- i5oogt -

where abouts are you located goofy, got some lowering stuff for my hunter that I could sell if you are interested?

there are a couple of options, using the gearbox the same as hunteds old cortina, its out of a 1600mk3 cortina with the imput shaft shortened a little,you can heat the gearstick up a little and bend it to clear the seat if its a little far forward The other option is to fit an anglia gear stick and selectors into a standard column change box, this brings the stick out to this sort of location, you do need to modify the reverse selector for the anglia stick to work. otherwise keep a look out for a standard floor change box. you would be paying somewhere between $300 and $500 for a smk2 floor change box depending on model/condition

probably the last south island o/s meet for you too

thought so.... so are you gonna come along for a bit?

just come along anyway andrew, I probably wont hang about for ages as the mrs wants to go to the fireworks if its still on... lol and i can drop you home etc...

yeah if its still raining I might just bring the daily as I will have to move a couple of cars to get the corty out

sweet car, automatic too? pretty rare if it is...

no they dont

no worries. will text you closer to the time

just the red mk2 mate. its even got those sweet compmotive rims on it at the moment

yeah since i finally got a car road legal again... will have a spare seat if you want to make an appearance Andrew

ouch, thats alot. i can send you a set of series2 tops if you think they may fit?

next meet is 5th of November??

The early mk2's have a specific top that only came out in that model. The MK1's cortinas tops are different. I asked around down here but it seems no one has any they want to part with. you can change to the later series2 strut tops but you will need to change the inserts too as they are different. Your best bet is see if they can be re built or try and source replacement series 1 tops ovreseas/ebay etc.

congrats on the new arrival

sounds like the turbo will be the problem, i recently replaced the one on my 2.8 bighorn. as it had the same issue as your van

got the pinto in yet dan?

motor will be out by the weekend Dan. sorry i haven't done in yet. earthquake/civil defense stuff at work got in the way.

i went and collected the donor vehicle today

sweet score.... looks like a good one

sweet, the pinto should make it go pretty well in comparison to the 1256. got the crane here when your ready

pinto conversion?

got some here if you need them mate

i know someone who needs a mk1 cortina bonnet bringing down, I will find out some more details if you like?

my comment was semi in jest haha, no offence intended. Just thought (from what ive read/herd) that you may not be the best person to be judging people on their vehicle antics the cortina was fucked to be honest. the engine overran, blew smoke and was on its last legs. the gearbox was also fucked. the body had rust coming through and was in dire need of a panel/paint. like i said, i wanted something that didnt demand so much time and money, and as far as I can tell, the chevette fits the bill. If i had spent the time/money fixing the cortina, then yes, it would have been worth alot more than the chevette, but i didnt, and didnt want to. And also, I got the cortina for a hillman hunter that i payed 400 buks for, so im not complaining (sorry karl haha) Any car is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it, no matter how sweet/shit it is, and in this case I was willing to pay what I had, therefore I dont see the problem. doesnt worry me, i payed $2g for that corty... i personally would of taxed a few of the bolt on accessories off it first to pay for the mods on the shuvit. would of given you a set of just legal rims for a box of piss. chevette owner would of still been keen on the swap without all the good stuff on it if that makes sense