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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2013, 08:55:45 pm »
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2013, 08:56:52 pm »
Quote from: Nodz on January 13, 2013, 08:51:37 pm
Love the old Lotus Cortina's, looking forward to seeing her be put back to her former glory  :happy2:

It will be a long term project but I know the end result will be amazing
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2013, 09:01:34 pm »
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2013, 09:31:47 pm »
Take as long as you want with the updates, i have a comfy chair.  :party:

These cars look so cool to me.  :love: I went to the Lotus festival this year at Brands and there must have been 25 of these all the same colour all parked together.

Came across this racing version too at the Gold cup this year. Just love em.  :jumping:


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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2013, 09:43:07 pm »
Superb! I'll be watching with interest
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2013, 09:51:49 pm »
Top cat please keep me posted on any further meets/events of the old lotus's as I'm sure we would try and make a few.

Mk1's have such character I prefer them to the mk2's but at more than twice the price there only a dream lol
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2013, 09:54:45 pm »
Quote from: Hoggy on January 13, 2013, 09:43:07 pm
Superb! I'll be watching with interest

Thanks I hope to keep you interested
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2013, 10:48:37 pm »
there  was a mk1 on e boy going for 90k
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2013, 10:54:36 pm »
Great stuff fella! Lovely couple of cars you and your dad have got!  :notworthy:
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2013, 10:56:55 pm »
Quote from: maxitrol on January 13, 2013, 10:48:37 pm
there  was a mk1 on e boy going for 90k

They fetch silly money around 40k for a nice one !
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2013, 10:58:32 pm »
Quote from: MC71 on January 13, 2013, 10:54:36 pm
Great stuff fella! Lovely couple of cars you and your dad have got!  :notworthy:

Thanks mate instead of work being about motor caravans (that's our trade) it's all about resto projects at the moment  :laugh:
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2013, 11:37:06 pm »
Quote from: Top Cat on January 13, 2013, 09:31:47 pm

These cars look so cool to me.  :love: I went to the Lotus festival this year at Brands and there must have been 25 of these all the same colour all parked together.

Came across this racing version too at the Gold cup this year. Just love em.  :jumping:




....I saw Jim Clark race one of these at Silverstone quite a few times in the 1960's, usually having a good old ding-dong with Dan Gurney in a 7-litre Ford Galaxy!! The Galaxy would hammer the Cortina on the straight bits but the Cortina would get back on the corners - It was always great to watch.

I did a pen & ink drawing of Jim Clark's Lotus Cortina at the time - I wish I could find it!
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #27 on: January 14, 2013, 08:57:08 pm »
Little update started to remove all the carbon from the exhaust ports on the head






the head will be skimmed heres from the other end of the ports

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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #28 on: January 28, 2013, 06:27:46 pm »
So a little more progress the head is almost ready to be rebuilt this is being sent to and engineer to complete so it was time to take the block out and strip it down

we took the block out 1st then the prop and gearbox these cars are soooooooo easy to work on its a pleasure



the gearbox will be rebuilt in good time


quick photo of the underside this will all be shot blast and painted once the spit arrives


time to strip the block down



it took a little bit of effort to remove the sump


and once we had i found a nasty suprise a bent con rod as you can see on the left
 


dad was pretty happy at this find as it now means new uprated rods and pistons haha any excuse

no other damage big ends are good the crank will be checked and reground if needed buy our engineering guy anyway im suprised it ran as well as it did with the rod so bent
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Re: Ford lotus cortina mk2
« Reply #29 on: January 28, 2013, 10:19:09 pm »
Great car! :notworthy:

Another that will be watching with interest!  :happy2:
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