locost_bryan

.

This is the seal for the opening rear quarterlight windows. It's basically an oval tube with a piece on the bottom that goes onto the window frame. Measurements are with an old imperial feeler gauge ruler. I suspect that, since the hinge blocks are identical to ADO16 ones, the seal might share the same profile.

I'm in town for my mum's 90th birthday. There's a classic car show on the Sunday at the venue next to our motel at Westminster Park, if anyone wants to meet there in the morning? Classic Car & Hot Rod Festival | Facebook Christchurch Football Club function centre, Westminster Park

Ever seen an IT consultant's bill? Every big IT system costs a packet to run, especially if it's outsourced. We're spending a packet just to keep hackers out.

UK Capri Club do a conversion kit https://www.capriclub.co.uk/3_litre_4_to_5_Speed_Gearbox_Conversion--product--28.html Light Commercial Services in the UK do an adaptor to fit the Essex V6 to the MT75 in later Transits https://www.facebook.com/31967607659/photos/a.10153634697267660/10153936998232660

Apparently the Sierra V6 type 9 has a longer input shaft, but would be for the German V6. Did the two V6 engines have the same bellhousing bolt pattern? I assume the bolt pattern on the Type 9 is different to the earlier 4-speed, so you can't just use the original V6 bellhousing? Or could you redrill the original bellhousing to fit the Type 9? Have you asked on Retro Rides?

This is how it looks in Ian Shaw's replica of the UDT World Cup Marathon V8 Marina.

I can recall one of the speed shops in Christchurch selling a "pod cover" that fitted over one of those pressed metal 3-gauge mounting plates, that could be trimmed to match the dash shape, so you could imitate the GT dash look.

That's what I recall reading, the wood and upholstery were done here to keep up the local content. They must have imported some GTs, as a school friend bought his brother's one with the "proper" GT dash. As an aside, I have a 3D printed replica of a BL Special Tuning 3-gauge cluster for my Marina, that replaced the radio speaker grille in the dash on the Group 2 rally cars.

I think Ford NZ did a copy of the English 1600E dash?

This is another dash option. The Mk2 Cortina GTE had this setup, with the gauges mounted behind a timber facia.

What are they out of? Looks to me like the pin holds it all together and is punched/flared during assembly. You might be able to drill out the end of the pin, but them I'm not sure how you'd put it back together?

@kws had the same challenge with his Marina, there's a very detailed description of his solution with photos and everything on his build thread

Actually, hard to know where they are actually made, but SuperFlex and SuperPro share part numbers for Morris and Hillman bushes, e.g. SuperFlex SF234-0669K and SuperPro SPF0669K for the Marina Tie Bar/Strut Bar bushes.

iirc the Coby I fitted back in the 80s had the inlet end slotted so it could be clamped onto a slightly smaller pipe, always got a WOF from Marshlands Garage like that.

The supplier PIC said they were waiting on their SP, which was probably Superpro, just my jumping to conclusions that the lengthy wait was getting them from the UK and not from across town. Possibly SuperPro just make them on demand.

I'll see if I can get some pics of the rubber profile, with any luck they might have used the same profile as other BL cars with butterfly windows - 2-door ADO16 1100 or Mini maybe?

The Coby I had on my Mini did a good job, the old muffler had rusted and literally fell off leaving an open pipe, the Coby quietened it down to a socially acceptable "sporty loud" level.