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Feb 27, 2007 17:41:16 GMT
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I did have a 1961 Sunbeam Rapier........25 years ago. Bloody hell, I'm OLD. When you were 4 year old!?  Hey you seem to be into some pretty unfashionable stuff (like us) so why work against the grain, this place may be right for you. However here we all (99.5% of us) have an open mind on 98% of cars and other things in the world. I have left bickering and grumpy old men sadly on the practicalclassics forum, however i'm not sure they like princesses there or not.  As I said open mind, and manners is vital here. Hope you settle in well... No, I'n 10 years older than that........ I rescued the Rapier from a farm in Misterton (Crewkerne) in the summer of '82 and we drove it around the top field until it **** itself. After that was an Austin 1300 on a J plate. Not very knowledgeable? What do you want to know about a Cortina Mark 3? That the void bushes needed to be replaced every year (unless you used the solid Estate ones), that the boot floor rotted out either side of the spare wheel well? That they swapped from the 1600 x-flow to the Pinto in late '73 on the basic models (GT and GXL 1600's had the Pinto from day one. The Mark 3 also used the 'bowl in piston crossflow as opposed to the older Mark 2 type with the chambered head and the 1600 used the 711M block. Daytona yellow, sunset red, Tawny bronze........... They changed the dash in late '73 to the boring flat one used inb later Cortinas but the early sloping one looked alot more stylish - esp. the GT/GXL with the four smaller gauges on the tunnel pod. |
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Feb 27, 2007 17:46:24 GMT
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On the subject of void bushes - I never fitted standard bushes to anything in for MOT work and only used proper Ford ones. Once a full set of 8 Estate bushes were fitted they lasted forever and the car drove so much better - a crime Ford didn't fit them as standard to everything ebcause without the axle squirming about the handling was vastly better - with or without the Bilstein shocks which made the ride pretty harsh.
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Feb 27, 2007 18:21:00 GMT
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Not very knowledgeable? What do you want to know about a Cortina Mark 3? That the void bushes needed to be replaced every year (unless you used the solid Estate ones), that the boot floor rotted out either side of the spare wheel well? That they swapped from the 1600 x-flow to the Pinto in late '73 on the basic models (GT and GXL 1600's had the Pinto from day one. The Mark 3 also used the 'bowl in piston crossflow as opposed to the older Mark 2 type with the chambered head and the 1600 used the 711M block. Daytona yellow, sunset red, Tawny bronze........... They changed the dash in late '73 to the boring flat one used inb later Cortinas but the early sloping one looked alot more stylish - esp. the GT/GXL with the four smaller gauges on the tunnel pod. all the most very basic of information snipits that can be picked up many web sites about the mk3 cortina also not exactly 100% correct early void bushes were all solid my old 2 door GT still had it origional bushes and even took masive ammounts of punishment from the small blosck ford v8 up front infact the bushes were only replaced when i broke the rear axle on the start line at avon park and ripped a top arm out of its mounting . there are 3 different types of rear bushes only one type is actually voided these were only fitted to the late mk3,s and mk4/5's plus gt and GXL had different gauges in the center consol a little snipit you may want to add on another site when trype make yourself look clever |
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Feb 28, 2007 14:53:21 GMT
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Yeah, whatever mate!! :-)
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Thanks Mr NightmareRobinxr4i
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Feb 28, 2007 17:24:03 GMT
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As for the Sierra - too many Cosworths have been horribly mutilated. Are there any bog standard three doors left? I regularly see a Y plate 16L complete with the dustbin lid wheeltrims in very good condition with a fossil at the controls, probably had it from new. That to me is as interesting as a Cosworth - does that make me a sad deviant? I disagree with the "horribly mutilated" comment on the grounds that most cosworth owners are interested in getting more power out of the legend that is the YB engine (no bad thing IMO). If by "horribly mutilated" you mean a set of 17" and a stainless steel exhaust, I don't agree. Go it any RSOC meet or show and most cosworth you will come across will be tastfully and sypatheticaly modified IMO. Although you do get the odd bodykitted beast, each to there own? And yes I do wet my pants at the sight of a bogo sierra with a 1.6 pinto! |
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Last Edit: Feb 28, 2007 17:26:11 GMT by Robinxr4i
Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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orangecords
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Feb 28, 2007 19:32:10 GMT
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Yeah, whatever mate!! :-) i think hes lost his notepad of smartearse replies.....  |
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I then wanted to start cleaning the interior as it stinks of wood (the material not the smell of a boner) best quote ever! |
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Thanks Mr Nightmarerustingdeathtrap
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Feb 28, 2007 21:16:41 GMT
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On a totally unrelated note this months classic ford is actually really good.
