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Feb 27, 2007 18:40:59 GMT
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Check out www.buysellcortina.co.uk for useful info. The killer on all old fords is rust. Check for it everywhere. The worst areas are: Front strut tops and supporting towers. Front chassis rails where the anti-roll bar mounts Front chassis rails where they kick up into the engine bay. A-posts from top to bottom - mainly at the bottom where all the sh*t gets chucked up from the road. Sills - inner and outer. Jacking points Out-riggers Floor over the out-riggers (especially in the drivers footwell where the brake master cylinder leaks into the cabin!) Rear chassis rails where they kick up over the axle. Rear chassis rails where the springs mount. I think that about covers the structural bits. Anywhere else they will rust if you let them! Mechanically they are pretty simple and bullet proof, but most bits are still getable. Or upgrade to Mk2 Escort bits with a bit of adaptation. Mint ones are going for £5-£6k. But you can get a sound one for under a grand if you're lucky. Top cars - go for it!
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 27, 2007 16:57:19 GMT
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My local motor factors will put the flairs on the ends of the pipe for you when you buy the pipe. I'd of thought most decent motor factors would do the same.
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 27, 2007 13:16:09 GMT
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Looks like Charles Muddle in Adversane, West Sussex to me.
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 26, 2007 17:17:26 GMT
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Another car of interest was the Ford Thunderbolt: The most exciting news of 1964 was a special Fairlane model designed for serious drag strip racing. Ford teamed up with Andy Hotten, of Dearborn Steel Tubing Co., to build 57 Fairlane based 427 powered race cars with a weight of around 3,203 lbs to compete on professional drag strips. These cars had fiberglass fenders, teardrop-shaped hood blisters (to clear the competition 427's high rise manifold and air cleaner), Plexiglass windows, lightweight police-package bucket seats, an air induction system with air intakes where the inner headlights used to be, 8,000 rpm Rotunda tachs, modified front suspensions (to fit the 427), and many special competition equipment features. Sunvisors, mirror, sound-deadening, armrests, even the jack and lug wrench were removed to save weight. The 425 bhp 427 big block was heavily modified and actually cranked out around 500 bhp. It was linked to a beefed-up Lincoln automatic with 4.58:1 gearing or a Borg Warner T-10 transmission with Hurst shifter with 4.44:1 gearing. Massive traction bars, asymmetrical rear springs, and a trunk mounted 95 pound bus battery helped to get all that power to the ground. The 1964 Ford Fairlane Special Performance Drag vehicles soon adopted the Thunderbolt name from the 1963 A/FX Fairlane drag race car and were also known as "T-bolts." Demand was strong enough to lead to a second order of 54 all white cars. Driver Gas Ronda dominated NHRA's 1964 World Championship by running his T-bolt through the quarter mile in 11.6 seconds at 124 mph. Of the 111 total built, at least 99 of them had manual transmission, and the first 11 were painted maroon, the rest were white. Production: Thunderbolt: 100 Engines: 427 V8 425 bhp @ 6000 rpm, 480 lb-ft @ 3700 rpm. Performance: Thunderbolt: 427/425: 1/4 mile in 11.76 seconds. I can't claim credit for the text it came from here: www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/ford-fairlane/ford-fairlane-history-2.shtml
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 28, 2007 13:00:17 GMT
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Just for comparison: Frankenstude
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 22, 2007 18:40:17 GMT
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Bond bug Gasser??
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 22, 2007 18:27:14 GMT
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Chrysler 180
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 22, 2007 16:38:28 GMT
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vw puma vw dodge 1500 1.8 BRM Avenger
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 22, 2007 15:03:45 GMT
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 22, 2007 13:13:19 GMT
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Last Edit: Feb 22, 2007 14:02:38 GMT by cortinaman
Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 21, 2007 17:43:49 GMT
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 21, 2007 15:57:04 GMT
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You know how it is when your watching motor-racing, you always root for the obscure car, no matter how uncompetitive it is? So hows about some weird and wonderful race cars: For starters A Henry J.
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 21, 2007 16:14:40 GMT
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Another way to deal with a Mk10
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 22, 2007 10:39:50 GMT
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TEXACO livery could also be cool ... not sure what the ford boys would think though! All the more reason to do it!!!
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 21, 2007 18:02:27 GMT
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This might be a bit naff, but the only black race car I can think of is: Use the Texaco font and say something else?
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 20, 2007 15:41:41 GMT
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ARGH! MY EYES! Look at the proportions.... surely if you sit anyone in the back you are going to loose all directional control!? Ah no, cos it has the one think what a robin lacked A fourth wheel. FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 19, 2007 18:26:08 GMT
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 16, 2007 17:58:02 GMT
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 16, 2007 16:15:26 GMT
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Feb 12, 2007 18:16:26 GMT
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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