Were electric windows an option on mk5 Ghias

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

The rot box mk5 Ghia we are breaking doesnt have electric windows but there are switchs for them in the centre console , switchs have mk2 Granada part numbers but will the console have been from a Granada as well or were they also fitted to Cortinas ?

[dad 5]

I believe they was

 

"Midnight classics" who is on here had a late mk5 ghia with electric windows fitted. Think some one posted pics of it in members section as it was sold on eBay this year to someone in goole

Edited August 12, 2015 by dad

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

I believe they was

 

"Midnight classics" who is on here had a late mk5 ghia with electric windows fitted. Think some one posted pics of it in members section as it was sold on eBay this year to someone in goole

 

THIS PROBABLY CAME WITH ELECTRIC WINDOWS AND HAS HAD THE DOORS CHANGED THEN

[stevewes 16]

The rot box mk5 Ghia we are breaking doesnt have electric windows but there are switchs for them in the centre console , switchs have mk2 Granada part numbers but will the console have been from a Granada as well or were they also fitted to Cortinas ?

Can you post a picture of the console?

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

Can you post a picture of the console?

 

not yet , havnt finished weeding

[Mk5Mike 36]

I'll don the anorak and check through my collection of Mk5 brochures when I get home...

[bortaf 93]

They wernt offerd as a factory option but over the years i have fitted loads of granada windows and switches i've even owned a few dealer fitted options both the box over the window winder spindle (servoglide) and adapted granada lifters.

Usually the switches ended up between the gearstick and H/B lever, on Mk4's the switches were usually on seperate brakets but they could just as well have been cut into the consol.

 

 

 

I still have a few bits of the servo glide system, it was rather complicated with travel limit switchews at the top and bottom of the window trravel, i also have some alterd mechs from a Y reg Ghia i had with dealer fitted E/W and C/L but they are just cut down granada (pre face lift Mk2) window mechs and C/L locks which bolt straight in.

 

You can fit a granny consol in a cortina but it doesn't fit quite right being too wide and not a snug fit under the dash.

[frankie2.8 13]

They wernt offerd as a factory option but over the years i have fitted loads of granada windows and switches i've even owned a few dealer fitted options both the box over the window winder spindle (servoglide) and adapted granada lifters.

Usually the switches ended up between the gearstick and H/B lever, on Mk4's the switches were usually on seperate brakets but they could just as well have been cut into the consol.

 

 

 

I still have a few bits of the servo glide system, it was rather complicated with travel limit switchews at the top and bottom of the window trravel, i also have some alterd mechs from a Y reg Ghia i had with dealer fitted E/W and C/L but they are just cut down granada (pre face lift Mk2) window mechs and C/L locks which bolt straight in.

 

You can fit a granny consol in a cortina but it doesn't fit quite right being too wide and not a snug fit under the dash.

 

Did the granada lifters fit in the mk5 doors without any issues Rob? Might be interested in doing this. Is it an easy task to do?

 

Frankie

[the-ford-cortina.com 226]

They wernt offerd as a factory option but over the years i have fitted loads of granada windows and switches i've even owned a few dealer fitted options both the box over the window winder spindle (servoglide) and adapted granada lifters.

Usually the switches ended up between the gearstick and H/B lever, on Mk4's the switches were usually on seperate brakets but they could just as well have been cut into the consol.

 

 

 

I still have a few bits of the servo glide system, it was rather complicated with travel limit switchews at the top and bottom of the window trravel, i also have some alterd mechs from a Y reg Ghia i had with dealer fitted E/W and C/L but they are just cut down granada (pre face lift Mk2) window mechs and C/L locks which bolt straight in.

 

You can fit a granny consol in a cortina but it doesn't fit quite right being too wide and not a snug fit under the dash.

 

I broke a Scimitar with that servoglide system on and electric windows were a common Reliant fitted feature from new - NOT using servoglide

[wreckers771 4]

ive never heard of a factory fit/option for electric windows on mk5 cortinas. When iv fitted them I use mk5/6/7 escort items as they mount on rubber bushes and were easy to fit!!!

[Steve Walton 130]

Hi,

I have a 1982 MK5 2.0 Ghia and it has factory fitted electric mirrors. The adjuster switches are both located in the Drivers door. Both switches are in the same unit. Don't know if they were an option or were fitted as standard on the last year of the Ghia's

 

Cheers

Steve

[V6Ghia 37]

Hi,

I have a 1982 MK5 2.0 Ghia and it has factory fitted electric mirrors. The adjuster switches are both located in the Drivers door. Both switches are in the same unit. Don't know if they were an option or were fitted as standard on the last year of the Ghia's

 

Cheers

Steve

Electric mirrors were fitted to Ghia's as standard and optional on other models for '82 models only but not the first month or two of '82 models. Bortaf gave the correct answer to the question on windows.

[bortaf 93]

Did the granada lifters fit in the mk5 doors without any issues Rob? Might be interested in doing this. Is it an easy task to do?

 

Frankie

 

One screw lines up on the bottom of the door (origional pos) then you either cut the top down or leave it wedged up the inside of the door, IIRC i left the center support scews out and just secured it to the glass so the runner moves as the window rises OR you can do it propperly and cut and weld the brasckets in the right place to make the lift runner sit at thee right angle, PFL Mk2 parts are so hard to find nowdays that it's easyer to use Mk6/7 escort IMHO simply as a supply issue.

 

It's been a good 15 years since i last did it so memory is weak lol

[sheffieldcortinacentre 749]

no they weren't fitted as std the one mentioned above had elec mirrors not windows as it was a late ghia.

 

there where never any electric powered features (only the mirrors) fitted to cortinas.

 

same as no 5 speeds or 4 speed autos.

 

one rare option was heated front seats.

[do it sideways 41]

no they weren't fitted as std the one mentioned above had elec mirrors not windows as it was a late ghia.

 

there where never any electric powered features (only the mirrors) fitted to cortinas.

 

same as no 5 speeds or 4 speed autos.

 

one rare option was heated front seats.

 

Spot on, Craig.