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i5oogt's - mk2 cortina wagon... are we there yet?


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  • 3 years later...

well i found the project thread for this POS on page 14, finally dragged it home with the intention of getting it road legal again, on closer inspection its gonna need a fair bit of rust work as you can see, but im looking forward to getting some work done on it finally

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  • 3 years later...

oh hey...

 

I still has this POS. started fixing little odds and ends on it as its going for a pre wof wof check to see what rust repairs are required. then its going to a master fabricator to have some rust replaced with metal. The plan is to have it legal for hanmer. 

 

discuss how im going to fail here:

//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/25894-i5oogts-mk2-cortina-wagon/?hl=i5oogt

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Useless Update... but multiple updates to a project thread are a good thing right?

 

Tomorrow @ 8.30AM is WOF time. I put some alloy tape over the rust holes to keep the water out and gave it a wash.

 

replaced a few bits and pieces like the bonnet release cable and the window channels in the front doors as they had snapped off at the bottom. got all the lights etc working, I have a replacement rear tail light lense turning up tonight. Acquired a  Datsun 1200 choke cable off Bart and installed it (can't find a good spare cortina one) gave the interior a bit of a clean,

 

Things left to do after work

 

remove the broken front bumper ends, clean the windows. find a couple more wheel nuts and fit a bonnet catch

 

I took it for a sneaky drive last night. I'm amping to have this car legal again

 

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last update by me, I finished my part of this off tonight.

Added some Escort wagon rear shocks and some reworked Escort mounts/base plates.

I'm fairly happy with the way it turned out.

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i500gt dropped off some lowered leaf springs which I fitted at the same time.

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Front is all up In the air, Karl can sort that out later.

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Picture-less update.

Had a mess around with the rear suspension tonight. Its not so slammed anymore. Has around 25-30mm between the bump stops compared to the 5mm it had before. So it should be able to get a WOF now. I'm thinking I might book it in for a WOF on Friday then spend the next couple of nights working through the odds and ends that need doing

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So, this pile of British engineering wouldn't start the other day, Turns out 8 years in storage does a car no favors, pulled the dizzy out and swapped it for one with a pertronics electric kit in it and it runs again now, next up is clean out the carb, get the choke going, replace the radiator and install some front slam. 

 

I have to have it ready for nats as my backup car is being driven up by Bart/Greg/Corbie etc (this also needs some work)

 

fun times.

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