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Hi all back at last with a little project

Had to pop into Brum today, £9 clear air zone charge ,if I go in my 2013 caddy van, but not so in this beauty !

Hello everyone, some of the longer members may know me. I was into Cortina's for many years and had I would say a memorable 2 door GXL that was in a very good state. I owned this car for over 15 years and had undergone a couple of major revamps, bare metal respray and total rebuild from ground up. but in February 2016 some scrotes decided to steal it for fun and destroy it. From that day I said I will never own another. I bought a Zephyr 6 that was told was a good one. On further findings it was a bag of crap and needed major works. So with my heart on the floor it needed to be done, but the full story is too long, after many years it is looking sweet and running a V8. I still have / had friends in the Cortina world and spoke to some regularly and I also class as good friends. As some of you may know Crazyian. Who I have been friends with for over 20 years passed. The joke was always he will go before me and I will have his car.... well that time did happen a man of that much integrity and kindness passed (miss you mate). I am happy to say I am back as I have now the owner of HANK. so my spirit is back in the Cortina world.. Regards Rick. God bless you Ian x

Easy enough on here really plop Facebook in the toilet keep the information and pictures where they should be on here To keep this thread running and not taking viewers to a others site That's what makes Craig and Hans great Contributers Keep buysell alive

We know the Lady in our regular Post Office so she will really give great advice (the wife grew up near there so is well known by them)..... plus whenever ive had a query i give her a chocolate bar to say thanks.... over the years its paid dividends to show a thankyou..... on the other hand our post office thats more local/closer are a complete pain.... took a parcel in the other day ...wouldnt accept it due to being 26mm thick ....1mm over.... Drove the extra 2 miles to our usual PO and it went through no probs..... As said by a few above.... if you dont get sucess, try a different PO. 😁👍

I'll have a check.

Hi, Thanks for the info, my carb is pretty worn out, even after a rebuild it hesitates and has flat spots. It's also weeping fuel around the bolt head which is underneath and between the fuel inlet and blocked off return. I'd also like version with the threaded in inlet, rather than the press fit version.

Doesn't look too much of a project.....looks damn decent !! Front and rear screen scuttles' look good? What are the seats like under those "protectors" ?! No sunroof either, one less headache

Annoyed by the rain stopping play, I spent some time over the winter making this as a quick stop-gap until I can get the proper workshop built... The workshop will be across the back of the garden, but lots more work needed first. But then I got feeling guilty about having not touched the car in 2024, so I cracked on with the inner and outer rear valances, inner and outer lower quarters, and the rear arches. I then popped the new wheels on to see how it would look. A bit pokey-outey I think is the technical term. I had some wheels wider than the arches on an old truck and all that got me was an advisory at MOT time. But as I live 2 streets away from the police station, I don't really want to invite any unnecessary bother. So... Mk3/4 Escort arches. They are concave as standard, but I re-worked the top edge so it's convex. The one on the right is quite early in the process - it had a bit more work before fitting. Bu it got me to this... The very bottom on each side of the arch needed a bit more work to fit , and they came down too far but all got chopped and hacked in to shape.. I am sure you hawk-eyed lot will have noticed that the valances aren't finished at the exhaust cut-out. I am going to fit twin pipes, so that will be widened in due course. Then it was time to jack it right up and sort the inner arches I hope to finish welding the back end this weekend. Then I can slather the underside in paint, and re-fit the fuel tank and axle, and turn it around to attack the scabby front end.

As said above. There is a keyway where the splines mate together as it goes into the bearing. Give it all a mega clean up / derust and you should see the gap in the splines. If your going to put a new bearing on the front half, be wary of the Burton Power ones for Cortinas. These have "ears" that are not level to each other though you can use the rubber bit and seal and just transfer it over on to the old housing. Also fit the bearing with the red seal to the rear. See page 11 in my members cars thread. Cortina mk4 build. HTH.

Hi there - if it is a Mk2 as Hans suggested , the lock is in the handle so the set up is entirely different . The only thing that comes to mind , back in the 70s when these cars were targeted , some people put a security type lock into a newly drilled hole - these were called Hykee locks from memory so perhaps you have them fitted ??

Same just the end is a square holed bracket & cable has a square end on it.ill try get some pics tomorrow.

Hello everyone So the headlight toggle switch broke today, and I'm wondering if this is repairable? The switch is still intact, but it doesn't click. It just loosely moves up and down, without turning the lights on. Do I need a new switch or can I repair it? If I need a new one, does anyone have one for sale? Cortina mk3, pre face-lift, 1972. Thanks for all your help, as always!

You ll probably have to find a replacement ( headlight is the harder one to find) the lever usually snaps inside there's never been spares for them. You can carefully get them apart but beware of springs/contacts escaping into another dimension. They can be rebuilt from canibilised parts but it's always the same part that breaks & unfortunately there unique to the prefacelifts.

Mk2 parts list on https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=5038667153&searchurl=kn=cortina+parts+list&sortby=17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title5 Burton Power usually has reprints of the original Ford factory Cortina mk1 and mk2 workshop manuals in stock (they are not listed in their catalogue or on the website, so send them an email) http://www.burtonpower.com/

I have second from the left 1966- parts book - I bought it off of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum - they only had the 1 the book part number is Finis code 1412890 - though thats probably no help finding one

for the aeroflow list there are numbers like CGA29647/1165 for example or an order nr: 9961P1 or 9961P2 but i doubt this nr would be helpful nowadays

quite handy, but not really necessary, as i doubt you can order parts at your Ford dealer nowadays are these cross ref lists, just in case you find one cheap. of course there is loads of other interesting stuff like special tools lists etc. but it would probably go to far to list these as well. hope there is some useful info in there for you!

and of course there is loads of aftermarket manuals (just a few in the pics) , these can usally be found still cheap on autojumbles/car boot sales

as you asked for MK2 stuff as well, here we are, concerning parts list, i d go for the later type as well:

this is the basic stuff i would go for: late parts list (aeroflow model on the cover and the most common anyway) and one of the manuals:

here is a small compilation of books i could find quickly, (i should have different ones in boxes, but this would take some time for searching). especially the workshop manuals/service literature are often found in many different styles and covers. as Keith already mentioned, don t go for the small owner´s parts list. the blue (top right) soft trim parts list is rather hard to find as well, if you need any special info don t hesitate to contact me!

This is what you need. Regularly on Ebay for sale. Make sure you get the A4 size not the A5 sized drivers edition as you need the part number detail. Make an offer of £20 on this one as it's a reprint so that's all it's worth. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Lotus-Cortina-1962-1966-Parts-manual-Catalogue-Book-paper-car/202356371987?hash=item2f1d613213:g:Nh0AAOSwU~FWC-gE

8000 is the cheapest quote. this is because i am 17 and this is my first car. im also considering going abroad for university so i may have to sell the car anyway. at least i had fun restoring it.