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Hi all, I seem to disappear from the forum for long chunks of time, life gets busy I suppose... Thought I'd give an update on the state of the Mk3 and share some photos. Still have the Mk3, I plan to keep it till I'm in the ground. I guess I don't post much as I don't run in to many problems It's my summer car, insurance/tags are expensive around my way and as a young man with a mortgage I can't afford to insure it as much as I'd like to, only 3 months a year really. Earlier this year I spent a small fortune getting a new fuel tank over here, the only reliability problem I've had with the car is rust in the fuel filters. Every third or fourth outing I would plug the first filter (right after the tank) it got to the point where I would remove it roadside only by feel, blow backwards through it to clear the rust, put it back and keep going. Late last year or early this year I purchased a boot trim panel from Craig, really finished the car off IMO, even if it's just an L model If anyone ever finds themselves in Vancouver near the end of May, there's the "All British Feild Meet" each year and that's the only goal I have for the car each year, is to get there. Loads of TR6's and MGB's, but there's usually 4-6 British Ford's around. Cheers, David

Just back from a great trip across France and Spain in the Mk3. We did 2650 miles, spent £602 on fuel and £204 on tolls. The car absolutely flew down to the Costa Brava, stopping off at valensole in Provence to see the lavender fields and the pont du Gard viaduct on the way back. It was absolutely roasting as soon as we hit Lyon on the way down and we were stuck in traffic for about an hour but the car kept it's cool and trundled off with no problems! 3 weeks away we set off stopping at clermont ferrand and then driving non stop for Calais.

Quality, cars back from the paint shop , thanks to Andy and Craig at Amington accident repair

Not done anything for a while,i pushed the car out a few weeks ago to get my trailer into the yard & had a clear up. Have now removed the nearside inner wing. New inner wing screwed into place.

A little photo shoot today, the estate will be featured soon in a well known classic car magazine. I couldn't help but sneak my saloon into the mix. Given she's now 6 years old since restoration, she's holding up well against the out of the box shiny new estate. Very lucky to have these 2 beauties. Now, should we find another Cortina challenge!!! 😉😁😜

Took a wee trip up to Glencoe today, met friends at Stirling where there seemed to be lots of folks meeting! Car went well, about 300 miles done. Roads were pretty busy from Callander, A84/85/82 up through Glencoe to Ballachulish. Weather was great, window down all the way!

Finally on the move Showtime soon 😎 VID-20240630-WA0000.mp4

how she looks now with new bumpers and plates and the right spots. uploading pictures

Depending on the day of the week that could either be Vernon Kay or Rylan Clark...

Thanks everyone, I don't have a Cortina these days but will keep the site running and maintain it whilst people still use it.

Ready to roll tomorrow. Heading for Galway, about 2 hours away and nearly all motorway.

Yep I still own the same car since 2000

Shake down run yesterday. I previously had a problem with the nodiz, with sync loss, and it cutting out at high revs. I had looked into this when first on the road 18 months ago, and changed the crank sensor , made sure it was close enough to the trigger wheel ect. When I stripped it for paint , I found the earth battery terminal loose at the body, so thought I'd fixed the cut out fault. But I hadn't , as it's still doing the cut out for a few seconds , then back on with a big bang of unburnt fuel in the exhaust. Pretty much .ed off, and down hearted now. I've emailed ME , to see if they can shed any light. Anyway to cheer me up , here's a picture as it is now ☹️

Well underway with painting. Original factory Dragoon Red. Will be finished in a couple of weeks and then start putting it all back together again

