bigmatt4

Ltsa send me a letter in the post when my resto reg comes up got both my cars come up at the same time easy online less than 5 mins just need yr drivers license number

Quite easy best thing about them is they will control your whole car programable relay and fuse box run one heavy batt cable to it and then run power feeds out. cooling fans fuel pumps water pumps ect no extra relays or fuses required. fitted the last one to Curran brothers racing 26b quad turbo rx2 and it runs everything nitros line lock trans brake 3 cooling pumps 4 o2 sensors 2 step ect and can be all controlled so this will only work when this does that sort of thing so the ecu only needs to control spark and fuel everything is can bus back to the ecu temperatures and so on

Racepack smartwire are the shizz wired in 3 of them now data logging full canbus just keep adding sensors

Specialty cars in matamata Dave green

Shed skid has to be done on the completion of a car as a sign of respect for the mighty shed haha

sooo i had a couple and needed to test something for end of year workshop duties arm was twisted a little perhaps as well https://youtu.be/bbrxLWiaR8A

Gluing in 4mm thick lexan windows in the rear all my rubbers were stuffed cost me around half the price of rubbers and glass

Bias pedal box is defiantly worth the effort for engine bay space

Bias pedal box is defiantly worth the effort for engine bay space

Bias pedal box is defiantly worth the effort for engine bay space my brakes work really well without a booster

It drives really nice apart from the diff whine very low geared 4.7 screams its head off but it loves it. almost got the tune sorted just trying to iron out a rich cruse and slight hesitation off idle but runs great. Suprisingly those lockrite diff lockers are quite streetable does u turns tight corners with no scuffing few clicks but locks well when wanted. just need to glue the rear windows in get me some handbrake cables made and new seatbelts and cert time everything passed crack testing too even the wheels so was stoked with that

So after a couple of nights in the shed she now drives not 100% finished yet but close to cert time

My experience in running in a new engine is make sure it's warm and then give it a hard time without too many rpms don't let it idle for to long find a big hill and drive it hard but watch temp

dosnt even look like the back seat has been sat in what a score So the deal is 3 owner car first owner from 1970 1973 mileage 25000 mls 2nd owner from 1973 to 1994 mileage 81000mls 3rd owner from 1994 to 2015 mileage 81600 has been parked since they bought it about 22 years in a dry shed. it has a few little bumps and scapes but overall very tidy and original. So got it home and washed it drained all the rank as rotten fuel out (that shit smells bad) cleaned out the fuel lines replace perished fuel line. Added water in the top which in turn all fell out the bottom radiator is rotten as well. but anyway fitted 2nd hand dissy and coil that i knew were good as it had no spark cranked for a bit and away she went sounded like a tight little engine under all the exhaust noise that is also rotten. but progress. So the bad thing are the shocks are stuffed the bushes have all perished and the brakes are siezed but as ive been collecting ford parts for a long time i have most of the bits requred to fix it so all in all i think i have a real sound project.

And what i found was all this golden oily treasure fully rust proofed from head to toe even the original carpet hasnt even worn through yet fully undersealed have been fairy well over it and not found 1 spot of rust and only i little respray touchup on the front left guard all the rest is ridgy didgy

first thing i done was gave it a wash to see what i had looks good here

So cortina is finally home as i rolled it off the trailer last registerd in 1994 22 years off the road and in a dry shed

Will be a bit sad to see mk1 go but it hardly ever got driven and need a change can't keep every car I've built un fortunately but this one was too good to pass up

Yea like the patina look wil fit my 1600 in it with side drafts keep it looking old no shiny bits lower it with a set of wide steelies keep the bench seat but maybe change to floor change box will hopefully pick it up on sunday

more off the tardme pics

stoked with this score 1300 column chang bench seat i can smell the summer cruising in this already //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50549-bigmatt4-new-mk-2-cortina-project/

So ive grown up a bit have a family and now need a 4 door family cruiser and have been hunting for a good one of these for a while. sadly means my mk1 is officially for sale but worth it i think Well i found it a very original 81000 mls mk2 cortina been parked in a shed for 20 years or so. 100% all there and tidy doors still close like it was new went over the car well and couldnt find any rust apart from a few surface dots pick it up hopefully on sunday //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50550-bigmatt4-new-mk-2-cortina-project/

things are now moving ahead well got suspension in bought me sum new gaz adjustables for the rear everything going together as planned so far still short on a driveshaft for drivablity and crack testing for certs

Really happy with all the gaps and lines. Removed engine again and removed battery tray washer bottle actually everything deloomed brake lines moved to inside of car was supposed to be a legal thrasher but ive got a bit carried away haha and got some paint

Ok so been real slack on the updates but have a bit of progress but test fitted all panels and finished off the panelbeating