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Sold anglia boot needed wielding and steering needed doing put new box in still knackered fell out off love with it.so next classic had be a ford and rack and pion steering ended buying this drives like new and never been wieled or messed with.all original

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

On holiday down south visting my brother.went into london one day.then next day went to hasting on way back drove through the coast.and in bexhill there it was.i rescued must be nearl 20 years ago from a lock up in preston.put 2nd had 3 doors boot and bonnet and 2nd hand tan seats had fur interior 😃was yellow with front spoiler that looked like a snow plough.sold it half finshed it was solid last time i seen it was maroon.now its back to its original silver fox.looks lovely still have the original number plates in my garage and got pics when it was yellow 🤣

Back on the road just got to bleed the brakes.might uprate or go the cortina route agian 😎

Run out today😀

A little upgrade

Had some time on the Cortina today,time to fit the end repair sections to the upper front panel. The panel tapers towards each end so had to modify the repair sections. I got the offside one wrong,so need to do it again,but the nearside one looks to be ok.

Back out from hibernation 😀 Took it for a wee spin as an excuse to take the dogs for a walk. Noticed the timing belt sticker on the slam panel was dated 6 years ago so will get a belt for it, only done 5,ooo miles but I’ll throw one on. It’s showing it’s age in places but will soldier on for now. Same old pictures I’m afraid…… 😉

Hello BSC I am installing E-PAS on my MK3 Face lift. I have been working on this since October last year. I am using the motor from the Vauxhall Corsa C power steering column. I would like to share my build and share the information with all, so if anyone else would like to copy/ install E-PAS this may help

Big project! Top job bringing it back.

Just finshed 2nd binder got bit over welming got everything from day 1

Yes, I finally got the Cortina running again today. I cleaned the gap in the points (forgot to do that when I fitted them a while back DOH!) put some petrol in the float chamber. Sprayed a few good shots of Easystart down the carb, cranked it over a few times. Played about with the dissy a bit and VROOM! Turned it off, bought 1/2 a gallon of E5 petrol and put it in the tank, cranked it up again with a couple of slight kickbacks, timing again! Stuck the old strobe light on, tried again and Bingo! Now it's just the brakes I have to sort out. Knowing my luck, Robbing Rachel Thieves will slap a big fat road tax bill on it, just as I get it back on the road, so I'll end up having to SORN or sell!

Well I was happy even if nobody else gives a hoot.

With bonded shoes this is usually caused by damp &/or age.

Painted....

Hi all, I am starting a build on a MK5 Cortina Estate that used to belong to a Fanatic member years ago who sadly passed away. His intent was to Cosworth V6 the car so that is my intention. Here is the link to the first video I have made about the car giving a walkaround and the story behind it. Hope you all enjoy it. Cheers Andy.

FOR SALE £8500 Ford Cortina GL 1.6 1983 Y Reg HAR 476Y This car has undergone a restoration over the past 2 years. Lot of work done. New weber carburetor, New air filter, New oil filter, New oil, new timing belt, new radiator hoses, new water pump, 3x New door seals (2 front 1 rear), New boot seal, New fuel tank, New temperature sensor, Reconditioned fuel/temp gauge electronics, new ventilation seals + insulation, new washer fluid seal, New rocker cover seal, New spark plugs, New chrome window trim, interior and gutter chrome reconditioned. Whole interior removed, deep cleaned and reconditioned. New soundproofing fitted. Whole car detailed in and out. Undercarrige and suspention fully rustproofed, double coated in problematic areas. I repaired bodywork, paintowork and other imperfections around the car. all electrics checked, fog lights fitted. Brake fluid replaced. Brake disks, pads, drums in Great condition, low milage since last brake change. Great condition for 42 years, almost no rust and paintwork in decent condition for its age. Full history, one owner 1983-2004. Original invoice and dealer letters, lots of paperwork from 80s and 90s. Owned by a mechanic previously. Drives very well, mechanicaly perfect. The car is ready to drive and looks stunning. Drives great, turns great, no knocks. Brake pedal hard, clutch good. Gears change very smoothly. The only imperfections are quite minor, it would not take much to make it perfect.

Current state

My eng is circa 200 I run ford RS 4 spokes ( correct one for a MK3 cortina too) with 185/70x13. But I've run 205/55x15 with fwd offset ( can't remember the ET number). The racer is circa 200 & runs 195/60x 14 on 7x14 steels. The fox chassis is different only the axle is similar, the Mustang 2 uses a similar front axle but again rest is different.

I now answer if not when my bakkie gets on road. When it's mentioned. My cousin & a friend keep saying sell the crayford ( it's be off road around 10 years) & scrap your dad's Mk5 ( been off road since he died 22 years ago. Then you'd have room in garage! The polite answer is, sell some of the 10 motorcycles you've got ( never ridden, are incomplete & your lass doesn't know you've got in garage) & to later is why have you just bought an SWB S3 landy project ( horrible things it's a posh tractor) when you haven't finished your MK2 estate or 4dr or your sierra P100. Ending with go forth & multiply.

Not a bad watch on a Sunday evening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pl7gqWd7lU

Car had been sitting outside and hadn’t been used in about 6 weeks so last night it got a clean and I used it today. Some pictures …..

