wolfrace

Hi folks, For sale my 2 door mk3. Essex V6, 5spd Genuine Savage bonnet (rarest part I can think of on a mk3) It’s a 3.0 Essex v6 that I believe was bored out to 3.1 according to the Classic Ford magazine feature done on the car a number of years ago, I don’t have any paperwork to support that though. It will need tuning and trailering away. Work required as far as I know. Since fitting a brand new 38 carb it needs tuning, probably floats adjusting and fuelling setting up. It might require a new ‘W’ spacer plate under the carb, it just has a generic one currently. Sort the ignition timing, maybe reroute a couple of the fuel hoses (I’ve run all the hard lines using kunifer and used quality gates barricade hoses) want the cooling system bleeding. The windscreen washer jets need plumbing up and the interior light switches for the door jambs need sourcing and fitting. Then you’ll want to MOT it. Obviously it’s MOT exempt and that’s your choice but it was my plan to put one on it anyway. There may be other things, there always is with old cars. With all that in mind you will need to trailer it away. I can send you a vid of me driving the car to at least show it runs. It might seem straight forward stuff, & it is if you have some spare time - I don’t, having a young family and massive house renovations taking up all my time. It’s parked in the garage at my folks house & I rarely (like 2 or 3 times in the last year) get over for a few hours to work on it. Heres a list of parts fitted/work done; Mechanical / Suspension: Steel timing gear Lumenition electronic ignition New genuine Weber 38 carburettor (£300) Stainless steel side exit exhausts (both sides) New front and rear crank oil seals (burton power) New spigot bearing New gaskets; sump, inlet, fuel pump, front timing cover, carb, rear oil seal carrier, rocker gasket (from burton power) New H/T fixings including new studs for: exhaust manifolds, carb, oil pump and thermostat housing. New upper and lower front ball joints o/s and n/s New trackrod ends New steering rack gaiters New floflex Polybushed front subframe New floflex Polybushed subframe to chassis mounts New steering column bearing New front brake flexis New GAZ adjustable front dampeners Upgraded 18mm front ARB New starter motor (rare version for this engine & gearbox combo) at a cost of £260 New remote starter motor solenoid I’ve replaced all but one of the fuel hoses with Gates Barricade New Kunifer fuel lines. Electrically: New old stock interior wiring loom Reconditioned headlamp backing plates and chrome trim rings, all adjusters work. New domed glass headlights New upgraded ceramic headlight H4 sockets New old stock indicator units New TIM voltage, oil temperature gauges. Tim oil pressure gauge New ISO radio harness LED cluster fitted into rear numberplate housing. Interior: GT/GXL Centre console GT Tombstone seats re-trimmed in genuine leather (and rear seat and door cards) New 3 piece carpet New carpet underlay New bitumen/aluminium floor sound insulation pads New old stock Rear seatbelts installed All vent pipes and the air distribution unit were removed and cleaned out when dash was out then refitted and joints sealed with duct tape. Floor painted before bitumen pads installed. Wheels & tyres: Steel 13” minilight style, freshly shot blasted and powdercoated. 185/70/13 rear 175/70/13 front Bodywork: Various sections repaired with new panels & solidly welded repairs sections. PU seam-sealed, painted with a quality zinc primer then top coated before being undersealed where required. Chassis rails, box sections, front & rear inner valances and inside doors, rear quarters etc were spray filled with pre-heated cavity wax after welding was undertaken. All the usual rot areas on cortinas (sills, front floor pans, subframe chassis mounts, rear valance, inner wing top rails, have been addressed or were stripped back and checked) Savage bonnet Bonnet pins Price £13500 or offers. I am willing to negotiate & open to offers, I can remove the bonnet for a decent discount and supply it with a steel (vented) one. Just try me, I’m not going to get all upset if you can’t offer what I want so don't be shy. However I’m not interested in a swap / part ex (never seems to stop people asking though eh…) location: Oswestry If there’s anything you want to know, give me a shout. I don’t get on BSC frequently thesedays but will be checking PM’s periodically so please bear with me.