If I'm lucky I can drive for approximately another 20 years ( my mother died when only 3 years older than I am now & my father 8 both from forms of cancer), rumour has it, It will be approximately 10 years be for new ic vehicles cease production with another ten for the supply of fossil fuel to end. This is only for non commercial vehicles as lorries & diesel electric trains especially can't carry the loads or cover the distance expected of them now due to the size/amount of batteries required. Bring on the washing machine powered wonders I say, leaves more petrol for me. The motor industry was recently reported to be running scared re failing sales (profits) of electric vehicles especially fleet/lcv segment as customer grants are dropping & people are becoming savvy to the real world costs/limitations. I know people who work in the back rooms of this technology & they report that the technology can't meet the customer & environmental demands now let alone for the "deadline" & that the tree huggers are siding more & more with people like us who keep older not just classic vehicles in use, as whatever fuel source a vehicle uses the carbon footprint of building & in many cases shipping them halfway round the planet ( cause its "better " for the profit margin ,err I meen planet) is no different wether ic or electric & takes over 10 years to be offset. More & more research is swinging towards hydrogen fuel cells than electric to enable a match to present customer usage demands. Call me Greta's worse nightmare but personally I don't give a ., 3 of mine already run on lpg & the rest are easily converted, which by the way is a byproduct & better for the environment! The planet won't die the human race will & that's what scares the rich & powerful. I think that before global warming wipes us out it will more likely be one meglamaniac with beliefs that differ from another or another Corona type virus that will bring the cockroaches to the top of the food chain. & The last thing the oil companies & middle Eastern countries want is an end to the ic engine. Anyway don't worry as according to news reports E10 will have forced all the old cars of the road by the end of the month like E5,unleaded,locusts & pestilence was going to before that. Long live the V8 !!!!!

So it's finally finished, she passed the MOT earlier this week. Got to say I'm really proud of what we've managed to achieve. All done ourselves bar the harder welding and putting on the paint. Photo shoot for a well known magazine feature on Sunday, weather permitting!!!! Thanks for all the great comments, it's nice that people appreciate the hard work it takes. Keep it Cortina folks!!!!

So it seems i'm finally there after 5 long years - August 16 2015 i started this thread, 5 years later i'm almost done, wheels from Image, VRT and sunvisors are the only things left to be done. They have been 5 years where many times i wondered why the heck am i doing this, a lots of downs and some ups along the way.Had to redo things along the way due to unfortunate circumstances hitting panels during assembly,glue from headliner oversprayed on the luggage boot and it burnt through paint ,,,list is endless. They were HARD times! Still are as i planned a VRT on Saturday and i am stuck here on obligatory quarantine till Monday. Restoring a car is an upward struggle in my opinion both mentally and financially but all in all i'm a happy man with a car i have practically all done by myself except for upholstery. A BIG thanks goes to everyone here at BSC especially one who is no longer active here Pete C and many others who helped in giving support and needed parts. Dave Baglow's rear bumper(now rechromed as seen in pic) @TIB3300 and @sheffieldcortinacentre for washer bottle and recently @RichardJ for providing a baggage of info on Image wheels. Thanks to all and sorry if i forgot someone. When i have the car VRT'd and with the new wheels on will take the obligatory pic in front of car as Tibbs said i should do :).In the meantime this is the latest i have done,front and rear bumpers. Cheers take care stay safe.

Well it was tight,but i managed to turn the Cortina around in my back garden. Now a few pics before it goes back into the garage.

made some panels to covers... the firewall recess

It’s been ages since I’ve had time to even think about my LS. I left Openreach after 35 years, got myself a physically demanding but stress free job, had a new knee and been looking after two ailing parents. Sadly we lost Dad in January this year. Anyhow today I took time out to fit a new battery and bring the old girl home for a wash and a quick tinkering. Need to order some new tyres, adjust front wheel bearings and go through the carb next time out. Good news is I still have the Cortina mojo 😀 Here’s a few of the old girl taken today because we all love a few Cortina snaps!

1795 3.0 XLE “Big Six” Import from South Africa

pleased with this photo

Lets see if they work eh?? And indeed they do. Passenger side one worked straight away, drivers was a bit rusty but I'll clean up the electrical connectors and take it from there. Then it's doors off, drill holes for the loom to pass through and that's another job jobbed. Thanks for looking.