Done quite a bit but my life gone in different diriction just sits in the garage going finsh the front breaks and it done needs a deeo clean and polish 20250622_212122.mp4

My wife experienced this once in her Mk1 Golf, she went round a sharp right hand bend and the cap fell off the distributer (1300 engine, dizzy on end of head). It was .ing with rain so instead of opening the bonnet for a look she made a call to the AA ........ reason the cap came off was because I'd cleaned the rotor arm the night before and sat the cap back on but didn't clip it on ....... it drove for 50 miles before that sharp right corner !

Taking the thermostat out is to ignore the problem, I wouldn’t recommend it. Check all the pipes are hot. If you haven’t checked the level for ages, it might be that, air locked or it might be the pump… is your timing correct? There’s so many things that are easy to check if you take out the thermostat you can get what I think is called cavitation, where the water isn’t circulating through the rad at all, but just going round in the engine and getting hotter and hotter. Take out the rad and flush it through.

cool as a penguins dick that is mate !!!

No it was only ever available as part of a full inner wing. Also be aware the piece is different size shape between the mk's ( the bush is in the same relative space) but pre & post MK3 have a different size hole/bushing . Mk5 the chassis rail is thinner so panel is taller ( I'm not sure if MK4 is same as MK3 facelift or Mk5 as I've never measured a MK4) you'll have to make it by hand. I do have a template for the mk3's.

Apologies for the mess and obstructions on the back seat. I always keep a cover on the rear seat and usually have the dog carrier on the seat for our little terrier. Must keep the cloth as safe as possible I always drive with covers on the front seats too.

Been to a local show today, probably about 20 miles each way (Weston Park, Shropshire). Went well which was good as I've not touched it since June last year.

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Decided to take a run up to my mates garage, took the photogenic route 👍🏻 Early o’clock so not much else on the road…. love it !

Fit stainless flexies all round .

Yes, and they all should have by law a full width OVERSIZE LOAD back bumper sticker.

Finally found enough time to continue refurbing the carb. I bought a lifetime supply of bearing bronze, one of the few upsides on working at the big city is that it's easier to get supplies. I had some sintered bushings in stock but the resulting wall thickness would of been too thin. Reaming to 1/4". As the shafts are ever so slightly worn I heated the bronze before reaming, maybe got me a tiny bit smaller hole For turning the OD I made a small mandrel. For the carb end I modified a 8mm long reach reamer by turning the shaft to 1/4", luckily it was close to the right dimension. Since the end was naturally hardened this was not easy but got there eventually. Flutes at the far end were modified with a Dremel to make them able to cut, maybe would not work for steel but the carb body is fairly soft so had no issues. 8mm is about the max that the existing bores can be reamed to. I left about 1~1,5mm of material at the inner edges. Oopsie, maybe not make the bushings fit so tight I can and will fix this later but for now I continued with a just as good spare carb.. New bushings fitted with Loctite, this time with a slip fit.. Installing was done using a spare carb shaft as a driver to get the bushings in parallel. Ends were then filed and ground to length, except the one in the right here which can be left over sized. Would of been better to clean the spare carb before installing the bushes but I wanted to get this done so will do that later. No excessive play anymore and the shafts move butter smooth so I will call this operation a success

Got the cross member welded in today & gave it a bit of paint.

Can you send me some.

Not done any more work yet,but took the car out of the garage,took it off the frame & put back onto the body roller ready for work to begin again.

So Chris Eubank was way ahead of the game???

Ps ive got a HGV (LGV) class 1 and 2 and a PSV so if they ban cars i will simply drive round in an old ERF....ive seen a lovely EC11 for 6 grand.... Id never wear them tyres out 🤣

Hi all, so the new master cylinder is fitted and rear flexi hose replaced with a braided line, system pressure bled using the Gunson Eezibleed kit and the problem has finally gone! As a rather peculiar side note, the servo to master cylinder pushrod was actually adjustable, however I was under the impression that it was never supposed to be adjustable on a MK5? After a bit of trial and error I've got the pedal travel feeling good, no binding or dragging from the brakes, and all is good with the world again! Thanks for your help all

I feared that might be the case... New master cylinder it is, got one on the way and will update the thread with the results once it's fitted, thanks for your help all

Damn thought Id got away with it if it wasn't for you. Meddling kids!

So, antics from the last couple of Saturdays. I'll start with the badges first. Pegs were snipped off then rattle canned Satin black. Then a few hours were spent trying to get the position right for them on the wings and this took some doing to get them straight and level. Drivers side. Passenger side.

Imgur has been banned in the UK because of the 2023 date protection act. Imgur don't want to be fined by Skweer Stammers' gang of cash grab cronies, so it just blocked all UK internet traffic. All it needs is an age verification before you can access it but no, they won't do that either! I was using a free VPN to copy and save all of my pictures yesterday. The problem is, there's over 2000 pics and I still have about 3 pages left to save, around 180 pics and today, I can't get the free VPN to work anymore! I am a little annoyed and 'EonVPN' support are fairly useless! Images that have already been posted will show up outside of the UK but anybody in the UK will just get the purple page! Bummer!

I wish they were 70's prices, they would be affordable now. 😅