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Thanks to the help of TMC, just got this junk running. Removed the baffles and cleared out the exhaust and its going better than it ever has and can now keep up with traffic lol.

New seat, exhaust, air filter battery etc should now see it ready for summer rides

Yep keen as!

Just picked this up on Thursday night...

aside from the seat I was hard pressed to find a similar bike in better condition for what I paid for it......

Just gonna do seat, basic maintenance and a few power mods and just ride

There might be 3 mark 2 wagons and two 2 doors in my sheds.. lol

Hi, I am doing up a Nifty Fifty Honda for the Scooter Safari and general use and have mismatched panels and was wondering if anybody knew any reasonably priced painters in CHCH?

If you wanna be cool you wanna roll in a mark 2 wag....

Use the 1.6 pinto head on the 2.0 Pinto block- ups the compression ratio and is otherwise identical so u get a little extra power

Name: Ben

Location: CHCH

Cars I own: Mark 3 Cortina wagon, Mark 3 Cortina 2000E, Mark 5 Cortina (daily runner) Mark 3 Cortina GT shell, various bits and pieces

Mods: Mark 5 has jellybean mags, Sport interior, 5 speed gearbox

How i found out about oldschool: Good friend of mine... been joined for a long time but havent been on here in forever so I feel like a new user lol.

I had 1 but then got shafted with the 90 day rule... 4.30 on the 90th day- we need to talk after work. by 5 i had no job. so be careful!

Mark 2 Cortinas would foul the Escort steering rack and crossmember but a Mark 3 Cortinas the same as an Escort sump so you could use a mark 3 one.

Used to have a 1600 crossflow mark 3 and put a coby on and it was a mint exhaust till it was outlawed

So how much is a painting now? Thinking bout getting 1. Cheers

meant to come but i found out i can get my cortina out today and i want to drive it so went to get bits to get it going instead

I have a Cortina not a soarer hahaha

hmmm just read this. not a regular poster but might come down and see wat its all about.....

If I cant get my car back from storage its my brothers trusty mk 4 cortina

Just keep Richard Hammond away from it lol

lol give it to captain slow

learn to drive without a clutch ftw

/ im also a member - keen to "break down" and get a car given to me

haha i actually went out and practised driving witout a clutch after being told wat to do for future reference aye. its not that bad unless u have to stop then it gets gay

100% old school. I only own Cortinas and am using my wagon till I have the mark 4 auto going then the wagons being tucked away for winter hibernation me thinks

and a bit of tinkering too

I was thankful today for being an AA member when my clutch cable snapped in the Cortina and i lost the clutch

Very good service I had 2 didnt have to wait ages and took 2 mins to load the cars on.

Free towage too.

All in all if ur not an AA member i suggest becoming one u never know when you will need it. I didnt expect my clutch cable to snap after all.

Name: Ben

Location: Christchurch

Cars you own: 1976 Cortina wagon, '77 Cortina auto, quite a few other Cortinas lol

Mods to them: The wagon has been lowered at the front, shocks upgraded all round, Sierra 5 speed box fitted, Hotwire mags, facelift GT spec or better running gear and interior, Pioneer head unit, 6 by 9s in back driven by 400w amp. recond engine etc etc

77 Cortina: Gotta get a job and get it road worthy before I think about mods

Previous rides: 77 Mark 3 Cortina 1300

How i found out about the forum: through a friend