cledus Posted February 20, 2009 Report Posted February 20, 2009 My old Cortina (nicknamed the Grinder) was first built when I was 19 (now 37). After many years of neglect, use as a daily driver in the salt and terrible English weather and a serious lack of motivation to do anything with it, I have finally got the bug again (thanks to this site and CF and RF mags) and been busy getting it ready for MOT. This car and the Mex in the background were a fag paper away from being sold following the death of my old man. It's currently running a standardish crossflow, a revvier pre x-flow with a bit of a difference is under construction. The car will also be running on a set of refurbished lotus steels in the not too distant future. Thanks for all the motivation and enthusiasm of people on this site, the car will be grinding on the streets again shortly. Cheers.
over_head_cam Posted February 20, 2009 Report Posted February 20, 2009 Glad to see it's coming together mate. looking good
Admin Vista Posted February 20, 2009 Admin Report Posted February 20, 2009 Sorry to hear about your old man mate, he seemed a nice old fella that time you introduced me to him. Looking forward to seeing another OSF burning up the streets of Plymouth Oh and you never mentioned you had a mex hidden away too!
Admin Vista Posted February 20, 2009 Admin Report Posted February 20, 2009 nice to see another mk1 local too
turnover Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 keep ploding away mate ,i know it takes time but worth it in the long run
cledus Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Posted February 21, 2009 Looking forward to Route 38 in March!!
Toby Posted April 4, 2012 Report Posted April 4, 2012 Cool car mate What wheels you got on there and how low? Hard to tell from the front and rear shots.
BoDuke Posted April 5, 2012 Report Posted April 5, 2012 It's currently got a set of 6" Supalites (need a freshen up) with 175x60 Yokohamas, which after scrubbing in were really good tyres, but have worn very quickly. Height wise, the front is running Escort RS struts and 145lb -2" springs. I'm sure the rear has a modified set of CD6 springs (would need to check what is left in the shed and work out what's still there) with -1.5" blocks and gas shocks. I will post up a new thread in projects and restos when I have finished building the decking, as there seems to be very little information on rack conversions around. Found a useful thread at: http://www.cortina-mk1classifieds.com/f ... conversion
BaileyMex Posted April 5, 2012 Report Posted April 5, 2012 Glad you are keeping the faith mate Glad to have you back
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