I bought it this morning and havent put it down yet.
Marks cortina, barry georges yellow falcon and a really good tech piece on making custom top mounts.
If this is the way its gonna stay i might have to start buying it regular again.
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bryn
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Feb 28, 2007 21:40:23 GMT
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Marks cortina, barry georges yellow falcon and a really good tech piece on making custom top mounts. Words and pics by RR members on all of 'em  |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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Yeah, whatever mate!! :-) I think hes lost his notepad of smartearse replies..... Nope - no point in banging your head against a wall. I had a Mark 3 Cortina in 1984 - anybody here have one earlier? It was a tawny L plate 1600XL, at the time a rusty old secondhand car. Not remembered with any fondness! At last the scrapyards were full of them so getting bits was easy. Then I had my first Alfa, a (very, very rusty) 1974 Alfetta 1.8 saloon. 1800 all alloy twin cam with 40DCOE's and 120 bhp, five speed box, discs all round, DeDion rear end. Now THAT was a proper car, money no object engineering to produce a car which as standard was 20 years ahead of any Ford. If anything, the Alfasuds were even better. But just as bad for rust! ;D Yet today a Cortina 111 and Escort 1/2 are worth much more - why exactly is that so? Not a smartarse wind up but a genuine question because I can't work it out. |
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I remember my dad fixing a mk3 in purple around 1983 84, early 80's anyway, I thought it was fuggin ace, i'd seen older cars newer ones, but this one was special to me then, I still lust after purple cars with memory of that. it was ACE! they look so Cool and 70's! mk4's and 5's I never saw as special too much, although I liked em. theres a defected neat sierra 1.8 nearby getting scrapped on saturday, wonder if these wil be lusted after and wanted in 10-30 years |
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This post is getting seriously boring now, why cant all you lot have a group hug and sort yourselves out!
Classic ford cant stay at this months standard though as they'll soon run out of Southend cars to write about so the standard is sure to suffer.
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Thanks Mr NightmareBenzBoy
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Welcome supercover  . Certainly caused a stir with your first few posts! ;D Yet today a Cortina 111 and Escort 1/2 are worth much more - why exactly is that so? Not a smartarse wind up but a genuine question because I can't work it out. I think it's just old fashioned market forces. Cars are only worth what people are prepared to pay for them. I suppose a Mk3 Corty or a Mk1/2 Escort are just more fashionable than the equivalent Vauxhall. Also spares / performance upgrades are more readily available and there's a bigger following. VW Splitties are the same - my friends 21 window Samba is insured for £20,000. I think that's nuts, but if she put it up for sale tomorrow someone would pay that for it. Other campers are far better, but it's all about image that adds an extra £15,000 to the price. |
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ps. I think most of us know about Taunii (surely, that must be the plural of Taunus!) Tauni. </word geek> *n |
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Welcome supercover . Certainly caused a stir with your first few posts! ;D Yet today a Cortina 111 and Escort 1/2 are worth much more - why exactly is that so? Not a smartarse wind up but a genuine question because I can't work it out. I think it's just old fashioned market forces. Cars are only worth what people are prepared to pay for them. I suppose a Mk3 Corty or a Mk1/2 Escort are just more fashionable than the equivalent Vauxhall. Also spares / performance upgrades are more readily available and there's a bigger following. VW Splitties are the same - my friends 21 window Samba is insured for £20,000. I think that's nuts, but if she put it up for sale tomorrow someone would pay that for it. Other campers are far better, but it's all about image that adds an extra £15,000 to the price. Thanks! I know what you mean about VW Campers. That's just insane, 20 grand for a wheezing air cooled shed on wheels. Now, a Mark 1 Transit 2 litre V4 - much better vehicle :-) B*ll*cks to the camper though - plain panel van with a mattress. I once drove a Corsair 2000E with a fully rebuilt V4 - and it was nowhere near as bad as everyone makes out - it made quite a nice noise and the 1300 V4 (German) sounded a bit like a BDA when wound up. I recall an article in CCC in the late seventies about a 105E Anglia with a V4 fitted. |
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You are going to like it round here! |
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. Certainly caused a stir with your first few posts! ;D