66gt

6 hours ago, chris r said:

Because everyone loves maintenance shots here is the new water pump and rad hoses

Since the van wont be ready for anything I wan to take it to I thought i'd barry up the next best thing. Enter the finest pallet wood and old sign

 

 

I just need to make a "door" and a shield against the cab in case it gets windy/rainy

That’s bloody cool as. Just need a bit of ply on the back with a gas strut. Even cut a window into the ply and put in a bit of Perspex 

I pulled out an old precrossflow race engine I had forgotten I had today so will use that in the Cortina. It was running on twin 45 DCOE,s and avgas and has the 6 bolt crank plus a  big valve head portered and gas flowed. I’m dropping off to the engine builder tomorrow to get it stripped and rebuilt. I will change the cam to the A2 I have as I’m pretty sure it was running an A6 as was pretty lumpy below 2500 rpm and useless for road use the last time it was running about 10 years ago.

24 minutes ago, 63Ragtop said:

And certable/legal with all its undergarments visible like that? 

No way it’s legal with all that exposed hot pipe work. @cletus would know.

On 27/01/2018 at 23:08, cletus said:

Saw this while on a tiki tour tonight.

 

Fuck I’d love to see someone with full insurance rear end it

On 21/01/2018 at 21:12, Nominal said:

@kyteler for the wheels.

Ford 6 in Mk4 too.

Seriously bad taste those turbo mags on the Zodiac convertible 

Been pulling the Cortina apart this afternoon. Engine and box already to come out tomorrow and will get all the suspension out too as well.Also fucking karma paid me a visit from around 30 years ago when I removed the inlet manifold. No manifold support rings are machined into the inlet ports which means it’s a standard head and someone has drilled the water outlet above the temp sender to make it look like a GT head. I had one in my early 20’s and blew up the engine as you do at that age and the head was fucked so I did exactley the same and sold it about 2 weeks after getting it going again. Lucky I have a spare GT head.

They are all smoking weed or playing Xbox 

Kaaaachinnnng

The new gold!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-CORTINA-MK1-LOTUS-GT-SUPER-DELUXE-AEROFLOW-GRILL-NEW-OLD-STOCK-L-K/273038231351?hash=item3f9258c737:g:nZYAAOSw7rdaZ5MI

Well I have decided to keep it and do a kinda of 2 stage resto on it without blowing a shitload of cash on it like my 2 Door GT. First up I’m going to get the underside and engine bay blasted and get the shitty strut tops repaired and it will need a right hand panel plus the spare wheel well tidied up in the boot. Just hoping it doesn’t come back with a perforated floor from the blasters but I’m pretty confident it should be ok. I’ll then get it painted Ermine White and get it all running and back on the road. Once the 2 Door is back from paint and panel I’ll send it in to get 2 new sills, bottoms of the A Pillars and the front panel tidied up as it’s had a shitty repair in the past on the right hand side.then strip the paint and redo in Ermine White. 

That sux, you might have to borrow the Hiace lol

Raided my spares and have got enough to rebuild the engine. Just need to get mains and bigend bearings once crank size is known. Will be running steel caps, lotus 125E rods, 60thou Mahle pistons, all steel rocker gear, cleaned up GT head all held together with ARP fasteners. Cam will be old school A2 Cosworth grind and vernier timing gear. I will run the original Weber rejetted however the engine is all set up to run twin 40 DCOE,s. I’ll pull the engine and box next weekend and also give the gearbox a birthday with new bearings and seals etc. I’ll pull out the front suspension and get that all powedercoated plus put new brake discs on. It already has had the struts done with Bilstein inserts and king springs and the brakes have stainless sleeves so just a rekit required there. Rear end will be the same and I’ll put new bearings in the diff head as it had a bit of a whine from memory.

Very lush wagon! The more classic Fords the better.

Porting and polishing is a dark art. You really need a flow bench to do it well. Plenty of old school engine builders can do it on old Classic Ford stuff.

On 15/02/2017 at 00:34, Quadzilla said:

What you got 66gt?

73 HQ Statesman All original 2 owner car. Bench seat. Bought it about 5 years ago after it sat unused for 20 years. Fully rebuilt the brakes and power steer. Engine had a few oil leaks so had it fully record, it had a few busted parts inside so glad I got it done. Heads converted to unleaded and put on Pacemaker Headers and dual exhausts. Put on the 14x8 Tridents to keep it all looking period. It’s virtually rust free and original paint. Interior is all factory with original brocade and factory radio, never had any holes drilled for aftermarket shit. 

Well that’s me fucked. Straight jacket for me

Any Mk 1 Cortina stuff there?

Loads of hard to get trim pieces as well

That’s good news then.. well not for him

 Bloody shame really as the old Barry will pop his clogs and the lot will probably get crushed.

On 05/01/2018 at 15:44, Valiant said:

Does it still have the exhaust studs in the head? Often on aftermarket headers you can't get a spanner on the nut well enough to tighten them properly.

If you haven''t already back the studs out and replace them with cap screws, then you can get them nice and tight.

So to recap,

Check the flange is true.

Buy a new gasket.

Check the head is good and clean.

Assemble with a smear of sealant.

Pull it all together with nice new cap screws.

Add run a tap into the exhaust stud threads to make sure they aren’t full of crap and you are not getting full torque on your new cap screws. Coby extractors aren’t the last word in quality but nothing else around unless you get Pacemaker from Aus or Ashley from the UK

I’ll find out for you on Friday as dropping more into get done

Yeah I was wondering about all that UK stuff passing cert here. Is it the welding that fails or no technical backup?

I was just thinking old school with the Lotus Twin Cam to keep it all period but you can repower with a Zetec or Duratec and the next cab off the rank is using the Ecoboost engine, keeping it all Ford. Milton and Retroford in the UK do fitting kits etc so an easy swap.