Thanks Craig!

Hiya, Does anybody know the thread pitch / diameter for the Front Calliper brake hose fittings on the MK3? I think both the calliper and brake line are the same. Also does anyone know the length of said hoses, IIRC the Pre Facelift and Facelift are different but it'd be handy to know both lengths. It's the calliper ones I really need to know rather than the little PFL 3 way or rear hose. Many thanks, Rich

Good to see you’re still into the custom look. Mk3-5’s wear it well in my opinion. I’m hoping to have your old car back on the road this year after i’ve finished the work on it, hopefully I’ll get to some shows next year and you’ll get to see it again.

I like the p100, looks a good project. I’ve got one of your old cars currently, the 2dr with the savage bonnet.

Thanks folks thats genuinely a big help. I couldn't find anything online. I fitted another rack the other week but noticed a slight amount of play that i wasn't happy with so that came off, hopefully this one is ok, dont fancy £240 for a new one 😬

Cheers Steve but this is a manual rack, not a power rack, not even sure what the method for getting fluid into one is. Couldn’t find anything in the Haynes manual. I had to change the boots as they were past their best.

Hello, does anyone know the correct oil & quantity to use in the steering rack please? thanks, Rich

Looking today the bolt isn't longer but the spacing on the arms is (at least the two pairs I have) can anyone confirm this? .

Just as a heads up.. looking at the upper arms in pics or next to each other you won’t notice but on the FL they are actually a greater distance between the bushes, I should imagine the tube on the crossmember is longer too to accommodate and (as I have noticed) the bolt holding the on the upper arm on is longer on a FL too, it’s around a 1cm difference so no way the upper arms from a FL are going on the pfl clip or vice versa, unless you can use washers to make up the difference on a PFL subframe. Not sure that’d be advisable though.. Now the reason i resurrected this thread because I’ve just wasted time and effort restoring the subframe FL upper arms to go on my PFL clip, assuming as you would, they are the same. It never occurred to me to check as the consensus is they are the same.

I think a lot of problems stem from waste and over consumption so we have basically created the issues we face. Frustrating for those of us who’ve made an effort most of our lives not to wast things... Wasting food, wasting fuel with poor driving habits etc etc etc. If your house isn’t adequately insulated it wastes energy, it may not even be much so people ignore it or find it acceptable but it’s not just one individual doing this it’s billions of people worldwide.

Looking good. Is that a mk5 front subframe giving you the camber? Considering using a spare fl subframe on my pfl because I have a bolt stuck on stripping mine, the top wishbone pivot. Can’t get the f***er to shift. Maybe see if I can get it pressed out as a last resort unless anyone has any ideas.

looking great so far :)

One thing to remember is the rear wheels sit further inboard than the front. The front will have the most poke on those wheels. I have 17x7 but it’s something like ET30 on my mk3 (not my choice of wheel, it’s what came on the car..) they sit about one inch into the arch on the front but have plenty of clearance on the rear. I’ve had 15x6 ET22 in the past (195/50/15) they were fine and 13x6 ET12 fine, Capri deep dish steels 13x5.5 ET19 both sets of 13’s on (185/70/13) they were all fine. The wheels I’m replacing my current set with are some 1970’s hurricanes for the rear at 14x7 they are around ET5 and with 195/75/14 tyres, I know for a fact they won’t go on a drastically lowered car like mine without arch rolling or narrower tyres. ET (offset) is measured in mm that would make those alloys you’ve seen sit further out by 12mm more than the old Cheviots I have, this might not seem like a great deal but my guess is even with 175 tyres unless you have enough clearance from the ride height and fit adjustable shocks to stiffen it up it’ll be an issue, especially if you have passengers.

Well done Ken, looks spot on!

Does anyone know how much hose will you need for a Mk3? Baring in mind I'd use the hard line down the chassis rail.

