mk2 Cortina Estate the one ford should have made

[jordan98 9]

As I turned the page of Classic Ford magazine this is what hit me smack bang in the face :shocking:

 

 

I have never seen anythng like it before - it was a 2 door cortina looking at me, next I am saying I want one ,but in asking around found out Ford never made one :(

 

So I began asking about if anyone had made one? Nothing came up at all, I was on to a winner I hope??? There was just one thing stopping me: I'm not that good at welding so I decided not to pursue it anymore; well that was until I got talking to the man working on cortina paul estate. So it went like this; as I was asking him how it was going one thing led to another and he commented about how good it would look as a 2 door. A 2 door I said I was thinking of doing that to a Cortina mk2 estate and I showed him this picture, after chatting for over an hour we said lets go for!!! Now I just need to find an estate,within a week or two I had found my estate and started to strip it down to a bare shell, This is how it look when i got it

 

:(

[jordan98 9]

iner wing look ok

this is coming out

and this

[jordan98 9]

coming apart fast / but putting it back will take time :rolleyes:

 

[andyspanner 0]

nicer starter car than mine,thats for sure,lets hope mine looks as good finished.

[Danish 294]

This looks like its going to be a very interesting project thread...

 

Have you contacted "Classic Ford" ? They might like to run a feature on someone being inspired by their Inspiration article.

Edited October 3, 2012 by jayney

[Captin Crayford 2]

Hi All

 

I nearly did the 2 door swap on my Wagon back in 2007. Had all the body parts

but couldn't get anybody at the time that would make me the body glass :thumbdown:

So i ended up staying with the 4 door look for now anyway..Good luck with your swap

be good to see one done with proper 2 door doors. :thumbup:

[Beowulf 87]

Will be an interesting project this and Manny is a genius with metal and he is very fast love seeing his work on MCF.

[jordan98 9]

well its all off now

 

next step on to jig all this in a month

 

 

now for the bad bits :shocking:

[Nuttynil 1]

Great project I love the mk2 estates but a 2 dr is going to look good .

[AERO_ADY 10]

Looking forwards to this one :thumbup:

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

 

THIS WAS ADVERTISED ON EBAY as " does not need any welding " :smashcomp:

[mk2 addict 7]

 

THIS WAS ADVERTISED ON EBAY as " does not need any welding " :smashcomp:

 

Seriously :o

 

It is annoying when people list things wrong so you bid acordingly and rnd up dissapointed. I got a mint as new door off ebay, looked great till i got it on the car and needed to adjust the gaps (welding) cleaning off the paint showed up pin prik rust holes :( welded them up but i dont like welded up doors

 

Any way, awesome project, one i fancied doing but too many projects

[Jason 5]

I have been told about another Mk2 2 door estate being built.

This was back in May ( when I bought my own Mk2 )

I was sworn to secrecy. All I will say is apparently it's been made for someone by someone else well known in Classic Ford circles who's a dab hand with a welder.

 

Jason.

[jordan98 9]

I have been told about another Mk2 2 door estate being built.

This was back in May ( when I bought my own Mk2 )

I was sworn to secrecy. All I will say is apparently it's been made for someone by someone else well known in Classic Ford circles who's a dab hand with a welder.

 

Jason.

 

 

i told you jason i drop your car off :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :thumbup:

[jordan98 9]

Looking forwards to this one :thumbup:

 

 

thanks me to

 

just buying part now