You may find a couple of new members signing up…I’ve reached out to the 1500 members of Irish Cortina Facebook group recommending the Forum.

Finally road legal, loving driving the old mk3 , been a long bumpy road getting this finished, random Cambridge parked at the top of my street well worth a pic

I'm with what John Mack said, Facebook does my head in, this format is straightforward and logical, we never want to loose this site, it's far superior to anything else out there and is still the source of great help and great people, whoever the people are that make it happen, well done, you are stars.

Bought this a few weeks back, Motd and quite pleased to be driving one of these again. Ive managed to fluke one picture over with Mrs help, by resizing it but only one it seems. Still hopefully I will find working under the bonnet of these easier than uploading photos.

yep i know about it glad she's still going Ford will be over the moon, he grew up working on it Hallo peeps, been a long time, won't take up this thread with my history just popped back in cos the email the site sent me kicked my . into action

Hello BSC peeps Well its been a while, but for the regulars ive had a great summer with the car, I have always wanted a V8 and now I have one sounds great drives great and can be at 110 mp .....h sometimes but that's not its top speed I needed make sure everything I had done was working OK?, as this was my first custom build. So out with the engine and box As said had a great summer with the car, so while the lumps out its time to make the engine bay bling!!!! For next year Candy red and chrome is my thing The samples are what am going for in the engine bay , but don't do the colour justice

Merry Christmas to all from Malta! Its been such a sunny Christmas here! This is what it is like today

Big thanks to Rich' aka wolf-race for my new picture

Pointless really but super clean looking

I was out on a charity run today and on the way back stopped at the last vestige of Cork's Ford plant. This is the offices of Henry Ford and Son, seems to be in decline to my mind.

Still no call from the body shop, so more engine time, new core plugs fitted, and finally managed to get the wood ruff key out of the crank, with heat, drill, n some MC hammer time. Painted in Porsche Riviera blue, this is the left over paint I was going to paint the Cortina in

Body shop lads gave me keys to sort a few niggles on the body, final top coats this week, timed to perfection, followed by 2 weeks off work .......nice 😁

Back to how I like it. 4-spokes and 205/60’s

Front panel given a fresh lick o’ paint and new bumper fitted today

one day i need to buy a scanner, hope you can read it:

Out for a spin yesterday, car will be sorn’d this week so thought I’d better take advantage of the good weather.

So stripes have been fitted today. Can't thank Tony enough for taking the time to come and template and replica the rear wing sections to complete the estate template kit. (these are available to buy from him via Ebay in your exact cour combination for your car colour) Colours are vibrant and exact and really make the paintwork pop. So chuffed with the finished article. Can't wait to get out to a few shows later this summer. Just a few last minute bits to sort now and off for MOT very soon.

Thanks Mr One year nine months and it moves under V8 power

Crusader stripes on.

I use to have a girl friend that breathed heavy, I thought I was doing a good job, turned out she had asthma !!!! I know above is completely irrelevant and I hope it doesn't offend anyone with asthma.

Hot weather? painting weather !, had the wings back from Enviro strip £100, strip n etch prime, hes quoted me £150 to do the same to the boot and bonnet, so pretty much cleaned, gravitexed, base coated and clear coated, two days graft ........

Must admit i do like the yellow tinge the old school bulbs give off when lit, though probably not much use in to-days modern "in your face" society. Modern cars with their HID's are seriously fooking with my retinas.

ticked another thing off the list......fuel pump. i went with falcon BA turbo intank setup....reasons being they are cheap second hand (this one $40) as they have a tenancy to stop working.......the main reason for that is they rise and sink with fuel level and tend to full with crap ....rise and not sink back down so they suffer from starvation .. they supply more than enough fuel for my needs and new or second hand readily available. it will be fine for me as i will mount it at full compression so no need to rise and sink....i just needed to make a mounting plate then i had to cut a hole in my brand new tank weld it in add some riv nuts all done