Looking good :) I haven't posted on here for about a year either I guess, logged in and saw your post. :) I wonder also how many build threads have gone due to photobucket after they started charging for the service. Joe was over today for a bit of welding/bacon butty and beer. good to get a bit of solid metal in it.

SOLD

Atlas 3.75 complete. A decent upgrade, especially if you are seeking more power as these are much better than the koln and more upgradable if you want an LSD. Bought from a Mk3 owners club member but never used. pick up preferred, they are a heavy bit of kit. located 15mins From J18 M4 £275 ono Thanks, Rich

Who knows mate. After a few years around cortinas I cant see me not having another in the future. Prob a nice little 1600 xflow SA backie or an estate for chucking camping gear in the back of & pottering around in. Got to get the performance car bug out of my system so that’s what I’m after for now. Will still be seeing Cortina mates locally with their projects. Gonna try to make cortina day nxt year. I’ll prob be .ed then that i wont have the GT to celebrate the 50’th with 😬

Thanks guys. The time feels right to move on now, easy to type that not so easy to look at the car and feel it. But I have the urge for something quick that won’t involve pulling the car apart. I will get another one day as I think once cortinas are in your blood that’s where they stay.

15x6 4x108 PCD ET23 Nice Set of Wheels i bought from Nog on here a couple of years back. Looked good on my cortina but i have around 30 wheels I’ve amassed and i keep tripping over them. As i’m selling my car i don’t really need them any more. Located in Bath, Somerset. £200 Thanks, Rich

Well hello folks and maybe goodbye for now too, i’m selling my 1973 2 door GT. 94,630 miles. It’s a good honest car, 2dr GT’s are getting hard to find now. It passed its mot on the 18th June 2020, i had an advisory on rear brake imbalance so fitted new cylinders both sides. Front callipers Rebuilt (by Bigg Red) with stainless steel pistons. HEL stainless braided flexi’s front & rear 2.0 pinto with electronic ignition (sierra dizzy) Twin choke 32/36 weber 4 branch GT exhaust manifold 5 speed Type 9 gearbox Atlas 3.75 diff. Gaz adjustable rebound dampeners front and rear (will come with original shocks) Polybushed almost everywhere front and rear ARBs (handles, stops and goes very well) Heated rear window Original interior (aftermarket gearknob) All gauges/interior light etc work Electric fan (via fused relay) operated with a genuine mk3 pfl dash switch to look standard. Halogen lamps. Fairly recent new carpet / belts no speaker holes in doorcards and rare factory blanking plate for radio Although it is wired to accept a modern iso plug stereo (All fused) Both doors, boot, ign and even the locking glove box work off one key, there’s also a spare key. Filler cap is locking and a nice original one but only one key for that. I know the boot spoiler and wheels might not be to everyones taste so I have a set of original sports steel wheels for it and (Dep on the price) a set of 1600E rostyles too. I also have a very good boot lid to go with it. It is a lovely car, its not perfect/concourse but it is very solid and does look great, it is very reliable. I had any structural work done by a classic specialist a few years back and it cost a small fortune. I later had some small bits at the back of the sills to inner arches done where i asked the restorer to put sill bungs back in so you can access down there to cavity wax and replace the bungs afterwards. All the factory jacking points are there and solid although i always use a trolley jack on the axles. The floor under the carpet is absolutely superb, see the last photo. If you need more pics (i have vids i can prob email too) just give me a shout. I am happy to negotiate on price/parts just let me know and hopefully we can settle on a price that suits. I really would prefer the car goes to a cortina enthusiast. I’ll prob get another, poss a backie or estate in a few years as i’ve never owned either of those but for now I fancy something modern while my son is quite young. £13750 ono

Nice one Chris. Always great to see a 2 door, score on the price. I paid £500 twenty years ago for my first 2dr.

Really looking forward to seeing the progress. Well done Ken.