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I was reading an article that Dieter Korp wrote for auto motor und sport magazine in 1963 and in there he says Ford UK was extremely interested in using the westinghouse "hobbs" mechamatic automatic transmission but later says that ford dropped out at the last second and did not offer that transmission officially. However he also later states that around 1963 the ford dealer network in UK grew so much that ford finally started offering that transmission on the cortina mk1, capri and the "ford classic". However i can not find any picture on the internet for any of these cars equipped with the hobbs automatic transmission. Another article about the hobbs gearbox stated that it retained the third "clutch" pedal but the pedals purpose was now to act as a lever for the override system to disengage the gearbox from the driveline or something like that. It would be amazing if anybody has a picture of one of those fords equipped with the hobbs automatic gearbox, im especially wondering the pedal era to see if it indeed has that third pedal as they said in the article. -
Hi All, I'm a newbie to this forum, I've just become the proud owner of a 1966 Mk1 Cortina GT, I last had a Cortina in 1979, those Cortinas back then were fairly bombproof but rusted like mad.. I've got a few minor problems to sort out, but there are two major ones: Firstly the gearbox has a huge reluctance to engage reverse, the position on the gearstick doesn't feel any different between nothing, grating teeth and actually engaged. Does anyone have advice in this please. Obviously the box will have to come out which leads to the other main problem, the rear crankshaft oil seal, it seems to be this that is leaving little puddles wherever I go and maybe has contaminated the clutch, Is it possible to replace the seals without removing the engine? The top half of the seal is on a separate casting, but it's the lower one in the sump that worries me, I know that you can't drop the sump far because of the crossmember. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. - Dave
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Hi all, My latest project is a 1969 Mk2 1300 Deluxe with the 4-speed column shifter. She's an original Irish car, assembled in Cork, so is rare as hen's teeth. She's been hiding in a barn since 1993, so as you'd imagine, there isn't a single bush left intact. I've sourced poly bushes for the entire suspension setup, but am finding it near impossible to locate a set of bushes for the column shift gear linkage. There are a huge number of links, twists and turns between the shifter and the gearbox, and with no bushes, it behaves like a spoon in a bowl of porridge. Finding the right gear is nigh on impossible! I've had no luck trying to find a set of replacement bushes, and I do want to keep the column shifter for originality (no interest in converting to a floor mount). Any tips, hint, referrals to companies/people you might know would be hugely appreciated! Cheers Bob
