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My time was spent making my Ford Cortina 1600E as sweet as possible.
At the time chrome Rostyles,lowered suspension, vinyl roof and mirrored windows were the thing.
We used to replace the gearbox with one from a Ford Corsair 2000, replace the carbs but I forget with what and have the head skimmed (how low can you go).
There were 4 of us who stuck together for a few years like glue, weekends were spent buying duff Cortinas and stripping the best bits for ours, then either dumping them or reselling them. Problem with 4 guys all helping each other was that every so often everyone thought someone had done a particular job and it ended up not being doen, this resulted in the occasional lost wheel on a roundabout and i nthe worst instance a trip from London to Southend left us with a lost bonnet and two untightened Mcpherson struts popping up to say hello at 80 MPH. FUN!...not.
Pinnacle came with a 3.0l converted Cortina (Capri engine) that lasted just over two weeks before cuddling a tree - heavy right foot etc etc.. It was in perfect mechanical order and the conversion had been done by a professional. Outside it was also in good shape but left primed in grey. Looked like a dog and was perfect for traffic light racing.
Best of the cars I had back then were an original MK1 Ford Consul Cortina with bench seats and column gear change. Bench seats meant you AND a mate could go out with your girls and run out of petrol without arguing who got the back seat
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(Bench seats were (are?) not common in the UK, not like in the States anyway.)
Best of the bunch HAD to be a Humber Sceptre 1750. I bought it for 80 Squid and it had only 9,000 miles on the clock (this was in 1980) from new. Lasted along time until stolen and shunted big time.
First ever car was a Triumph Dolomite Sprint in bogey green - hated it within days
But which would I buy back? The Humber BUT NO I don't want a slot version
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Do a MKII Lotus Cortina, lowered and race ready, then we might be talking. I have a kit of the MKI Lotus Cortina under the track to do.
At the time chrome Rostyles,lowered suspension, vinyl roof and mirrored windows were the thing.
We used to replace the gearbox with one from a Ford Corsair 2000, replace the carbs but I forget with what and have the head skimmed (how low can you go).
There were 4 of us who stuck together for a few years like glue, weekends were spent buying duff Cortinas and stripping the best bits for ours, then either dumping them or reselling them. Problem with 4 guys all helping each other was that every so often everyone thought someone had done a particular job and it ended up not being doen, this resulted in the occasional lost wheel on a roundabout and i nthe worst instance a trip from London to Southend left us with a lost bonnet and two untightened Mcpherson struts popping up to say hello at 80 MPH. FUN!...not.
Pinnacle came with a 3.0l converted Cortina (Capri engine) that lasted just over two weeks before cuddling a tree - heavy right foot etc etc.. It was in perfect mechanical order and the conversion had been done by a professional. Outside it was also in good shape but left primed in grey. Looked like a dog and was perfect for traffic light racing.
Best of the cars I had back then were an original MK1 Ford Consul Cortina with bench seats and column gear change. Bench seats meant you AND a mate could go out with your girls and run out of petrol without arguing who got the back seat
Best of the bunch HAD to be a Humber Sceptre 1750. I bought it for 80 Squid and it had only 9,000 miles on the clock (this was in 1980) from new. Lasted along time until stolen and shunted big time.
First ever car was a Triumph Dolomite Sprint in bogey green - hated it within days
But which would I buy back? The Humber BUT NO I don't want a slot version
Do a MKII Lotus Cortina, lowered and race ready, then we might be talking. I have a kit of the MKI Lotus Cortina under the track to do.
