light started to dimly flicker but, it went out again at tickover. I noticed it giving a little squeel last time I was at the lockup and the fan belt looked a bit er,... thin, shall we say? Down to the stitching at parts. Getting a bit thin I think! Fortunately, I had a NOS fanbelt knocking around back from my Mk1 Fiesta days and it fitted perfectly. Apparently not much difference between a Valencia OHV and a SOHC, if anyone is looking for a cheaper alternative. In fact, when I searched and checked the part number (I have since chucked the motorcraft card cover away so don't ask), it came up as mk3/4/5 Cortina and mk1/2 Fiesta compatible. I've STILL not bled the brakes yet though!
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Oh! yeh Good spot , ile get me coat
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When Recaros were Recaros.....they looked something special against the run of the mill standard seat. I've seen their later branded seats in the likes of Audi RS, Focus RS, Corsa VXR and such..... they don't do it for me. Give me an old school Recaro anyday
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Question about this Recaro's
sheffieldcortinacentre replied to Schaevertje's topic in Bodywork & Paint
Could be, most of this style/model are from the mid 80s so circa 40 years old . -
I think whatever they are they've been re-trimmed as the "shoulders" of the seat back are rounded....they should be almost square. The cog like adjuster for the seat back is definitely Ford.....not GM/Opel My tuppence worth is they are re-covered Ford Recaros.
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I would say vauxhall Opel
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You're right! A bit more googling showed that Jag Dhaliwal had it built by Johan Fritz in SA, then imported it.
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Question about this Recaro's
sheffieldcortinacentre replied to Schaevertje's topic in Bodywork & Paint
Yes it looks ford , could they be mk3-4 Escort, but I don't recognise the material. I had some Opel manta ones recovered in black vynil to match the rear seat in a MK3 cortina they had similar headrests & I swapped the round seat adjusters to ford type. Do they have twin tipping release levers as I think they were introduced in the 80s. -
A little while ago, i found 2 front Recaro seats that came out of a 4 door Taunus TC2/Cortina mk4. I bought the pair for only 50 euros. They have Taunus/Cortina runners welded under them. I first thought they originally came out of a Capri. But if i compare pictures from Capri's with Recaro's they look different. And as far as i know, Recaro's from the 70's for Ford always had fishnet headrests... Im starting to think they come from another car brand. I think it might be from a BMW E21 if i Google about old Recaro seats. There are no labels or anything to be found on this pair of seats. Cortina/Taunus runners are welded under them. But if you look at Recaro's for an E21, the knob for adjusting the back of the seat is different. The seats i have do have a Ford style turning knob. So i am a bit confused... What do you guys think?
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Ok thanks. Going to put in a year... or 5 . All depends on time left from work to get things done on the Taunus..
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Put a link & I'll be able to tell you. Should have 71HF 9428 EA or FC cast into it.
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